Thursday, October 21, 2010

CHANEL gris review+swatches


Today I wanted to share with you my latest Chanel 'loves'. This dynamic duo is called Ombres Contraste Duo (#10 Gris-Subtil) and Stylo Yeux waterproof eyeliner in #35 (Gris).
As with all Chanel eyeshadows, you get the same silky texture and long wearing formula. As names imply, these are grey-ish tones with some purple hints. I was pleasantly surprised by the color of eyeliner: it is NOT your everyday grey pencil...In fact, it somehow reminds me of Chanel's sold out Paradoxal nailpolish--with purplish specks.


The colors are very true to how they look in the package

left and center: eyeshadows and right is an eyeliner in Gris
The lighter color is shimmery silver-light blue and the deeper color is a matte with some depth (e.i not shimmery, but with some dimensionality to it, if it makes sense :-)

Finally, let me show you a quick look that I sported today for a dinner with some friends. In fact, I wore the same look during the day, but added eyeliner for the evening. You can see that eyeliner comes out as a beautiful color. You can definitely use this palette for a smoky look with some modern twist. I do love this palette, but if you are deciding between these eyeshadows or eyeliner: Go with the eyeliner Gris (#35). It is a truly unique grey color!
Indoor lighting. Used both eyeshadows+eyeliner
You can see purple undertone in the eyeliner
In day light. Used lighter color only +eyeliner




Rating sheet: 
B+ eyeshadows
A eyeliner
  • Pros: 
          1. beautiful colors
          2. silky and long lasting
  • Cons: 
  1. price: $28 for eyeliner and $42 for eyeshadows
  2. I still like the texture of my Dior eyeshadows more than Chanel's. 
  3. I threw out eyeshadow sponges as their quality is lacking for me (Dior's are better imho).






4 comments:

  1. Beautiful duo and I loooooove the eye makeup! By the way, how did you put part of the post under the cut?

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  2. Thanks!

    Regarding the hiding part of your post under the cut or "read more":
    When writing a post, use an icon "insert page break" at the place where you want it--> this should allow to 'hide' a part of the post...However, I've noticed that you have to be logged out to see it actually appear on your post, if you are logged in, it will appear as a full page. But your readers should see 'read more' where you placed 'page break'. I sorta did it on accident! Hope it helped.

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  3. Thanks a lot! Now I have to go through my old posts and edit the long ones :)

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