Chanel Rouge Allure Luminous Intense Lipstick in Exaltée ($34/ #93) is an intense fuchsia. This is a high-fashion, glamorous, and gorgeous burst of color.
On Liz:
Bottom line-if you love a highly feminine and polished color, Chanel Exaltée is an amazing choice. It is dramatic, lovely, and (as with so many other high-impact colors) confident. Again, the comparisons:
Chanel Rouge Allure Luminous Intense lipstick in Palpitante ($34 /#102) is a raspberry red, an intensely pigmented red with strong fuchsia tones.
Another:
As you can see, Palpitante has a strong blue-pink medium tone. The color is very pigmented–one gets a very strong color with a very thin layer. As with the others in the line, the formula is luxurious and moisturizing. On Liz:
Chanel Rouge Allure Palpatine creates glamour. The color, and overall texture, is rich. It’s a strong, modern color that can add a feminine touch to any outfit–whether a formal look or jeans.
As with the other Rouge Allure Intense colors, this color is not true to the tube, and may vary based on your coloring and skin. Liz and I found it to be a strong, pink-based raspberry. The formula is glowing and rich. Very Chanel.
Chanel Rouge Allure Luminous Intense Lipstick in Séduisante ($34 /#91) is a medium pink lipstick with a slight pearl. This new formula is highly moisturizing, and it seems to have a softening effect that makes one’s lips look fabulous.
When I ordered this, the color was described as similar to “a Rouge Allure version of Chanel Rouge Coco in Magnolia,” a color that I really love. I concur in this description. Chanel Rouge Allure in Séduisante is a pretty, glowing medium, slightly warm, pink that one can wear almost anywhere.
Below, Sèduisante is on the far left. As usual with the Chanel Rouge Allure line, arm swatches do not tell the whole story. Séduisante looks quite light here. This is due to to at least two factors. First, the other colors swatched here are quite intense. Second, the color does shift as you apply it. I’m used to that occurring, the former Rouge Allure line did so as well. Although Liz has relatively light lip color without wearing anything, Séduisante applied on her with a medium pink tone. As with a fine perfume, trying before you buy on your individual skin will give you the most accurate view of the color for you.
Close up on Liz:
I loved the slight moisturizing glow of this formula. You should know that Liz and I had just spent the weekend in very dry air, boating, and sun, and our lips were not in the best condition before application. The Rouge Allure formula seemed to soften and plump, giving a very lovely effect. When she applied it, Liz started laughing and said, “this is ridiculously moisturizing–wow, look at my lips!” There is some sort of magic in there.
Bottom line- we both loved Séduisante. Almost anyone can pull off this flattering color, which seems suited for all skin tones. Liz had to have it (model’s choice!), so I’ll be re-ordering my own replacement soon.
Edit: Some have asked about Liz’s eye makeup, above. She’s wearing Nars Warhol Flowers 3 palette, together with Nars Soft Touch Shadow Pencil in Heat. Both of those products were sent to Cafe Makeup without charge for consideration for review. You’ll be seeing full reviews of the products soon. Suffice it to say that Liz insisted on keeping Nars Soft Touch in Heat, but I’ll be using Flowers 3 for now. I suspect Liz will have it eventually, she’s very persistent (I wonder where she gets that from). She’s also lined her inner rims with an Armani black eyeliner pencil.
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Coming soon this September, a new series of Rouge Allure Shades. Peter Phillips designed this video for the occasion. The range of 16 shades includes intense apricots, pure scarlets, and bold fuchsias, four of which are painted onto the mouth of model Inguna Butane in the video vignette
Chanel Rouge Allure Lipstick in Enivree ($32/ #197) roughly translates to “intoxicated.” I suppose the name is meant to evoke the headiness of the holiday season, the mystery and emotion and a little bit of recklessness. By comparison to its more dramatic twin Famous also released with this collection, Enivree is a crowd-pleaser–suitable for day and evening wear.
The color is a pink with a slight touch peach that evokes a touch of salmon that’s very flattering with fall and winter clothing that is based on forest greens, blues, bronzes, creams and golds.
Enivree reminded me of Chanel Rouge Coco Shine in Boy, although certainly the Rouge Allure Enivree is far more opaque and long-lasting. I also swatched this next to some other quiet colors–Chanel Rouge Coco in Patchouli (which is far more mauve/brown) and Chanel Rouge Coco in Plumentis (which is more beige).
Here is Chanel Rouge Allure Enivree on Liz:
Bottom line: If you liked the idea of Chanel Rouge Coco Shine in Boy but didn’t like the formula, Chanel Rouge Allure Enivree is worth a look. It’s a nice everyday pink.