This is my first Chantecaille purchase.
Ive been eyeing swatches for awhile, and upon suggestion from SA, purchased the amaryllis shade. She said it was pink with a bit of coral I think its more red/ coral.
Anyway, I usually tend to stick to mauves and plums, so the red took a bit of getting used to (a couple days) It is brighter than what I usually wear but is my new favorite!
I love the control of a stick, with the shine of a gloss. It has a heavier balmy feeling on lips,More mosturizing feel than my usual BB creamy or Chanel coco shine , as well as longer lasting,leaving some stain behind (after an afternoon of talking and sipping ).Love the subtle vanilla scent.
The only con that I have is that is is expensive for its size.But Ill definitely buy it again in a couple more shades!

I got this in the color Anais, which is a creamy peachy-rose color (more peach than rose.) My lips are quite pink pigmented, so the shade doesn't look over-the-top, but it definitely "wakes up" the face. (I am about NC20 in MAC, with dark hair and eyes.)
The Lip Chics never interested me, but I had my makeup done at the Chantecaille counter, and the MA recommended this for something that was glossy, but wouldn't fade away after 10 minutes. I have to say, I am in love with this product now!
It goes on smoothly, and is less sticky than a gloss - kind of a hybrid between a balm and a lipstick - but has a really nice shine to it. It's longer-lasting and more shiny than the Clinique ButterShines or the Bobbi Brown Creamy lipsticks, and also far more moisturizing. (The Clinique and BB seem to dry out my lips sometimes.) This looked perfect for a 2-hour photo shoot without touch-ups (I was getting some pregnancy photos taken.) I've tried it with and without a lipliner, and in either case, it didn't bleed outside of the lipline for me.
There is a pleasant, light vanilla scent. The packaging is sleek -- small cylinder of gunmetal silver, and the tip is big enough that it fits the lips, but not so big that it applies lipstick outside of the lipline.
I am definitely planning on checking out other colors. It retails for $32USD, and I would say is far better than the Chanel Rouge Coco Shines (lasts longer and more moisturizing.) Overall, two thumbs up. continued >>

Super luxe lipsticks. Hydrating, long lasting and a beautiful glossy finish. I have Dahlia, Sari Rose, Capuccine and plan to get more! I just love how they don't try out my lips and stay on! They apply sheer at first, but you can build it up to a decent pigment, however they won't be opaque lipstick shades. The packaging is beautiful as well. Love, love, love!

Oh my. Lip-plumping, sophisticated yet subtle results. Have these in several shades of which Heirloom and Tea Rose are my favourites: each a perfect compliment to fair, yellow-based skin. The first is a deep autumnal berry offering and the latter an everyday rose hue.These are certainly expensive but you get so much more in terms of product delivery than from their nearest rivals such as say, Chanel's Coco Shine range. The latter having a 'wetter', less lip-plumping effect than lip chics.

A lot of brands are coming out with sheer balmy lipsticks, but the Chantecaille Lip Chic is the original and the best. I've tried the Chanel Coco Rouge Shine, Laura Mercier's tinted lipbalms and Dior's lip treatment but they were all incredibly waxy and dried my lips out. The lip chic is so incredible that I wear in lieu of a lip balm because it is so moisturizing. (In fact, I find it more moisturizing than most lip balms.) Not to mention it is glossy enough to wear without a gloss (I hate glosses because they are sticky) and pigmented enough to wear as a sheer lipstick. It has a delicious vanilla scent that I have never found offensive. I love this product and have it in Camellia, Tea Rose, and Geranium.

I absolutely adore Chantecaille Lip Chics. My favourite is Bourbon Rose, it makes me look polished and put together without being over the top. The texture is sublime, like the nicest lip balm ever, but with the added bonus of gorgeous colour and real staying power. I'm really looking forward to the two new colours being launched for autumn 2011, can't wait for them to come into stock so I can try them.

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways: 1) Creamy but sooo light on the lips 2) Natural vanilla scent 3) Lovely sheen 4) Excellent colours. I have this in Heirloom, which is a beautiful lighty plummy pink which also has some warmth. Hard to describe, but easy to wear and very, very flattering against my warm toned skin and blondey-brown hair. Expensive, yes. But, like most Chantecaille, very well made so I don't mind.

Stunning lippie - i bought it in a bright pink, that looks perfect on its own with mascara, or as part of a more dramatic look.
Subtle enough for the office, party enough for the weekend, this lippie replaces Chanel Rouge Coco as my fave in terms of nourishment, and balm like lightness on the lips.
It doesnt have huge staying power (need to reapply after eating etc) but its such a pleasure to reapply so its no worries!
Going to be buying a whole bunch more - only wish there was a bigger range of colours so i could buy more!

