Chanel Joues Contraste Intense Cream-To-Powder Blush


Chanel launched a new blush formula called the Joues Contraste Intense Cream-To-Powder Blush ($52, available at Chanel.com). It’s available in five shades and the formula is phenomenal. I picked these up my local beauty boutique and fell in love with the soft cushiony texture. These are soft creams that have a nice dry down in powder form. In a world of dewy blush trends it’s challenging to find a cream formula with a good dry down and satiny finish and the new ones from Chanel are exactly what I’ve been looking for. They almost have a subtle blurring effect on me and I love the classic shades.

Chanel Joues Contraste Intense review via The Beauty Lookbook

The name has the word “intense” in it but these really aren’t that intense. They are buildable on color but 3 are more natural and 2 are intense with the bold bright shades, but they are very easy to blend out.

Lasting power is pretty good, but I don’t think I’d be able to get the full 12-hour wear time and for me that is 100% ok. The lightest beige shade did seem to fade the fastest on me but it’s close to my skin tone. I haven’t given each shade a full day wear test, but the other two I did test for an extended period of time held up well for around 4-5 hours for that fresh look.

Chanel Joues Contraste Intense

Chanel Joues Contraste Intense swatches via The Beauty Lookbook

These are more on the soft matte side, but they do have a luminous glow quality to them without the shimmer.

  • Beige Eclatant is a soft beige on me, it’s barely visible in photos but in real life it gives a really pretty soft glow
  • Rose Radiant is a soft warm rose
  • Rose Ardent is a cooler toned pink rose
  • Rouge Franc is a bold hot warm red
  • Grenat Profond is a berry

Below wearing each shade with a different lip color, also wearing:

Beige Eclatant Blush + 31 Le Rouge Satin 1 Rouge Beige (review + swatches here)

Chanel Joues Contraste Intense swatches via The Beauty Lookbook - Beige Eclantant

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Rose Radiant Blush + Rouge Coco Bloom in 116 Dream (review here)

Chanel Joues Contraste Intense swatches via The Beauty Lookbook - Rose Radiant

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Rose Ardent Blush + 31 Le Rouge Satin 2 Rouge Croisiere (review here)

Chanel Joues Contraste Intense swatches via The Beauty Lookbook - Rose Ardent

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Rouge Franc Blush + Rouge Coco Flash Nature Getaway in Bisous (from the Takeaways set, swatches here)

Chanel Joues Contraste Intense swatches via The Beauty Lookbook - Rouge Franc

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Grenat Profond + 31 Le Rouge Satin 3 Rouge Roman (swatches here)

Chanel Joues Contraste Intense swatches via The Beauty Lookbook - Grenat Profond

I tried these with Chanel brushes and I normally don’t have a preference for which brush I use as they’re usually really versatile and multi-tasking. I did really like the small domed one though the Precision Powder Brush N 107 best for these. The size and shape is perfect. They all work well, I just love the shape for this formula.

Left to right: Precision Powder Brush 107, Blush Brush 110, Contouring Brush 109 and Powder Brush 106.

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Chanel Joues Contraste Intense review via The Beauty Lookbook

Bottom line love. You can find these out now at Chanel.com.

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