While drugstore products are better than ever, there’s something to be said about the joy a fancy palette or lipstick can bring. And nothing says luxury like the best Chanel makeup. Each glossy black compact embossed with those signature interlocked C’s feels like a little treasure—and even if you can’t afford a bag or pair of shoes, a lipstick lets you in on the fantasy.
Where a classic, elevated look can often give off a stuffy feel, such isn’t the case with Chanel Beauty. Even in the age of millennial pink everything, it’s still managed to capture the hearts of it girls and makeup artists around the world. (Although, we will say, its killer Instagram presence and truly innovative formulas certainly don’t hurt.) But while beauty products are the easiest way into the brand, they aren’t exactly inexpensive—which is why our editors are often asked if they’re actually worth the money. The short answer is yes. In this case, you’re not just paying for that coveted label, the formulas are consistently top notch and feel both wearable and high-fashion.
Ahead, we asked Glamour editors to share the best Chanel makeup products they’ve ever tried. From a lipstick that goes on like the prettiest, sheerest popsicle stain to a mascara that delivers all the volume without any of the flakes, here’s what’s absolutely worth spending your money on from Chanel.
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By now, there’s nothing too new to say about the career of cook and author Alison Roman that hasn’t already been said. A millennial proxy for a generation who prefers hanging out to going out, her unfussy approach to cooking—coupled with her authentic persona and pleasing but not too perfect Instagram account—landed her food columns in the New York Times and Bon Appetit and a beloved cookbook, Dining In. When we met, her new cookbook, Nothing Fancy, was a few weeks away from being released—it’s now a New York Times bestseller—and she told me she has a deal to release two more. Alison’s gotten a ton of press during the last two years, most of it adoring. She’s been called the chef who broke the internet, she cooked a rib roast with Seth Myers, and she snagged a coveted spot on a site that asks only cool people, no exceptions, to break down their beauty routines so I was eager to chat about a topic I hadn’t heard her talk about: style.
This week on “What I Wore When,” Alison sits down with Perrie to talk about food, yes, but also personal style and the outfit she wore to interview at Bon Appetit—her first real-deal office job—the (very) expensive bag she’s dying for but can’t justify (don’t judge me for pressuring her to bite the bullet), the outfit that makes her feel most like herself, and the outdated fashion “rule” nobody should follow.
Roman during a cooking segment with Seth Meyers in October.Lloyd Bishop/NBC via Getty Images
Alison and Perrie also get into dating (come for the story about how she fixes her friends up with her Instagram fans, stay for the one about the chicken drumstick, bell pepper, and sweet potato sheet pan date), how she understands that people might find it scary to go out with her given the fact that so much of dating is wrapped up in food, and the thing she’ll never do on a first—or second—date. It’s a great, engaging episode thanks to Alison’s candidness, so I hope you enjoy!
Follow host Perrie Samotin on Instagram @perriesamotin, guest Alison Roman @alisoneroman on Instagram and Twitter, and subscribe to “What I Wore When” on Apple Podcasts or where ever you listen to your favorite shows.
For this year’s Women of the Year issue, we invited a few of our prior winners to revisit their honoring—and reflect on the work they’ve done since. Up next? 2016 Woman of the Year Chanel Miller. (Then known as Emily Doe.) In 2015, Miller was assaulted by Brock Turner, a student at Stanford. Later, she made headlines after her impact statement detailing her assault and subsequent trauma went viral. Earlier this year, Miller released a memoir, Know My Name, and shed her anonymity for the first time. In light of Miller coming forward, we asked her to open up about her journey to reclaiming her identity. Read on for Miller in her own words, and head here to buy your tickets for our annual summit and awards ceremony in New York City on November 10 and 11.
I am writing this piece four weeks before my name will be made public. Assault is often a two-part story. There’s the event itself, followed by the coming forward. Much of healing relies on how we are received when we decide to give voice to what happened to us.
In January 2015 I was sexually assaulted, found unconscious and half naked by the dumpsters on Stanford University’s campus. Two Swedish graduate students chased and tackled my attacker. In the beginning my anonymity was essential to self-preservation. Living as Emily Doe created the quiet and privacy I needed
to process and rebuild.
When my victim impact statement was released in June 2016, I was stunned by the support I received. I wanted that summer to mark my happy ending. To believe I was fully redeemed and made better. But I still wasn’t ready to disclose my identity. I was terrified, and there was a mass of feelings inside me that I needed to work out.
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That November I watched Gabourey Sidibe, Freida Pinto, and Lena Dunham take the stage at the Glamour Women of the Year Awards to read my words and honor Emily Doe. They gave me a voice when I was still not ready to speak publicly. They lent their powerful presence so I could stay safe in my home. They invited depth into a space meant for celebration and did not for a single moment shy away from the hard parts. They shared the weight.
