Lucia Pica is known for her thoughtful, artistic and intelligent approach to beauty, balancing the creative instinct with an intellectual rigor. For LES INDISPENSABLES DE L’ÉTÉ, she has taken the idea of Summer beauty and traced its aesthetic back to the sense of freedom that we find in nature. “It’s a vibe really,” she says. “You want to look good, but not artificial. It’s about maintaining that spirit of freedom.”

For Lucia Pica, the collection is all about “deconstructed glamour. It’s about how to achieve glamour without looking or being overly complicated – this is almost like a letting go.”

Colors are inspired by natural landscapes. A palette of sun-baked earthy tones, from warm peachy nudes to intense deep bronzes, is punctuated by green accents and a delicate grey-blue, with glossy coral-pinks evoking a deep, majestic sunset. The textures are easy with delicate formulas that require only the lightest touch. Form follows function: the relaxed Summer vibe is echoed by easy, intuitive products.

LES BEIGES HEALTHY GLOW LUMINOUS COLOUR takes healthy glow powder to a new level of radiance. It creates a subtle, natural veil over the skin, delicately lit with ultra-fine gold particles. In addition, mineral butters and beeswax give a

softer ‘second skin’ glow. The result: radiant luminosity and a healthy bronzed glow in one easy touch. A choice of five bronze shades, from subtle pinky beige through to deep chocolate bronze, allows you to create the own perfect Summer glow. In addition, a speciallydesigned applicator brush is included with the compact, created to work in perfect harmony with this new shimmering powder bronzer.

Lips shine with shades spanning a spectrum from sunrise to sunset. Choose the gleam: ROUGE COCO SHINE offers two beautifully glistening shades combining the glamour of a lipstick with the easiness of a gloss. Golden Sun, a modern, sunny peach, and Golden Sand, a warm intense nude. A trio of ROUGE COCO STYLO lip pens is the perfect Summer travel companions, with their nourishing formulation. Sépia offers Lucia Pica’s version of a summery statement mouth, an intense bronzey chocolate to add a touch of Summer glamour. Panorama is the perfect nude: a soft beige, while Esquisse is the perfect coral pink.

Here is the moment to play: a quartet of LE VERNIS Longue Tenue both complementing and redefining the idea of a CHANEL Summer. A trio of coral and pinky shades adds a holiday feeling and a touch of breezy Summer glamour: Coquillage is a bold milky orange; Coralium, a glamorous milky coral, and Sea Whip, a delicate milky pink. Wear separately, or in playful combinations. And for a final flourish: Sargasso is a grey varnish with blueygreen shimmers that brings the ocean to your fingertips, creating a beautiful counterpoint to beautifully bronzed skin.