Chanel Or Baume Essentiel Review & Swatches
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Chanel Or Baume Essentiel ($45.00 for 0.28 oz.) has a transparent, balmy base with barely-there, warm gold pearl and a dewy sheen. The texture was lightweight, emollient, and very balm-like–high slip but thin, spreadable, and glossy in its finish. It had very sheer coverage, as marketed, though the effect of the pearl was slightly more noticeable in person than it appeared in the photos I took. The finish was glossy and didn’t dry down, and while it wasn’t tacky, it was a higher maintenance finish.
I preferred using a separate applicator–fingertip or otherwise–to get a more even application. It worked well on bare skin but as a little more prone to lifting up more medium and higher coverage foundations, so it may take some trial and error when working with complexion products to find a good pairing. The product lasted for six hours before moving a bit noticeably.
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Ingredients
DIISOSTEARYL MALATE | OCTYLDODECANOL | POLYBUTENE | POLYETHYLENE | VP/EICOSENE COPOLYMER | CERA MICROCRISTALLINA (MICROCRYSTALLINE WAX) | HYDROGENATED MICROCRYSTALLINE WAX | SYNTHETIC WAX | SYNTHETIC FLUORPHLOGOPITE | SILICA | PENTAERYTHRITYL TETRA-DI-T-BUTYL HYDROXYHYDROCINNAMATE | TIN OXIDE | DICALCIUM PHOSPHATE | BHT | CI 77491 (IRON OXIDES) | CI 77891 (TITANIUM DIOXIDE) | MICA | IL58A-VII
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Wow this looks beautiful, sort of a ‘wet look’. I feel it might not be for me though as it would come off more oily!
Hi Christine, do you have a recommendation for a good balm like highlighter?
It looks absolutely beautiful, but that risk of lifting or melting my foundation is a deal-breaker.
This looks really pretty on you, Christine but not so much on me, LOL!!