Chanel has more surprises up its sleeve for Valentine’s Day including a redesign of its Makeup Confidential site and a new feature called “Love Letters.” Inspired by the Chanel film “Here Comes the Beauty Pack” – it appear we’ll be able to send love letters to our fellow Chanelphiles comprised of letters that are shaped by Chanel cosmetics. Word on the street is that it’s set to launch on February 9th. Can’t wait to see and maybe even send a love letter!

Watch the teaser below…
Similar Posts:

• I Told You So!
• Chanel Beauté Precious Metal Fall 2011 Collection Video
• “All That Glitters” – La Chanelphile Beauty Editorial
• Gwyneth Paltrow at the 2011 Grammy Awards in Chanel Beauté
• Strike A Pose, There’s Nothing To It

Similar Posts:

• Buying Into The Chanel Fantasy: Le Vernis Nail Colour
• Peter Philips on Creating Particulière
• Chanel Summer 2011 Makeup: Les Fleurs D’Ete
• Vampire Lips: Les Noirs de Chanel Rouge Allure Lipsticks
• Chanel “Les Harmonies de Printemps” Spring 2012 Makeup Collection

Celebrity Images: Just JaredSimilar Posts:

• Emma Stone in Chanel Haute Couture at The Help Los Angeles Premiere
• Chanel at the 2012 Golden Globes and Art of Elysium Heaven Gala
• Chanel Links: Week of 10.20.11
• Mila Kunis in Chanel Beauté
• Kirsten Dunst in Chanel Couture & Chanel Beauté

Karl Lagerfeld and Peter Philips are a match made in heaven. Karl conjures up intoxicatingly beautiful themes and collections and Peter Philips is always able to translate Karl’s visions into an equally gorgeous beauty collection. For the Chanel spring-summer 2012 haute couture Peter Philips gives us BLEU ILLUSION.

Peter Philips, Creative Director of CHANEL Makeup used the following CHANEL products to create the runway beauty looks:

Skin prepared with HYDRA BEAUTY SERUM Hydration Protection Radiance (available April 2012)

The Complexion
PERFECTION LUMIERE Long Wear Flawless Fluid Makeup SPF 10
ECLAT LUMIERE Highlighting Face Pen
CORRECTEUR PERFECTION Long Lasting Concealer
POUDRE UNIVERSELLE LIBRE Natural Finish Loose Powder

The Eyes
EXCLUSIVE CREATION ILLUSION D’OMBRE Long Wear Luminous Eyeshadow in Apparition and Destination (available July 2012)
EXCLUSIVE CREATION LE CRAYON YEUX Precision Eye Pencil in Bleu Aérien (available July 2012)
STYLO YEUX WATERPROOF Long Lasting Eyeliner in Marine
LE CRAYON KHOL Intense Eye Pencil in Marine
CRAYON SOURCILS Sculpting Eyebrow Pencil
INIMITABLE WATERPROOF Mascara in Black
RECOURBE CILS DE CHANEL Precision Eyelash Curler

The Cheeks
JOUES CONTRASTE Powder Blush in Rose Ecrin

The Lips
ROUGE COCO BAUME Hydrating Conditioning Lip Balm
LE CRAYON LEVRES Precision Lip Pencil in Natural
ROUGE COCO Hydrating Crème Lip Colour in Superstition

The Nails
EXCLUSIVE CREATION LE VERNIS Nail Colour in Sky Line (available July 2012)

* The Exclusive Collection BLEU ILLUSION will be available at specific points of sales in July 2012

Photos by Vincent LappartientSimilar Posts:

• Chanel Métiers D’Art Paris-Bombay 2012 Beauty
• Chanel Spring 2011 Haute Couture Beauté
• Chanel Fall-Winter 2011/2012 Beauté
• Chanel Spring-Summer 2012 Ready-to-Wear Show Makeup by Peter Philips
• Chanel 2011/ 2012 Cruise Show Beauty

Las Vegas de Chanel includes four items: Lucky Stripes, a compact with four shades of sand and bronze to be worn on eyes, face or cheekbones; Rouge Coco Shine in Brilliant, a sheer golden lip shade; Le Crayon Lèvres Vegas Gold, a gold lip pencil; and it wouldn’t be a collection without a covetable Le Vernis in Gold Fingers.

The remodel should be completed by the end of this month.  I’ll actually be staying at The Bellagio mid-February when I go to some trades hows in Las Vegas and I will definitely check out the new space. And I hope to get my fingers on Gold Fingers!

