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Chanel Goes Gray-Violet With Fall 2010 Makeup and Paradoxal Nail Polish

by Laura Kenney (Subscribe to Laura Kenney's posts)
Posted Jun 18th 2010 at 6:30PM  
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Chanel's Fall 2010 Beauty image. Courtesy Photo

Just as we're gearing up for summer, fall falls into our hands.

And the neon nails and pastel eye shadows we thought so chic last week suddenly seem passe, as we gasp over and grapple for the moody, muted shades that will waft in with the cool Autumn winds.

Chanel Le Vernis Nail Colour in Paradoxal. Courtesy Photo

Chanel has released their Fall 2010 makeup collection, rife with chocolate grays, deep plums and smoldering khakis. Global creative director Peter Philips created a look that pairs soft smoky eyes with paler lips to pay tribute to Coco Chanel's proclivity for the bold contrasts that first defined her iconic style.

Headlining the collection is Le Vernis Nail Colour in Paradoxal, a dark gray-violet that the company thinks will be "the new statement-maker of the season." If recent history is any indication, they're right -- Chanel has been a leader in nail polish trend-making for the past few seasons, punctuated by their wildly-popular shade Jade, which we still can't keep on our desk because coworkers borrow it with such frequency.

Interestingly, Paradoxal did not make its debut on the fingertips of models walking Chanel's Fall 2010 runway, a move Philips has been known to do in seasons past; Jade was first glimpsed during the Fall 2009 show, Le Vernis Nail Color in Black Velvet and Gold Lame was introduced at Chanel's Paris-Shanghai Metiers d'Art fashion show, and most recently an unnamed powder blue shade was seen at the 2011 Resort collection.

Instead, models wore the nude pink Jade Rose, to calmly offset the wild, Pointalism-inspired shadow surrounding the models' eyes.

Other standouts from the fall collection, which can be seen below, include three new shades of Rouge Coco, the lipstick the company launched with great fanfare early this year. The line will expand with three new shades, Chalys, a delicate coral, Rose Dentelle, a soft pink and Chintz, a peach, each created to provide a soft counter effect to the season's bold eyes, which will smolder in deep violets and cool khakis found in the Les 4 Ombres palette and Ombre Essentielle Eyeshadows.

Another interesting addition is the Le Crayon Khol in Clair, a not-your-typical-eyeliner shade of smoky beige.

Unlike Nail Vernis in Paradoxal, it's a color we think we may be able to get away with wearing this summer without looking too much like we're obviously pining for fall.

Chanel's complete Fall 2010 makeup collection. Courtesy Photo

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Janelle, 6-24-2010, 6:15PM

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Janelle

Paradoxal is hot! I like the fact that it will look good with black, navies, greys, creams, and camel. I will definitely be getting this color ASAP.

http://makeupallure.com/blog

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Mary, 6-27-2010, 2:57PM

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Is it just me or does anybody else think a french manicure on the toes is ugly? Nice nail polish for fall.

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Chelsea, 6-27-2010, 4:45PM

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Chelsea

I think I am addicted to nail polish. I finally took off my acrylic nails last November and it took a long time and effort to get my natural nails in good shape again. Now that they are looking pretty darn good, I have had a ball with all the new nail colors from yellow to green to orange. I can't wait for the Gray Violet's to start showing up in stores! I doubt if I'll buy the Chanel because it's probably way too expensive, but you gotta know the knock offs will be out in a jiffy! It's really a beautiful color!

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John F.C. Taylor, 6-27-2010, 4:48PM

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John F.C. Taylor

Don't be fooled by the fashion mavens ladies. The woman wearing this color would make any color look good. This is not a color that should be released to the general public.

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Heather, 6-27-2010, 7:08PM

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Heather

Is it just me or does this polish look like something sucked all of the color out of it?
I don't like it.

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Pam, 6-27-2010, 7:43PM

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Pam

IT LOOKS like any other purple color and WHO cares about Fall???? summer just started, show us a bright color for that!!

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