The All-Things Chanel Makeup, Skincare & Fragrance Thread

[tigerrouge]

Another bad eyeshadow, it seems (temptalia.com

Chanel Furtif Ombre Essentielle / Soft Touch Eyeshadow ($28.50 for 0.05 oz.) is described as “silver-grey.” It has a light-medium gray base with a silverish shimmer-sheen; it almost looks a little brown-toned. Guerlain Les Gris is similar, perhaps more metallic. Giorgio Armani #22 is more metallic. Tarina Tarantion Mr. Silver is lighter. MAC Electra has more of a satin finish but is similar in color.

I wish I could say Furtif was better than Infini, but it’s only marginally so and infinitely worse compared to Complice. It’s noticeably sheer swatched, and it acts the same way when applied to the lid, with or without a base, wet or dry. It adheres better than Infini, and it doesn’t make the lid look dry almost by clumping up in places, but you have to pack on the color, and if you blend it, it easily fades to oblivion. It wears for about six and a half hours, and after seven hours, there’s noticeable fading.

There’s one more shade for fall, Eclaire, which I’m in the process of testing, so it is with fingers crossed that it fairs better than the last two!

 

[indian_rose]

Can anyone suggest a lipstick shade in the Rouge Coco collection, that is a similar shade to Burberry Lip Cover in 04 Rosewood? I really like the shade but I prefer Chanel lipsticks than Burberry.

Polyvore

Cafemakeup

 

[Jinadaze]

I hope they will release again Aqualumiere Glosses anytime soon, they were my favourite before discontinued.

 

[Gábor]

Chanel is releasing three new nailpolishes and matching lipsticks for FNO. I just hope it will be some unpexpected colours and not boring beiges, pinks again..

 

[tigerrouge]

It still sounds like Complice is the winning eyeshadow from this particular collection, in terms of use and performance... Christine states that on her eye, she used "Chanel Eclaire on inner lid, Burberry Midnight Brown on outer lid" (temptalia.com

Chanel Eclaire Ombre Essentielle / Soft Touch Eyeshadow ($28.50 for 0.05 oz.) is described as “sheer gold.” It’s a pale yellow gold with a soft, frosted metallic sheen. theBalm Snobby is similar but a smidgen yellower. Bare Escentuals Aspire is more orange. theBalm Wild Child is lighter. Urban Decay Eldorado is a hair yellower. Buxom Poodle is lighter. Giorgio Armani #1 Madreperla is a bit more orange-toned. Giorgio Armani #18 is similar but a bit paler.

Gah! Chanel! Of all the shades you label as “sheer,” this one? It’s not sheer! What kind of madness are you trying to create? Furtif was sheer. This is pigmented! Opaque! Rich in color! It might be a soft shade, but there’s not much underlying sheerness. The texture is silky-smooth, ultra-finely milled, so you could certainly sheer it out, but it packs a a fair dosage of color without having to pack it on. On the lid, it’s pretty pigmented; not totally opaque, but it’s close. It blends out easily, because it’s so soft, resulting in a smidgen of powderiness.

When I wore it, there was very light fading after eight hours along the lash line and outer edge, but it was mostly intact and there was no creasing to be seen. It has the same look, feel, and resulting shimmer/sparkle of Complice, which was a beautiful color for all over the lid. If Chanel hadn’t used the word “sheer” to describe this, it’d be just as good. It’s a little too pigmented to be sheer–you shouldn’t have to barely touch the pan of color to get sheer color!

 

[tigerrouge]

Something about these colours reminds me more of chalks from a schoolroom than eyeshadows (temptalia.com

Chanel Premier Regard Eyeshadow Quad ($58.00 for 0.24 oz.) consists of four shades, which the brands describes as “taupe brown, tender pink, beige, and intense black.”

The first shade is a lightly gray-tinted medium-dark brown with subtle coppery-brown micro-shimmer over a satiny sheen. It has good color payoff, and it applies smoothly and evenly. MAC Superwatt is similar but more metallic, lighter, and warmer. MAC Omega is a smidgen lighter. theBalm Celebrational is grayer. Inglot #342 is grayer, darker, and matte. Urban Decay Midnight Rodeo is more shimmery.

Beside the taupe shade, there’s a pale, light pink with subtle yellow undertones and decent color payoff–but it’s powdery. It blends out easily but almost to nothing, so you have to pack it on and then only blend out the edges with care. This color barely shows up on me (I’m about medium in color). MAC Sugar Snack is a several shades darker. NARS Douce France is a smidgen whiter. Bare Escentuals Giddy is a little darker.

Next, we have a pale golen peach with a satiny sheen. It has decent pigmentation but also has some powderiness, like the pink shade, that made it easy to blend but it was also easy to make it disappear. Dolce & Gabbana Cocoa is similar but matte. Inglot #328 is identical as far as I can tell. Inglot #330 is lighter.

The final shade is a dark black with a subtle cool-brown base and a matte finish. It has good color payoff, and it is rather intense. I used it very, very lightly with an extremely fluffy brush so that it would not overwhelm the other shades in the quad. The color compares favorably with blacks like theBalm Serious and MAC Carbon.

