> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.thesignaturejess.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # A Beauty and Makeup detour in Cape Town with Lancôme (at Foschini) - URL: https://www.thesignaturejess.com/lancome-idole-review-foschini-cape-town/ - Published: 2024-12-15T12:14:00.000Z - Updated: 2026-03-09T10:58:35.000Z - Description: A stop at Foschini’s Lancôme counter in Cape Town turned into a full-on beauty awakening. Having a chat with the beautiful Aurore, discovering lip blushers, and getting reacquainted with French mascara rituals, and finally giving in to the iconic Idôle. - Author: Jess - Tags: Beauty & Skincare, South Africa, #Lancôme, #Rimmel, #The Ordinary, #Clinique, #Bobbi Brown, #Cape Town *Disclaimer: this content is not sponsored nor affiliated - I pay for everything that I use myself. This independence allows me to tell you what I have been loving the most with unbiased honesty.* --- When [**I was last in Cape Town**](https://www.thesignaturejess.com/cape-town-in-a-nutshell/), I went by the Foschini store for a couple of minutes as I saw its beauty counter brands, saw a great display of Lancôme and Erborian, sighed and left. I strolled a bit more around the V&A Waterfront, asked Bruno if he didn't want to relax at our hotel lobby - we were staying at the Table Bay Hotel as always and it's great as it's linked to the shopping center! - and then I went back to Foschini, now more relaxed about time and from Bruno's gaze when he sees I am about to enter a new beauty shopping spree. And there I met the most beautiful lady named Aurore by the Lancôme counter. She said the magic words "*you seem like you know what you are looking for*" and I said I do and that I was a beauty addict in remission. She smiled and asked if I had anything by Lancome and I replied "funny enough, I don't have anything from **Lancôme**", saying the brand in *french* as it must. "I always thought [**it's too mature for my age**](https://www.thesignaturejess.com/beauty-my-experience-with-clarins/) but I guess I am getting older myself". And that is how Aurore convinced me to try something new... ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/58/67/5867d415-55cd-4f42-962a-67b9b6110b2c/content/images/2024/12/IMG_0647.jpg) [The Ultimate Experience with Victoria Beckham in ParisI was more than curious about Victoria Beckham’s Beauty line. More than just make up, it is an avant-garde skincare range. A trip to Paris solved the mystery for me.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/58/67/5867d415-55cd-4f42-962a-67b9b6110b2c/content/images/icon/VHColletion_02_vhcollection_03-631.png)The SignatureJess![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/58/67/5867d415-55cd-4f42-962a-67b9b6110b2c/content/images/thumbnail/Victoria-Beckham-Beauty-Review-Banner.png)](https://www.thesignaturejess.com/victoria-beckham-beauty-experience-review/) The counter wasn't very big but it was packed with products I had only seen from afar - or never really noticed - before. Aurore sat me down by the counter and started by colour matching me with foundation. After a couple of tries she matched me with **Idôle Teint Ultra Wear 345N**. Reality is that I do not use much foundation nowadays, since I don't have as much acne as before - I use Erborian's CC Cream - but when I do, I mix one I have been using from Benefit since ever - cannot wait for it to finish! - with with my moisturiser and sunscreen before applying to be even more subtle. So I didn't purchase it but now I know my color when I'll need one. [Beauty | It’s Charlotte Tilbury, darling!Sharing not one, not two, but three stunning experiences with Charlotte Tilbury, a brand that makes us want to showcase our beauty with a Hollywood star bang! After getting the online, Paris & Lisbon hauls inspired by Andreea Ali, I’ve tried over 10 Charlotte Tilbury products.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/58/67/5867d415-55cd-4f42-962a-67b9b6110b2c/content/images/icon/VHColletion_02_vhcollection_03-485.png)The SignatureJess![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/58/67/5867d415-55cd-4f42-962a-67b9b6110b2c/content/images/thumbnail/charlottetilbury-1-1-10.jpg)](https://www.thesignaturejess.com/beauty-great-experiences-at-charlotte-tilbury/) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/58/67/5867d415-55cd-4f42-962a-67b9b6110b2c/content/images/2024/12/IMG_0646.jpg) #### Idôle Teint Ultra Wear - 345N Great yet natural coverage Then she introduced me to the incredible world of lip blushers, a unique product by Lancôme, that combines a creamy copper tones eye shadow that you can also apply on your cheeks as a blush or a highlighter! Multipurpose beauty products are great especially when you are travelling and cannot carry all of them with you - even if I do. