I took some makeup swatch pictures on a rare sunny day over the weekend. When the lighting was perfect, everything appeared just the way I anticipated. I love the the look of the Chanel Joues Contraste Powder Blush in NARCISSE in some of the pictures, so I thought I will just do a quick review for one of my all time favorite Chanel Blush.
I own quite a lot of Chanel Joues Contraste Powder Blushes – all are in the euro baked version and I loved them all. Though many people much prefer the US version, for a blush I really adore the soft and glowy effect of the baked version. The texture of NARCISSE is quite hard and dense, as it doesn’t have a rich pigmentation so I normally apply it with a more coarse brush such as the enclosed brush.
NARCISSE is my favorite pink blush, and it is a soft pale pink blush that leans slightly blue in the pan, but it shows up as a perfect soft neutral pink on me. The finish is very natural and subdued I would say, even though it appears as a relatively matte powder without shimmer in the pan, it creates a natural luminous glow on the skin and this is the beauty of baked powder texture.
Swatched on the back of my hand
On Me:
Just in case you are curious, I had the Shiseido Maquillage Eye Creator by Alexander Wang on my eyes.
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Gorgeous! It looks great on you!
Narcisse is one of the best blushers, that looks really good on pale skin. I regret, that I gave mine away *sigh* I love the lippie btw, gorge!
100% agree with you!
my favorite blush too!
they just released jc tumulte – it’s been likened to Narcisse. I’m getting one too, and maybe the new Pink Explosion.
but I don’t think they can top the love I have for Narcisse.
Ahha..I can’t wait to get my hands on the new Chanel JCs..I want all the new shades!
Pink Explosion is a little too vibrant for my skintone…
There’s Malice too, which will probably not look good on me because corals/oranges/peaches don’t work for me.
Pink Explosion is too vibrant for me too, but you know how we JC addicts are!
I sold my original PE, but am curious about this new Pink Explosion.
I quite like malice – reminds me of the darker version of rose patale, but yeh you are absolutely right that it has a hint of brown undertone which might not work for some skintone.
haha cool, look forward to hear your thoughts on the reformulated PE
what’s on your lips?
Burberry lip cover in devon sunset! Just did a review on it
Absolutely love this look! your skin looks flawless! what foundation and lipstick are you using? would love to know
Hi Jolene, I was wearing the MUFE HD foundation and Burberry Lip cover in devon sunset.
stunning photos as usual!
Reika, you look beautiful! I was curious as to why you prefer the baked version for Chanel JC blush, but the US version for les ombre eyeshadow in Prelude. I have not tried the Chanel eyeshadow before, but after reading your post about Prelude, I am tempted to get it! But I am only able to get the baked version in Melbourne. Is it really hard to pick up the eyeshadow in the baked version? Thanks!
The baked version of e/s is more powdery and less pigmented than the US version. They are best to be applied underneath an e/s primer, else the color payoff is just not as good. HIH
I highly recommend you to get the US version!
Very pretty blush…. I’ve recently been getting into Chanel blushes so am keen to know more about their range.
This is my favorite blusher too and I love how the subtle colour managed to stand out on you.
I must wholeheartedly agree with your review. Narcisse is one of the best pink blushes out there.
Narcisse looks so beautiful on you, I’ve been tempted to get Rose Ecrin in the past few months but now that the new JC’s are being released soon I think I’ll wait for those..
Tumulte and Malice are calling my name!
Glad that you waited Lakshmi, there is always better makeup coming!
You always get the newest makeup before every other country!
Me too, I can’t wait to check out Tumulte and Malice! I am very jealous of you girls who live in the States
It’s lovely.
Hi!
Can you tell me what color lens you are wearing? It’s so natural~
Very pretty!
Hi Cynthia I was wearing the freshkon colored lens in chestnut brown.
Do you have a link to where you got your lenses? I can’t find any Freshkon chestnut brown. Thanks!
I bought them at my local optometry shop. Freshkon is an international brand and they do all types of lenses (not just circle lens) so it should be avaialble at most op shops.