It's always exciting when Chanel launches a new collection. I know my friend Kari Schlegel will be at the Chanel counter the minute she reads this, a true beauty snob, she has snatched up every Chanel Beaute collection since high school!
This Fall, Chanel is inspired by romantic city of Venice. As a city built on water, Venice was a source of great intrigue for Gabrielle Chanel. She saw it as simultaneously dramatic and fragile - qualities she herself possessed. With the imagination of the CHANEL Makeup Studio, Venice comes to life in a palette reflective of the city's shimmering facades and mosaics, and the sparkling aquatic colors of its lagoons. I love the new Gondola nail polish above right in a rich shade of red, very vampy and sexy!
The Gel Cream eye shadow quad is CHANEL's latest makeup innovation. It puts glowing new emphasis on the eyes with a gel-cream texture that blends from sheer to intense. The subtle luminous sheen has a surprisingly and decidedly sophisticated effect. $65 at Chanel.com (Jump for complete details)
LIPS: The CHANEL lip collection expands with a selection of rich, luxurious shades.
ROUGE ALLURE Luminous Satin Lip Colour arrives in Intuitive, a pinkish brown; Clandestine, a rich brick shade; Captive, a classic brown; Amusing, a rosewood tone; Comedia, a true rose; and Instinctive, a perfect pink nude. Lips glimmer with LÈVRES SCINTILLANTES Glossimer in Courtisane, a natural pink, and Arelequin, a glossy gold. Finally, define the mouth with LE CRAYON LÈVRES Precision Lip Definer in Praline d'Or, a golden-hued nude.
EYES: Create a subtle or more dramatic look with LES 4 OMBRES Quadra Eye Shadow in Murano, a palette with shades of moss, pink and seafoam, and green shimmer. The latest IRRÈELLE DUO Silky Eyeshadow Duo arrives in Acqua Alta, a pairing of white and grey shadows. Brows look perfectly defined with two new shades of LE CRAYON SOURCILS Precision Brow Definer, Blond Clair and Cendre Noir.
FACE: For the perfect finish, apply JOUES CONTRASTE Powder Blush in Fresque, a subtle peach shade, or LES TISSAGES DE CHANEL Blush Duo Tweed Effect in Tweed Sienna, a gorgeous earthy bronze. Skin is luminous with POUDRE DOUCE Soft Pressed Powder in Pêche Caresse, a soft peach. NAILS: CHANEL, the leader in nail colour trends, introduces two new shades of LE VERNIS Nail Colour: Intermezzo, a white pearl, and Gondola, a stunning maroon shimmer. On counter: July 2009
J'adore Chanel!
Hi Tina! Thank you so much for the updates on each of the new summer/fall collections!! I love reading about the latest innovations in cosmetics. Yesterday I stopped by the mall and got the Saint Germaine lipstick from MAC. It's from the Euristocrats collection, but of course you already know that :) Thaks again for the Snob network of blogs...I really enjoy them!
G