Chanel's Summer Eyes, Illusion d'Ombre #95 Mirage, #96 Utopia and #97 New Moon, Stylo Yeux #911 Ambre Dore from Reflets D'Été Collection

I hope you are all having a wonderful weekend. My plans are shopping, watching world cup and get a good nights sleep. I have been playing with Chanel's eye releases from their Summer 2014 Collection Reflets D'Été and have been asked a few times to tell my thoughts about it. I am a big fan of Illusion d'Ombre formula and use them often for a simple and quick look in the morning. I was very much in love by the recent ones from Spring 2014 Collection, Diapason and Impulsion and Holiday 2013 Collection Fatal and Initiation. So when I have heard that there were three more shades coming up, I was very excited to try them out.

#95 Mirage is defined as bronze. It is a khaki gold with multi-colored shimmer. The shimmer in this one is not over the top, it is close to the shimmer in Fatal which is there but easy to wear for a day look. 

#96 Utopia is defined as luminous lavender. It is a cool pinky lilac. It is close to the nail polish shade Sweet Lilac (reviewed here) in a sense that I would expect to get more lilac/lavender but it looks  more like pink on me. The shimmer in this one is also subtle and suitable for a day wear all over the lid.

#97 New Moon is the stunner of the collection and it is full of surprises. It is described as luminous copper but the definition of "luminous" in this one is different than that of Utopia. The first time I applied it, I did so with day light since I like applying my make-up like this. I applied more and more to get the opacity, then I went to the restroom to clean my fingers (which I used for applying) and wow! It was as if I applied whole bottle of glitter on my eyes. This one changes so much with light so I recommend applying it under "strong light" and with a "light hand".

There is also a new Stylo Yeux Waterproof Eyeliner, #911 Ambre Dore, which is a coppery gold. This one has a very soft formula which applies easily but you have to be very cautious not to take too much out because it breaks easily. My first one broke by the first application and I got a replacement. Now I am afraid to use this very lovely shade. If you have blue eyes, you need this one to use it lightly on your water line.

Below you can see two set of swatches with sun and in the shadow. The shadow swatches show the base shade and sun swatch shows the glitters and shimmers. Look how New Moon looks like with direct light to understand what I mean. You can see the difference of blink ratios (if there is something like this), Mirage & Utopia being nice, multi dimensional and not over the top, New Moon is blink plus plus and pretty for those of you who like glitters on the eyes.

Here are a few comparisons to other Illusion d'Ombres. Utopia is a unique addition to the line. Although I prefer Illusoire (one of my all time fav) to this one, Utopia is still pretty. Just wished it would be a touch cooler and more lavender than it is. Unfortunately it also lacks the funky duo chromish light games only Rose des Vents and Diapason can do.

I like wearing Utopia with black eye liner, like seen below. Now you can see that it looks more like a cool pink on the lids and not very much like lavender. I can see that being an advantage for warmer complexions being able to pull this one off but for me I would wish for a little more blue in there.

#95 Mirage is close to Initiation, like a slightly darker and less shimmery version of it. I like Initiation and found Mirage to be a bit subdued, but probably that is just me because I can see that everyone loved it. It is a great swipe and go shade. This one can also be used all year long. Comparisons show that Apparance and Vision are more Gold, Epatant is more green and cooler.

The most blink Illusion d'Ombre to date was Initiation and who would expect that this record would be broken by New Moon.  New Moon is the glittery version of Fatal, which I truly love and can't get enough. New Moon though, is a little too glittery to be worn on its own for me. It does work wonderfully when slightly padded on the lid to add a little bit of something to the eye make-up, or to use as a base to bring matte to satin colors to life.

Below I am wearing Mirage all over the lid with a touch of New Moon on the center. This way they combine nicely. As I previously mentioned, I have to make sure that I apply New Moon with a strong light, to not to over apply it. 

Here is the whole look using Cream Blush in Cheeky and lipgloss in Happy from the same collection. Mirage & New Moon on the eyes.

All in all, I am not blown away by these three releases as I was with Fatal, Diapason, Rose des Vents or Initiation. They are though pretty and unique additions to the Illusion d'Ombre family. 

Final thoughts: Bronze lovers and those who found Initiation from Holiday to be too glittery may want to check out Mirage. Utopia is not as scary as it looks and it pulls almost too rosy on me so I can see it working on warmer complexions as well. New Moon is not for the shy and I can see myself using it as a slight addition to my makeup with a very light hand or as a base. I recommend applying New Moon under strong light, not to be surprised later on seeing your super glittery eye makeup in the restroom mirror.

Mirage is listed as permanent, Utopia and New Moon are limited. I don't understand though why they gave them permanent shade numbers (numbers starting with 80 and 90) instead of limited addition numbers (numbers with 800s). 

Did you get any of those? How do you like to combine them?