(Click to enlarge) Top row: 4 Fleurs de Chanel, Lumière Sculptée, Route des Indes, Soho Middle row: Ombres Tissées, Beige Tweed, Lumière d'Artifices, Lumieres Byzances, Coromandels, Lumière d'Artifices Beiges Bottom row: Fleurs Celeste, Lucky Stripes, Poudre Signée, Brompton Road, Pink... Read more →

Chanel released this palette for their fall 2012 collection. The sequin embroidery design is a duplicate of its predecessor from the spring 2007 collection. With flash: Unlike the 2007 Chanel Lumière d'Artifices palette, this beige version actually seems to be... Read more →

Chanel introduced this very festive highlighting powder as part of its Bombay Express collection, based on the brand's pre-fall 2012 show. From the the press release: "Each year, the Chanel Métiers d’Art fashion show celebrates the exceptional talent of the... Read more →

This was quite the sneaky little surprise from Chanel. In honor of their remodeled boutique in the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas, the company released a small collection consisting of golden lip liner, lipstick and nail polish along with a... Read more →

Chanel cooked up this lovely highlighter for their holiday collection. Apparently it was inspired by a Baroque-style belt worn by Coco Chanel. I have been unable to dig up some pictures of any kind of Baroque-looking Chanel belt. Nevertheless I'm... Read more →

Whew! I'm back from London (I will recap my trip for this weekend's Curator's Corner) and managed to pick up this little beauty while I was there. In honor of the launch of Chanel World at Harrod's department store, Chanel... Read more →

I was pleased to see this pretty little eyeshadow/highlighter combo from Chanel's Aquarelles collection. The pattern is their "iconic woven tweed", but it's a variation on the tweed pattern they have released previously (Pink Lamé and the tweed blushes) -... Read more →

Whew! It was quite a struggle, but I managed to get my paws on what may be the most exclusive makeup item in recent history. I bought it months ago but wanted to wait till the rest of the Byzantine... Read more →

To celebrate the reopening of their Soho boutique, Chanel decided to do an exclusive collection ("exclusive" meaning only available at Chanel boutiques and at their website) devoted to the hip Manhattan neighborhood. I was intrigued enough to buy the highlighter/blush.... Read more →

Like last spring's palette from Chanel I was disappointed with this. The trademark interlocking Chanel Cs just aren't very imaginative - basically they just slapped the Chanel logo on a highlighting powder. Also, what's up with the little circles surrounding... Read more →