Chanel Fall 2011

Miss QQ

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Now after all these posts Im off to do my nails for tomorrow with QUARTZ!!!!!!
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Thanks for your pics and reviews! Enjoy your goodies! I want the blush because it looks gorgeous in your pic. And the quad too, but no hurry since it is supposed to be perm.
 

LMD84

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So I went to play with the Fall collection.

I got the quad, blush, glossimer in Pampille (the lighter color), rouge Coco in Plumetis (lighter color) and Quartz polish.

I love eveything and it is a beautiful look.

I was not planing to get any of the cream shadows in the jars, but I played with them and they are beautiful, however they give very similar look than Les Perles palette from Spring. I loved the Epatant color and tried it on me and maybe I will go back to get it, it is just they were a bit too shimmery for my taste, I think Les Perles are bit more sophisticated looking. Regarding pigmentation, these were good, they are not sheer to me, but keep in mind that I prefer more subtle wearable looks and dont own any MAC so my standarts of comparison might differ. Epatant is beauful, almost more goldish/greenish version of Granite. I tried looks with Epatant as well as Prelude quad and liked the Prelude better.

Re quad: it is really hard to tell with no daylight but I think it is more on the matte/satin side. The darkest color is definitelly matte and is quite pigmented. The only shimmery color is the highligh. I like a lot the second lightest color (in the left hand bottom corner) but actually this one is no so pigmented. I need to play with it more but I like it a lot for now.

Rose Ecrin is very nice warm pinkish nudish color, I was thinking it would be similar to Nars Douceur, similar terms but Nars is more brown. It is gorgeus.

Lips: the glossimer is sheer, more sheer than the summer glossimers, but I dont have any clear glosses so I got it. Plumetis is beautiful nude color which just enhances my lips. Braise is also very nice.

Got only one polish, Quartz, but will go back for Graphite.
Didnt like Peridot, it is actually like brassy gold. I looked at the swatch also outside on daylight and it was still brassy gold, the greenish dimension like on the promo pics was not there.
thank you so much for sharing your thoughts! i really can't wait for this collection now! :)
 

Anneri

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Yeah, it's listed as limited edition on the Chanel site. They keep saying it's on backorder, but I doubt it'll ever come back. Unfortunately, I didn't know about it until I stumbled upon Temptalia's review. I can't even find it on Ebay. I'd be willing to pay a little extra for it.
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Shontay, I could easily go to my counter and look for it, if you want me to. They had Teheran last time I was there. But there would be the crazy European prices to consider.



Thanks ikram for your thoughts and pics! I can't wait!!!
 

Bonitinha

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Thanks Gail -- I was excited to see Sabrina's pics of the quad. I was worried if it would be close to Dunes, but it looks much cooler. Now waiting to see the swatches of the JC!
 

Bonitinha

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Elegant -- are you getting the quad from the Fall collection and from the Byzantine? I can't decide if I need both? But I wonder if Byzantine will actually make it online?? These pictures are making me want everything :)
 

Andromeda18_

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Will you be buying it from Selfridges? Do you know if the Byzance collection will be available on their website?
A friend of a friend who lives in London is going to help me buy the items from the collection, but if I could purchase them online and have them shipped to his home it would be less troublesome for him.
 

Miss QQ

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Michelle - I'm not elegant and I haven't seen the fall quad in real yet, but I like Topkapi very much. lol the quad has a name with weird spelling. The texture is amazing. Since Prelude is perm, I will wait for a while before getting it.

She is very pretty and cute! I know you will like the blush and quad.

For the fall collection, what is the double perfection compact? Karla says it is a repromote, so does anyone has it?
 

Bonitinha

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True about the Prelude quad being perm -- that Topkapi quad does look amazing. I just hope they carry it online here, or I won't be able to get it since I don't live by any Chanel boutiques/counters. I just love looking at it in pictures
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ElvenEyes

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Elegant -- are you getting the quad from the Fall collection and from the Byzantine? I can't decide if I need both? But I wonder if Byzantine will actually make it online?? These pictures are making me want everything :)

Me too. This is bad. A few weeks ago I didn't own any Chanel at all. Now I want bits and pieces all over the place! I was hoping they would not have too many LE collections, but alas! That explains why their line is limited on a regular basis. I want more lipsticks, the blush from the fall collection, maybe the quad from the fall collection (will try out the quad I just got before making up my mind on that one). Luckily I don't want the velvet lipsticks since that is just not me. Torn on some RCS's because they are pretty but not much payoff so is it worth dishing out that much money? Yet, I tried one on and it did look pretty. Just a nice hint of colour. Oh help!!
 

stv578

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Winthrop - I can finally report back to you (and everyone on here) on the Rose Tourbillon JC. It is bright! Definitely a lot brighter than Pink Explosion, and went on quite pigmented. Here's the thing, I absolutely loved the colour, but my complexion is so much darker than it normally is! It looked like a very cheery raspberry pink colour on, though in the pot, it appears to be a very clean pink, but bright! I'm hesitant to say it's a hot pink, because I tend to think that would apply to something that has more blue in it. I applied it the way I apply all my JC's, but really had to buff it down after. I think that without the tan, it's one of those pinks that I would apply with a bronzer, the way I do with MAC's Sweetness. But I loved it on, very fresh and cheery looking! In comparison, PE looks very muted and it doesn't suit me all that much on its own. Does any of this make sense?!
 

Winthrop44

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Yes, that's a huge help. I'm not wild about PE on myself either, so maybe I will give RT a try then. Thanks so much!

True about the Prelude quad being perm -- that Topkapi quad does look amazing. I just hope they carry it online here, or I won't be able to get it since I don't live by any Chanel boutiques/counters. I just love looking at it in pictures
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I just spoke with Chanel.com again and they again confirmed that it will be online, "late June". She did say that it kept getting pushed back so when I asked her if July was possible she said possibly but she really thinks late June still. When I asked if she was definite about it being online she said "Definitely. Definitely." So I think that's a pretty safe bet.
 

elegant-one

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Elegant -- are you getting the quad from the Fall collection and from the Byzantine? I can't decide if I need both? But I wonder if Byzantine will actually make it online?? These pictures are making me want everything :)
I may pass on Prelude unless of course someone talks me into it. I HAVE TO HAVE the one from the Byzantine collection.
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Nora - thanks - that sounds just lovely!!!
 
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