Similar Posts:

• Les Pop-Up De Chanel Summer 2010 Makeup Collection
• Limited Preview: Chanel Rouge Coco Shine Hydrating Sheer Lipshine in “Boy”
• Jennifer Aniston in Chanel Beauté – Just Go With It Premiere
• Chanel 2010-2011 Fall/Winter Haute Couture Beauty
• Collection Byzance de Chanel Out Now

I love Chanel – but I wouldn’t go this far…would you?

Left: Maude & Tilda; Right: Married to the Mob

Candice Swanepoel by Karl Lagerfeld for Harper’s Bazaar Korea December 2011 – TouchPuppet

Chanel meets Star Wars figures – introducing Coco Vader…GoMoneyWays

Chanails! Pretty Chanel Spring 2012-inspired manicure – moveSlightly

What’s your Chanel beauty horoscope for 2012? Chanel Makeup Confidential

First look at Chanel’s spring makeup ad campaign – chicology

Best dressed kid of the year is Hudson Kroenig – The Covetuer

Ashley Benson of Pretty Little Liars celebrated her birthday with a Chanel-inspired cake – JustJared

Chanel has hired Dr. Amy Wechsler to make Chanel skincare more relevant to US consumers – Happi

Karl Lagefeld loves the iPad – Digital Luxury

Enter a contest to be Karl Lagerfeld’s assistant when he is Fashion Editor at Metro.

Sandra Bullock and Rooney Mara wore Chanel beauty on the runway at recent premiers…

Karl-Mania has the internet going nuts – Net-A-Porter

Similar Posts:

• Chanel Links: 02.16.11
• Chanel Métiers D’Art Pre-Fall 2011 Paris-Byzance Show Invitation
• Chanel Links: Thanksgiving 2011 Weekend
• New Chanel Boutique on the Shanghai Horizon
• Chanel Cruise 2010-2011 La Vernis Riva

Back in September, Chanel released the Knightsbridge Collection exclusively at Harrod’s to commemorate the Chanel pop up shop at Harrod’s.  Well, for ladies in the U.S., today is our lucky day because the Knightsbridge Collection has made its way across the pond.  Available now in the U.S., the Knightsbridge Collection can be purchased exclusively on Chanel.com.  The four-piece collection is inspired by the English Rose (hence the rosy hues) and each item is named for a different neighborhood in London.  Get those wallets ready quickly, each item is limited edition and I’m sure they will go fast!Similar Posts:

• Chanel Knightsbridge Collection at Harrods
• Chanel Limited Edition Les Deux Lèvres Scintillantesles Glossimer Duo
• Chanel Rouge Coco Shine “Royallieu” Available Exclusively Online
• Chanel Holiday 2011 Les Scintillances de Chanel
• Les Aquarelles de Chanel Makeup Collection

What happens when you combine neon with Chanel?  You get the Spring Summer 2012 collection.  These pieces were not on the runway but a Spanish blogger was invited to a press preview in Madrid and posted some great pics of pieces from the 2102 Chanel spring summer collection.

I love the sneakers – especially the high tops – and did you see the tennis balls?  So cute, but too cute to actually play with.  We also get glimpses of new bags, shoes and neon jackets.  It all looks very summery and fun – can’t wait to see it in stores!

Image Source: Neo2

Photos By: Mar Pulido + Ignazio Arizmendi

Similar Posts:

• Chanel Spring-Summer 2012 Ready-to-Wear Collection Details
• Chanel Spring 2012 Nail Colours – Sneak Peek!
• Keira Knightly Coco Mademoiselle Ads – First Look
• Chanel Links: 02.24.11
• Chanel Spring-Summer 2012 Ready-to-Wear Runway Beauty

Photo courtesy of Chanel; Photos by Vincent Lappartient.

Peter Philips created another gorgeous makeup collection to compliment Karl Lagerfeld’s Chanel Métiers D’Art Paris-Bombay 2012 presentation. The ubiquitous kohl-rimmed eyes so popular in the South East was reinterpreted for the runway and were the main focus on the face.  Lips and cheeks were kept minimal and natural and all of the emphasis was on the very dark eyes.

