Chanel Chateau de Versailles Makeup Collection

Published: 2012-12-03 by Marina Milojević in Makeup

Chanel is launching a new beauty collection named Château de Versailles. The collection is inspired by the beautiful royal castle Château de Versailles, in the Île-de-France region of France, where this year's Chanel Cruise 2013 collection was shown back in May.

The collection features a vintage selection of golden and pinkish hues, evoking the splendor of royal surroundings and replicating the beauty style of French monarchy. The beauty looks created with Chanel Château de Versailles makeup collection are fresh and radiant, mostly clean and natural, but spiced up with Chanel's new Double C Face Stickers.

During the French aristocratic period which serves as inspiration for the new Chanel collection (from 15th century to the 18th century) aesthetic canon required a woman to have a skin as white as possible. Various face powders were used to achieve this, and the whiteness of the complexion was further emphasized by rouges and fake moles, which were made of black muslin glued onto the skin (typically on breasts or on the face).

Contemporary canons of beauty prefer healthier and more radiant skin tone and that's why Chanel Make-Up creative director Peter Philips created Château de Versailles beauty looks by combining radiant transparent complexion, barely painted lips, blushing cheeks and dramatic pink eyes. The most original detail are the face stickers, which are bringing an interesting punk twist to pre-spring/summer 2013 collection.

Chanel Château de Versailles collection is available as of from December 1st, 2012, exclusively at Chanel's Parisian stores on rue Cambon and Avenue Montaigne in Paris. As from tomorrow, the collection will be available at all Chanel international counters.

Chanel Château de Versailles Compact, a face powder infused with illuminating golden shimmer, is embossed in relief inspired by decorative elements found in French castles. The compact is presented in black lacquered case and issued in a limited edition. €58
Chanel Joues Contraste Powder Blush arrives in a gorgeous natural pinky shade named Rose Pétale. The blush retails at €37.00.