Chanel Venice Collection for Fall 2009 – Lip Swatches

Here are some lip swatches of the new glossimers and lipsticks (except Captive) from Chanel’s latest launch!

Chanel Courtisane Glossimer

Chanel Amusing Lipstick

Chanel Clandestine Lipstick

Chanel Comedia Lipstick

Chanel Instinctive Lipstick

Chanel Intuitive Lipstick

(Sorry, I couldn’t get a lip swatch of Captive!)

Chanel’s Venice Collection Rings Deep for Fall

OVERALL, Chanel’s Venice Collection has a lot of wearable colors and shades, particularly in the lip department, as well as a fun and creative glossy quad of eyeshadows. I found myself gravitating towards the easy-to-wear lip colors more so than the eyeshadow quad, oddly enough! I really wanted to fall in love with Tweed Sienna, but I found it just looked dirty on my coloring.

My favorites from the launch were the two Glossimers, both of them equally lovely. Courtisane is easy to wear by itself, and Arlequin is my favorite to pair with my new everyday lip color (Urban Decay Naked lipstick). I liked the Murano eyeshadow quad, but I didn’t fall in love. I decided to pass on it, because I just know I won’t reach for it enough. (That’s me trying to resist temptation!)

See product photos, swatches, and individual reviews by product…

Eye Gloss

Eye Gloss

The Eye Gloss ($65.00) is a stunning mix of silvery-white with gold, gold, deep vampy red, and glossy black. I didn’t pick one up, so I can’t fill you in on wear time, but they did look fun to play with. They’re pretty creamy, so I doubt that they’d work as a great base nor standalone color, unless, perhaps, you had fairly dry lids that were crease-resistant themselves! The colors seemed to run cool except the gold (but that felt neutral). One thing to note is that when you mix a little of the red with the gold, it makes this gorgeous peachy shade. It’d be awesome on the lips!

Murano Eyeshadow Quad

Murano Eyeshadow Quad

The Murano Eyeshadow Quad ($56.00) is classic Chanel eyeshadow: soft, silky, and ultra smooth. The shades include a deep, medium silver (reminded me of MAC Silver Ring), a light, not-too-pale pink with a bit of a gold frost, a lighter blue-toned silver, and a deep shade of forest-green with a little bit of teal mixed in (think MAC Deep Blue Green pigment). The colors work well together, and they’re easy to blend. I find Chanel eyeshadow quads to be decent to good, but not all of them are created equal. This one is a good quad, because the texture is right on target. (If you love smooth, silky shadows, I suggest looking at Chanel’s eyeshadow singles or duos, because those are nearly always great!)

Acqua Alta Eyeshadow Duo

Acqua Alta Eyeshadow Duo; Peche Caresse; Fresque

The Acqua Alta Silky Eyeshadow Duo ($40.00) is a classic combination of light, silvery-gray and smoky gray. I didn’t love this one, just because I felt like it could be a tad more pigmented. I will say that the tester I used was well-tested so there was some eww-yuck-gross build-up which may have prevented top-notch pigmentation.

Peche Caresse

Fresque Blush

Tweed Sienna Blush

Peche Caresse; Fresque; Tweed Sienna

There were three face products launched with the collection — a pressed powder, powder blush, and tweed blush.

• Peche Caresse Soft Pressed Powder ($50.00) is a pale peachy shade, and it looks a bit chalky on me. For fairer skin tones, I could this working better as a pressed powder. On me, it’s just a little ashy.
• Fresque Powder Blush ($42.00) is a pretty shade of light peach. It’s not as pale nor chalky like Peche Caresse. It doesn’t go on ultra pigmented on my skin tone, but it can layered for a nice, natural look. I like that it’s nearly matte, maybe just a little bit of satin-ness to it.
• Tweed Sienna Blush Duo ($45.00) is a light-medium warm-toned brown shade. This just didn’t do it for me; it came out looking dirty on my skin as a swatch, so I have a hunch it would do much of the same to my face, unfortunately.

Comedia, Amusing, Clandestine, Captive, Instictive, Intuitive

Amusing, Clandestine, Comedia, Instinctive

Clandestine, Comedia, Instinctive, Intuitive

Six shades of Rouge Allure Lip Colour ($30.00 each) ranged from a brick red to a soft coral.

• Amusing is a beautiful shade of rosy-pink.
• Clandestine was a reddish-brick shade–more wearable than you think. It’s red without being flamboyant, and yet not too brown.
• Comedia is a semi-sheer soft rose-pink — it’s not as deep or pink as Amusing, but they’re similar.
• Instictive is a semi-sheer coral-pink with a glossy sheen.
• Intuitive is a pinky brown with a semi-sheer opacity.
• Captive is a semi-sheer brown with just a touch of pink in it. It’s much browner than Clandestine and much darker than Intuitive.

Intuitive, Arlequin, Courtisane

Courtisane Glossimer ($27.00 each) is a gorgeous brightened-up pink with a little bit of red and gold shimmer. Arlequin Glossimer ($27.00) is a beautiful shade of shimmery golden-toned gloss. I really LOVED Arlequin on top of Urban Decay’s Naked lipstick, too.

Gondola, Intermezzo

Gondola Le Vernis ($23.00) is a shimmery shade of raspberry-wine. Perfect for fall, but relatively dupe-able amongst other polish brands. Intermezzo Le Vernis ($23.00) is a semi-sheer shimmery concoction of creamy white with pearlescent pink and purple glinting in it. I liked Intermezzo as a color, though it’s not the easiest nail color to pull off.

Chanel Venice Collection for Fall 2009

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 colours of its lagoons. As seen in the runway looks created by Peter Philips, Global Creative Director of CHANEL Makeup, at the 2009/10 Cruise Collection show, held on the beaches of Venice, Italy, rich sienna and deep rose tones, and dusky greys and greens combine for a modern look that can be softened for day or emboldened come evening.

Eye Gloss ($65.00) (Limited Edition)

• Luminous cream quadra eyeshadow in pearl, gold, black, red-black

Les 4 Ombres / Quadra Eyeshadow ($56.00)

• Murano Moss, pink, seafoam, green shimmer

Irreelle Duo / Silky Eyeshadow Duo ($40.00)

• Acqua Alta White, grey

Poudre Douce / Soft Pressed Powder ($50.00)

• Peche Caresse Soft peach

Jouse Contraste / Powder Blush ($42.00)

• Fresque Peach

Les Tissages de Chanel / Blush Duo Tweed Effect ($45.00)

• Tweed Sienna Earthy Bronze

Rouge Allure / Luminous Satin Lip Colour ($30.00)

• Instinctive Pink nude
• Comedia Rose
• Intuitive Pink brown
• Amusing Rosewood
• Captive Brown
• Clandestine Brick

Levres Scintillantes / Glossimer ($27.00)

• Arlequin Gold
• Courtisane Pink

Le Vernis / Nail Colour ($23.00)

• Intermezzo White pearl
• Gondola Maroon shimmer

Le Crayon Levres / Precision Lip Definer ($28.00)

• Praline d’Or Nude

Le Crayon Sourcils / Precision Brow Definer ($28.00)

• Blond Clair Blonde
• Cendre Noir Black

Availability: July 2009 at CHANEL boutiques, department and specialty stores, and on Chanel.com.

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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.