Several limited edition products were created for the “Bombay Express” collection including POUDRE COMPACTE in Route des Indes de CHANEL, ILLUSION D’OMBRE Long Wear Luminous Eyeshadow in Nirvana, JOUES CONTRASTE Powder Blush in Brume d’Or, ROUGE COCO SHINE Hydrating Sheer Lipshine in Empreinte and LE VERNIS Nail Colour in Diwali.  I am most excited about Illusion d’Ombre in Nirvana and Le Vernis in Diwali.  Based on the glimpses we saw on the runway, I’m guessing that Nirvana will be black – though I’m wondering how different it will be to Mirifique.  Diwali or the “festival of lights” is one of the most joyous celebrations in India.  Based on the runway images Le Vernis Diwali looks goldish-luminiscent and based on the name I can imagine the color was inspired by lights.  The Exclusive Creation Collection Chanel ‘Bombay Express’ will be available in select Chanel makeup counters in June 2012.

Here are the details from Chanel on the products used to create the look:

Peter Philips, Creative Director of CHANEL Makeup used the following CHANEL products to create the runway beauty looks:

Skin prepared with HYDRA BEAUTY SERUM Hydration Protection Radiance (available April 2012)

The Complexion
PERFECTION LUMIERE Long Wear Flawless Fluid Makeup SPF 10
ECLAT LUMIERE Highlighting Face Pen
CORRECTEUR PERFECTION Long Lasting Concealer
Exclusive Creation POUDRE COMPACTE in Route des Indes de CHANEL* (available June 2012)

The Eyes
Exclusive Creation ILLUSION D’OMBRE Long Wear Luminous Eyeshadow in Nirvana * (available June 2012)
STYLO YEUX WATERPROOF Long Lasting Eyeliner in Ebène
LE CRAYON KHOL Intense Eye Pencil in Black
CRAYON SOURCILS Sculpting Eyebrow Pencil
INIMITABLE WATERPROOF Mascara in Black
RECOURBE CILS DE CHANEL Precision Eyelash Curler

The Cheeks
JOUES CONTRASTE Powder Blush in Brume d’Or (available June 2012)

The Lips
ROUGE COCO SHINE Hydrating Sheer Lipshine in Empreinte (available May 2012)

The Nails
Exclusive Creation LE VERNIS Nail Colour in Diwali * (available June 2012)

All images except as noted from Chanel are from Style.

Similar Posts:

• BLEU ILLUSION: Chanel 2012 Spring-Summer Haute Couture Show Makeup
• Chanel Spring-Summer 2012 Ready-to-Wear Show Makeup by Peter Philips
• Chanel Spring 2011 Haute Couture Beauté
• Chanel Métiers D’Art Pre-Fall 2011 Paris-Byzance Beauty
• All That Glitters: Get the Look!

I took a much-needed few days off to celebrate Thanksgiving (and my birthday) but that didn’t stop Chanel or Karl Lagerfeld from making the news. Let’s play a little catch-up to see what happened in the Chanel world last week…

I’m not sure why everyone on the interweb is so surprised that Karl Lagerfeld makes a lot of money considering who he works for and the breadth of his projects – but he does, ok? WWD

Karl Lagerfeld will be donning a new hat - that of editor. In February 2012, “Lagerfeld will guest edit all Metro editions around the world. As part of the project, he will create a series of collectible sketches, illustrations and columns as well as choose the stories for the newspaper and give his notoriously provocative comments on the news of the day.”  Metro

14 stars were chosen by 15 designers as their ‘muses’, and Chanel picked Yoon Seung Ah in Vogue magazine’s latest pictorial in the December issue. (Not sure which country’s edition of Vogue).  AllKPop

Illustrator Megan Hess is exhibiting her work at the newly launched The Gallery in Victoria, Australia.  Ragtrader

Chanel launched an iPhone App for the J12 and among the features, you can “try one on”.

Back in July I posted about the pens and lighters that Karl Lagerfeld designed for S.T. Dupont – you can buy them now on the Colette webshop.

Blake Lively and Elizabeth Olsen looked gorgeous in Chanel makeup at the Chanel-sponsored MOMA Film Benefit in honor of Pedro Almodovar.  Chanel celebrity makeup artist Angela Levin did Blake Lively’s makeup and Gita Bass did Elizabeth Olsen’s makeup.

Similar Posts:

• Karl Lagerfeld Guest Editor of Metro Today
• Blake Lively the New Face of Chanel Handbags
• Chanel Links: Week of 10.10.11
• Blake Lively for Chanel Mademoiselle – Ads & Behind the Scenes
• Link List: The Best Chanel News of December 2011