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I have a look at some pieces from this year’s Chanel Perles Et Eclats de Chanel collection! I hauled a few items and have a full review and swatches of the my Chanel Le Blanc 2021 makeup collection picks. You can find the collection available now at Chanel.com. What I ordered:

• Perles De Lumiere Illuminating Powder Blush Powder
• Les 4 Ombres in Allure Et Eclat
• Stylo Ombre Et Contour in Beige Perle
• Rouge Coco Flash in Douceur 154 and Delicatesse 156
• Le Vernis in Perle Blanche 889 and Perle Burgundy 891

Highlighter

The new highlighter Perles De Lumiere is a winner for me! I love the undertones and the shimmer. It almost has a soft sandy bronzed effect on my skin that matches my golden undertones perfectly. It’s metallic but applies smoothly. I know most of us beauty junkies and long-time Chanel collectors probably don’t need anymore highlighters at this point. I really love this one. While I can’t say it’s a must-have, I’m really happy I bought it and love the tones.

Swatch comparisons below to a few other shades:

• Chanel Poudre Lumiere in Ivory Gold and Warm Gold
• Chanel Eclat Magnetique de Chanel in Metal Peach (holiday 2019, review here)
• Chanel Perles de Lumiere (2021)
• Le Lion de Chanel (holiday 2018, discontinued)
• Pat McGrath Skin Fetish Ultra Glow in Divine Rose (review here)
• Laura Mercier Face Illuminator in Indiscretion (best of Laura Mercier here)

Below on the face. Left side is just with the Les Beiges Healthy Glow Foundation in B40. Right is just with the highlighter.

Eyeshadows

The eye products exceeded my expectations! I think they’re very wearable. In the pan, the Les 4 Ombres Allure Et Eclat looks very light and kinda boring. When layered together they give the eyes a pretty unique soft diffused look. The star of the palette is the bottom right burgundy shimmer. It is what makes the palette stand out as the primary shade for me, I use the others to blend out the edges and highlight the brow bone for a pearly glow.

Texture is unique to me – it’s a powder but almost has a slightly creamy bouncy feel. Colors in general have a soft effect on the skin whether you apply with a sponge applicator or a brush.

There are two new Stylo Ombre Et Contour pencils (twist up format) and I picked up one in Beige Perle. For me it’s a nice inbetween color to wear on the eyes when you don’t want to do a full eye look. Smudging this along the lash line will add some nice contour and shimmer in a no-makeup-makeup kind of way. I don’t think this is a must-have though.

Rouge Coco Flash

For the lips I was really tempted to buy all of the colors but wanted to save up for some other things. I picked the Rouge Coco Flash colors in Douceur 154 and Delicatesse 156. Both are sheer and shimmery. Douceur is a transparent sheer pearlescent pink. It does give my lips a pink tint but since I have pigmented lips and the formula is sheer, it looks like a soft pink shine. If you have lighter colored lips the pink will show up more on you. Delicatesse is a pretty sheer bold pink. It has some red undertones to it but with the shimmer it gives a more diffused look.

Looks wearing:

• Foundation – Chanel Les Beiges Healthy Glow in B40
• Powder – Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless in Medium
• Blush – Chanel Joues Contraste in Rose Initiale
• Bronzer – Chanel Les Beiges Healthy Glow Luminous in Deep
• Highlighter – Perles De Lumiere
• Mascara – Chanel Le Volume de Chanel
• Eyeshadow – Les 4 Ombres Allure Et Eclat
• Lips – Rouge Coco Flash colors in Douceur 154 and Delicatesse 156

Below wearing Douceur 154

Delicatesse 156

New Le Vernis Nail Polish

Last is a look at the two new Le Vernis nail polishes. Perle Blanche 889 is a super sheer opal shimmer. I applied it with 3 coats and it still looks very sheer. It’s pretty and makes the hands glow in a natural way. I like that the brush strokes aren’t visible. Perle Burgundy 891 is a pretty soft muted mauve plum brown shimmer. I was pleasantly surprised by this one although I think it has more of a fall season vibe. I love how it looks! Swatches in sunlight it look a bit brighter than they do in natural light – the shimmers are reflective in direct sun with a flash.

I skipped the creamy highlighting balms as creams rarely last long on my skin and I felt like I wouldn’t get a lot of use out of the new sticks. If you hauled or tried them let me know what you thought! I also passed on the new shades of Rouge Coco and Rouge Allure although I am tempted to try them, especially the color Tendresse.

You can find the new Chanel Perles Et Eclats de Chanel collection available at Chanel.com. If you hauled anything from the collection let me know what you thought!

Today I have my Chanel Spring-Summer 2021 Collection Review with a detailed look at the Les Fleurs de Chanel collection for spring. The collection is now available online at Chanel.com. I suspect it will trickle into retail stores and counters in the next few weeks.

