96 UTOPIA CHANEL ILLUSION D'OMBRE EYESHADOW - SWATCHES AND REVIEW

96 Utopia is a limited edition Chanel Illusion D'Ombre long wear luminous eyeshadow from the 2014 Summer collection REFLETS D’ÉTÉ DE CHANEL. To read more about the entire collection check out the link below. Utopia is a shimmery light purple cream eyeshadow with silver sparkle. It doesn't apply as evenly as previous Chanel cream eyeshadows - it seemed drier and less pliable.
It tended to pill (or clump together) which made it harder to get an even all over application of Utopia. The wear time for Utopia is on par with the other Chanel Illusion D'Ombre cream eyeshadows. It lasted for about six to seven hours wear time before creasing. Also, be sure to always apply an eyeshadow primer underneath the cream eyeshadow and use thin applications when applying the cream eyeshadow onto the eyelid to lessen the chances of them creasing. 

The Chanel Illusion D'Ombre long wear luminous eyeshadows are currently priced at $36.00 USD and contain .14 oz of product. They are available for purchase at most major department stores such as Nordstrom and Belk.

Check out the whole Chanel Summer collection here: REFLETS D’ÉTÉ DE CHANEL 2014 SUMMER COLLECTION

93 IMPULSION CHANEL ILLUSION D'OMBRE EYESHADOW - SWATCHES AND REVIEW

The last item I purchased from the 2014 Chanel Spring collection (Notes De Printemps) was the limited edition Illusion D'Ombre long wear luminous eyeshadow in 93 Impulsion. It is a really pretty cool-toned silvery pink with loads of silver sparkle. During application it applied rather thinly and I needed to pat it on to obtain more of the pink color. I didn't experience any fall out but I did experience slight creasing after five to six hours of wear. It currently retails for $36.00 USD and it contains .14 oz of product.

Check out the entire Chanel 2014 Spring collection here: NOTES DE PRINTEMPS COLLECTION

Check out swatches and review for the quad here: 537 QUADRILLE CHANEL LUMIERES FACETTES EYESHADOW - SWATCHES AND REVIEW

Check out swatches and review for the duo here: 70 ROSE MAJEUR CHANEL EYESHADOW DUO - SWATCHES AND REVIEW

Check out swatches and review of Diapason here: 92 DIAPASON CHANEL ILLUSION D'OMBRE EYESHADOW - SWATCHES AND REVIEW

Check out swatches and review for Sonate here: 178 SONATE CHANEL LEVRES SCINTILLANTES GLOSSIMER - SWATCHES AND REVIEW

Check out swatches and review of Chamade here: 67 CHAMADE LE BLUSH CREME DE CHANEL

Check out swatches and review of Tapage here: 605 TAPAGE CHANEL LE VERNIS NAIL COLOUR - SWATCHES AND REVIEW

Check out swatches and review of Charivari here: 603 CHARIVARI CHANEL LE VERNIS NAIL COLOUR - SWATCHES AND REVIEW

CHANEL JEUX DE REGARDS COLLECTION

An Evocative Eye Collection
In the spirit of self-expression and playful freedom, a new eye makeup collection highlights a palette of daring blues for striking effects. The statement-making finish: bold mascara shades for lashes.

Never one to bow to convention, Gabrielle Chanel lived by her own code of beauty. In the spirit of self-expression, a playful new makeup collection for eyes offers feminine freedom. A palette of daring blues and elegant browns creates subtle-to-striking effects on the lids. Lashes provide the statement-making finish, with hues designed to complement or contrast, depending on the mood.

Two colour harmonies - one, a bold quartet of intense indigo and smoky grey hues, the other, a limited-edition pairing of delicate beiges and silky browns - take eyes from natural to sophisticated in an instant.

LES 4 OMBRES QUADRA EYE SHADOW - $59.00 USD

FASCINATION - Luminous Aqua, Light Grey, Medium Grey, Deep Blue Green

SEDUCTION (Limited Edition) - Deep Eggplant, Satin Beige, Pink Beige, Deep Brown

IlLUSION d'OMBRE LONG WEAR LUMINOUS EYESHADOW - $36.00 USD

APPARITION - Intense Blue

CONVOITISE - Light Beige Gold

STYLO YEUX WATERPROOF LONG LASTING EYELINER - $30.00 USD

BLEU EXQUIS - Metallic Blue

L'ÉTÉ PAPILLON DE CHANEL SUMMER 2013 MAKEUP COLLECTION

The dazzling colors of butterfly wings inspire a joyful look for Summer, with the enchanting collection: L'ÉTÉ PAPILLON DE CHANEL. Peter Philips, creative director of Chanel makeup, envisions electric shades of blue, pink and platinum to set the lashes, eyelids and fingertips aglow.

CHANEL FRESH EFFECTS EYESHADOWS

The Chanel 2013 Summer collection is all about bold and bright *POPS* of color. Starting with the new FRESH EFFECTS cream eyeshadow sticks, to the many mascaras and on to the nail polishes - nothing was left untouched by these bright hues of color! For now this is all the preliminary information that I have at this time. However, never fear, I will update you as more information becomes available.

You can expect to see this collection starting to hit counters sometime around mid April to the first of May. It is important to note that unlike the Spring collection the Summer collection does have two new ROUGE COCO Shines and three new glossimers but they are limited edition.

STYLO EYESHADOW FRESH EFFECT EYESHADOW (limited edition) - $34.00 USD

A smooth-gliding pen applicator delivers a new lightweight, long-wearing shadow that highlights the lids or precisely lines eyes with gleaming color. In six playful shades, from light and soft to dark and metallic.

