CHANEL SPRING 2016 MAKEUP - COLLECTION L.A. SUNRISE

CHANEL'S new Spring 2016 makeup, COLLECTION L.A. SUNRISE, has been inspired by the vibrance of Los Angeles in summer and the colourful tones of "Californian morning skies".  Shades of purple, teal and green (for eyes and nails) mix with pink, coral and raspberry (for lips). 

These are my choice from the collection:-

CHANEL'S ROUGE COCO SHINE is a hydrating sheer lipshine. There are three new colours for Spring and I bought MIGHTY 116, a beautiful fuchsia.

CHANEL ROUGE COCO SHINE in MIGHTY (116)

The other two new colours are:

SHIPSHAPE  114 (coral), ENERGY 118 (raspberry).

CHANEL'S ROUGE COCO SHINE is one of my favourite lipsticks because even with bright or intense colours, the effect is sheer and subtle, just a shiny wash of colour on the lips.

I also bought the STYLO YEUX WATERPROOF LONG-LASTING EYELINER in PURPLE CHOC 926.  It was smooth and easy to apply and the deep purple shade was very pretty, giving a soft, smokey look with a little sparkle added.

CHANEL STYLO YEUX WATERPROOF LONG-LASTING EYELINER

This is a retractable eye pencil, containing its own small sharpener. Other colours for Spring are:-

FERVENT BLUE 924, PACIFIC GREEN 925.

I thought that LE VOLUME DE CHANEL MASCARA in ARDENT PURPLE 100 and CHANEL LE VERNIS NAIL GLOSS in SUNRISE TRIP (dark purple) 683 were very beautiful too.

For a flamboyant take on Spring makeup, mix and match the shades from the collection, or for a more subtle approach, try just one or two for a lovely flash of colour.  

LOS ANGELES is fast becoming an important fashion centre. Perhaps it was significant that Hedi Slimane, Creative Director of Saint Laurent, moved his design studio to L.A.  On February 10th, he will be presenting Saint Laurent's Men's Collection and Part 1 of the Women's Collection for Fall 2016 at the Palladium, Los Angeles.  Part 2 of the Women's Collection will be shown on March 7th in Paris during fashion week.

More on Saint Laurent in my next post.