Right, remember I said that so many things went wrong last week? Here’s another of them. I was sent samples of Rouge Allure Velvet and Rouge Allure Velvet Extreme to show you. I took them all out of their boxes without double checking that the names were on the actual product and they weren’t. So, because the lids of both are exactly the same (the bases are different in colour) I have no way now to connect back the correct shades. What an absolute fail. I’m hazarding a guess based on the release that I have here (that very handily gives pictures) but don’t take it as bible on this occasion. So above, we have (I think!!) Epitome, Extreme and Impressive. The name will tell you that they have such a strong colour intensity and such a matte finish that they should carry a hazard warning! The point about Extreme is that it is exactly that so you will need a mirror handy – one wrong move and I dread to think.
I’m far more at home with the non-extreme versions of the velvets – above, Peaceful, Emotive and Unique (I hope). Chanel, as a brand, does velvet very comfortably – I’m not a matte fan at all but these are light and silky on the lip, not drying and then, of course, there’s that smooth click casing that nobody else seems to have fine-tuned quite as well.
Of the newness, I think you will find the Rouge Allure Liquid Powders the most intriguing. It’s a powdery feeling balm-gel that on the lip feels smooth and slightly slippy in a kind of wet-dry way. It’s hard to explain but in composition they’re powder-in-oil but feel more solid than that description.
I’m not that keen on foam applicators and squeezing – it’s full of potential to go wrong but in this instance it does feel like the right delivery method for the texture. The shades I have are Avant Gardiste and Plasir (I think).
You can see, in the swatch, that they offer a blur effect (in reality, it’s more apparent on the arm than the lip). They’re honestly very interesting and I can’t think of a texture that I’ve come across exactly like it.
In this swatch, it’s the Velvets first and then the Velvet Extremes second which I think explains exactly what I was saying about having a mirror handy for application and re-application – they’re not the sort of colours you can make a mistake with doing a blind swipe in the back of a cab. In terms of price, Liquid Powder is £31 (6 shades), Velvet Extreme is £31 (6 shades) and Rouge Allure Velvet is also £31 (4 new shades). You’ll find them HERE.
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Hi Jane, of the Velvets ( not the Extremes) do you think the darker of the pinks, ie the 3rd one up on your arm swatch, could be Abstrait? Peaceful doesn’t appear on Channel’s UK website but Abstrait does.
It could be…
Wooah the £30 price barrier for lippy is broken here, there.. I know I don’t have to purchase any more products but some prices really seem to have been hiked up this year which is making me reconsider my beauty spend. I had £25-£28 set for treat lip colours..that said those colours are lovely, berry tones are a favourite for the cooler months. I hope this week is going better for you Jane. Best wishes xxx
it’s MUCH better thank you Chrissie!
Oh wow, such pretty shades!
I’ve always had a soft spot for Chanel lip products and I find their Rouge Allure Velvets quite comfortable. Regarding the names of the lippies, you can see that on each bullet (the golden part) there are numbers written(68,70 is what I can tell from the photo) and they should match the numbers on the black “lids” of the lipsticks.
ooh – you clever! I will check later today x
Hi Jane, if you haven’t already figured it out, I thought I should let you know that the little numbers printed on the base of the lipstick tube indicate the colours, so you can match them back to the covers 🙂 I had this problem a little while ago, and figured that Chanel could not be that silly to leave us unable to match lipstick to cover, so I looked a little closer, and there it was! I hope this helps 🙂
It does help – and you’re right.. I just haven’t had time to go back on it. There are other brands that don’t work that system and I’ve been caught out before – I should have known better!