I give Lip Chic 4 stars, when it really deserves 3 for the way it can migrate. I've been wearing these for over a year now, several times a week. I own Tea Rose, Dahlia, Heirloom, and Damask, and the colors are sheer, classic, and beautiful.

- Tea Rose is a neutral-cool rose with brown undertones
- Dahlia is a clear pinkish red
- Heirloom is a brown-based plum
- Damask is a blue-based deep plum

The metallic round case appeals to my minimalist leanings--sleek gunmetal grey that clicks closed with a satisfying snap. The tip of the product is sliced off at an angle (versus the typical lipstick bullet shape). Texture wears as a smooth and cushiony gel, but during initial application, the product drags and feels rather stiff until it warms up on my lips, but that takes 3 passes. If you make one pass, it's going to be stiff unless you carry it around in your pocket. The finish is also a little too close to lip gloss texture for me to be completely in love; I find it to be tacky.

Because of the lovely sheer burst of color, I was at first quite pleased with this line from Chantecaille if not for one main issue: the color can migrate outside my lip line. Lipstick is my desert island makeup item; I'm never without it. When color or moisture wears away, I like to reapply it without having to think. But whenever I do that with a Lip Chic, especially the deeper colors, like Damask or Dahlia, I end up with a mouth smeared with color. It only took one horrified post-lunch glimpse in the mirror (clown lips!) to realize this product requires a good blotting before reapplication. I could use a lip pencil to keep things contained, but I see little point in using lip liner with a sheer lipstick. Lining the rim is so 80s, and filling my lips in completely with pencil defeats the purpose of wearing *sheer* color. The color migration is not a dealbreaker. I just blot and reapply. I love the colors and have repurchased more than once.

As an aside, I disagree with the Heirloom-Clinique Black Honey comparisons in previous reviews. Heirloom is a pigmented deep plum with brown undertones, and Black Honey is a raisin-brown red. I can barely get the Almost Lipstick to show up on me, whereas Lip Chic deposits a lot of pigment and leaves a nice stain. Although Clinique costs half as much, you'll use it up twice as fast trying to get weak color payoff that leaves no stain. Lip Chic is the better value.

Im medium tan (C40/NC40 on MAC scale, I wear Chantecaille Future Skin in Wheat) My lips are, I guess, pigmented (a bit darker than MAC Spice lipliner).
I have Lip Chic in the shade, "Anais". In the tube, it looks like a medium rosy neutral. When I wear it, I consider it a MLBB type of shade for me. Lightly shiny.
The tube is a shiny platinum: pretty.
The texture seems similar to other gloss sticks Ive tried. Reminds me of MAC Slimshine. It goes on smooth, and lovely: moisturizing. Not really pigmented. It wears for a few hours, like many gloss sticks. Must re apply after eating.
I am dismayed by the fact that is tends to migrate. Worse, it seems, when I wear lipliner. Fortunately, this shade is not terrible pigmented so I wont be returning it, I will finish the tube. However, I really can't say I would repurchase.

Bought Dahlia & Heirloom and love them! I wear 5 hours until lunch and it stays on well. No primer needed. I saw another color I should've picked up in a more neutral. The Dahlia is a very nice berry and Heirloom is a soft purple plum. I have to disagree with the Clinique black honey comment. I have that and mine is more reddish brown, so I would go with the Chantecaille most definitely! continued >>

Bought in Heirloom. The color is identical to the Clinique Almost Lipstick in Black Honey, a popular shade in the early 90s. This is exactly that look, with some Vaseline over the top. Very outdated. Nothing special, the wear is good, which is surprising, but the color is so blah, who cares?
I'll stick to my Serge Lutens and Cle de Peau lipsticks (SL Pourpe Mauve and CdP Extra Silky Lipstick 19 and Extra Rich R1 are my most-worn shades). This is a waste of money for something you could buy from Clinique which would be just as good.

Bought several of these after trying and wearing for a day. Love Ceylon, Heirloom and Zinnia (store was out so I ordered it). They appear darker than they actually are. Ceylon and Heirloon are both more berry/plum colors but very neutral and not over the top. I find my lips have gotten paler with age and need an extra bit of color. Also, they bring out my eye color, which is blue. Tea rose was also pretty, but given the choice, Zinnia brightened my face more and had less of a mauvey pink color in it. Perfect for summer. Dahlia is a berry red color that isn't dark at all. Looks bright in the tube, but it isn't. I wish I could have tried Bourbon Rose, but they were out. Very moisturizing, not sticky and they last. Love Cle de Peau's silky lipsticks, but these are far better considering price and lasting power.

