I’ve been a longtime fan of Chanel Glossimer lip gloss with its sheer smooth consistency and total non-stickiness (a lip gloss DON’T for me). My favorite shade has been Brilliance, a nearly clear shade of pale pink that is perfect with EVERYTHING and feels like satin on my lips. NO JOKE!

Despite the fact that I have already acquired 5 new lip glosses and lipsticks in the last week (Bobbi Brown’s Shimmer Lip Gloss in Garnet and Slopes, Hard Candy Sweet Spot Lip Gloss in Hippie Chick, Flirt! Squeeze Me Super Shiney Lip Gloss in Pink Champagne and Shiseido Shimmering Lipstick in Rouge Irise SL8 at the recommendation of Beauty Addict) I could not leave the Chanel counter last night without bringing home Imaginaire, a new sparkle red plum lip gloss from the Chanel Fall Colour Collection.

If you’ve worn Glossimer lip gloss before, you know that these colors are very sheer, so when I say it’s a sparkle red plum, I really mean a very subtle sparkle red plum.

A most perfect, very subtle, sparkle red plum.

Chanel Glossimer Lip Gloss, $25

Bobbi Brown Sparkles & Rubies Collection has two new shades of shimmer lip gloss that I just can’t do without this season, even though these have a stickier consistency than I typically like in a lip gloss.

Garnet, a medium brick red gloss with medium coverage (because garnet is my birthstone! and my favorite color is red, so I had to have it) and Slopes, a flushed red with full coverage.

Both of these shades have a hint of shimmer and are limited-edition colors, so get yours now before they run out.

Also, I was able to find the much sought after Diamond Dust Eyeshadow in Gilded on the Saks Fifth Avenue website. Every department store in this area as well as the Bobbi Brown website has been sold out of this shade so I am very excited to finally be getting it!

Bobbi Brown Sparkles & Rubies Shimmer Lip Gloss, $19

I’m a little under the weather this week, fighting the sniffles, a sore throat, and an overwhelming desire to curl up in a set of 600 thread count sheets and sleep for the next three days.

Despite my suffering, however, the show must go on.

And so I drag myself out of bed and into the shower where I stand under the scalding hot water for 34 minutes, not thinking of the havoc we’re wreaking on our skin but wondering how we’re going to muster the strength to get ourself ready for work.

On days like these, I don’t have to dig too deep into my makeup bag because Stila has just the product I need to give my ruddy, tottering complexion a happy little boost. All Over Shimmer Liquid Luminizer adds sheen and luminosity when I need it the most. My favorite shade is number 3 as it has just enough yellow to combat the redness that this nasty cold has left me with and shimmer to give my sad skin a pretty glow.

This doesn’t mean I no longer feel like sleeping for three days, but at least I have the confidence to get out the door.

Stila All Over Shimmer Liquid Luminizer #3, $22

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After reading Carla’s review on Urban Decay Deluxe Eyeshadows, I couldn’t help but make a special trip to Sephora to have another look. (I had seen these shadows before and admired the funky packaging, but thought the jewel toned colors might be a bit much for me.)

Upon further inspection, I found that in addition to some incredibly bright (gorgeous, but bright) and intense colors, there were two shades that seemed perfect for my brown eyes: Adore (electric blue) and Zero (smoking black.)

These colors are just as intense as the six others in this collection, but paired with my favorite neutrals like NARS Cyprus, a bronze with shimmer or Laura Mercier Pewter, a grey green charcoal shimmer and these shadows are gently muted and suitable for everyday.

Thanks Carla!

Urban Decay Deluxe Eyeshadow Adore, $17

Urban Decay Deluxe Eyeshadow Zero, $17