Thursday, October 9th 2008

Chanel Holiday 08 Collection: Product Images

Chanel's Holiday collection is all about Glitz and Glamour.  Gorgeous Gold's and browns makes the perfect combination for a gorgeous - but, not over the top look this holiday season!  And, if it wasn't for my empty pocket book, I would have stocked up on so much more!  But, sadly, Chanel adds up faster than my wallet can even fathom.

Check out the photo's below.  I'll be going more in depth with each product.

 

Red Shine - a gorgeous holiday red shade that is very pretty.  I'm a huge sucker for red lip gloss so this was a no brainer, ya know?  But, after looking at all my photo swatches, I'd wish I picked up Gold Shine instead.  You know why?  Well, it's just simply gorgeous!  And, what makes Gold Shine so different from other gold glosses is the peachy pink base color completely drenched in gold shimmer.  Gold Light topped with Chanel's gold highlighting powder = to die for! 

I can't even remember the last time I purchased a Quad from Chanel.  It's been that long since they've actually had a worthy one.  13 Beiges De Chanel, is a gorgeous mixture of brown and golds that's stunning.  And, just imagine, the gold highlighting powder topped over this look.

Check out the photo swatch from the Beiges De Chanel Quad. 

It's an interesting combination of colors - not your standard "beige" quad.  All four shades blended incredibly well - just like butter.   The mixture of colors range from your muted gold's to brown with gold pearl, dark brown with gold shimmer (for the crease) and a vanilla colored matte highlighter.   

Chanel Gold Highlighting Powder ($75).  Now, before you eeek at the price tag, here's some insight that may take some pain away.  This is pigment and not powder.  Actually, it's a large size of pigment.  Just think on the lines of MAC's pigment in jars.  To this day, there isn't one that I've used up.  MAC's Pigment jars are 7.5 g and Chanel's is 8.0 g.

When I was at the counter swatching the Holiday collection, Chanel's makeup artist literally put the gold highlighter on every swatched color on my arm.  I was amazed how versatile it was.  It looked stunning with pretty much everything.  Suitable for body, lips, moisturizer, eye's - you name it. 

Check out more pictures below. 

A large body brush is included with the highlighter and is meant to be used for larger areas.  So, if your using this as a highlighter, you can just use a powder or hightlighter brush.  My professional Sonia Kashuk powder brush worked out perfectly. 

 Oooh......ahhhhh..... So pretty.

Haute Chocolat is a pretty chocolate brown with gold and red shimmer.  Most likely, this will be the sell-out from the three that were released.  It coordinates perfectly with the gold and brown theme to complete the look.

Everything should available online anytime now.  I know many Chanel counters don't plan on getting the holiday collection until mid October or later.  I'd call your local counter before making the trip.

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