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chanel, Chanel Arthur, Chanel Rouge Coco #440 Arthur, Charlotte Tilbury So Marylin, Estée Lauder Envious, Givenchy Le Rouge #306 Carmin Escarpin, NARS Audacious Lipstick Lana, review, Tom Ford Lip Colour #15 Wild Ginger, Tom Ford Lips & Boys Diego, Tom Ford Matte Flame
I am no stranger from the Chanel rouges and I’m pretty sure you aren’t either… But I have to admit that, from all the lipstick lines in the Chanel beauty collection the Rouge Cocos were my least favourite.
I always found the formula to be less creamy and difficult to apply, because of its patchiness and lack of pigment. I wasn’t a huge fan of the colour palette either… And the fact that most of the shades were literally a glitter feast!… I had quite a few shades which I passed on to my mom and my friends, and I kept only one # 20 Rose Comète – which I barely use anyway!
When I’ve heard the news that Chanel is going to completely revamp the formula of these lipsticks along with their names, I crossed my fingers and hoped for the best! And I was not disappointed…
The new lipstick formula it somewhere in between the Rouge Coco Shines which are one of the most loved Chanel lipsticks in my collection ( I have a full post dedicated to them, here ) and which are very shiny and lightweight and then the Rouge Allures which are quite full and opaque and tend to be quite matte ( read my thoughts on this amazing Rouge Allure in La Diva, here )…
I obviously went for a red first!
#440 Arthur is described as a “luminous red”, a medium-dark, orange-red with warm undertones and a bright, glossy finish. It has a pretty opaque coverage even on my already pigmented lips, it’s creamier that the old Rouge Cocos, which I always found a bit too dry for my liking. Maybe that’s why it glides on so evenly and smoothly. It goes on in a thin layer, a slightly translucent layer though. It is hydrating enough not to dry my lips and lasted for a good couple of hours without the need of reapplying it! It also fades in a decent manner and by the end of the day I could still see a bit of red pigment/colour stain on my lips!
It was the only colour I wore on my lips for the few couple of days I spent in Milan last month, and I managed to get so many compliments on it!
Even if this is a gorgeous, gorgeous red, it is the type of color that is easily dupable though! There are so many easy dupes that might only vary by finish or by undertones, some being slightly more orange or blue, or by opacity… But the colour family is just up there!
Here you have some of the dupes for #440 Arthur, I already had in my collection…
Estée Lauder #330 Impassioned – previously reviewed here.
Tom Ford Matte #06 Flame – review here.
Tom Ford Lip Colour in #15 Wild Ginger – previously reviewed here.
Tom Ford Lips & Boys #33 Adriano – previously reviewed here.
Givenchy Le Rouge in #306 Carmin Escarpin – previously reviewed here.
NARS Audacious Lipstick Lana – review soon.
There are 29 vibrant shades in the hydrating new formula of Rouge Coco Lip Colour that wait to be discovered. They are named after Coco Chanel and the friends, artists and lovers who inspired her. Five colour ranges celebrate her intimate circles. Every shade tells a story… A colourful expression of Mademoiselle’s life and legend.
Have you found the shade you love yet?
See you soon, beautiful!
xx, Annie
INTERESTING FACTS:
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ARTHUR, Arthur “Boy” Capel was Gabrielle’s first, one and only love and the man who helped her open her first store in Deauville! He died at a relatively young age ( 38 ), in a car crush, right before Christmas… Coco was devastated! All her bibliographers say that she never got to love another man the way she loved him! In the Rouge Coco Shines “he” is the very well known and loved shade Boy.
