CHANEL. Not For Just The Heavily Perfumed Afterall

So call me crazy, but for some reason I have always been weary of buying cosmetics from CHANEL. I think it was for the same reason that I shied away from Lancome. I don't know why, but both their counter artists are always garishly made up (not in a cool MAC way) women who reek of perfume and look at you funny if you actually want to purchase something and are under the age of 30 (phew that was long). They tend to be the stereotypical make up artist (no offense), the one you wouldn't want to touch your face.

Anyways, back to CHANEL. Again, I have avoided them, but then I saw this:

Sigh. I am in love. This is the Collection Essentielle De CHANEL (shown in Lumiére Naturelle, $85). I just received this as a Birthday gift and it is awesome. It comes in a pouch that also houses an eye shadow applicator, lip brush, and blush brush. The brushes are crappy, but so are all brushes that come with things of this nature. I used the sponge to apply the shadow and was amazed. The sponge picked up the color. When I tried to use my Bobbi Brown Eye Shadow brush nothing happened. The shadows are in wearable super silky shades that (when used with the sponge) go on almost creamy. The colors show up, which is great since too many companies today are doing consistencies that are so sheer they take 20 strokes to actually look like anything.

The lip colors are all pretty hues of different natural pinks, some with shimmer. The blush is a tanner looking version of NARS' Orgasm. Today I just used my fingers (clean ones mind you) to apply to my cheeks and it worked out very well.

I wanted the palette because I wanted something I could travel with. Now I need to get some mini brushes.