Chanel Rouge Allure Moire Collection

Chanel promotional photos, via La Chanelphile

I'm very happy to report that Chanel Rouge Allure Moire collection has landed at counters as of today.  I personally saw the collection at Nordstrom, Bloomingdales, and Lord and Taylor while I was at the mall earlier, although I'd assume all chains have it. I had a chance to play with the collection in-store today, and brought home just the two new Le Vernis shades- Rose Moire and Rouge Moire.  Full reviews to come in the next few days (sidetracked by unexpected houseguests).

The collection:

Le Vernis:

• Rose Moiré – Light Pearly Rose (very metallic but I suspect that it will be a favorite of mine for the office.  I'll be watching the formula and comparing carefully to Sky Line.)
• Rouge Moiré – Pearly Red (just from eyeballing the bottle, it reminds me of a cooler cousin to Rouge Carat

Rouge Allure Extrait de Gloss:

• Réflexion – Shimmering Pink  (this is beautiful, reminded me of any number warm pinks in my collection)
• Controversy – Brown Plum (it reads far more plum than brown on me, and it's going to be perfectly on-trend this fall/winter. If I was going to pick up one of the two, it'd be this one.)

Rouge Allure Lipsticks: (this is my least-favorite Chanel lip formula despite adoring Pirate as a HG red. I find it very drying and rarely find a color that can justify the price tag.

• Indecise: Shimmering pink beige (automatic pass due to lip pigmentation)
• Etonnante: Bright pearly peach (I wanted to love this, it just looked awkward and dried my lips. Similar tones to Urban Decay Streak)
• Surprenante: Sparkling fuschia (this was still too light to be seen on my lips!  Of the colors, this was the one that I naturally gravitated towards)
• Impulsive – Bright Shimmering Pink Red (It felt like I'd seen i before)
• Audacieuse – Shimmering Pink Red(It finally was intense enough be seen on my lips, but it overpowered my skin.
• Énigmatique – Shimmering Brown Red (Nice for fall, but lighter lips are necessary.
• Ambigüe – Pearlescent Berry (Medium -to-dark complected ladies should take a look at this to me so on-trend.
• Farouche – Shimmering Chocolate Brown (I didn't try this)

Le Crayon Lèvres (Precision Lip Definer) 

• Rose Poudré – Muted Rose- SAs were pushing these as being univeral.
• Rose Ardent – Bright Pink

Overall, I'm thrilled to have the polishes I've been stalking for 10 days. It's a very "pretty" collection, but there's nothing life-changing in it. More to come tomorrow on this collection!