Before September is over, there is one more post to be published. As I introduced you earlier, Chanel is about to release two new brushes with their powder foundation, #85 Evocation and #86 Discretion (reviewed and compared previously here). I checked my stash and picked up two shades. They are not very close but I believe these can give you some idea about the real color of the blush.
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| Chanel Joues Contraste Powder Blush #71 Malice, #85 Evocation and #63 Plum Attraction |
By the following swatches you see that Evocation is leaning bronze as the other two shade pull rather pink (#71 Malice) or plum (#63 Plum Attraction). Shimmer qualities are similar, they are not particularly shimmery but have a bit of a micro shimmer to them, which gives a natural glow once applied.
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| Chanel Joues Contraste Powder Blush Swatches #71 Malice, #85 Evocation and #63 Plum Attraction |
After checking through my stash, I found out that Evocation is a good replacement for some of the, now discontinued Chanel Blush Duos. #40 Tweet Ambre and #50 Tweed Sienna are both similar to Evocation but I found #40 Tweet Ambre being particularly close.
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| Chanel Joues Contraste #85 Evocation vs. Blush Duo Tweed Effect #40 Tweet Ambre |
They are not dupes though, Tweet Ambre reads slightly darker and pinker but they are definitely very close relatives. I was lacking a brownish rosa in Chanel's Joues Contraste range after Tweed Effects were discontinued. I am not surprised that they didn't wait long before adding Evocation to their permanent line.
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| Chanel Joues Contraste #85 Evocation vs. Blush Duo Tweed Effect #40 Tweet Ambre |
No final thoughts this time. All I want to write is that today officially marks 6th month of blogging. It has been a tough but fun 6 months. Today I also started giving lectures again so until December, you might be experiencing some delay in responses or publishing of comments. I will, though, try my best to keep up with this little blog. It is so much fun to read your comments on products which I am into at the moment. I also learn a lot of new things from our discussions here or at twitter and love meeting other make-up enthusiasts all around the world. Thanks so much for your support.
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