So my original plan for today was to write a little blurb introducing myself. Looking back, I didn’t do such a swell job of that in my first post. But then I came across something that I immediately had to share. IMMEDIATELY!

As I told you previously, we are moving. So with that comes de-cluttering. I, for one, do not want to move anything that I don’t have to. If I don’t love it or it doesn’t bring me joy, it’s going in the donate pile or the trash. One thing I haven’t told you yet…because I haven’t told you anything is that I’m a collector. Or as some would say, a hoarder. But an organized hoarder, thank you very much. I also love me some magazines. Give me a magazine about ANYTHING and I’ll read it. I used to save every. single. magazine that I got, but quickly realized that had to come to an end. So now I rip out the good stuff (recipes, exercises, products to try, etc – like old-fashioned pinterest!) and throw it away as soon as I’m done. Then I file what I ripped out and don’t ever look at it again. HA! But I have it, just in case! So right now I have a GIANT stack of mags in my office that I haven’t gotten to in the past few months. I’m on a mission to read and trash them BEFORE I move. I’m not freakin’ moving magazines! So moving on to my actual point…

This afternoon I was quickly flipping through a mag that (IMO) is mostly ads with very little content (cough, cough, InStyle, cough) planning to toss it. I came upon a little sample of foundation tucked away in there. Hmmm, interesting. I ripped it out. Then I decided to put on a little make up before Mr. SummerTime got home. I’m sure he gets tired of seeing me with no make up on most days. Another tidbit – I work from home at my real. day time, grown up job – something else you might know about me if I had properly introduced myself. Any-who, most days I sit around bare-faced and in yoga pants. So back to my story. I looked down and thought that since I wasn’t planning to do a full face of make up since I wasn’t really going anywhere, I’d use up that sample. Mr. SummerTime couldn’t tell the difference if I took 10 minutes expertly applying it with three foundation brushes or if I slapped it on with my fingers. So I did just that. BUT THE MINUTE I DOTTED IT ON AND STARTED RUBBING IT IN, I WAS LIKE, OHEMMMGEEE! What is this stuff???

 I’m not even going to try to pronounce it, but it is fantastic! To be honest, I’ve never tried any of the Chanel foundations, but now I’m wondering what else is out there? What else have I missed?

This foundation is so light but the coverage is SO GOOD! This color (30 Beige) wasn’t horrible on me, but before I invest in a full size, I definitely want to get matched. It blended perfectly even with just my fingers. The SPF 15 is a nice bonus! I used the tiniest bit and it literally spread like butter. I didn’t even take the time to use a primer, because again, I wasn’t doing my full routine. “Skin Perfecting” is right, sir! I’m IN LOVE! The website calls it a hybrid fluid. I’m not sure what it is a hybrid between, but I’ll take it! It comes in 10 (lovely, I’m sure) shades and is $47, which is a typical price point ($50-ish) for a luxury brand foundation.

Here’s the bad news: There are no stores that sell Chanel nearby my semi-small town. I’ve got an Ulta and a JCP mini-Sephora. Oh and a scaled down Macys. So I’m gonna have to wait until I can get to the nearest big city to try out the shades. Although, on the Chanel website, it does say complimentary returns… click the picture above for the link because I’m new at this and that’s the only way I could get it to work.

**Disclaimers:

1. This was way too long. Sorry. And thanks if you are still reading this.

2. Chanel OBVIOUSLY didn’t pay me to write this. Ha, I wish. The opinions are my own and I ripped this sample out of my own magazine to which I subscribe. Although, I did not pay for the subscription. I got it free by using my American Airlines miles because I’m not cool enough to accumulate the number of miles needed to actually redeem them for a ticket. So I fly a couple of times a year and get a solicitation to “hurry and use my miles before they expire” through Mags for Miles and end up with a billion magazines.