Lucia Pica, CHANEL Global Creative Makeup and Color Designer, has developed a new Spring 2017 makeup collection for CHANEL to celebrate, reinterpret and decipher the five iconic color codes of CHANEL: red, black, gold, white and beige.
CHANEL has found a way to re-infuse these classic shades with her own elegant irreverence, breathing new life into these beloved colors, and challenging conventional modes of beauty. Rouge noir can now adorn the lips in Spring. White and beige are reimagined for nails. Red becomes younger, bolder, more audacious than ever. “I want to reverse beauty expectations and have women challenge themselves,” states Lucia Pica.
The beauty of these five exceptional colors is that they represent contrast as well as harmony: the subtle and the dramatic, the elegant and the playful, the comforting and the challenging. Each serves to enhance rather than oppose the next. “I have said that black has it all,” said Gabrielle Chanel, “white too. Their beauty is absolute. It is the perfect harmony.” Deciding how to decipher the codes – how to wear them your own way – is all part of the game. A subtle look to inspire intrigue. A bold swipe of color to make a radical statement. COCO CODES offers an entire new register of emotional intensity, yours for the taking.
Through a variety of sheer, sparkling, matte and silky shades, COCO CODES encourages women to embrace the codes of CHANEL and reinterpret them for their own individual style.
For the face, Lucia Pica has reworked the colors of the original CHANEL codes to add warmth and depth. Four perfect blush shades are united to create intriguing new interplays: two satin shades and two matte shades. They can be worn as blush by blending the four colors together in the simple swirl of a brush or used individually for a myriad of beauty effects.
COCO CODES collection lipsticks push the boundaries of conventional beauty by reworking the CHANEL color codes in new and exciting ways. Red, of course, is the most iconic lipstick shade - two bright and vibrant takes on a classic red, each in the sumptuous, smooth texture of ROUGE ALLURE.
For the eyes, LES 4 OMBRES, in two eyeshadow palettes, speaks of richness, opulence and simplicity, allowing the wearer to explore these two important CHANEL color codes in both expected and surprising ways. Codes Elégants is the bolder of the two, containing a ravishing true gold, a warm platinum ideal for highlighting, a deep, intense brown and an exquisite antiqued gold. Codes Subtils is the perfect homage to modern eye makeup: gently shimmering shades of powdery rosy peach, platinum-bronze taupe, warm, intense pewter and bronzed mid-brown provide all the options for subtle day makeup and more sophisticated evening looks alike.
Two STYLO YEUX WATERPROOF add an edge and intensity to eye makeup: Noir Pétrole is a deep petrol, offsetting the rosy beiges of Codes Subtils beautifully, while Mat Taupe is an intense rust brown that delivers depth and drama to Codes Elégants.
Nail polish makes a ready-made statement at your fingertips - LE VERNIS Longue Tenue Rouge Red is a fresher take on red. LE VERNIS Longue Tenue Blanc White is a translucent, opalescent milky white. LE VERNIS Longue Tenue Beige Beige is the ultimate rosy nude.
Check the entire CHANEL COCO CODES collection.