When Fashion and Makeup Play Together: Marchesa for Le Métier de Beauté Collection.

Even though New York Fashion Week is winding up, my head is definitely still in "fashion" mode. Especially today as the Marchesa show, one of my all time favorites, takes place. I thought this the perfect time to let you know about a beautiful collaboration between luxe beauty brand Le Métier de Beauté and Marchesa.

 “Each season,” explains Georgina Chapman, co-founder and designer of Marchesa, “Keren Craig and I introduce a new collection, but with the classic and consistent signature that is Marchesa – we transport our customers back to a time when luxury fashion meant the best in tailoring, design, fabric, etc.  When it came to launching a cosmetics collection, we wanted to do the same and we found immediately that Le Métier de Beauté shared these same core values.

The Collection takes the unparalleled textures and formulas Le Métier de Beauté is known for and transfixes them with the essence of Marchesa,” says Joanna Vorachek Austin, President of Le Métier de Beauté.  “From the sleek packaging and the innovative formulas to the flawless application, the Marchesa for Le Métier de Beauté collaboration brings the best of both brands to the forefront of luxury.

Talk about a true partnership in beauty!

Can we talk about the packaging for a minute? Have you ever seen such a beautiful sleek line? I think not! The mercurial silver for the outer packaging was directly inspired by Sandra Bullock’s silver bugle Marchesa Oscar dress from this past year’s awards. 

As much as I love the sleek packaging, I am even more in love with the products. To see  them up close, view all of the products over in the Le Métier de Beauté Collection Photo Gallery.

 

Palettes
The collection begins with two palettes created exclusively by Marchesa’s co-founders and designers, Georgina Chapman and Keren Craig.  Reflective of their tastes in beauty, each palette offers a complete signature look – eye, cheek, lip and face – to transform into your own.

La Lune Palette - $65.00
Custom-crafted by Georgina Chapman, a quintet of dramatically bold colors brings Georgina ’s signature smoky-eyed feminine look to your fingertips.  This diminutive, credit card-sized palette contains everything you need to design an array of smoldering looks.

  • Translucent Pressed Powder
  • Concealer
  • Lip Gloss: La Cerise Noir
  • Crème Blush: La Peche
  • Eye Shadow: Le Minuit

Le Soleil Palette - $65.00
Hand-crafted by Keren Craig, this collection of gorgeous, warm hues creates a beautiful bronzed look not to be ignored.  This petite palette contains everything you need to make this sun-kissed look your own.

  • Bronzer
  • Concealer
  • Lip Gloss: Le Caramel
  • Crème Blush: La Rougeur
  • Eye Shadow: Le Fauve

Double Entendre Lip Gloss - $38.00
Four dual-ended lip glosses, eight total shades, infinite bespoke color combinations.  Pairing the signature creamy coverage of Le Métier de Beauté’s Lip Crème Lip Gloss with the incomparable, silky slip of Sheer Brilliance Lip Gloss, Double Entendre Lip Gloss brings new meaning to the perfect partnership.  Enriched with emollients and antioxidants for beautiful, supple lips, wear alone or custom-blend your perfect pout. 

  • La Figue/La Raisin   – A creamy combination of plum and shimmering neutral
  • La Feu/La Glace – Radiant red balanced with a lush mauve
  • L’embrasse/Le Passion – A unity between a bittersweet chocolate and blushing bronze
  • La Rouge/La Nue – A shimmering nude matched by a golden raspberry hue

Sheer Illumination Highlighter Pen - $48.00
The ingenious Sheer Illumination Highlighter works instantly to highlight and contour in an ever- flattering sheer golden shade.  Ideal anytime of day or evening, on bare skin, with powder, under or over foundation, this beauty essential brings instant luminosity wherever you want it.

Sheer Illumination Brightener Pen - $48.00
Look refreshed and revived in an instant.  Sheer Illumination Brightener’s liquid to powder formula lightly conceals while brightening.  Redness is reduced, dark circles diminished and your total look revived and refreshed. 

The Marchesa for Le Métier de Beauté Collection is available right now at Bergdorf Goodman and Neiman Marcus.