Friday, 21 May 2010

Les Guaches De Chanel

I mentioned in this post a couple of weeks back that I had a bit of a thing about Chanel LE's, and a few people wanted to see more bits from my collection, so I thought I'd show you this - Its probably my favourite and most treasured piece of makeup from chanel, but I have hardly used it because I never want it to run out. I know, I am very illogical!

Les Guaches is supposed to look like an artists paint set, and comes in a metal tin outer case, and contains six tubes - five colours, and one clear gloss, together with a mixing dish and two brushes.
The "paints" are designed to be used on eyes lips or face, and can be mixed/used alone. They are extremely well pigmented - the bronze shade comes out of the tube looking like this;
And it blends out well, whilst maintaining a really great level of colour intensity...
Oh how I WISH Chanel still made these... I can imagine lots of different seasonal sets and colour ranges... perfect, but sadly I doubt they will re-appear...

13 comments:

Anita B said...

OMG!!! Bet those will be worth something one day!!When did you get them?

xx

Musing on Beauty said...

I had something very similar made by Dior, back when I was in college (oops, long time ago) but the result wasn't impressive, they were very sheer.

Big Fashionista said...

Wow, they are so lovely. I completely understand why you never want them to run out.

Such a shame they don't make them anymore.

Anonymous said...

Beautiful! Rarely does any cosmetic house come out with something so different like this these days. Such a shame.

I can see why you don't want to use them!

The Postcolonial Rabbit said...

I have that one too! One of the most perfect presents I ever received, given I love makeup and I paint. I've also used it minimally! x

Anonymous said...

I feel so special when I buy Chanel,lol
xx

Holly said...

Love them!! I had the Dior paint set yonks ago and found them yesterday and had to chuck them unfortunately some had lost lids :( xx

Anonymous said...

Oh my that's adorable!! What a cool idea for a collection

SilhouetteScreams said...

Awwh, if they still made these I would be ALL over them!

RubyRed said...

Yes I remember Les Guaches, fantastic! But what about the crease? They seem to be very creamy.

RubyRed said...

Yes I remember Les Guaches, fantastic! But what about the crease? They seem to be very creamy.

RubyRed said...

Yes I remember Les Guaches, fantastic! But what about the crease? They seem to be very creamy.

Maredo79 said...

Hmm!! A real trip down memory lane!! Definitely remember Les Guaches!! I was hooked on Chanel after that!!