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Okay. Big bumper bag of the good staff and Chanel, Boy De Chanel, was first,
I'm just giving you facts, was first launched in 2018. Now these guys have brought out some
new products for us guys at grooming and makeup. If you're interested, stick around.
If you're offended by guys who want to try something new, then it's probably not for you.
Now I got these maybe about two weeks ago. These have just launched on the day
this comes out, August, the seventh. This, love, just launched in the UK,
but I've been testing them. I said, "Get them to me first. Let's see what they do."
There are one skincare product and three makeup products in here. There is a gel moisturiser.
There are two nail varnishes, one in black and one in natural.
There are three eye pencils, navy, brown and black, and there are... Think on your feet,
Robin. What else are there quickly? There are also eight concealers, buy of two,
light and medium light, medium and medium medium light, because I'm pale.
I have tested these
and I know what they do. I did a bit of a first impression. I had a staycation in London. Got
myself into a hotel. Thought I'm not going abroad. Let's just get grips of what these do.
Now I would say what's, I think, quite exciting about this is that Chanel's investing in their
male customer, their male consumer. I also think that when big prestige luxury brands
invest in men's makeup, it suddenly says to other brands in the market that it's okay. Now
we all know it's okay. You know it's okay. I know it's okay. We'll do what we want to our skin,
what we want to wear. Just do what you want, but I feel like, with a launch like this,
it really does signal that start making us more products.
Now these are not cheap. These are expensive. These are all on
manfromsouth.com. There's a product page of each of these. There's swatches of
the different colours. I've just got two of the concealer, but they do go up to a dark.
They are looking more at different skin tones and there is also a full article there.
When I first got these, I first of all thought I'm going to hate this.
I'm going to hate this because it's so expensive and you're pushing luxury and
prestige to a new level. I also thought I'm going to hate this because I looked at
the equivalent in the female market for Chanel. The eye pens and the nail varnishes,
because we are using the Boy De Chanel, they are nine pounds more expensive than the beauty
equivalent, which I think is ridiculous. That is like a man tax. I also think that's profiteering
off a new market, but if you want to be buying Boy De Chanel, then you'll be going for this anyway.
We've got fortifying gel moisturiser, Boy De Chanel concealer, 3-in-1 eye pencil and Le
Vernis, which is the nail varnishes. Firstly, looking at the packaging,
Chanel have literally taken this to a new level: matte boxes in this navy with the
black on it, embossed Boy De Chanel. This is beautiful. If I received this as a gift,
even without using it, I would be thinking this is amazing. Then each of the bottles are
next level gorgeous. Again, navy glass with the plastic lids, but they just look good.
Now, as I say, I've tried each of these. I'm going to show you how I got on. First up,
they've called it the gel hydratant fortifiant fortifying gel moisturiser, essentially a gel
moisturiser. This is priced at, here you go, this is 68, yes, it is, $68 pounds for 50 mils.
It does look like gel, very fresh, citrus scent. That is absorbing straight away. Thing is with
stuff like this, when it's so expensive, I just want to find an issue with it because
it's just so pricey. This feels really nice on the skin. That is light.
That is such a light gel moisturiser. I'm a big fan of gel moisturisers straight into the skin,
no stickiness, no shine, no oil. That actually feels really good.
Okay, so I tried it and I was pleasantly surprised. Also I let two of my friends use it
and they both loved this. This really made me check myself because
it is expensive, but it feels great. This literally glides onto the skin.
It's instantly absorbed. There's no shine. It's completely matte, and it's hydrating.
It also gave my skin a really healthy glow. I love this. I think it is so great. You
don't need very much. Would I buy this? Yeah, I think I may be tipping myself into a yes here.
It just feels so great. It also smells good. They say you can use it as an aftershave.
Would I do that? Probably not, but it does. It smells amazing. It's got this kind of lemony,
Lemony Snicket, lemony scent to it and it smells great.
Also to me, it feels a little bit like a primer. A primer sets the skin before you use makeup and
that can minimise the look of pores also. I really, really, really like this. Very impressed.
68 pounds, oof, but if it's a one-off, you go for it.
Okay next, looking at the concealers, and again, they have eight different shades from the lightest
to the darkest. State the obvious, Robin. I have two of these here. I'd say with anything like a
concealer, especially in the female market, you've just got to look at fancy skincare,
fancy beauty, sorry, and they have launched so many different shades.
I think it's something that's so important. We should be ensuring that everyone is covered,
everyone is concealed and really, beauty shouldn't be beauty and grooming. It shouldn't
just be for certain skin types and skin tones. I have medium light and medium.
Again, this is me using them. Okay, it's not oily, which is good. Oh, actually that
is really very good. I have fun with them. Concealer products that I have
tried in the past, they sit heavy. They're oily. They're a bit tacky. They
congeal almost on the skin and you can really see and feel them, but that is undetectable.
That's one I've just done there, and I think pretty good. This is the one I can just show you
going in. I prefer a stick. I also prefer powder. I don't like liquid foundation too
much. I always find it just sits heavy on my skin, but if I'm going to use a concealer, I'm
more likely to use a concealer than a foundation. That's actually pretty good.