I love a good neutral quad. Chanel’s Kaska Beige and Beiges de Chanel are two of my favorites. I was kind of hoping that this might be in that vein; something gorgeous and subtle and neutral but effortlessly flattering. I think on some complexions, this might sing a bit louder than it did for me. It just washes together, and the textures were more powdery than anticipated. It has something to do with the two pale shades in the quad being paired with something nearly black that makes it a lot more stark and less simple to use. I wore all four shades together, and they were mostly intact after eight hours; the two lighter colors were a little faded, but the darker shades looked the same as they did initially.

It's a decent-to-good quad, but I don't think it's going to work well on light-medium to medium-dark complexions; you either have to be really pale or deeper to have the color differences really show up. The black shade is a little cool-toned compared to the overall warmth of the other shades.

 

[Gábor]

Great.. now I want Vertigo too..

 

[tigerrouge]

The September relaunch of Rouge Allure (beaut.ie

And headed our way this September is a line of 16 really great lipsticks. Chanel has relaunched and reformulated the entire Rouge Allure line, so the shades are more intense yet more comfortable to wear than ever before.

While red is the main event, the new range also includes nudes, pinks, oranges and browns.

And that’s not all. Joining these on counter will be five matching shades of Le Vernis, €22, in Beige – and four re-releases: Pirate, Holiday, Coromandel and Rouge Noir. Four lip liners round out the collection – they’re €21 each, and they come with a handy sharpener and a decent little brush head at one end.

But back to the lipstick, which is the main event. I’m delira to report that the new formula is gorgeous – we’re getting vibrant colour and full coverage, teamed with a high shine, glossy finish and a nice bit of slip. It’s packed full of emollients and antioxidants like sweet almond oil and green tea and it’s really comfortable to wear.

Red is a high maintenance shade so regular touch ups are a given – but that’s no hardship. Thankfully, the fab packaging hasn’t changed: sleek, black and gold, the bullet is housed in a sprung case; just push down and the tube clicks open to reveal the colour within. This is a joy to whip out of the handbag.

Priced at €30.50, the new Rouge Allure range will hit counters on September 14th. I’ll be counting the days.

 

[raerae]

My best friend got me Rouge Coco lipstick 'Cambon' for my birthday, I absolutely love it!!!!

 

[tigerrouge]

Barbara Palvin for Rouge Allure (youtube.com/chanel

 

[tigerrouge]

Chanel is releasing three new nailpolishes and matching lipsticks for FNO. I just hope it will be some unpexpected colours and not boring beiges, pinks again..

Some info and images (chicprofile.com

Chanel Fashion’s Night Out Fall 2012 Collection

Availability
International Launch Date – 6 September 2012 at select Chanel boutiques and @chanel.com. You can pre-order the new shades right now at Nordstrom Seattle.

Chanel Rouge Allure – Limited Edition – $32.50

• La Delicate
• La Provocante
• L’Infidele

Le Vernis – $26.00

• Delicatesse
• Provocation
• Infidele

 

[Jinadaze]

I love the La Provocante/Provocation duo.

 

[tigerrouge]

Preview of the Holiday 2012 Collection called Eclats du Soir de Chanel

More shots of the collection (jaydeddreaming.com

 

[Fabulyss]

Hmmph. This season's vibe seems very late 70s/early 80s to me.

Does anyone know if Chanel still makes a fiber mascara?

 

[Les_Sucettes]

I bought the Provocation polish at FNO and it's my fav colour at the moment. The Chanel vending machines at Covent Garden, where you got the FNO Chanel make up , were simply insane.

 

[saann]

I managed to get my hands on the last Mat Lumiere foundation in my tone at my local shop. So sad that it's being discontinued

Finding a new foundation is going to be hard..

 

[DeeDeeDeLovely]

Provocation arrived and I am in love!

 

[tigerrouge]

From the Holiday 2012 collection - this soft pink blush is my most likely purchase from the range, given that I'm super-pale (temptalia.com

Chanel Star Dust Joues Contraste ($43.00 for 0.21 oz.) is described as a “shimmering soft pink.” It’s a pale, yellow-toned pink with golden shimmer and sparkle. NARS Undress Me is actually similar in color, but it has chunky glitter in it. MAC Launch Away is darker, brighter. MAC Crew is a little darker. MAC Flower Fantasy is more frosted. Chanel Brompton Road is very similar. Chanel Pink Cloud is similar–more frosted. Benefit Hervana is a little darker and matte.

It’s a really pale color even in the pan, so it’s only going to be a blusher on light complexions. On medium to dark complexions, it’ll be more of a highlighter. It’s true-to-pan color–it’s just so light in the pan that it’s not going to work as a blush for some–but it never looked chalky on.

