In The Rouge

Text by N. Naeme El-Zein
Style by: Serge Kerbel for Pultino Group
Make-up/Hair by Claudine Baltazar for the Artist Group Ltd.
Photography by Arkan Zakharov

Within every girly lip-gloss devotee is a lipstick-loving woman with a perfect pout waiting to emerge. Chanel, synonymous with enduring beauty and style, offers up offers up "its new line of lipsticks called Rouge Coco" as an answer and an upgrade, for a luscious pucker to make the boys come hither.

Peter Philips, the Creative Director of Chanel make up, knows that just like slipping on a pair of sky-high heels, a fabulous lip colour adds an air of sophis tication and femininity that transforms your mood and your look. Just saying the name, Rouge Coco, is designed to place your mouth into a sweetheart shape, that according to Philips appears to be, “throwing a kiss.” To seduce women into the art of dressing their lips in Chanel, the line has a range of hues, from beigy pinks to soft peaches through to hard hitting reds.

For those of us that can’t afford a closet full of Chanel, the diverse Rouge line gives us the possibility of a beauty bag with enough flare to suit our every mood.
Shades, like Paris, Camélia and Bois des Iles, are sentimentally named linking each to Chanel’s founder and vision ary, gabrielle "Coco" Chanel. Like the chic universe Coco created, no detail has been overlooked. The cases sleek redesign features a smooth slide and click top with the infamous double C’s embossed on the interior. The line is already earning its’ street cred, as a lip line with luck. Since its release, Sandra Bullock picked up her first Academy Award with an award-winning smile to match in Rouge Coco.

The striking Vanessa Paradis, partner to little-known actor Johnny Depp, is the unforgettable face of Coco Rouge. A smooching session with the dreamy Depp may not be within reach but thanks to Chanel, our lips are one ste closer to the lipstick on his collar!