Chanel lipsticks - Rouge Coco, Rouge Allure, etc. - Page 104

I am lemming the pinkish nude and orange red RAs.  Don't remember the names.  I am trying to be strong and not order online.  I want to swatch in person first.

 

Yay! Can't wait to hear your thoughts on all of them Shontay! 

 

My Gracile and Seduisante are here. These definitely do provide alot more color than their predecessors as my pigmented lips did not interfere with Gracile at all. Gracile is a light peachy pink on me (no brown or beige in it), while Seduisante is a light to mid-tone brightish pink. It's awful outside here today so my pics came out terrible, but here is the best one with Seduisante on the left and Gracile on the right:

 

 

Also...they feel more moisturizing on the lips than the old RAs too!

Nice! I am so excited for these.

The new RAs are up on Nordstrom.com. The option to pick up in store isn't available for me yet.

Interesting that they only show 13 of the 16. I wonder if a few shades are chanel.com exclusives or if they just don't have them yet?

Oh, those are so pretty!!  I cannot wait to see these in person!!  Glad you are loving the feel of them too - that's the biggest factor!

Thanks, Gail, for the pics and review!  They both look gorg!!  I am dying to see swatches of all of them :)

I just got back from checking these babies out. I was surprised that there wasn't a special display for them. They were just put out there with everything else like it's no big deal. They had some old shades mixed with new shades which I found annoying. Somehow, I felt like all the shades weren't out. I think maybe some of the brown/neutral colors. I gotta look into that, though. I picked 2. It was hard. I almost went for three. Eventually, I can see myself with 4 more of these.

I have to say that I don't see a dud in the bunch. A+ for Chanel. The only shade I wouldn't buy is Gracile. It's just not flattering for my skin tone. It is a beautiful shade though and will be great on ladies far lighter than I am. I walked away with #96 Excentrique and #94 Extatique. Anyone familiar with me around here knows that I don't turn down orange or coral so the second I swatched 94, I knew it was coming home with me. It's a gorgeous, pigmented orange. Not too bright, very flattering. 94 surprised me because I'm not big on pink these days but this one is gorgeous. It has a bit of blue in it, like an iridescence. It's so beautiful!

I am over the moon about these. Like I said, I'll be going back for more. I love this formula and all of these colors are so well done. That's what's going to drive us crazy: choosing which ones to haul first!

Thanks for the swatches Seduisante is trying to seduce me, I really like that the colour works with your pigmented lips, that is good news indeed.
Hope we get them soon.

Thanks for the swatches. I was expecting Gracile to be a nude pink. Wonder if Chanel will ever put one of those out?

The 2 I got look nothing like those tube pics we've seen, but they do look fairly close to the little swatches on the drop-down list where you choose what you want to add to your bag on chanel.com..

Top-#96 Excentrique
Bottom-#94 Extatique

Shontay -- I am dying over Extatique.  I was just online looking for an orchid color lippie today.  Oh my word, so gorgeous.  I wonder what it would look like on my skintone?  I am a NW 20-25 depending on the time of year.  I'm sure it looks amazing on you

 

Do you happen to remember what Secrete(described as blue soft pink) and Exaltee (fuschia) looked like?

Bonitinha, Secrete was actually my third choice! I was so close to walking away with it, but I had to control myself. It's so pretty. Soft blue pink seems like a fairly accurate description. Not so solid on the blue, but it's definitely a soft pink. On my hand, from what I remember, I'd think of it more as a rose pink. I swear, all this swatching of colors makes me wonder if I need to brush up by playing with a box of crayons. It gets overwhelming and confusing. What I love about Secrete is that it seemed like a really everyday kind of color.

I remember swatching Exaltee a few times. It's beautiful also. I kept swatching it next to Extatique just to see the difference (anyone watching me would think I have OCD). The difference being the sheen to Extatique while Exalte is just a beautiful fuchsia. I have a couple of those already so I chose Extatique.

I think Secrete, Exaltee and Extatique will be great on you. Again, I think 99% of these colors will work on everyone. That's what makes this so great. I'm interested in seeing how Extatique looks on different people. It plays with the light in such an interesting way and depending on how much you put on and the pigmentation of your lips, you can really get a cool effect going on.

