Sunday 6 December 2009

Full of the joys of a Chanel spring


Pretty, pretty, pretty. Previewed on gorgeous mood boards at Chanel’s spring-summer open day: all their sherbet-y, ultra-wearable shades for next year, from a collection called Les Impressions de Chanel. The soft, neutral palette really is like an Impressionist painting and Beauty Bible particularly swooned over a liquid illuminating highlighter (Soleil Tan de Chanel Sheer Illuminating Fluid) which gives a soft, sun-kissed glow, and the string-of-pearls temporary tattoos (alas, those were for the catwalk show only. But worth trying to recreate at home with an eyeliner!) On these dark, gloomy, windswept, sodden days, it’s good to feel like spring is around the corner. Can’t wait to get our hands on this collection, early in 2010. Counting the days, actually…