Sunday, 9 March 2014

The New Chanel Les 4 Ombres Collection: Tissé Mademoiselle

Though Chanel remains one of my favourite brands, I was never entirely pleased with their baked formula in the quads in terms of texture, colour payoff and application.
I was extremely happy with the news of the reformation and introduction of 8 new quads this Spring (with the majority of the original line up being discontinued). The new shades are based around the famous Chanel tweed and contain a variety of finishes; satins, sheers, iridescent and metallic.
Almost skipping to the counter to test the new delights on the day of release, on swatching all of them I decided to just buy one as some of the more metallic shades felt a bit crumbly, though of course you can never fully tell with a swatch.

You know I went for the most sedate, natural looking option don't you. Tissé Mademoiselle (£40) contains a golden brown, cream, taupe and a golden beige. All shades have varying degrees of shimmer and really do impart a beautiful glimmer.

The new formulation has a softer, smoother texture, and are much more pigmented (as were all of the new quads), blending much better and neither fading (like the baked quads had a tendency to). They do not have that dusty, powdery texture of the baked formula, perhaps this has something to do with them removal of talc from the ingredients?

This is a massive improvement on the baked quads, the finish of this particular quad is just gorgeous and if you like the shades I normally do, I'd advise running to get this.
I'm not sure if this new formula is world wide but if it is I'd be interested to see what my readers who normally get the non baked quads, think of this formula.
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I bought this from John Lewis.
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12 comments:

  1. Beauty Balm9 March 2014 at 13:25

    Looks fab! Always love Chanel make up x

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    1. Unknown10 March 2014 at 13:38

      Worth checking out when you are next at a counter :)

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  2. saw9 March 2014 at 15:23

    I am very curious about these. They are not released in a Germany yet but it should be like this week. I am a little confused about the formula though, it has only 2 g of product so it infact is baked, but they told me you can't use these wet so it seems the solvent is not water but oil inside which makes it "hybrid". I don't like that round shape by the way, wished they would now be square but that might be just me. Nice to hear that you liked the formula, now I am even more excited.

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    1. Unknown10 March 2014 at 13:41

      Hi Sara,
      The SA's told me these weren't baked either, I've tried using the darkest one wet and it was fine. I'm surprised they didn't change the shape as well, I think a lot of people would just walk by these thinking they are the normal baked ones. I do want to get some more, though would like to see some reviews with the more metallic ones as the texture of those didn't feel the same. I'll look forward to seeing what you pick up :)

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  3. Anonymous10 March 2014 at 06:11

    I haven't tried the new formula yet, but if I have time tomorrow I might go swatch this one during my lunch break.

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    1. Unknown10 March 2014 at 13:43

      Lunch breaks are made for makeup swatching aren't they ;) will be interested to see if you are tempted to get one.

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  4. Jacqueline11 March 2014 at 06:06

    Ooh I definitely want. The thing about neutrals is it's the easiest to wear and you can use it more often, so I understand your palette choices. It's a gorgeous palette and it translates well on your lids.

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    1. Unknown17 March 2014 at 06:34

      Thanks, I really am enjoying this one, more reviews are now in about the formula so I have got my sights set on a few more now :)

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  5. Unknown20 March 2014 at 16:31

    I got Tisse Gabrielle, the one you've seen in blarg since I felt it was the one that wasn't close to the other Chanel quads I own (I get the baked formula), yet I'm still testing to see if I really like it or not. Today's test went way better than the previous one :)

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    1. Unknown22 March 2014 at 05:16

      I had another look at them today and do want quite a lot more of them now, there are quite a few similar to the baked ones aren't there, I'm sure there is one very close to last years spring release. Glad that your testing is going well, I do really like this new formula ;)

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  6. Expat make up addict23 March 2014 at 23:06

    Hi Clare! Am having a long overdue catch up on your blog! I recently just bought the same quad after never being impressed with the previous formula! Can't wait to try this out-the swatches are beautiful!


    Stacey Expat Make-Up Addict xx

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    1. Unknown28 March 2014 at 09:45

      I think you will really like it, I picked up the more mauve/pink one recently as well, so will post about that soon, think there are about 2/3 others I want though :)

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