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two of my favourite Chanel biographies: The Gospel According to Coco Chanel by Karen Karbo and L’Irrégulière ou Mon Itinéraire Chanel by Edmonde Charles-Roux ( Anne, this one is for you! )
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another recommendation: in 2009, was launched the movie Coco avant Chanel based on the L’Irrégulière ou mon itinéraire Chanel by Edmonde Charles-Roux, with Audrey Tatou playing Chanel
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Here you have the five colour families inspired by Coco Chanel and those close to her who actually used to call her “Coco”:
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her LOVERS – Passion reflected by dramatic reds: #444 Gabrielle, #440 Arthur, #442 Dimitri and #446 Etienne
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her FAMILY – A tribute in understated nude shades: #402 Adrienne, #400 Louise, #404 Julia, #406 Antoinette and #408 Jeanne
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her BEST FRIENDS – Celebrated by romantic pinks: #420 Vera, #422 Olga, #432 Cécile, #434 Mademoiselle, #436 Maggy and #438 Suzanne
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her MUSES – An homage in bright corals #410 Catherine, #412 Téhéran, #414 Sari Doré, #416 Coco and #418 Misia
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her favourite ARTISTS – Honored by deep plum shades: #448 Elise, #450 Ina, #452 Emilienne, #454 Jean and #456 Erik
Oh Arthur <3! Great review hun! I just love this color, although I love Dimitri as well. Please don’t make me choose 😉
And thanks so much for the recommendations on Chanel biographies, these are going straight on my to-read list 😀
lots of love
Anne
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You’re most welcome my lovely Anne! Enjoy your readings! 😬
Love Dimitri as well… And Gabrielle… And so many more! Don’t make ME chose between any of them! LOL I might just want them all! 😂😂😂🙈🙊
Lots of xx
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Wow, those are some pretty spot-on dupes. I have Nars Lana, and I think I’ll stick to her….
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Thank you so so much my lovely Belle! That’s what I was able to find rummaging my red lippies collection… 😬
Love Lana, but she’s a girl! Why don’t you get one of the boys too? Haha!
Lots of xx😊
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I am so obsessed with red lipsticks lately
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Hi my lovely V! I’m so happy you’re into reds at the moment as I fell back in love with them with the help of this Boy Arthur right here! Haha!
And believe me! When you’re talking about a red lipsticks obsession, I’m the right person to understand you… What you see are only some of my orange-red ones… 🙊🙈😅
I hope you had an amazing weekend! 😘😘😘
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Oh this is awesome to know Annie! I was looking at these lipsticks and was tempted but now will try their other formulas. In my local mall the Nordstrom is hosting an event and I signed up at the Chanel counter for a free makeover and hope to buy some Chanel lipsticks since I don’t own any and it was becoming hard to choose the formula I wanted lolol. I will definitely look for the Shines and Allures instead. Have a great Sunday xoxo Janet
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Hi, ma belle.
I have so many thoughts! First… look how pretty all your reds look together! And, Arthur is SO pretty on you!! Of course. You wear a red lip well!
My two new Rouge Cocos came in the mail a couple of days ago, along with my new Les Exclusifs Misia! Antoinette is a rich and deep marsala shade, while Misia, while still richly pigmented, is lighter feeling and a beautiful burnt orangey-red. I love them both, and your description of how they feel on the lips is just right!
I ordered The Gospel According to Coco Chanel and two other biographies on her. I’m looking forward to reading them (reading something besides textbooks, lol). I’d love to share about Misia in my blog post about the new Les Exclusifs and Rouge Coco shade. Thanks for the recommendation!
Also, I wanted to ask you about the Shines. I have Etourdie. I love wearing it, but its pigmentation is very minute. Is this true for all of the shines, or do the darker shades show up??
Lots of love. I hope that you’re doing well and that work has settled down.
Jacqueline
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Bonsoir ma chérie! Finalement!
I’m finally able to properly sit in front of my iPad and talk to you!… Something that I sure missed A LOT lately!…
Now let’s take your questions one by one, shall we? 😊
First of all thank you for sticking with me after all this time! 🙏😌
Then I can’t wait to see hoe Antoinette and Misia look on you! The perfume is gorgeous! So Chanel! I much prefer the new formula to the old one, which I think it was too dry therefore patcy, with too much sparkle and shiny particles in it and a bit drying…
You’ll love The Gospel… They made the movie “Coco avant Chanel” after it! Have you seen it yet?
Sorry to disappoint you but the Shines are… Well, shines! Not that much of a difference in opacity and pigmentation when it comes to darker colours either… I remember swatching #94 Confident from the Etat Poetique Autumn 2014 Collection and thought wow!, this is the most pigmented Coco Shine I have ever tried!
