The Chanel Les Beiges - Glow Like A French Girl

French girls! They make everything look so effortless, no fuss. But we know their secrets. They actually just know how to make things look simple by using and wearing the best quality products. Long ago, I was an Au Pair in Paris and I remember meeting our neighbour on the stairs to the apartment and was just blown away with her style, the chic clothing, her smell of Chanel lingering in the stairwell. She looked simply incredible, everyday. By week three, I realised she had exactly three outfits, and wore them all season. The French are like that- they hone in on what works - they do not overcomplicate. On the streets of Paris, women seem make up free, hair all messy in the breeze. It is all a front. Chanel Les Beiges brings that healthy glow to our shores now. It casually enhances skin, letting skin breathe freely, feeling as light as air. Free of excess pigments, you look as if you just came from a relaxing vacation. Effortless French allure.

What we can also learn from our French sisters, is to stay away from matted heavy foundation, which ages one unnecessarily and focusing on hydrating products to look young and glowing. Les Beiges delivers that with a precise combination of ultra-fine pigments, light- reflecting agents, hydrating agents and a protective active ingredient, it reveals a fresh and rested complexion with a subtly satin luminous glow, every day. And this formulation lasts up to 12 hours. Who has time worrying about foundation, we have lives to live!

Les Beiges releases a fresh and airy fluid that melts on the skin to enhance it with a sheer finish, with no traces or streaks. A selection of plant-based oils deliver radiance and comfort to the skin. The heart of the formula unites cleverly dosed pigments to discreetly even out the complexion, a duo of polymers to blur imperfections, erase pores and fill fine lines, as well as a reflecting powder to guarantee skin’s radiance. Finally, a silica powder forms an invisible film on the skin and maintains the impeccable makeup result for 12 hours.

Easy to apply, Les Beiges adapts to every curve of the face, revealing a naturally embellished complexion that is evened out with sheerness and a luminous satin finish.

CHANEL developed a palette of 35 shades to enhance women’s natural skin tone. Each shade comes in several undertones to choose according to the shade desired for the complexion. “B” shades, for Beige, even out skin with a tone-on- tone effect, while “BD” shades, for Beige Doré (Golden Beige), warm up skin tones with luminous shimmers and “BR” shades, for Beige Rosé (Rosy Beige), deliver a fresh rosy effect.

The face of Les Beiges is renowned French actress Marine Vacth. She has been on the screen since 2011 and know as the “new wave” of French cinema.