Colour Coordinating Corals

Summertime! Coral-time!

There is something about corals looking better in summer: they have this uncomplicated air that goes as light as your summerdress.

Still there's something about summer that gets me into a complicated mode: the ingenious structure of coordinating layering will fall away (like the layers); thus, I colour-coralinate!

 

So let's do the clique-ing...Summer also means more cliques in groups of friends, etc. I've been grouping up my corals based on compatibility...It's almost like the tables of a summerwedding:

Group 1: the Flushed Corals

The conversation starter is my precious Jadilla J My Ball Cubical Face blusher in Shinny Peach 2 -> and no, these spelling errors don't come from  Rosé-inspired blogwriting but they are adorable Koreanglish. So why do I have to giggle with 'my ball'? This Cheeky fellow is NOBB [NARS Orgasm but Better]. There is the perfect mixture of peach & pink, but the glitterfest has been left out. (original review here). 

I hope I've nailed the setting by adding Essie Plaza Sweet to this group. It's slightly a deeper pink than Jadilla but they have the glowy gold sparkle into them.

An eye for detail, MeowCosmetics is a mineral makeup company who're easy to sample: Paddle Pink absolutely matches. I hope it won't be too boring with so much compatibility!

Group 2: the Everything's Peachy's

 I want to keep it dusky by starting with MeowCosmetics Clawset Case: it's the mysterious one...Essie Anniversary Gala is the equivalent of the bubbly girl: She is perfect on her own but will add a sparkle to another. My latest rediscovery has been Lunasol Creamy cheeks in ex 4 Tender Pink Glow. It's like a cheekbone filler & glow-i-fying peel in a bottle, with the right hint of tender pink (review here).

Group 3: Dusky Corals

I like to think of this group as the mature ones: but not the mature in the Ikea-kind-of-way...These ones have travelled the world and had a couple of drinks too many. They are a sultry bunch and prefer to spend their money on another holiday than botox...They have stories to tell.

 

I love the way they look, but I like to have a special mention towards Julie Hewett's Thandi lipstick.  It's named after Thandi Newton and has a similar subdued beauty & intelligence over it: the right amount of coral without getting too ditzy & a good amount of burning terracotta without venturing on the middle age territory. The Radiance blush is a highlighter, but I love this one when lips and nails get more sultry

4. The Young-n-Beautiful Sheers

I have Lana Del Rey in mind...the young & beautiful crowd. Untarnished, hopeful and sheer.

Group 5: The Happy Oranges

There's something comic about orange. Perhaps not for the ones who watch 'Orange is the new Black' or my fellow comrades from Holland who saw the championship Soccer gone right through their fingers...awwww. Burberry Lipglow in Coral 22 is a colour I got last year (see here) and it returned for summer again. The Bourjois is older...no idea how old. But it makes a perfect match for Burberry. As for Tongue in Cheek, how to resist such a name and such a rusty glow to fake flaunt a bit of sunburn on a summer night?

And to conclude, these two resisted the cliques and made their own little togetherness:

Coral pants gets the girls on the fence

Cuteee!

Bourjois Rose Frisson 54 (vintage edition)

During my last trip to Paris I found myself feeling attracted to a couple of vintage printed Bourjois boxes.



My first impulse was buying a lot of them randomly. However, I can be a sensible shopper every now and then, so I swatched a couple of colours and decided I needed the Rose Frisson 54 blush! It was a colour I had not seen before in my own country: I found out that Paris had a wider selection of Bourjois colours.

Every box of the Bourjois vintage edition has a different kind of text and description (click the first picture for a close view). The Rose Frisson had the lovely description "Ashes of Roses". Mmm, to think of it...real ashes of Roses might be less charming than the Bourjois version...

Bourjois explains the origin of their Vintage-inspired collection on the round leaflet they included in the blush-box. I never knew that Bourjois was officially a perfume brand.

The inside of the box is like any other Bourjois blusher. It is a baked blush with a rose scented powder inside.


The close-up of the powder shows us a rosy pink with a sheen. It was the reason I picked it up in the first place. Some Bourjois blushers can be a bit sparkly, but not this colour...it simply glows...

This particular blush is really pigmented! It can be seen at the left side, the unblended side. However, I can blend it very well in a subtle rosy glow which is just lovely and fresh.

I picked up this blush for full retail price, which was 11.35 euro. Funnily, they retail for a euro cheaper in my country, which is a bit weird considering the fact that they are produced in La Douche France.

I spotted some of the vintage boxes in my country as well, but as I mentioned before, I haven't spotted the Rose Frisson yet, so I am delighted to have picked this up in France.

Overall, I would give it 4 stars, or 4 birkinbags of 5....