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/58/67/5867d415-55cd-4f42-962a-67b9b6110b2c/content/images/2024/12/IMG_0948.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/58/67/5867d415-55cd-4f42-962a-67b9b6110b2c/content/images/2024/12/IMG_0950.jpg) Aurore matched me with the **Idôle Tint 06 Canyon Clay** colour out of a total of 7 tones from the brightest Sunburst to the earthier Earth Red. It looks really natural on my eyes and cheeks which is something you can always achieve with French beauty products: they do the job without overdoing it. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/58/67/5867d415-55cd-4f42-962a-67b9b6110b2c/content/images/2024/12/IMG_0947.jpg) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/58/67/5867d415-55cd-4f42-962a-67b9b6110b2c/content/images/2024/12/IMG_0945.jpg) As for my lips, I had online purchased the **Idôle Lip 21 Shade Throwing Beige** lip shaper (so I had something from Lancôme after all!) yet only realised at home it was too light for me as for a countour liner but will work great when I want to go for a nude mouth (like Vic Ceridono from Dia de Beauté thought us a decade ago!). Aurore masterfully matched me with the **53 The Tea is Hot** and it's a great colour on me and makes for a great and lasting defined lip. > Little interlude about lips... I have been really investing a lot more on my lips in the past 4 years. I was always about the eyes but when pandemic hit, there was no patience - or need - to create a full look but realised that putting on a bright red lipstick made me pop on the countless Team and Zoom calls. And I started paying more attention to my lips in real life as well. I still have a lot to learn from colour to durability to matte-ness or full-ness and contouring but I am getting the hang of it. I have very thin lips and contouring has really improved my whole look. At least that is how I feel. Bref ! To finish the look, Aurore did my eyes and applied coat after coat after coat of the **Hypnôse Drama Mascara** and I just loved it. Now that I have it at home I would just need it to dry faster than it does but I am overall happy with the product. As the price was the same, I brought home the Bi-facil eye make-up remover sample with a black khôl pencil. I used to love black khôl pencil as I used to line my eyes in black a lot about 20 years ago but I stopped that so it's not something I purchase nowadays but always night to have without overdoing it. [Beauty | Honest experience with Clarins (and a €15 discount for you!)Honest review of the Clarins Mask that changed everything (thanks Andreea Ali!) and a discount for your first purchase![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/58/67/5867d415-55cd-4f42-962a-67b9b6110b2c/content/images/icon/VHColletion_02_vhcollection_03-225.png)The SignatureJess![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/58/67/5867d415-55cd-4f42-962a-67b9b6110b2c/content/images/thumbnail/IMG_2484-1-2.jpg)](https://www.thesignaturejess.com/beauty-my-experience-with-clarins/) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/58/67/5867d415-55cd-4f42-962a-67b9b6110b2c/content/images/2024/12/IMG_0944-1.jpg) That was it for my Lancôme Haul but I also purchased other things at Foschini like **The Ordinary Multi-Peptide Hair Serum** (I started using it a few days ago and reviews mention you start seeing results in around 4 months)(I have irreversible alopecia but why not try something new?!)(with little expectation!) and a **Rimmel Pro Micro 04 Brow Pencil**. Before leaving the shopping center altogether and joining Bruno back at the hotel lobby where he was waiting for me with a grapefruit cocktail (my favourite!), I also re-purchased my trusty **Clinique Even Better Concealer - Shade: 28 Ivory** and **Bobbi Brown's Mahogany brow pencil** (which just finished)(thank God I purchased two during the trip!) at Woolworths Beauty floor. > *Like this content? We can connect also on* [**BlueSky**](https://www.thesignaturejess.com/r/eebbfd7d?m=5c4efd93-0ef0-4db1-af3b-7675f61db0cb) *|* [**TikTok**](https://www.thesignaturejess.com/r/3a8dd75f?m=5c4efd93-0ef0-4db1-af3b-7675f61db0cb) *|* [**Youtube**](https://www.thesignaturejess.com/r/5cd54466?m=5c4efd93-0ef0-4db1-af3b-7675f61db0cb) *|* [**Pinterest**](https://www.thesignaturejess.com/r/f6c35afb?m=5c4efd93-0ef0-4db1-af3b-7675f61db0cb)