Chanel Makeup Collection for Fall/Winter 2017

The house of Chanel, and its Global Creative Makeup and Color Designer Lucia Pica, have given us a sneak peek at their up and coming Fall/Winter makeup collection for 2017. The Italian-born makeup artist, known for bringing a cool new vibe to Chanel, has envisioned and designed a range of beautiful new products inspired by warm Californian landscapes.

To find inspiration for this exciting new launch, Pica embarked on a road trip through California. As she explained: “You can be inspired by a photograph that already exists, but creating your own inspiration gives another dimension to the process – it gets much more exciting…”  

Chanel’s Fall/Winer collection is something like a travel diary from Pica’s journeys. It encapsulates the shades and colors of the real world, from the sun-drenched Californian coastline, to dazzling city lights, and concrete boulevards in the heart of Los Angeles, where her journey ended.

The star product of the collection is Chanel Palette Essentielle, a multi-purpose face palette combining three creamy formulas: a concealer, a shimmer-free highlighter, and a blusher. The largest pan houses a balm-like concealer, which can be used to blur imperfections, create a fine soft-focus finish, or for touch-ups throughout the day. The densely pigmented coral blush doubles as a lip color.

The palette is envisioned as an ultimate makeup product for effortless beauty. It comes in three colorways:

• Beige Clair,
• Beige Médium,
• Beige Intense

For the eyes, Lucia Pica has chosen to create warm eyeshadow hues inspired by the intense aquatic nuances of the Californian ocean. The new Chanel Les 4 Ombres eyeshadow palettes are offered in two colorways: City Lights (ocean blues), and Road Movie (shimmering purples).

Chanel Ombre Premiere Cream Eyeshadows will also be available in two road-trip-inspired hues: Urban (dark blue) and Memory (wet sand).

Rumor has it that Chanel Stylo Sourcils Waterproof Eyebrow Pencils will also be available in a couple of selected shades.

For the lips, Pica has chosen a beautiful color palette ranging from soft and bubblegum pink, to fiery reds and deep berry. Chanel Rouge Allure Ink will be available in shades called Lost and Highway, Chanel Rouge Coco Lipshine arrives in hues named Daylight and Experimental; while Chanel Rouge Allure Velvet will be offered in a bright orange red named First Light, and a dusky red named Nightfall.

Finally, Chanel Le Vernis arrives in two lovely shades: a foam green shade named Horizon Line, and a New Dawn is a muted taupe-grey.

The CHANEL Fall/Winter Makeup Collection will be available from August 2017.

Products mentioned in article

Chanel ROUGE COCO SHINE HYDRATING SHEER LIPSHINE

Chanel ROUGE ALLURE VELVET

Chanel Rouge Allure Ink

Chanel Palette Essentielle

Chanel Les 4 Ombres City Lights

Chanel Les 4 Ombres Road Movie

Chanel Le Vernis in Horizon Line

Chanel Ombre Première Longwear Cream Eyeshadow

Marina Milojević

Marina Milojević is a senior editor at Fragrantica. She’s been a member of the team since 2010. Marina writes for BeautyAlmanac and Luxois, ...(more)