I have one tip for you though, to intensify the colour on your Coco Shines! Just use a lip brush to apply it instead of applying it straight from the bullet – whenever you can that is! – and you’ll notice a huge difference… Also in the staying power!
This might not be the advice to follow though because even myself I take my Shines and apply them one the go! And I kind of love them precisely for how easy they apply! Oh, well!… I’m not going to carry a lip brush with me too!
I hope I had covered pretty much all your questions…
Beaucoup des bisous
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I haven’t see the movie yet. We have it on our computer hard drive though, so we’ll queue it up! Thanks for the reminder.
That’s great to know about the shines. I’m going to try a bolder shade next time. I love Etourdie for the ease of application as well!!
Fun to catch up :0) 😘
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You’re most welcome ma belle! Without spoiling it for you, I will only tell you that you’ll love Audrey Tatou… But you’re going to enjoy the book even more! [ it might be my personal preference due to the fact that I was and still am a bookworm!? 😳🙈😅 ]
From what I remember, Etourdie is such a beautiful, easy to wear shade… That my mom loved it so much and of course, I couldn’t resist and gave it to her a while back… LOL
Always a pleasure to catch up with you too! 😌👌😊😘😘😘
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Yay! I’m excited for both!! Thank you ☺️
That is so sweet of you to give your mom the lipstick!! I’m sure she loves it, not just bc it’s a beautiful Chanel lippie, but also bc it’s from you!
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Oh! And hopefully after tomorrow’s meeting things will get back to “normal”… At least they way they were anyway…
Even though I’m sure that there will be a couple more days sacrificed for everything to calm down completely… 😩😋
Bisous
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True, true. You’re amazing! Hang in there!!
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Haha! 😅 You sure know how to cheer me up ma belle!
I’m hanging in, I promise! 😌👌😉
Touts les bisous du monde! 🌸💕🎀😘
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Oh! And one more thing!… Those are some of my reds… My orange-reds to be precise… My red lipstick obsession expands way more than what you can see here!…
Uuupppsss! 🙊🙈😬😋😘😘😘
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Hehe. 🙈💕
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😁😁😁
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I think that for the Rouge Coco Shine, you have to apply several layers if you want more intensity, but I agree they don’t last very long. I have a few Rouge Coco that are getting old, your review makes me want to try out the new version. This red is gorgeous on you.
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Hi my lovely Miss Agnes! You’re right about the Coco Shines, they’re not too pigmented, but again they’re not calling the, “shines” for nothing, right? They’re supposed to be sheer and hydrating!😉
Definitely give the new formula a go too! And don’t get rid of you old Rouge Cocos before doing a comparison post with them! 😁😁😁
I personally prefer the new formula as I find it easier to apply, less shiny, pigmented enough on my already pigmented lips, and with a decent staying power! 👌😌👌
Lots of xx
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Love the red collection dear !
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Thank you so much my lovely! This is only the orange-red part of it thought! 🙈🙊😋😁
Lots of xx
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😊😊
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At points your review sounds suspiciously like the one Temptalia wrote…seriously? Plagiarism is not cool.
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Dear “Reader”,
Thank you for letting me know in this lovely comment! I went and read Temptalia’s post and some descriptive words are indeed similar!
Maybe you’re more creative so let me know how else you can describe a bright, medium-dark red with orange and warm undertones though…
Also thank you for having the courage of assuming the comment you wrote and signing it with your “real” name! I “seriously” respect that!
I will do my best next time!…
Have a lovely week!
Lots of xx,
Annie
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I’m a sucker for a good orange red, so this is ultra tempting. Looks gorgeous on you! Thanks for the comparison swatches 🙂
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Thank you so much my lovely Jen!
Arthur sure does look “handsome”! 😁 And I bet it might look amazing of different skin tones too!
So definitely give it a go! The new formula is also way better than the old one! 👌😌😊
Lots of xx
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Ah! And you’re most welcome for the swatches! It was so easy and fun to do them since red lippies are my favourites!