What it is:

an eyeshadow pen that doubles as liner.

What it does:

• Pen creates an iridescent, long-lasting makeup result
• Cooling, water-infused formula enhances comfort
• Specially designed angled tip allows for versatile application of shadow or liner

Application:

As a shadow - Apply to lids in one stroke as a sheer halo effect, or use several strokes for intense results.

As a liner - On lashline, from inner to outer corner, apply with tip to the inner corner of the eye. Smooth outward. Under lower lashes, apply form outer to inner corner with tip toward the outer corner of the eye. Smooth inward.

Please note: Securely close pen immediately after use to prevent drying.

MOON RIVER - Platinum

COOL GOLD - Luminous Gold

PINK LAGOON - Fresh Pink

JADE SHORE - Tender Green

BLUE BAY - Silvery Turquoise Blue

BLACK STREAM - Silvery Black

INIMITABLE WATERPROOF MASCARA MULTIDIMENSIONAL - $30.00 USD

Butterfly-inspired lashes flutter and flirt in five captivating shades: blue, green, lime green, bright yellow, electric blue and classic black.

ZEST - Bright Yellow (limited edition)

LIME LIGHT - Tender Green (limited edition)

AQUA BLUE - Bluish Green (limited edition)

BLUE NOTE - Electric Blue (limited edition)

NOIR - Black (repromote)

STYLO YEUX WATERPROOF LONG LASTING EYELINER - $30.00 USD

TRUE BLUE - Turquoise Blue (limited edition)

ROUGE COCO SHINE HYDRATING SHEER LIPSHINE - $34.00 USD

IDYLLE -Soft Peach (limited edition)

PYGMALION - Raspberry (limited edition)

LEVRES SCINTILLANTES GLOSSIMER - $29.50 USD

ZEPHYR - Beige with Shimmer (limited edition)

ENVOLEE - Coral (limited edition)

EDEN - Translucent Raspberry (limited edition)

LE VERNIS NAIL COLOR - $27.00 USD

Nails bask in the brilliance of sun-lit coral, metallic blue and blue green.

LILIS - Intense Coral (limited edition)

AZURE - Metallic Blue Green (limited edition)

BEL-ARGUS - Metallic Blue (limited edition)

SOLEIL TAN DE CHANEL SHEER ILLUMINATING FLUID - $48.00 USD

SUNKISSED - Golden (repromote)

SOLEIL TAN DE CHANEL BRONZING MAKEUP BASE - $48.00 USD

88 ABSTRACTION CHANEL ILLUSION D'OMBRE EYESHADOW - SWATCHES AND REVIEW

The intense shimmer of CHANEL ILLUSION D'OMBRE Long Wear Luminous Eyeshadows debuts dramatic new hues, to highlight eyes with beautiful contrast and bold glow.

ILLUSION D'OMBRE Long Wear Luminous EyeShadow - $36.00 USD
There are three shades being released with the LES EXPRESSIONS DE CHANEL collection and they are: Abstraction - which is permanent, Vision - which is permanent, and Illusoire - which is a repromote.

ABSTRACTION - Peach Rose

VISION - Gold

ILLUSOIRE - Purple (repromote)

Yesterday I posted about the new Chanel liquid eyeliners (you can read more about it here: CHANEL LIGNE GRAPHIQUE LIQUID EYELINERS ). Just like the Chanel liquid eyeliners, these items as well, will not be available until the week of Thanksgiving.

CHANEL ABSTRACTION Illusion D'Ombre long wear luminous eyeshadow is part of the LES EXPRESSIONS DE CHANEL collection which I posted about earlier this year at the end of July. To learn more about the whole collection you can read my previous post here: CHANEL LES EXPRESSIONS DE CHANEL.

I have to be totally honest with you. These pictures DO NOT even begin to capture how beautiful this cream eyeshadow, Abstraction, really is. I saw the display and it was nice. I glanced at the different products mentally tallying up in my head what items I might want to buy and how much each of them was going to cost me which was already causing me to get a little faint! Next I slowly started inspecting each of the items for its "worthiness factor" - meaning if I only had X-amount of dollars to spend what are going to be my "MUST HAVE" items that I can't live without. Then as I picked up Abstraction and slowly opened the little round pot......

Yep, that is when all brain activity ceased to function for me. I was smitten, head over heels in LOVE with this cream eyeshadow color. The SA, Adrienne, just started laughing at me because all I kept repeating over and over was: OMG!, OMG!, OMG! I love this color - Abstraction is just plain gorgeous!

When I first swatched Abstraction, it seemed rather sheer but it is easily buildable to achieve a more intense color or look. As a matter of fact, Adrienne and I were already discussing the different looks you could create with this cream eyeshadow; either by wearing it over or under a powder eyeshadow or just wearing it alone on the lid. To me, Abstraction seemed to have more of a pearlized sheen than heavy bits of glitter like Illusoire, which has full on glitter throughout. It is important to note the pearlized sheen in Abstraction reacts nicely to varying levels of light. It can warm the color up and bring out more of the peachier tones or it can soften the color and bring out the cooler, pinkier aspect of this eyeshadow.

In closing, if you only pick up one or two items from the Les Expressions collection be sure to check out the cream eyeshadows because Abstraction is a sure winner to add to your must have list. There are also two new eyeshadow quads with this collection and I hope to have swatches posted either tomorrow morning or later that afternoon so be on the lookout for that.