Again, I was very impressed. These look gorgeous. Again, the matte navy tub.
They are just so premium. I've used a lot of concealers in my time. I tend to
use concealers more for covering up spots and nicks. I used to get a lot of shaving nicks.
I don't really anymore. Under eye bags, I tend to be okay. I use a lot of firming, priming,
everything under the eyes, but these literally go on and they melt.
They're so light. They don't feel like they're clogging your skin. They feel like they're able
to breathe and they're totally undetectable. You cannot see these at all. I think these are
really, really good. I have used cheaper products and I've also used ones which are more in the
women's space. These are what we're looking at here. These are 34 pounds, again expensive, but
I think if you're a guy that wants to be buying Boy De Chanel, again, I keep on saying this,
you're going to go for this. I really enjoyed these and I've used these quite a few times now.
Okay, into the eye pencils. Now this is where we start to push
the envelope slightly more and jump more into that space which does feel like makeup.
I think this is exciting. I think this is exciting because it's giving us a chance
to experiment more with personal style. If makeup comes into that, then go wild.
They've got navy, they've got brown and they've got black. The first thing, again,
I noticed with this was it looks beautiful. Little pencils, and also it's not a pencil
that you might think of. When I used to watch my mom doing her makeup, I used to see she actually
had a pen, so she used a sharpener. This is more like a Crayola stick. I did break this
and I actually broke the other ones. You've got to be so careful with this, but here's me using it.
I have blue eyes, so I'm going to try navy and see what happens. Wow, okay. That's the
navy. It does make my eyes look brighter. Would I do this? Probably not, to be honest.
I think this will really suit certain people, and if this is your style, then I think go for it.
Do you know what? Maybe I would. I'm changing my mind. That is the brown and that's the navy.
Thoughts? I'm not too sure if this is my vibe, but it's interesting.
Actually, I don't hate that. The more I'm looking at it, the more I don't hate it.
Would I use this?. As I was using it there and looking back, I really liked the look of it.
I kept it on and I met some mates. They didn't say anything but then I said,
"Do you notice anything different about me?" One of them said, "You're wearing eyeliner."
My personal style, no. Will I be using this? No. Do I think some guys will love this?
Yes, I really do, and I think if that's your vibe and that's your whole style,
I think it will look great. Again, expensive. We're looking at 32 pounds here.
Actually, I really liked it. Again, a really great melting consistency that just sits so well,
and actually, really easy to use, I did think, trying to get onto the eye there. I've used
pencils on the eye and they've always felt a bit risky whereas that felt really good.
The final one, and we're looking at nail varnish at 31 pounds, for natural and black.
The packaging of this is just next level beautiful.
I've seen a lot of guys recently actually wearing a lot of
black nail varnish. I think it really suits them. Do I do the black? Yeah?
That's not very me. The clear, yes. The dark, no.
For me, these are, I think they're great if you want a manicured looking nail, especially
the natural. They go on,, they dry so quickly, 64 seconds, I want to say. I think they said
90 seconds, but this was so quick to dry and it just gives the nails a really nice polished look,
but without looking overly done. If you want that kind of at-home manicure, then great.
That said, 31 pounds for this. You can actually get a manicure for cheaper.
That is nice ritual, going in somewhere and just sitting back and having someone looking
after your hands, moisturising them, sorting your cuticle and giving you a full manicure,
and you can get a nail colour on that, and that's included. I think this is maybe a step too far.
Barry M, in 2016 maybe, had an article on manfromsouth.com. I shall find it.
Barry M launched four different Mani nail versions. There was a clear,
more natural looking one. He had a camouflage one, which was slightly more of a tanning colour.
Those were $3.99, certainly less than a fiver for each. I don't see a huge
difference in these. Fine, they took longer to dry, but I think this is pushing it too far.
Also in terms of, again, looking at the women's versions, they are nine pounds cheaper than the
men's. The nail varnish you can keep. I'm not hugely impressed by it. The eye pencils
I'm on the fence. I don't particularly care for them. You might. The concealers, I liked.
It was so light. It just, once again, melted into the skin. I like the fact that there's
eight. Am I saying eight and it might just be six? I'm pretty sure there's eight.
Yeah, eight, from light up to deep plus, and 34 pounds for the concealers.
I liked them, yeah, and I would use them, but my favourite standard product that I
thought I would just not enjoy at all is the gel moisturiser.
This feels so good on the skin. It feels beautiful. It's light. It just absorbs
and it sits so well on the skin. It doesn't even sit. It's just absorbed. Your skin looks
dewy. It looks natural. It looks moisturised. It looks hydrated. It feels amazing, and it lasts.
It's so good, and you don't need that much. It just feels like if I'm going
to be spending 68 pounds on a moisturiser, this is how I want it to feel. Will I buy it?
Do you know what? I might buy this for someone else because I think this is a luxurious gift
to the max. The bottle are beautiful. I'm excited by brands that do stuff like this.
Even if it is going to be at that price point,
what they're doing is they're opening the floodgates and they're signalling
to the market that it's time to create for men. That's exactly what we like to see, so
there you go. Thank you very much for watching. I really hope you've enjoyed this.
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