Friday 8 February 2013

Chanel Eye Shadow Quad: 37 Variation


After recently rediscovering and really liking Chanel Joues Contraste blushes, I decided to give the brands quads another go. I'd actually been eyeing a couple of items from the Spring collection (Frivole and Raffinement), but passed on both of them and instead decided to go with a couple of other shades I'd had my eye on for a while, Rose Ecrin and Variation. 

Chanel Les 4 ombres: 37 Variation

Variation was released last year as part of the Les Expressions de Chanel collection and contains four pretty, shimmery shades. A light pink highlighter, a soft taupe, a mauve-y rose, and a dark, rich aubergine. 

Chanel Quad: Variation

Variation is the first palette I've tried from Chanel for quite a few years. I don't even remember the name of the quad I originally tried, but I do remember the shades in the palette having very little colour payoff, being quite hard in texture and generally difficult to work with. While Variation contains some very pretty colours, I have to say, I am also a little bit disappointed with the texture and colour payoff with this one, too. 

Chanel Eye Shadow Quad: Variation

The light pink highlighter shade and dark aubergine both apply quite well, but I find the taupe and mauve-y shades quite difficult to work with. Both contain a lot of glitter and neither are particularly pigmented. I've experimented quite a bit with different application methods, but I always end up with a very sheer and very glittery wash of colour. I've also found all of the shades to be slightly powdery texture wise and fall out has been a bit of an issue. Wear time hasn't been very good either actually. Applied on top of my regular shadow base, which normally does a pretty good job at keeping my eye shadow in place (Becca's Vicuna Eye Tint), I found I had some pretty bad creasing and fading going on at the end of the day. 

Chanel Variation Swatches

Used together, the colours look a bit wishy-washy and meh, so I've mainly been using them separately alongside other shadows from different brands. The aubergine colour makes a nice liner shade and works well applied and blended as a crease colour, and the pink-y highlighter looks really pretty paired with quite a few other shadows I have in my collection, the other two shades are quite disappointing though. Particularly the mauve/rose shade.



Variation contains some lovely colours, it's just a shame a couple of them don't apply particularly well and colour pay off is quite poor. I love Chanel's lip products and really am liking loving  their Joues Contraste blushes at the moment too, I don't think I'll be making any more eye shadow purchases in the near future though. The brand's quads aren't exactly cheap at £37.00 and I think there are much better options available from other brands. I'm loving Le Metier De Beaute and Rouge Bunny Rouge shadows at the moment, which are far better in terms of quality, application and colour payoff.

11 comments:

  1. they're very nice!!! i love these colours...

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    1. Me too, just wish some of the colours applied a bit better.

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  2. Definitely my favourite colours for winter. Don't judge my poor taste in television, but this looks exactly like the sort of palette Audrina from the Hills would use. That girl always had beauuutiful makeup.

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    1. Ha, no judging here, my taste in television is pretty poor too :) She does always have pretty make up!

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  3. These are such Nat shades :) I really like the taupe shade, and that burgundy - I'm really trying to learn to use shades like that! I need to get one, still.

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    1. The burgundy/aubergine shade and taupe were the main reasons behind buying it actually, Larie. Bit of a shame the taupe applies quite sheer and has a lot of shimmer going on, but the burgundy is pretty!

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  4. Shame some of the shades are difficult. They really look pretty in your swatches. I especially like the deep burgundy!

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    1. It is a bit, Annick. The burgundy actually applies quite well though, it's mainly the mauve and taupe that I've had problems with. They are all pretty shades, though.

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  5. Another blogger told me she returned hers because the quality of this quad was not up to standards. Such a shame as the colours are so nice.

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    1. Really? I've heard quite a few people say Chanel's quads are kind of hit and miss, I guess Variation is one of the problem one's. I'm am still tempted to give Raffinement a go, but will definitely be popping along to a counter to check it out first.

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  6. I agree that Chanel quads are rather sad in the pigmentation quality especially in baked version! I hope that they'll be releasing a better formulation in Europe & Asia.

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