There are a few repromotes in this launch as it appears the eyeshadow palettes that were supposed to  be part of this collection did not make it to the US. I don’t know if they will make an appearance at a later date or not. For now they’ve repromoted Warm Memories and a few other eye products to complete the look. In today’s review:

• Fleur de Printemps Blush Highlighter Duo
• Le Volume de Chanel in 120 Metal Terracotta
• Les 4 Ombres Eyeshadow Quad in 354 Warm Memories
• Rouge Allure Velvet Extreme in 134 Eclosion and 136 Pivoine Noire
• Rouge Allure Laque 73 Invincible and 77 Dark Blossom
• Le Vernis in 883 Pensee, 885 Anthurium and 887 Metallic Bloom

Cheeks

The Fleur de Printemps Blush Highlighter Duo is the star of the collection in my opinion! It has a beautiful warm pale pink shimmer on one side and a soft coral pink satin on the other. I swirl the colors together in the pan and it has a really pretty soft pink glow. The texture/formula is the same as the Cheek Duos from Cruise 2019. It has a soft finely milled texture that’s almost creamy but definitely still powder.

Swatches and swatch comparisons to a few other colors:

Eyes

For the eyes they’ve repromoted Les 4 Ombres Eyeshadow Quad in 354 Warm Memories and Ombre Premiere Laque in 32 Vastness and 26 Rose Quartz. (Original review here if you want to see more swatches.) The new color in this collection is the Le Volume de Chanel Mascara in 120 Metal Terracotta. This is a pretty metallic copper – on my lashes it gives a subtle tint. I think it’s a nice alternative to black or brown if you have lighter color hair or lashes. On darker hair like mine it will look more subtle. Formula performs just as good as the other shades of the Le Volume de Chanel mascaras.

Lips

For the lips there are two shades Rouge Allure Velvet Extreme in 134 Eclosion (bright coral) and 136 Pivoine Noire (bright coral red). These are matte lip colors with an intense color payoff and long lasting power. They are ultra pigmented and adhere well to the lips.

They’ve also included two shades of the Rouge Allure Laque 73 Invincible (repromote, swatched here and here) and a new color 77 Dark Blossom which is a plum shimmer. I really love the look of Dark Blossom even though it seems more like a fall color to me, it’s a really pretty soft plum. It is on the sheer side but you can layer it for more coverage.

Nails

Last we have a look at the three new Le Vernis in 883 Pensee (soft peachy pink with a very tiny hint of pearl), 885 Anthurium (gorgeous pink red) and 887 Metallic Bloom (the prettiest warm coral orange red shimmer). I was really surprised at how pretty Metallic Bloom was on the fingers – it’s a bright happy shade that looks much prettier on the fingers than it does in the bottle. Pensee is a nice soft peach but for me requires three coats for smooth even coverage.

Looks wearing:

• Foundation – Chanel Les Beiges Healthy Glow in B40
• Powder – Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush in Medium
• Blush – Chanel Les Fleurs de Printemps Duo
• Eyeshadow – Chanel Warm Memories
• Eyeliner – Chanel Stylo Yeux in Black Wood
• Mascara – Chanel Le Volume de Chanel in Metal Terracotta

Rouge Allure Laque in Dark Blossom

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Rouge Allure Velvet Extreme in Eclosion

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Rouge Allure Velvet Extreme in Pivoine Noire

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That wraps up my Chanel Spring-Summer 2021 review! I will have swatches of the new Rouge Allure Velvet Le Lions soon. You can find the collection available at Chanel.com now.

Products from the spring-summer 2021 collection provided by Chanel for review.

I have my Chanel Rouge Allure Laque Swatches Part 2 up today with lip swatches of Shades 67 Steady through 78 Tenacious. For quick reference I have all of the shades arm swatched in my first Chanel Rouge Allure Laque Review + Swatches post from a couple weeks ago along with the lighter neutrals on the lips. My full review on the formula, pigment, lasting power etc is in that post as well. All the shades can be found at Chanel.com.

I swatched most of the remaining colors (except for the last few deepest colors). These are done on bare lips. For skintone reference I’m a match to the Les Beiges Healthy Glow Foundation in B40 or BD41. Equivalent of MAC NC35, Pat McGrath Light Medium 14, Tom Ford Natural and Laura Mercier Flawless Fusion in Buff. I’ve lost most of my tan so I’m lighter in skintone right now than I am most of the year.

Color descriptions:

• 67 Steady – bright coral
• 68 Unlimited – bold orange
• 69 Remanence – bold hot pink
• 70 Immobile – bright red with pink
• 71 Mythe – shimmery bold warm red
• 72 Iconique – muted red with a hint of shimmer
• 73 Invincible – bold orange red
• 74 Experimente – plum red
• 75 Fidelite – brown plum cream
• 78 Tenacious – plum with a hint of berry

Also wearing below:

• Foundation Chanel Les Beiges Healthy Glow Foundation in B40
• Powder Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless in Medium
• Bronzer Chanel Les Beiges Healthy Glow Luminous Powder in Deep
• Highlight Chanel Fleurs de Printemps Blush Duo (just the highlighter side)
• Eyeshadow Chanel Les 4 Ombres in Warm Memories (review + swatches here)
• Mascara Maybelline Sky High Mascara
• Tee by ATM (wearing an XS but I recommend sizing up, I should have probably bought a Small instead)

Chanel spring collection review to follow soon! The Rouge Allure Laque is available at Chanel.com.

Press samples provided by Chanel for review.