The texture is so, so soft–like silk–and finely-milled! It applied smoothly and was a cinch to blend out. I was extremely surprised with the way this looked on the skin, because the sparkle-content worried me. It was almost like wearing a Glossimer but made for cheeks–it had a very refined, subtle quality. A little dazzle, a little zing, but it wasn’t chunky or gritty or really glittery on. It did not emphasize pores either. I wore this twice last week, and both times, it lasted for eight hours without fading.

 

[tigerrouge]

I not sure if I like the gold shade in the mix (same source

Chanel Harmonie du Soir Eyeshadow Palette ($65.00 for 0.14 oz.) contains four shades, which are described as “bronze gold, taupe, violet-plum, and pink.” The formula of this palette is different than Chanel’s usual quads, but the palette is much like Topkapi, which came out in July 2011.

The first shade is a golden bronze with a frosted finish. It had full color coverage, and it applied smoothly–almost melted against the skin. Dior Night Golds is similar but lighter. Dior Couture Gold is lighter. Chanel Apparence is lighter, more golden, less warm-toned.

Next, there is a reddened taupe–little hints of brown and gray mix to create a warmed-up taupe with a soft frosted finish. It had lovely color payoff and a soft, smooth application. Urban Decay Rehab is darker, grayer. Urban Decay Midnight Rodeo is similar–slightly more of a gray sheen. MAC Satni Taupe is darker.

On the bottom left, there is a reddened plum with a delicate pink shimmer-sheen. Like the previous shades, it also had excellent pigmentation and a very silky-smooth feel and application. L’Oreal Glistening Garnet is pinker. NARS Charade is more subdued. NARS Grand Palais is darker, browner. Urban Decay Last Call is slightly darker. MAC Cranberry is darker, less pink.

The final sahde is a pale, light pink with yellow undertones and a frosted, metallic finish. It had great color payoff and went on very smoothly. MAC Love Power is darker. theBalm Matt Chung is lighter, less yellow-toned. MAC Young Venus is cool-toned. Dior Garden Pastels is similar. MAC Taupeless is a bit darker. Inglot #356 is less shimmery.

Guerlain Turandot isn’t exactly the same, but they had some at-a-glance similarities. Turandot has a stronger yellowy gold shade, as well as a reddish-brown (instead of the pink in this palette). The plum in Turandot is much more red-toned, less pink. The taupe in Guerlain’s palette is darker, more of a metallic sheen, less gray.

The formula in this palette is excellent; soft, buttery textures combined with excellent color payoff and beautiful long-wear. If Chanel changed all of their quads to this formula, I’d be in serious danger–or at least my wallet would be! What’s great is that soft, smooth, dense consistency isn’t powdery at all–just fabulous color and smooth application. I wore the palette without a base, and it wore for a full eight hours without any creasing or fading. When I wore it over a primer, I achieved the same results. The colors apply true-to-pan, don’t require any packing to get there, and they’re extremely blendable.

Now, I would like to point out that 0.14 oz. isn’t a lot of product, and it’s less than their regular eyeshadow quads ads well.

 

[tigerrouge]

Two of the three Glossimers from the Holiday 2012 collection (same source

Chanel Mystery Glossimer Lipgloss ($29.50 for 0.19 fl. oz.) is described as a “fresh rosewood.” It’s a soft pink-peach with a creamy finish. MAC Persistent Peach is similar but a smidgen brighter. MAC So Vain is darker, pinker. Dior Pink Veil is pinker, shimmery. YSL Pure Watermelon is more orange. Benefit Spiked Punch is similar but shimmery. Chanel Caprice is a bit pinker and shimmery.

Mystery is non-sticky, lightweight, and very comfortable to wear. The consistency isn’t too thick or too thin, and for a creamy gloss it settles very little into the lip lines–certainly not noticeable from a regular viewing distance. It also applied rather evenly. When I tested it out, it lasted for four hours, which was good. This gloss has a high-shine finish that gives lips a fuller look (just an illusion). It’s a your-lips-but-better kind of shade with better coverage.

Chanel Allegorie Glossimer Lipgloss ($29.50 for 0.19 fl. oz.) is described as a “sheer shimmering pink.” It’s new and limited edition from Chanel’s holiday collection, which will debut this October. It’s a pale, light-medium pink with subtle yellow undertones and a dusting of warm white shimmer. If you have more pigmented lips, this will lighten it, as there is some color in it, it’s just a light one at that–you can see how it softens and covers up my lip freckle somewhat. Because it’s pale and sheer, it’s more dupeable than not. Here are a few I came up with: NARS International Velvet is less warm-toned, Chanel Caprice is more opaque, MAC Fresh Air is pinker, and Bobbi Brown Pastel has pink shimmer.

What makes Glossimers popular are their non-sticky, thin consistency combined with high gloss finish and sparkling shimmer. They also tend to wear a little longer than the average gloss. Allegorie wore for four hours, which is about average across all gloss, though a little better than average for such a sheer color. The shimmer isn’t too dense, so it doesn’t look frosted or metallic on, but it does catch the light nicely and have a very Glossimer-like feel and look. I liked that it while it was sheer, it wasn’t completely colorless. It was comfortable on, both hydrating and non-sticky. It could have applied just slightly more evenly.