Jan 12, 2011

Chanel Joues Contraste Powder Blush #65 Espiègle + Dupe


the Chanel Joues Contraste Blush in #65 Espiègle (4g - 36€) is new to their range with the Spring look 2011. the Joues Contrastes (JC) are baked shimmery blushes.
i'm not a fan of Chanel packaging - it looks classy from the outside but the lid always seems a little bit cheap. also the brush that comes with this is crap.
i have another JC from very long ago (8 years maybe) and always loved their rose scent which remained Chanel's signature scent for me.
i never purchased more of them because apart from the fantastic scent the JC didn't impress me much - it severely lacked pigmentation.
but Espiègle is different: the smell is not as strong as from years ago :( but the texture and pigmentation are much better.
it is a shimmery light peach-pink that would suit many skin tones. although swatched very shimmery, it gives just a healthy glow on your cheeks without looking "too much", it becomes a beautiful sheen with good depth. that really impressed me, i was afraid it wouldn't be work-appropriate because of all the shimmers - but it is.
this colour is very easy to wear, it can go with every look. you can't overdose and it blends beautifully without getting blotchy.



comparison swatches

i compared it to some light peachy-pinks in my collection - but i find it being quite unique. it is light, pink,  but infused with gold shimmer that seems on another level than the colour, do you know what i mean? like with NARS Orgasm for example, the gold sheen seems much more flat than with this.

 top row: Chanel Joues Contraste #13 Candy - Chanel Joues Contraste #65 Espiègle - MAC Mineralize Blush Rhapsody In Two
2nd row: Benefit Coralista - MAC Mineralize Blush Dainty - MNY Blush #301 - NARS Deep Throat

Benefit Coralista - MAC Dainty - MNY #301 - Chanel Candy - Chanel Espiègle - MAC Rhapsody In Two - NARS Deep Throat

DUPE: all in all, i think the cheapest one, MNY #301 would be the most acceptable dupe for this. it is just a bit darker and peachier than Espiègle (and applies more frosty). but with a light hand and good blending, you can get a similar effect for a fraction of the price -  i think the MNY blush is just somewere between 2-4€.

sorry because i couldn't do daylight swatches - i'll make up for this on the weekend! (but i wanted to give you some swatches as early as possible so you can decide wether getting it or not)



8 comments:

  1. Thanks for the swatches, Keto! I have seen Espiègle on the Net from beauty Bloggers, but nobody has compared the texture and shimmer with MACs' mineralized blushes. I don't own any Chanel nor NARS cosmetics and only have one MAC mineralize blush in Warm Soul. What do you think about it? Is the texture comparable to MAC's mineralize blushes?

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  2. chanel: - shimmer is finer and more evenly distributed
    - the texture of the blush itself is also more finely milled
    - chanel's shimmer is mostly golden.
    - base colour has more sheen
    mac: - dainty for example has multicolour shimmer, tending golden
    - base colour is satiny
    - shimmer seems like randomly sprinkled in

    i like both. but maybe mac even more.

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  3. Thank you! Golden shimmer doesn't look good on me, so I'll give it a pass!
    :))

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  4. thanks for the great review, helps a lot.
    do you think the blush is suitable for warm, darker skintones? i could take a look at it at the store, but i wasn't quite sure.. if the colour would show up on my skin. what do you think?

    thanks!

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  5. wahhhhhhhhhhhh wie bist du nur an den Chanel Candy rangekommen...ich versuch den seit langem zu ergattern, aber erfolglos :(

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  6. den hab ich damals (vor ca. 8 jahren) ganz normal am counter gekauft - und in der zwischenzeit nie wieder über chanel nachgedacht, wusste gar nicht, dass der beliebt ist/war. ich hab chanel erst seit ca. 1 jahr für mich wiederentdeckt ;)

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  7. Ich hab erst jetzt gesehen, dass du mir letztes jahr geantwortet hast (schande über mich) falls du das noch lesen wirst :) ich hab ihn nun endlich gefunden. Candy ist bereits aus dem Sortiment genommen worden (sowohl Europa als auch in den Staaten), komischerweise gibt es diesen nur noch in Asien :/

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  8. Hi Cami
    kein problem ;) wenn du ihn immer noch unbedingt willst, hilft wohl nur duty free in asien als günstige alternative oder sowas wie bonboncosmetics.com als teurere option für ca 65$. die listen das blush zwar nicht, können es aber ganz sicher für dich beschaffen wenn du im kontaktformular danach fragst.

    LG keto

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