For the next few posts I’m going to do a Chanel make-up theme and review my top three make-up items from Chanel starting with their new coco rouge lipstick. The thing I love about this range are the colors available. They are mainly pinks and neutrals, my favorite lip colors. I don’t suit brights or dark lipsticks (think bright red or maroon shades) but almost every color in the coco rouge range seems to suit me, so of course I’m liking it for that reason. I actually ended up with the shade worn by Vanessa Paradis in the ads called “Mademoiselle”, number 05. When I first saw those ads I though “gee she looks smug” then I realized it was …

Sorbolene cream is the kind of skin care classic that’s been around as long as I can remember, and for as long as I can remember it has always irritated my skin. When I use sorbolene cream my skin stings, and gets inflamed as if exposed to an environmental irritant. I avoid it at all costs as I have a definite sensitivity to something in it. I know many people who use it with no problems, so try it for yourself, however I just seem to be an unlucky one who cannot stand to use this on my skin at all, even when it is feeling fairly robust and eczema free. I’ve always found it strange that it is recommended …

There seems to be a lack of good sensitive skincare for oily skin. Most products seem to be for both sensitive and dry skin and it can be hard to find a shear, non heavy cream that is soothing and will calm oily sensitive skin. I think I found a perfect concoction for this and that’s Skinfood’s Lettuce and Cucumber Water Jelly. Skinfood is a Singapore brand which is not available in Australian stores. It can be found online however and recently I was able to pick some Skinfood products up on my travels. I got this jelly, their mushroom BB cream as well as a facial mask for sensitive skin which I’ll be reviewing soon. As for the jelly, …

Clinique market their comfort on call cream as a clinically tested product for allergy relief and prevention. It is formulated with sensitivity in mind, and with ingredients least likely to disagree with easily irritated or sensitive skin. It is also formulated to provide relief when the skin is in the midst of an allergic reaction, by calming inflammation, soothing and helping restore the skins compromised lipid barrier. It is not an oily cream though, as oils can be one of the things that can exacerbate inflamed skin, so be careful of how you use them (ie test them first). Comfort on call however is simply perfect in texture, consistency and feel on allergic skin. It definitely is creamy, not greasy, …

This has been a daytime moisturizer that I have used with Estee lauders Idealist pore minimizing serum. Both it and the serum are good at controlling oily skin, especially under make up, heavy or other wise, all through the day. I really like the smell of Daywear, and the colour of the packaging and I know that that shouldn’t count but really, a large portion of what you’re paying for a product is it’s packaging so you might as well enjoy it on some level. As for sensitivity, I don’t trust this completely although I have no complaints so far. I find that it is not the greatest on very dry skin which need more replenishing, heavier creams. It is …