Completing my short series featuring Chanel's Las Vegas de Chanel Collection, which was lauched exclusively at the Chanel de Bellagio Boutique, the Rouge Coco Shine in Brilliant ($32.50) offers color like my favorite gold lip glosses. It's gold, shiny, and sheer - the prefect complement to the rest of the Las Vegas de Chanel Collection.Rouge Coco Shine is a beautiful, lasting, moisturizing, sheer, shiny lip color with an incredible lightweight texture. From Chanel..."Rouge Coco Shine Hydrating Sheer Lipshine provides lasting moisturizing shine in a water-light texture. The formula glides on for quick and easy application, and a unique Hydratendre complex hydrates and softens lips, giving them a healthier and fuller appearance."
Brilliant is a shade unlike any other Rouge Coco Shine shade I own. It's gold. The other shades offer an expected lip color. Brilliant is also extremely sheer - more sheer, I think, than many of the Rouge Coco Shine shades. The only comparison I can make is to gold lip glosses.
I took my swatch photos in full sun. What you see is exactly what Brilliant offers - a sheer wash of shimmering gold color. Brilliant feels great on the lips, but doesn't offer much pigmentation. On my lips, with light-to-medium natural pigmentation, the gold is stunning. It's ultra-shiny and very pretty. I have enough natural rose in my lips to rock this shade.
I did not purchase the Precision Lip Definer in Vegas Gold. Now I wish I had. I'd love to see how it would enhance this Brilliant Rouge Coco Shine - brilliant in name and appearance.Would you wear a gold lipstick? The Las Vegas de Chanel Collection has been available exclusively at Chanel's Bellagio Boutique. Gloria helped me. You can reach her at (702) 765-5505 if you'd like to order any of the four pieces in the collection - or, naturally, anything Chanel offers.
Photos by Best Things in Beauty
I used to have another Chanel gold lipstick (standard formula maybe 6-7 years ago?) that I would layer with reds to soften them. It was something I learned from a Chanel artist. Maybe I should try this again with this Rouge Coco Shine. I bet it would look beautiful.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea, Karen! I do that with gloss. I'm sure the same trick will work with Brilliant. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteWow, that is super super sheer! xx
ReplyDeleteOh Yes I want that and the Gold lipliner. I would use the lipliner to highlight my upper lip. I love Rouge Coco Shines and having a sheer gold one will be perfect!
ReplyDeleteVery cool looking, but I don't think I could pull it off.
ReplyDeleteHi Sian!
ReplyDeleteIt is super-sheer, just like most gloss. You have to like sheer to appreciate it. :)
Hey there, Nancy,
ReplyDeleteI wish I had bought the liner! I don't want to pay shipping to get it now, though. This time, I made a bad call. :)
Hi Leticia!
ReplyDeleteIt's not for everyone. At first, I was taken aback by how sheer and gold it looks on my lips. It grew on me - quickly!
Like Karen, I've always used gold as a layering color. It's stunning over red, tangerine, bright coral or pink, etc. The Shine formula would make a nice option for those women who don't particularly like the feel of a gloss so long as it cooperates when applied over lipstick. Hmmmm . . . I should try layering with one of my Shines and see how it goes.
ReplyDeletegorgeous!
ReplyDeleteThey are going to have the collection on chanel.com eventually. Maybe they'll have a shipping code at that time or you'll want additional items to meet the FS for $100?
ReplyDeleteIt's so pretty in the tube, I almost want to get it just to look at it. Do you know how this compares to Dior Or Etoile?
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