Chanel Updates

[AnneMCC]

Share some pics, news, what are your 'must haves' for Chanel releases coming up?

Share your Chanel finds, reviews and loves!

[meganlisa]

I have been eyeing this collection!  Seems so wearable! I really appreciate the input!

[niki172]

Meganlisa - I totally forgot to tell you I wound up not keeping the blush from the fall line. It looked too much like a bronzer on my porcelain skin plus because of the sparkles (like makeupmad stated) I felt like a young teenage girl playing with makeup and I didn't like it. The other main reason I didn't keep it is I purchased the bronzer from the summer line (like the one pictured in the originating post) so I felt like I didn't need what is essentially another bronzer (trying to reign in what I buy). I love the red lippie (termeraire) in rouge coco shine enough to go back and purchase a second tube since its LE though! It truly is a color that I don't have anything else in my stash that I could duplicate. It's going to come in handy around the holidays and date night - so pretty!

[meganlisa]

That helps!  I'm really eyeing this collection....I just ordered the Nars ltd matte red....but the shine might work...I haven't decided yet.  I feel like this collection and the new smaller Nars one are very wearable.  Appreciate the follow up.  I skipped the bronzer (but did some Guerlain so I don't need anything in that family either).

Choices...

[blushnglow]

part of fall 2015, to be released at the same time as the entrelac LE palette

[beautyaddict99]

Must have Chataigne and Vert Obscur! Thanks for posting these! 🙂 

[AnneMCC]

Oooohh pretty! Thanks for posting! Do you have a picture of the palette?

[annypoo]

Can someone help me figure out if the Chanel Mediterranee would be more of an illuminating powder or bronzer if I'm an light-medium to medium?

[niki172]

Anny if it helps I wear the lightest shade in MJ genius gel. I purchased this bronzer and by no way does it show up as orange - which is hard for me to find so I was excited to get this. I originally tried using this as a contour (didn't work) it does give me a beautiful sun kissed look (with a light hand) without looking garish. The formula is fantastic BTW. Going off if you're medium/light skin tone I would say it would be more of a bronzer. I highly recommend this product, but I don't think it would work on deeper skin tones. Just my opinion - nordies does have a good return policy if all else fails!

[guzelkiz]

I'll give my two cents on it.  I am medium skin tone and it did not work for me at all.  When I applied it to my cheeks (I didn't wear any other blush since I wanted to see how it would look alone) it made me look like I was wearing 2 different shades of foundation.  It was so yellowy orange on me.  So it went back.  I suggest you go to the store without blush or highlighter on and have an SA apply it on you.  Then you can see if you like it or not.  

[KateLovesYSL]

Hi Anny--this works as a light bronzer for me but I can probably wear it lightly all over. I love that the shimmer is very subtle and you can't see it in sunlight. It's a beautiful glow. I love it and bought it!

I went to the Nordstrom event this weekend and had my make up done at the Chanel counter. He used it as a bronzer on me and then put on some blush as well. I'm wearing 2 of the cream eyeshadow sticks and the orange lipstick from the summer collection.

(sorry for bad pics, they weren't taken to be shared since I was tired but I thought it would be helpful)

[blackkitty2014]

I don't think they are bad pictures of you. You look lovely but stop enabling me lol. I'm trying to recover from Tom Ford summer collection. 🙂

[KateLovesYSL]

lol I think you need this one blackkitty. Go try it in the store. 

I also bought 2 of the cream eyeshadow sticks :Laurier Rose  (wearing it in the pics above) and Azulejo. Both are soo beautiful! I read that someone used the blue powder from TF Midnight sea on top of Azulejo and that it was gorgeous so I had to buy it to see for my self. lol

[AnneMCC]

Thanks for posting all your pics- you look gorgeous! I got Companade. Going to unbox and use it today. They used it on my at the Chanel event last week. 

[niki172]

I bought the Laurier Rose - its soooo gorgeous! Also I think you look very pretty in your pics 🙂

[dioradict]

I love the Orchidee eyeliner and laurier rose eyeshadow. The eyeshadow stayed on abt 12 hrs no creasing on my oily eyelids 😄

[blackkitty2014]

Darn it Kate. You and Greenchilli are killing me 😉 They are beautiful aren't they. I'm trying to skip the Chanel bronzer with the hope that Guerlain will release the Asia exclusive highlighter 😞 

[KateLovesYSL]

But they are two different things! You can have both! The Chanel will work as a bronzer for you and the Poudre de Soie will be a perfect highlighter to compliment it. I have been asking all the Guerlain reps I see about the highlighter and no one knows anything about it here 😞

If it is released in North America, I'm picking one up too!

[greenchilli]

Blackkitty, the Chanel illuminator is worth trying out.  I highly recommend testing it at the counter.  I quite like it because it has no shimmer and is just a glow.  I think it would flatter medium skin tones a lot!

[greenchilli]

Annypoo,I think the Chanel Mediterranee would be a natural bronzer on you (subtle).  Not to be confused with a contouring powder...but for a sunkissed glow.

[annypoo]

Thanks greenchilli! Trying to decide by tonight if I should order from Saks 😛

[greenchilli]

I just bought the Chanel Mediterranee LE Illuminator during Nordies 3X period.  My SA (that works at NARS) highly recommended it.  Today is the second day that I have used it.  I really like it.

Picture outdoors - not very sunny.

Swatch on my arm.  I have swatched it right in the center of the picture (heavy swatch). 

 On me (medium/deep), it just gives a bit of luminosity.  This has no shimmer, it has a glow.  I used it all over my face.  I think on deeper skin tones, it could also work well on the high points of the face - swatching is recommended.  On light tones it would make a good bronzer that looks natural.

If you swatch it heavily, some pinkness shows through (certainly not orange or yellow).  So I would describe this powder as bronze and not golden. 

It is incredibly subtle on me.  I see an "effect" - like healthy skin, but I doubt anybody would ask what highlighter I was wearing.