I like lip tints, lip treatments, and sheer lipsticks - I don't ever wear heavy mattes or anything, so I was excited to try this. I have this in Ceylon. I was looking for a warm color which isn't too light, and that seemed like the best fit from among the color swatches. The color range is definitely limited. I'm not absolutely in love with the color (i think it IS neutral, but not quite warm enough for me) but the formula is fantastic. The color is an MLBB and is very similar to Shiseido glossy lipstick in Honey Tea... also comparable to Clinique's black honey. It has microscopic silver shimmer (so teeny that it's not even really visible on the lips - it just gives a shine to the color) which I think is what pushed the color slightly into the cooler zone. i was surprised to find that this applies more like a gloss than a lipstick. it ends up looking quite wet on the lips, more so than the average sheer lipstick. i'm not a gloss wearer - I find them too sticky - so this took some getting used to - but the texture is just right. It LOOKS like a gloss, but without the stickiness. the formula isn't tacky, it's just soft and spreads easily on the lips. As the previous reviewer mentioned, it really IS long lasting, but don't let that scare you, because it's not at all drying. it has a very subtle vanilla scent. i don't like scented products at all, but this is very subtle and I hardly noticed it. After a few hours of wear i do find that the color migrates slightly to the outside of my lips, but it's not a huge problem. the product is very expensive but you only need to use a teeny amount to get a good amount of color, so it's worth it. I think it will take me a long time to use it up. I would buy again if they came out with a color I liked better - a sheer warm red or reddish brown would be HG for me in this formula~!

I hesitate to call this a long-lasting lipstick because that would turn off everyone like me who avoids long-lasting lip color like the plague because long-lasting means dry, chapped, uncomfortable lips that look older than they are. My lip chic is super comfy, sheer but well pigmented, glossy in a dewy kind of way and...wait for it...long lasting! I purchased Tea Rose after reading that Olivia Chantecaille used it on her wedding day. C'mon, it's lovely.

I purchased Lip Chic in Heirloom and it is fantastic! I put it on in the morning and forgot all about it until I got home that evening and was amazed that my lips still had a beautiful rosy color - sort of natural but sexy. The texture of Lip Chic is unbelievable - doesn't feel lipsticky at all but shines like gloss. This is now the only lipstick I'll use.

OMG. These are absolute heaven on the lips. I hesitated buying these for a long time because they're so expensive, but now that I've tried them, I feel like I could get rid of my million other lipsticks and just stick to lip chics. They're that good.
Balmy, glossy, juicy color. Not too slick that it doesn't stay on. These almost stain your lips. Before these, I really liked Clinique buttershines and BB creamy lipcolors for sheer color and moistness. Lip chics blow those out of the water.
I have geranium (peachy coral) and dahlia (pinky red), and love them both. They instantly brighten your face and give your lips a juicy, healthy look.

I have to agree with the other reviewer, the colour appears to be a lot darker on the tube and goes on very sheer. I have the latest China Rose and Heirloom shades. To me the scent smells more like MAC lipstick.

WOW! everybody was raving about that and... they were RIGHT! I could not believe when I applied it. Before buying it, I thought... "this will be anotherdupe for those Diors High Shine lipsticks, glossy lippies, that were lovely but not the best". I was wrong!
Chantecaille Lip Chic is a revolutionary product that combines a rich ipstick-like coverage with the high shine and plumping effects of a gloss. ALL in one!
The formula is SUPER comfortable, glides on and is easy to apply.
Super shiny, non sticky, does not clump, feather or migrate; stays put for a good number of hours and is super hydrating.
Boy Chantecaille is a different lip product! It is very pricey (24£ for a tiny amount of stuff). I have it in Zinnia - looks orangey coral in the tube but when applies it is a lovely warm pink with tons of shine.
Beware: in the tube the shades look darker but when applied they go on lighter and never over the top.
Outstanding. Definitely a must have!!

My first shade is Heirloom and it would not be a shade I would normally purchase because it is a dark colour. But this shade is very flattering for pale skin and I am really loving it. As for lip chic itself, it is very, very similar to Clinique lipstick in Blackhoney. It goes on sheer but show enough colour. I will repurchase but I want to get a different shade next time. The packaging is the usual twist up and I think the cap could be improved because there is no "snap" when pushed closed and it gives you a feeling that it may slide up due to the air pressure when pushing down to close. The colour of the packaging is sleek, elegant, pewter shade.