Clarins Spring 2012 Collection - Colour Breeze

Colour Breeze is the newest collection from Clarins, created for this upcoming spring season.  This collection is described as "An ode to light." and it contains shades that are sheer and pretty yet very colorful at the same time.  This collection takes many of the runway trends toward very bright and highly colorful makeup shades and brings it down to a level that can be worn by many more ladies in their real lives.  This collection contains pastel eye shadow shades, the one that is on the model is a lovely robin's egg blue.  This certainly isn't the shade for me but I would like to see if this eye shadow is released in a pale pink or a lavender shade with the same pigmentation as this blue one.  The model is wearing a sheer neutral lip, there are two types of lipsticks available with this collection.  One of the lipsticks has a sheer texture, the other appears to be offered in more vibrant shades with a pigmented finish.  As always with Clarins, this collection contains one show-stopping piece.  This time it is in the form of a beautiful face and cheek palette that I would purchase just to gaze at.

Here is the collection from Clarins...

Instant Smooth Line Correcting Concentrate - This magic corrector is rich in Dermaxyl, a line correcting peptide, that can be applied directly onto lines, wrinkles, and enlarged pores throughout the day to keep your complexion smoother and brighter with instant and long-lasting results.  Perfect to diminish the appearance of facial expression lines with line-filling Acacia Micro Pearls.  Slanted tip makes it easy for targeted application.

Eye Quartet Mineral Palette - Highly concentrated in mineral pigments, these eye shadows light up all eyes.  Their wet and dry texture is extremely soft on application.  Easy to blend and shade, their colours are both subtle and even.  Harmonies of satin and iridescent shades offer a variety of effects.  For a superb, long-lasting makeup result.
- Blue Sky - teal/charcoal/slate gray/white

Colour Breeze Face and Blush Powder Palette - Four luminous shades in one radiance-making compact.  Ultra-fine, transparent powder glides over skin with a silky touch.  Delivers a smooth, creamy, fresh matte finish.  All skin tones.

Instant Light Blush - Fluid-cream formula glides on with a sponge to deliver natural-looking, luminous colour.  Plant-based minerals sculpt, smooth, and colour cheeks in three light-reflecting shades: Vitamin Pink, Coral Tonic, Brown Fizz.
- Vitamin Pink - pink
- Coral Tonic - coral
- Brown Fizz - bronze

Wonder Length Mascara - This amazing formula promotes infinitely long, luxurious lashes, curled to perfection after just one application.  Perfectly separated, lengthened, and curled lashes promote a more glamorous look.  Intense colours highlight the lashes and offer optimal hold.
- Wonder Black - true black

Gloss Prodige Lip Gloss - Lip plumping formula delivers intense colour, mirror-like shine, and long-lasting hold.  Leaves lips soft, smooth, and fuller-looking.  Available in 8 fashion-perfect shades: Chocolate, Nude, Rose, Candy, Grenadine, Raspberry, Blackberry, Papaya.
- Chocolate - brown
- Rose - soft cool pink
- Nude -  sheer nude
- Grenadine - bright cherry red
- Candy - medium berry
- Raspberry - pinkish red
- Blackberry - deep cool berry
- Papaya - warm medium coral
Joli Rouge - This classic, creamy lipstick delivers stunning colour and silky-smooth shine.  Formulated with innovative extreme shine Maxi Lip Complex to help plump and hydrate for full, soft, and supple lips.  Deeply moisturizing and long-wearing with a fruity, floral scent, this lipstick feels amazing from the minute you apply it.
- Poppy Red - bright cherry red
- Baby Pink - light blue pink

Joli Rouge Perfect Shine Sheer Lipstick - This lipstick combines the transparent colour and shine of a lip gloss with the creamy texture of a lipstick.  A unique extreme shine Maxi Lip Complex helps plump and hydrate for full, soft, and supple lips, while the deeply moisturizing and long-wearing formula provides the benefits of a balm with lip care ingredients.
- Pink Magnolia - sheer medium cool pink
- Pink-Coral - sheer warm coral pink

My favorite piece from the collection is the Joli Rouge Perfect Shine Sheer Lipstick in the Pink Magnolia shade, I believe that this is the shade that the model is wearing.  It looks like the only shade that it light enough to create that look (unless the model is wearing a gloss that is not listed with the rest of the collection), I have bought so many highly pigmented lipsticks over the past few weeks that it will be nice to have a bit of change and a shade that I can wear with any kind of eye makeup look.  I liek the Baby Pink shade in the full coverage lipstick and this is another one that I want to add to my lipstick collection for this spring.

This is one of the first Clarins collections that I haven't been all that interested in the collectors item, the face and cheek palette.  I don't find this one to be very attractive and I feel like it is a bit of let-down from many of the other offerings in the previous seasons.  I will be skipping over the special palette this season.  The eye shadow palette is another product that I will skip over, the shades are pretty but I wouldn't use these blues.  I will go to counter and check it out in other shades though.  I am interested in the lip gloss, I want to play with them at the counter before I decide which ones I want.  Based on first glance, I like the Rose and Nude shades for the spring and summer.

This collection contains some very pretty items but I am not that interested overall.  I like the concept and I can see that it will be very popular this spring since it helps to bring a huge runway trend to everyone and creates a look that is professional and pretty enough to wear to work but still has personality.

photo courtesy of Clarins