Ever since I saw the Chanel Quatuor Boutons de Chanel $65 swatched on KarlaSugar (see here for her review) I knew I had to have it. I didn’t even need to see the tester even though it was of the round-pan design – that’s how good Karla Sugar is.
It seems like Nordstrom has been sending out their pre-sales early this year because UPS arrived with a package from Nordstrom today. (I hear from my local store associates that you can pick up your pre-sale items as early as the 13th. Let’s keep our fingers crossed that what happened with SR doesn’t happen with the other “pre-sales.”) I was even more pleased to find out that while these shadows come in the round pan, they are not the baked variety! Yay! I’m not sure if where it’s made makes a difference, but these ones were made in Italy. This quad seems very similar in texture to the Les Folies Noires from the Noirs Obscurs collection.
This quad has four neutral shades in a soft ivory, light brownish-red clay color, soft fleshy peach and a sheer cool-mauve-brownish color. All have the gold Chanel logo as an overspray which disappears after one swipe. The quad seems to be more on the sheerer side for me, perhaps the color doesn’t show up as well as they do on Karla because I’m darker than her, hence the shades seem to blend in with my skin better. I will say that this quad swatches better on the fingers and apply better on the eyes with brush. Once I put them on my arm the color seemed to disappear a little.
The gold overspray disappears:
In natural light, no flash (still cloudy here in Southern California):
Swatched on bare skin, NOTE they swatched sheer on my arm,
but on my fingers and eyes the color shows up better:
but on my fingers and eyes the color shows up better:
I will say I had no idea these were $65 when I did my pre-sale. Regular quads are $56 which is still highway robbery. At that price, I can’t say it’s a must-have. Pretty, but the price is pretty steep for what you get considering it’s on the sheer side. It seems to have a similar texture/pigment to the Noirs Obscurs quad which was something I was tempted by but passed on because I found it too sheer for the price.
ooo, I received mine today as well. I haven't tested it yet though…
I had ordered this on pre-sale, but once I had the opportunity to actually try the colors, I cancelled my order. Although the colors are rich and beautiful–especially the russet brown and deep peach–they just disappeared on me. I agree with you that $65 is a lot to spend for a quad that virtually disappears on the skin. I'll stick to Chanel's quad in Variations for a golden brown look.
This is such a sophisticated palette! <3
Such a gorgeous quad. I love the gold overspray
They looks stunning, they are the perfect colours! The only thing that turns me off is the price! Thanks for sharing! =)
That is really gorgeous, but thanks to your review, I will pass. Your pictures make me want it, but since it is sheer and $10 more, I can safely say no.
Thanks for the review! I'm with Martha: pretty, but not worth the $$$.
(And anyway, I just ordered the Urban Decay Naked palette from Sephora!)
The quad looks so pretty with that LOGO overspray…Once its gone, it looks 'meh'
pretty colors 🙂
Yeah this was WAY to sheer on my skin so I am glad I walked away and just saved up for the Fall stuff instead.
I don't like Chanel quads. Their isn't any color payoff, and for that price I'd just expect something much more. Not to mention they disappear on me after only 2 hours WITH eyeshadow primer.
That's weird the little crappy Nordstroms by me has had this for awhile, it still doesn't have the fall collection but it had this.
Wow $65? It's a pretty palette and I actually love neutral colors but this might be a little to sheeer.
I'm a bitter fairer than Karla, and these showed up sheer on me. They are an attractive set of neutrals, but would work best for someone who prefers a sheerer finish in their eyeshadow.
ohh those colors are so lovely! especially the grey-ish ones! $65 is bananas though
Very pretty colours, I could see these being very versatile. I don't get the point of the gold overspray though, it seems a little pointless.