For the next three years I retreated into a quiet space to write Know My Name. Revisiting my story required reentering my past, and often it was upsetting. Some days I felt as though I would never progress—I kept ending up in the same emotional places I’d been before. But I had to remind myself that change is subtle, and that I am always inching forward. This applies to our culture too. I am often discouraged by the blaming and backlash that victims encounter. Yet,
even when we know how brutal society’s response can be, survivors are still emerging. Look at Aly Raisman and every gymnast who spoke, the fire in their chests. How could you not be moved by the California farmworkers, Christine Blasey Ford, Amanda Nguyen, Andrea Constand, Chessy Prout?
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Wherever you may be in your journey, be patient with your healing. Healing happens slowly. And surviving doesn’t always mean fighting on the front lines. Sometimes being a survivor means drinking enough water and sleeping well at night. Just facing the day can require courage. Fight, but just as important, rest.
It’s society that needs to do more, to learn how to listen, to hold the space for survivors and hold perpetrators accountable.
Every survivor who came before me has taught me how to be ready. They have cleared a path. I have taken my time restoring, learning how to dig my tunnel. Now I proudly walk up it and join them.
Chanel Miller is a sexual assault survivor and the author ofKnow My Name, released this September.
Until a few weeks ago, Chanel Miller was known to the public as Emily Doe. A sexual assault survivor—whose powerful impact statement addressed to her assailant, Brock Turner, went viral—Miller chose not to speak out under her own name but instead to let her words stand on their own. That decision, Miller told the New York Times, “let me have a life in which this never happened,” giving her time to still be Chanel and not “the nameless, faceless, half-naked body from this case.”
But earlier this month, the former 2016 GlamourWoman of the Year (then still known as Emily Doe) came forward and announced the release of her memoir, Know My Name. The memoir focuses not just on the trial or its immediate aftermath, but on her life before and since as she’s worked to figure out where she goes from here. With Know My Name now available in bookstores nationwide, Miller has released a short companion film about her experience as a survivor that she wrote and codirected.
Chanel Miller finishing up an illustration in 2017
Courtesy of Chanel Miller
“I Am With You” is a five-minute film in four acts, with animation created from Miller’s original illustrations. It’s both an exploration of Miller’s journey to reclaim her voice and a moving love letter to the strength and power of survivors everywhere. “While writing Know My Name, I was constantly drawing as a way of letting my mind breathe, reminding myself that life is playful and imaginative. We all deserve a chance to define ourselves, shape our identities, and tell our stories,” Miller said in a statement. “The film crew that worked on this piece was almost all women. Feeling their support and creating together was immensely healing. We should all be creating space for survivors to speak their truths and express themselves freely. When society nourishes instead of blames, books are written, art is made, and the world is a little better for it.”
You can watch Miller’s beautiful tribute to her healing process in its entirety, below.
A wise woman once said “I want all my clothes designer and I want someone else to buy ’em.” Unfortunately for most of us peasants, we aren’t pop icons like Kim Petras and cannot buy ourselves designer nor can we buy designer gifts for anyone else. Luckily even the most high-end of designers sell things that are somewhat affordable. They may not be the items that come to mind right away but they’re just as nice as anything else they sell and make great fancy gifts without the super fancy price tag.
See below for all the most affordable gifts from our favorite designers that you can get for your friend who wants someone else to buy ’em.
Ariana Grande is rich. Very rich. She has a reported net worth of $50 million and apparently bought that insane New York City apartment she and ex-fiancé Pete Davidson lived in all summer. If she wants a baby pig, all she has to do is snap her fingers and, poof, it’s there. There’s even a song on Grande’s album “Sweetener” called “Successful” that talks about how paid she is. It literally sounds like a robust 401K package. Listen to three seconds of that track and you’ll immediately think, “Yup, Ariana Grande is a luxe queen.”
And what do luxe queens do on a free Sunday in New York City? Drop thousands of dollars at Chanel, that’s what! OK, so we don’t know exactly how much money Grande spent at the Chanel store in SoHo yesterday (October 21), but she walked out with two large bags and a look on her face that said, “My bank account is endless, and so is my power.”
For the occasion, Grande swapped her signature ponytail for a tight top bun, which makes total sense. She couldn’t risk her long hair getting in the way of the credit card machine when she swiped her Black Amex! You know what they say: The higher the hair, the higher the credit limit. (Like Ariana Grande even has a limit.)
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It’s unclear if Grande’s shopping spree had anything to do with her breakup with Davidson. Some think the pop star was engaging in a little retail therapy, which might be true. However, an equally-as-plausible theory is Grande just woke up and said, “Wow, I’m rich and feel like spending money today.” I hear rich people do this all the time!
That being said, this seems like as good of a time as any to let y’all know Pete Davidson is reportedly looking for a roommate. The comedian gave everyone that update during a gig in Los Angeles over the weekend. “Well, as you could tell, I don’t want to be here. There’s a lot going on,” Davidson reportedly said. “Does anybody have any open rooms? Looking for a roommate?”
