Let's Talk Chanel

In the process of getting my act together, I've been watching YouTube tutorials on makeup application. The goal is to present a polished appearance.

Anyway, all I did for the first three months or so of this tutorial watching was go broke buying a bunch of makeup that I really did not need.

None of which was Chanel. I would have needed that.

This happened because I was unfocused. Yes, I wanted to present a polished appearance, but what did that entail?

I forgot one of the basic principles of goal-setting. I wasn't being specific.

You cannot get from Point A to Point B without a map, GPS, directions, what have you.

In short, I needed to specify exactly what I felt consituted a polished appearance.

- Clear skin
- Flaws diffused. If you try to erase them you just look plastic. This, of course, is just my opinion.
- Groomed eyebrows
- Healthy glow
- No Disney colors on the eyelids

So what does this have to do with Chanel?

Almost every one of my go-to makeup items in my case are Chanel products.

- Vitalumiere Foundation & Powder Compact
- Tweed Rose Blush
- Berry Eyeliner pencil
- Brunette Perfect Eyebrows Kit
- Cardomon Lip Pencil
- Kaska Beige & Prelude (this one just came out) Eyeshadow Quads
- A bunch of lipsticks and Rouge Coco Shines

Oh, and the Nailpolishes. I have a bunch. It's a disease. But that's another post for another time.

My love affair with Chanel makeup started in the mid 1990's. When Vamp came out and I had to have it. I graduated to the lipsticks after that.

Then I went through what I now call "The Seven Years of My Discontent." As opposed to the period I just came out of. "Six Months in Hell."

I bought no Chanel during those seven years. Got rid of almost all I had *smacks forehead.*

Anyway, I've finally come up with a program that works for me that on a day-to-day basis does not use all those products.

But now I have a whole new problem. I want a purse and a jacket. Badly.

This may not happen unless I sell a kidney or win the Powerball.

Okay, I'm exaggerating a little bit. I plan on making an old-school Chanel jacket and purchasing the wallet on a chain that the price just went up $200 on.

Stay tuned.