Chanel Medium Deep Les Beiges Healthy Glow Luminous Colour Review, Photos, Swatches
Medium Deep
Chanel Medium Deep Les Beiges Healthy Glow Luminous Colour ($58.00 for 0.42oz.) is a medium brown with warm, yellow undertones and a golden sheen. It had medium, buildable color payoff (up to mostly opaque coverage) that applied evenly to bare skin. While I had some trouble genuinely building up color and getting the product to “stick” to bare skin with a few shades, this shade applied easily. The consistency was smooth, silky, and still a little powdery in the pan like the others, but it blended out nicely and did not lose its intensity unless I wanted it to (and buffed it out). It wore well for eight hours on me before fading.
Chanel described the formula as a “powder bronze and highlighter enriched with illuminating pigments” with a “buildable, soft texture.” The brand noted to select a shade lighter than your skin tone for highlighting and darker than your skin tone for bronzing–so it was less of a multi-tasking product and more that one could use it either as a highlighting powder or as a bronzing powder. I think you can get a little illumination and subtle warmth if you choose a shade similar to your skin tone, though, which is the closest to having the best of both worlds.
You can view photos of the packaging and ingredients here, along with swatches of the full range here.
Top Dupes
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Ingredients
Not bad at all! Subtle, but still has an effect of giving you a tanned look. Very nice shade on you!
Thanks, Nancy!
I was super surprised when this shade was recommended for me by a MUA at my local Chanel counter but it is beautiful as a bronzer due to it’s reddy tone. I also tried on the Medium shade (meant to warm the complexion) but in natural light, it looked yellow against my skin. I’m so glad I went outside to see the effects that weren’t as visible under the store lighting. I’m very pleased with this bronzer. It looks lovely on you, Christine.
I’m so glad you gave it a try, Tracey! Sounds like it’s working really well on you.
That looks great on you, it looks very natural while still adding decent color and a bit of polish!