I am officially on holiday! Yay! Starting from Monday I will be traveling for a week or two with just one day in between at home. Blog might not be active as it is at the moment. I might schedule a few posts, but I am really considering to use the time as a break and a recharge opportunity. This year I have posted around 200 reviews. It takes around 6 hours to prepare a post, including product hunt, comparison search, taking and editing photos, writing a post, which makes 50 full days in a year. I am doing it with passion but the numbers might tell you why I need a break from time to time.
That said, I might not hold back the reviews of a few items I would like to show you as soon as possible. This year the best of posts might be delayed a little. I will try to organize everything hopefully by tomorrow and know more by then.
Today I have the second quad from Chanel's highly coveted Spring Collection (first one, Tisse Paris is reviewed here). I am hearing beauty enthusiasts being head over heels with this collection, for a good reason. Chanel's 2014 Make-up Collections failed to impress but Rêverie Parisienne Spring 2015 Collection looks like it hits the jackpot with feminine and wearable combinations of pink and coral. Chanel Les 4 Ombres #236 Tisse Fantaisie is no exception.
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| Chanel Les 4 Ombres #236 Tisse Fantaisie |
Chanel Les 4 Ombres #236 Tisse Fantaisie offers a stunning combination of muted coral, complex copper brown and grey green with gold shimmer. There is also a white in the mix, which can be added to the other shades to make them more pastel and spring appropriate. I am personally not a fan of stark white shimmery shades but since all the other three are making my heart skip a beat, I am willing to get along with it.
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| Chanel Les 4 Ombres #236 Tisse Fantaisie |
I have written numerous times how much I love the new Chanel formula. Chanel Les 4 Ombres #236 Tisse Fantaisie delivers in terms of formula and shade selection. I am excited to see different shades in a palette, you know we have way too many ton sur ton out there, who likes another green quad? Tisse Fantaisie does fit in the gap between Tisse Venitien (reviewed here) and Tisse Vendome (reviewed here), both of them being my all time favorites.
Tisse Fantaisie has a coral close to Tisse Vendome, combined with a warmer green than any of the greens in Tisse Venitien. I think one can justify owning all three.
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| Close-up: Chanel Les 4 Ombres #236 Tisse Fantaisie |
The shades in Chanel Les 4 Ombres #236 Tisse Fantaisie can be described as follows:
Top left: A muted mid-toned peachy coral with satin to shimmery finish. It is a lovely accent shade and can be placed anywhere in the eye look to get a unique effect.
Top right: A very light cool white with shimmery finish This is one shade I have to learn to combine with the others. I wished there would be a less stark color, such as a champagne to be used as a highlighter in the inner corner or under brow bone. This white is not very sheer but can be added on other shades to make them more pastel.
Bottom right: A beyond pretty deep reddish brown with copper shimmer. Just this shade on its own and you are good to go. It is also very intense and can be applied on the crease. A multi-tasking stunner!
Bottom left: A mid-toned grayish moss green with golden shimmer, which makes it pull it neutral to warm. Another stunner, lovely all over the lid or as an accent.
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| Swatch: Chanel Les 4 Ombres #236 Tisse Fantaisie |
Here is my first try with Chanel Les 4 Ombres #236 Tisse Fantaisie. I can imagine many different looks with this one but for the one below I have used the coral on the inner one third, blended with the green on the outer lid and defined the outer corner and crease with the coppery brown. As you see on the eyes they don't look very intensive but rather muted. They are buildable though if you want to go for more drama. At the moment I don't know what to do with the strong white shade so added a touch of it on the inner corner as a highlight. You need to be light handed with it though since it is intensive and you may end up highlighting your fine lines instead of your eyes.
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| In-action: Chanel Les 4 Ombres #236 Tisse Fantaisie |
You can of course go for a more blended look with these. I always want to show you how shades look one by one applied, so tend to blend less when I take photos for the blog. I love the way that they are very nicely blendable but also possible to be seen one by one. (meaning they don't overland just by themselves if that makes sense).
Below I am wearing also the pretty flower blush from the collection, review will be up soon on that one. On my lips I have a mixed shade of two three Chanel lipsticks from previous collections. I like this eye look with pinks and with corals alike so I would like to show you how it looks with a neutral pink lip.
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| FOTD: Chanel Les 4 Ombres #236 Tisse Fantaisie |
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| FOTD: Chanel Les 4 Ombres #236 Tisse Fantaisie |
When I first saw Tisse Fantaisie it reminded me of Guerlain Ecrin 4 Couleurs #502 Coup de Foudre from 2013 Spring Collection. You can see an eye make-up with that one here (at the end of the post). I was amazed with the idea of combining corals to the greens at the time it was released. Even today Coup de Foudre is one of my all time favorite eye shadow quads.
Tisse Fantasie is a more wearable version of this color theme since the shades are not that vibrant. Fantasie is more subdued and muted in its selection of green tone and coral is less intense. So good news to those who couldn't make Coup de Foudre work, they may still check out Tisse Fantasie.
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| Chanel Les 4 Ombres #236 Tisse Fantaisie vs. Guerlain 4 Couleurs #502 Coup de Foudre |
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| Chanel Les 4 Ombres #236 Tisse Fantaisie vs. Guerlain 4 Couleurs #502 Coup de Foudre |
Also check out Sabrina's post for more swatches.
Final thoughts: Although I am not very sure what I should do with a very cool white shimmery eye shadow, all the other three shades are enough to excite me. The combination of them are so lovely and the quality is superb. To me Tisse Fantaisie is a must have of this upcoming season.
Are you be traveling for holidays? Have you planned anything for new year's eve?
