Chanel Les Perles de Chanel Collection for spring 2011

Don your best tweed jacket and pearls, ma chérie (and dab No. 5 on your pulse points), because it’s time to say bonsoir to the new Chanel Les Perles de Chanel makeup collection.

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There’s plenty of photographic evidence that proves our girl Coco wore a lot of pearls. In point of fact, she practically dripped in them because she believed their delicate glow enhanced a woman’s natural beauty.

Her heirs obvious at Chateau Chanel should agree. Remembering how much Coco loved pearls, they created the Les Perles collection for spring 2011, with its preponderance of pearly finishes destined to impart natural-looking luminosity to cheeks, eyes, lips and nails.

Since he joined the team — nay, the movement! — Chanel global creative director Peter Philips has done a wonderful job (in my opinion) keeping Gabby’s spirit and her renowned style alive, and, with Les Perles de Chanel (just look at those shades of black, gray and white!), he’s done it again.

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Les Perles is coming next month to Chanel counters but is available now on chanel.com.

Chanel Les Perles de Chanel spring 2011

Here’s a brief look at a few items from the collection, with much more to follow over the coming days.

Joues Contraste Powder blush in Espiegle ($42) — A warm peachy pink blush with a subtle golden sheen. It reminds me a little of NARS Orgasm in the pan but applies lighter, with a less frosty finish, and it gives my cheeks a soft, candlelit glow.

Rouge Coco Lipstick in jersey rose ($30) — Is it wrong to refer to this lipstick as The jersey Shore? Yes…Yes, I think it is. awfully wrong. jersey rose is a long-lasting, moisturizing peachy pink with a sultry satin finish, and it lends a beautiful hint of shine to the lips.

Rouge allure Lipstick in Flamboyante ($32) — As soon as I slipped into Flamboyante I said, “Wow! That’s a straight-up red!” Chanel describes it as an intense pink, but it looks much more reddish pink on me.

Levres Scintillantes Glossimer in Aragonite ($27) — What it lacks in pigment, Aragonite makes up for in sparkle. This glittery gloss, with a name Jason (of the Argonauts) would love, looks like crushed pearls in a tube! look closely, and you may see flecks of purple, pink, blue and gold.

Le Crayon Yeux in Gris Scintillant ($28): A gunmetal gray with silver glitter. I think of it as a naughty alternative to a basic black liner.

Joues Contraste Powder blush in Espiegle ($42)

Rouge Coco Lipstick in jersey rose ($30) on the left and Rouge allure Lipstick in Flamboyante ($32) on the right

Glossimer in Aragonite ($27)

Le Crayon Yeux in Gris Scintillant ($28)

Swatches from left: Powder blush in Espiegle, Rouge Coco Lipstick in jersey Rose, Rouge allure Lipstick in Flamboyante, Levres Scintillantes Glossimer in Aragonite and Le Crayon Yeux in Gris Scintillant

Rouge Coco Lipstick in jersey Rose

Rouge allure Lipstick in Flamboyante

Levres Scintillantes Glossimer in Aragonite

Le Crayon Yeux in Gris Scintillant

Joues Contraste Powder blush in Espiegle on cheeks, Le Crayon Yeux in Gris Scintillant on eyes and Rouge allure Lipstick in Flamboyante on lips

Rouge Coco Lipstick in jersey rose and Levres Scintillantes Glossimer in Aragonite on my lips

I plan to haunt the site until these arrive on counters next month. I can’t wait to see the eyeshadow quint and the polishes in person.

Do you see anything you like?

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P.S. In the picture at the very top, that’s Joues Contraste Powder blush in Espiegle on my cheeks, Le Crayon Yeux in Gris Scintillant on my eyes and Rouge Coco Lipstick in jersey rose on my lips. Оле-ле!