While I miss the days of tweed embossed eye-shadows and sequinned highlighters, the make-up arm of Chanel is in good hands with Lucia Pica. She’s the kind of creative director that puts the work in – researches to the nth degree and uses an immersion method to unearth nuances of colour that probably disappears over the heads of most of us. But, the point is, it’s there, and for this collection, Vision D’Asie, she spent a month in Japan and South Korea taking pictures and finding colour references.
Most of the Asia references lie in the palette (which I don’t have) that brings everything together, but something I was really pleased to see in the collection is a clear Glow Stick (£33). I love that gleam on bone look which admittedly is more editorial than real-world, but used sparingly over high points gives a low key lit effect. There’s also a shimmer effect Glow Stick that keeps the sparkle to a minimum but will highlight very nicely. I used my fingers to apply, but that little retractable brush(£28) is made for the job.
There are two new shades of Le Vernis; Bleached Mauve and Techno Bloom (£22) that speak for themselves in terms of opposites attracting (personally, I’m going to be Techno on toes and Mauve on fingers).
The Rouge Allure Liquid Powders (£31) also have two new colours; Electric Bloom and Bittersweet. Electric Bloom in limited edition. These aren’t my favourite things from Chanel Beauty because they are just so unbelievably matte but if you love intensely matte formulas that feel light on the lip they are exceptional in that respect.
Three new shades of Rouge Velvet Allure (£31) – two of which are limited edition for the spring collection. I have Infrarose and Nuance above. Nuance and a third shade in red tones, Imperial, are limited.
In the swatch from bottom to top: Nuance, Infrarose, Bittersweet, Electric Bloom and the Sculpting Glow Stick. It’s a small collection, reflecting the fact that we just aren’t buying as much make-up as we were although I imagine that Chanel is fairly immune to consumer fluctuations. If you’re a fan of Chanel Rouge Coco Balms, you might be pleased to know that they’re being completely reformulated and re-presented as Rouge Coco Flash for about March time. The Chanel Spring Collection launches on Friday.
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I like Lucia’s more pared back, considered approach to seasonal makeup collections. A smaller collection is less daunting at the counters, easier to explore and select new product (they’re probably easier for the consultants too in this era of lots of new launches). Infrarose and Techno Bloom are going on my payday wishlist! Thank you Jane xx
Me too…..I’ve bought more Chanel than ever before, since she took the reins. It feels more ‘me’.
I can’t stop ogling my divine recent lip palette! What a delight.
But Jane……I’ve been pestering my Chanel counter about this transparent balm, and now it’s out….do you think it’s actually a worthwhile product? I really lust after it, but feel I could do the same job with a little pot of balm by Boots Botanics! (Tell me I have to buy it please….it looks fabulous!)
Main thing is that it mustn’t grab one’s hair and glue it to the cheekbones.
Excellent review as always, thank you. 🙂
Actually, I was pondering about the balm stick vs (in my case) Vaseline thing myself. It’s like a skin gloss so the shine is quite high unless you are very moderate with it so being entirely practical on this, if you want to do a high gloss look, go for it, if you think you are going to be more subtle, I would suggest some Lanolips buffed over bones instead. I am absolutely certain that if the wind is high, your hair will stick to your face.
Thank you SO much! Really useful info
Btw: I saw a preview last night of Chanel’s new Blanc range (no idea re that name) and it has two tweedy texture blushers for you! Yay!
And a couple of gorgeous eye palettes. Mmmm xc
ooh!
Cal that sounds soo tempting. My wishlist just got a bit longer!
UGH, I am so bored of the same eye look since she took over. How many brown smokey eyes can you do? Okay, in normal life, all the time. But that’s more for permanent collections not limited editions that you covet and then curse if it sells out. It’ll be interesting to see the new Rouge Coco though, the previous formula is so well-loved, I wonder why they would even change it!