To cap off my week of CHANEL Spring-Summer 2021 coverage, I’ll be sharing the CHANEL Spring-Summer 2021 Beauty look that was created by the House’s Global Creative Makeup and Color Designer Lucia Pica. Featuring an elegant update on the smokey eye, the look is both incredibly striking and incredibly wearable. Skin is fresh and luminous and the boldness of the smokey eye is perfectly balanced with a the slightest hint of a rosy nude.
This fresh and sophisticated take on the smokey eye and the perfectly complimented lips and skin for the CHANEL Spring-Summer 2021 Beauty look might be one of my favourite looks from Lucia Pica yet. Elegant yet accessible, it looked stunning on the various complexions of the models that walked for the collection. This accessibility of beauty is something that I’ve come to expect from the collections and looks created by Pica. She seems to create with a modern woman in mind, one who is as comfortable in her skin and natural beauty as she is in her femininity and strength.
I’m also thrilled to share a full breakdown of the products used to create the CHANEL Spring-Summer 2021 Beauty look and for an exclusive interview with Lucia Pica below.
To check out the CHANEL Spring-Summer 2021 collection, click {here} and to see a detailed look at the accessories click {here}.
Skin prepped with HYDRA BEAUTY MICRO GEL YEUX, HYDRA BEAUTY MICRO SERUM and HYDRA BEAUTY CAMILLIA WATER CREAM
FACE
ULTRA LE TEINT – Ultrawear Compact Foundation*
POUDRE UNIVERSELLE LIBRE
LES PINCEAUX DE CHANEL – 207 Dual-Ended Brow Brush
LE CORRECTEAUR DE CHANEL
LES PINCEAUX DE CHANEL – 105 Retractable Dual-Ended Concealer Brush
ECLAT LUMIERE
EYEBROWS
STYLO SOURCILS WATERPROOF
LES PINCEAUX DE CHANEL – 207 Dual-Ended Brow Brush
LA PALETTE SOURCILS
LE GEL SOURCILS
EYES
LE VOLUME REVOLUTION DE CHANEL – N 10 Noir
LES 4 OMBRES – 334 Modern Glamour
LES PINCEAUX DE CHANEL – 201 Retractable Duel-Ended Eye-Contouring Brush
LES 4 OMBRES – 322 Blurry Grey
LES PINCEAUX DE CHANEL – 202 Flat Eyeshadow Brush
LIPS
LE CRAYON LEVRES – 162 Nude Brun
ROUGE ALLURE VELVET EXTREME – 102 Modern
LES PINCEAUX DE CHANEL – 300 Dual-Ended Lip Brush
NAILS
LA BASE
LE GEL COAT
LE VERNIS – 18 Rouge Noir
What were your sources of inspiration for this makeup?
“It’s about a cinematic woman, the makeup look is a very exquisite masculine and feminine with a minimalist glamour feel to it. It’s an all-over matte look. It’s very finished and matte in a pristine kind
Can you describe the fashion show makeup?
All the finishes are matte, like on the eyes, lips and skin. On the face, I used a concealer LE CORRECTEUR DE CHANEL where needed and a powder compact foundation ULTRA LE TEINT as I really wanted the girls makeup finish to look very blurry, matte and pristine. On the eyes, I used two colors from LES 4 OMBRES mixed together, a grey from Blurry Grey’s palette and a black eyeshadow from Modern Glamour, to create a smoky effect all over the lids with a matte finish.
I brushed up and defined brows with a pencil, STYLO SOURCILS WATERPROOF and an eyebrow gel LE GEL SOURCILS. I finished with a black mascara LE VOLUME RÉVOLUTION DE CHANEL Noir, on the top lashes only. Then, I used a nude lip pencil LE CRAYON LÈVRES Nude Brun and ROUGE ALLURE VELVET EXTRÊME Modern, a matte peachy brown lipstick on the top. And that’s the look!
Do you have any professional tips and tricks to share with us?
The trick to get this look right is to put a base of LE CORRECTEUR DE CHANEL concealer all over the eyelid and then put the grey black eyeshadow directly on the lid, using the flat brush and patterning on all over the eyelid. Then blend it in the socket line to create that blurriness around it.
Is there a product that you particularly enjoyed using for this makeup look?
I particularly enjoyed using the compact foundation ULTRA LE TEINT, because it’s a creamy powdery foundation but it feels very light, like a veil. I really loved using it because it gave me that matte blurry finish I was looking for.
2021 Spring Summer CHANEL Ready-To-Wear Show Backstage
Makeup CHANEL – Lucia Pica
© CHANEL 2020
Photos Benoît Peverelli
