Chanel Dragee Baume Essentiel Review & Swatches
Dragee
Chanel Dragee Baume Essentiel ($45.00 for 0.28 oz.) is a translucent, rosy-copper with subtle pearl and a glossy sheen. In my experience, this formula really works best as a highlighter or lip balm, as it has no staying power as an eye product (it is marketed as a multi-tasking formula!).
- Sheer coverage (as marketed)
- Balmy, emollient, spreadable
- Applied fairly evenly but best with a brush to avoid lifting base products
- Lasted ~6 hours as a cheek product, ~2 hours as a lip balm, almost no longevity as an eye product
Top Dupes
- Stila Luminescence (P, $32.00) is more shimmery, darker, cooler (90% similar).
- Anastasia Oyster (P, $25.00) is darker (90% similar).
- Fenty Beauty Rose on Ice (P, $28.00) is more shimmery, darker, cooler (90% similar).
- Chanel Ensoleille (LE, $45.00) is darker (90% similar).
- Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk (P, $38.00) is more shimmery (90% similar).
- Kevyn Aucoin Starlight (P, $52.00) is more shimmery, darker, cooler (90% similar).
- Cover FX Blossom (P, $42.00) is more shimmery (90% similar).
- Urban Decay Fireball (P, $28.00) is darker (90% similar).
- Charlotte Tilbury Peachgasm (P, $38.00) is more shimmery, darker (85% similar).
Ingredients
DIISOSTEARYL MALATE | POLYBUTENE | OCTYLDODECANOL | SYNTHETIC WAX | CERA CARNAUBA (COPERNICIA CERIFERA (CARNAUBA) WAX) | PENTAERYTHRITYL TETRA-DI-T-BUTYL HYDROXYHYDROCINNAMATE | TIN OXIDE | DICALCIUM PHOSPHATE | CI 42090 (BLUE 1 LAKE) | CI 77491 (IRON OXIDES) | CI 77492 (IRON OXIDES) | CI 77499 (IRON OXIDES) | CI 77891 (TITANIUM DIOXIDE) | MICA | BS000040A
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So pretty as a highlighter! Definitely my type of shade, too. But, there’s better quality versions at much lower price points, thank goodness!
For paler skin tones, this could work, but somehow I think there are better around.
So many companies (YSL, Hourglass, Chanel) are releasing these very sheer and short-wearing lip balmy “lipsticks” or this product which is both for lips and cheeks. For my money, I’m much happier with Sephora’s Rouge Lacquer “lipsticks” for a small fraction of the price of YSL’s Rouge Volupte or Hourglass Lip Stylos. The Sephora product is virtually identical in wear-time, feel, finish, etc. In a pinch, I’m sure you could put those on your cheeks if you needed to!