Estee Lauder Pure Color Illuminating Powder Gelee

The Muse has reviewed on this product sometime back in July here and it has really captured my attention because she said this powder gelee has self healing properties...

I just happen to be at Bloomingdale's to pick up my La Mer so I checked this out at the EL counter.

Display of the Fall collection:

The display has been tested out pretty heavily, and I don't think the self healing properties really apply after such heavy usage:

With just one swipe, with a whiter lighting, looking very shimmery and silvery:

With a yellower lighting, still very shimmery but showing more bronzy:

blended at the back of my hand with whiter lighting:

With a redder lighting:

Pigmentation on a tissue napkin:

I think to be a highlighter, it's way too shimmery for me, so the only use I can think of is being an eyeshadow... but this powder gelee is a tad too big to be an eyeshadow for me and it will take me 9 lives to finish it!

I have shimmery eyeshadows in my current collection and a pretty close dupe I have is by the name of B&C Laboratories Inc. Makemania-Sparkle Glitter (Brown, the left one):

So, without the interesting self healing properties, I am not too interested in getting it, what do you'll think?

A little treat after my crazy deadline... Creme de La Mer!!

As my friends may know, sometimes when I am working on a deadline, I stay up till 4 or 5am in the morning, and after 3-4 hours of sleep, I start working again...


So that was my life 2 weeks ago for my deadline...


To reward my hard work, I placed an order for La Mer with Bergdorf Goodman a few weeks back here.


However, BG was so sneaky that they cancelled my deluxe GWP when they shipped my order. What's the point without the GWP?


So I refused the package when it arrived an went to Bloomingdales instead...


Voila!

Items purchased:

-The Luxury Essentials Set: 2oz Creme de La Mer, and the Eye Balm Instense 0.5oz, $350

-La Mer Lip Balm 0.32oz, $45

Offers:

-10% off

-$50 Bloomingdale's giftcard

GWP:

-2x The Eye Concentrate 0.1oz

-3x The Regenerating Serum 0.1oz

-2x Creme de La Mer 0.11oz

-1x The Moisturizing Lotion 0.1oz

-2x The Cleansing Gel 0.17oz

oh also, a rather not too flattering Bloomingdale's GWP travel bag which is bright teal colored....

Thank you to the BA that gave me loads of La Mer samples! And thanks to my lovely hubby with such great sweet talking skills!

Jill Stuart Holiday 2011 Fairy Garden Collection

As mentioned yesterday, A Touch of Blusher has a detailed review of this collection preview here.

This Jill Stuart Holiday 2011 Fairy Garden Fairy Collection is set to launch on November 4th in Japan. I got mine yesterday in the mail, 10 days before the launch day, right perfect before my birthday! I felt it like it a birthday present to myself!

"Christmas fairies invite you to happy moments."

How poetic! And inside the box is the original pouch, in a soft pink color:

Details of this pouch, definitely a princess feel to it and it reminded me of bridal evening gown details (that I have once looked into prior my banquet):

Details of the zipper, which is the same style to the "J" signature ornament/charm on the JS limited blush brushes.

Set according to official picture (credits to Chenyu's blog):

My coffret set:

The limited-edition Fairy Garden Collection set includes:

- Jewel Crystal Eyes
- Jelly Lip Gloss
- Loose Powder N
- Fragrance Sachet Duo Set
- original pouch

The fragrance sachets appears to be more of a peach and purple color in reality, but it doesn't really bother much to me, as I am not planning to open it and use this set anyways :) It will be my first collectible holiday coffret set :)

Borrowed from chenyu's blog, which is closer to the real colors of the sachet:

I admit the main reason I am into this coffret is because of the flowery prints on the casing of the eyeshadow. It reminds me of flying cherry blossoms, one of my favorite thing in the world:

Eyeshadow jewel crystal eyes 104 fragile opal and jelly lip gloss in 103 crystal kiss:

Eyeshadow colors from www.iswii.net

Actual colors of the eyeshadow:

At the first glance, I thought it really resembles something I got from the Jill Stuart jewel crystal eyes range, here I am comparing with limited edition 101 smoky quartz here:

More comparisons, from left to right, 104 fragile opal, 101 smoky quartz, 07 sweet amethyst, and 06 angelic topaz:

Don't you think the lighter pinks and deeper cool browns all look alike?

Next up, it's the Jill Stuart loose powder N in 101 twinkle dust:

Loose powder N picture from chenyu's blog:

It comes with a matching elastic band with tulle, but I don't really see myself using it anyways....

Finally, it's the jelly lip gloss in 103 crystal kiss:

Details of a bling on the tube's cap:

Image from Chenyu's blog:

Again, with the cherry blossom like flower petals that capture my heart on the tube. And the shimmery pink color looks lovely as well. I also know that JS lip glosses are quite sheer and they are tad on the sticky side, but it doesn't bug me much as I don't intend to use this set anyways and they are just too pretty to be used anyways!!!