Thank you for the descriptions, Shontay      Now I'm excited.  I think I need Secrete in my life.  I wonder how similar it is to Seduisante?  Cooler toned?  I wish I had a blasted counter nearby!!  LOL

I know I swatched Seduisante, but I don't have a clear memory of it. Looking at the swatch of it above, they are completely different. I'd say it's Probably cooler, deeper, more muted.

winthrop - Enjoy your new lipsticks! Is Gracile close to Chintz or Jersey Rose, if you have them? On your lips, do you feel the scent is lighter or the same as the old RAs?

Thanks Miss QQ. I don't have those anymore, but I'm going to say when it's actually on Gracile does give a more nude effect to the lips than those 2 did. The scent is the same but lighter, which I'm very happy about! Overall I'm very enthused about the new RAs, like Shontay.

 

BTW...in the pic I used for my avatar the person who answered the phone at chanel.com yesterday said this:

 

Front row - Gracile - Seduisante (looks more like Pimpante to me???) - Secrete (looks like Seduisante to me, but then where is Secrete?)

 

Second row - Enjouee (didn't ask about the next 2 pinks, sorry, but I bet Shontay can tell us what's what there)

 

Third row - Pimpante (looks more like this would be Excentrique to me, what about you Shontay?) - Pirate - Coromandel

 

Fourth row -  Palpitante - Passion - Inimitable - Incandescente

 

Fifth row -   did not ask

 

Hope this helps someone, even if it confused me. lol

Edited by Winthrop44 - 8/23/12 at 7:02am

^^ Gail -- so does Gracile pull more nude peach than nude pink on the lips?  I am trying to decide between Secrete and Seduisante -- or do I need them both?? ;)

On my lips the color really looks like my swatch above, at least on my monitor. I guess I'd say pale warm pink. I have mauvey pigmented lips so on saran wrap lips it might look different. I expected it to have more beige in it but really I'm glad it doesn't. It's really beautiful (esp as opposed to La Furtive for example).  I thought you were getting the whole pink row?

thanks for this TThis just basically made me want Extatique, which is totally unexpected. This also does not seem to be very Chanel-ish of a shade, as I expected it to be somewhere along the lines of Insolente - bright but still very sophisticated; this seems more on the fun side, but I really like it!

I was originally eyeing Seduisante. Secrete and maybe Gracile, but it seems Seduisante is too deep a pink for my very pale skin, Gracile is too warm, and Secrete is not available at Nordie's online.

I am also now debating whether I need Passion. Or Palpitante. Or basically any red that'd suit my coloring!

but extatique - of course I need extatique!

I purchased Pirate and Passion today, really 2 gorgeous shades. I hope they hold long.

Gail -- LOL, yes, I def want the whole pink row, but I must restrain myself!  I do tell myself that since we're living rent free until our house is done, that I should live it up tho :)  Now I want 4 of them!

 

Gracile - not really a nude, more of a slight beiged/warmer pinked peach but pretty on

 

 

Seduisante - a very beautiful medium pink

 

Edited by elegant-one - 8/23/12 at 12:08pm

I need Extatique!

Beautiful pics, Elegant! Thanks for posting, also Winthrop and Shontay for the swatches.

 

I really like both, Gracile and Seduisante, but Gracile a little better. I think I might have asked about this already or it has been discussed earlier in this thread, but I believe we're getting different shades in Europe. I think Gracile is the one we're not getting.   So I'll probably get Seduisante or Evanescente.

Gracile is a definate for me.  Thank you everyone for the pics and swatches! 

I just ordered Extatique :)

Here's a pic of me wearing Extatique today. Love it so much. It lasted all day. The pic doesn't really capture the full beauty of it, but I tried. Cropped the pic b/c I feel blah about my face right now. Excuse my lips. They're not at their best. I don't know if it's the weather or what, but my skin is just going through something right now.



BTW, it goes perfectly with Mac's Embrace Me lipliner. I used that just around the edges.

Beautiful Shontay!!