Tag: Chanel

I am nothing if not predictable, for, after my last Chanel post, I did indeed go out and add Graphite and Quartz to my collection: I’d initially disregarded Quartz and Graphite as not being unique enough, but, on discovering that Peridot was possibly slightly … um … too unique for me, I thought I’d pick them up anyway.  And I’m glad I did, because they’re […]

 Right after whipping off Peridot, I decided to go with a real classic, and painted my nails with this, Chanel Rouge Noir.  This is an old, old, bottle as I’ve been wearing Rouge Noir on and off since the 90’s. It’s a dark, wine-red creme, a bit gothy, but I find it goes with everything, and always looks classy. Wear is about average, I tend […]

So, I went a little crazy at the Chanel Counter again.  I picked up three of the Illusion D’Ombre eyeshadows, which are a remarkable texture, and, I cracked and bought the nail varnish in Peridot.  I passed over Graphite as it’s dead ringer for OPI’s Lost in Glitzerland, and Quartz looked too similar to Illamasqua Bacterium for comfort. That said, I’ll probably be picking them […]

Well hello there little Chanel palette that fell into my handbag at Selfridges last week!  How you doin’? What’s that?  You’re shy?  Don’t want to show off for the nice Get Lippie readers? Tough. See?  Nothing to be scared of!  You’re beautiful.  Oh yes, you are.  And, with your selection of metallic browns, taupes and golds, oh me, oh my, we’re going to make some […]

I’ve been waiting for these to be released for about six weeks now, so when I noticed they’d been released early – I thought they were out at the end of the month! – I had to snap up a couple. Or four… The shades I picked were (l-r): 66 – Bel-Ami: a lightly bronzed brown; 61 – Bonheur: a sheer berry; 55 – Romance: […]

I make no apologies – whatsoever – for this post!  I mentioned Chanel cotton wool to some fellow bloggers the other week, and the gorgeous Vex in the City and Virtues of Beauty both blogged about how insane they thought it was straight after.  Can’t, in all honesty, say I blame them, they are a little … mad! So, Chanel have released Le Coton exclusively […]

   When I wrote this post recently, one of my wonderful regular readers (the always-lovely Modesty Brown) commented that she thought the colour would be less bronze, so I thought a comparison to the decidedly khaki Torrent as released earlier on in the year would be useful, so here goes: As you can see, whilst both shades do have a decidedly bronze-y cast to them, […]

I love a bit of Chanel.  Some of my more regular readers might have noticed.  I’m also a massive fan of their Ombre D’eau eyeshadows, finding the colours gorgeously complex (in the main), and also rather more long lasting than Chanel’s powder shadows. The latest release in this format is number 757,also called “Splash”.  It’s the second one I’ve purchased this year, the first was […]