Well… Most lipsticks are! Uuupsss! 🙈🙊😁😋😅
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Love,love,love all the reds!! Such a classic and beautiful color that works all year round 🙂 you look beautiful in the picture Annie! Xo 💜👍
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Awww! Thank you so much my lovely! Reds are my favourites all year round too!
And thank you so much for the lovely compliment! It really means a lot! 🙏😌😊
I hope you’re having a great week so far and a great upcoming weekend!
Lots of xx
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Thank you! I hope you’re having a great week too Lovely Annie! Xo
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Arthur is a gorgeous gorgeous shade 🙂 hehehe – thank you for the background details as well Annie 💗💋 !!! Arthur is a beautiful shade ❤
Serene xoxo
http://www.imserenel.wordpress.com
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You’re most welcome my dear! Have you seen all the shades live yet? 😁😁😁
Lots of xx
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Yessssss so soooo gorgeous 🙂 xox
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I know right!? I have a couple more on my wish list myself!
But right now I’m taking it easy with the spending… 😁😁😁
Lots of xx
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Hehehehe! save up some money to buy a lot more beauties 😆😆😆😆😆💋💗 x
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Yup! I need ( probably not! ) a few fashion bits at the moment so beauty is on a second place for the shortest period of time, of course… 😁😁😁
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I love boy and cabrielle . I’ll try Arthur 🙂 thanks for sharing 🙂 I enjoyed reading .
Leimi xx
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You’re most welcome my beautiful Leimi. Boy and Gabrielle are great choices! Can’t wait to see what you think of them, so please let me know when you write a review on them!
Lots of xx
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Thank you Annie for your reply 🙂 will surely do . I am planning to drop by Chanel store this week . So , will be up on my blog soon 🙂
Xxxx
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Alriiiight! 😁Happy shopping then! 😉xx
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😍 thank you ! Enjoy the rest of your week .
Sending you Love from India xx
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Enjoy the rest of the week as well my Indian beauty friend!
Lots of love form far away too! 😊xx
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So many reds to play with dear Annie! I’m glad Chanel reformulated its lipsticks, as they were a big investment for a disappointing formula…curious to try one soon. I’ll let you know how it goes
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Can’t wait to see what your picks are my lovely! Please let me know as soon as you get to play with them!
Which colour/colours are on your wish list?
Lots of xx
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I’m tempted by two ‘classics’ such as #444 Gabrielle and #442 Dimitri. I’d like to try them on, because in the swatches they look much into my way, but I’m curious about how they feel on the lips and how they interact with my natural colors 😉
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They are lovely colours too my lovely! A bit more cooler than Arthur but equally gorgeous! Definitely give them a go on an actual counter to test their formula and how it reacts with your skin! I can only tell you one more thing… The formula it’s definitely better and more comfortable, definitely better then the old one! 👌😊
Lots of xx
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Oh! And a girl can never have enough reds to play with, right?! 😁
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So true, and even reds change according to the season and the little tan we achieve…I’m always switching between more coral-orange reds in summer and more purple or ‘cold’ reds in winter for instance…
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Yup me too! In summer orange-reds are at the very top of my red lipsticks choices! 😊xx
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Great post, Annie! I can’t quite tell all these luscious reds apart, even when I had to squint at the screen to try and compare the differences! You can never have too much red lipsticks! Great choices. 😀 x
Caryl – http://carylalmelor.com/
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Thank you so much my lovely Caryl!
Arthur is not the most “original” colour you’ll ever see but you’re right! One can never have too many orange-red lipsticks!
And it’s really difficult to tell them apart! Haha!
But they all are gorgeous nonetheless! 😬
Have you tried them yet?
Lots of xx
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No not yet. I like all of these reds and orange-reds. Knowing me, I wouldn’t be able to pick just the one. The Arthur is just as gorgeous even if it weren’t an ‘original’, no one could probably tell unless you’re an expert in red lipsticks! 🙂 x
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I know what you mean! Choosing just one from all that many gorgeous reds is pure torture! 😉
And yes! Arthur is a gorgeous colour overall! 😻
Lots of xx
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