The centrepiece of the collection, the Palette Essentielle takes the idea of effortlessness in beauty and redefines it for modern women. Each palette offers a 3-in-1 of new products which come together in one sleek, handbag-friendly compact. Together, they combine to create a fresh, glowy complexion all day long with that essential touch of refinement and polish – something Lucia Pica describes as her ‘signature for skin.’ ”I wanted a product that could achieve that fresh skin look I do on shoots,” she says.

The smoky, spacey and skyward shades of the two Les 4 Ombres eyeshadow palette City Lights and Road Movie are oxygenated by their outdoorsy inspiration, tones of deep water harmonising with shades of cool air.

The two two OMBRE PREMIERE crème mono eyeshadows Urban and Memory exemplify the easiness of Lucia Pica’s road trip-inspired collection; each a shorthand for elegant eye makeup, like Urban, a deep petrol blue that seems to exemplify the very essence of a road trip.

An entirely new range of Stylo Sourcils Waterproof eyebrow pencils in six natural-looking shades. A soft, buildable yet long-lasting formulation, the bevelled tip never needs sharpening, and offers a flat edge for a softer look and a pointed tip for definition, while a perfectly-shaped brush offers instant and essential brow grooming.

Another effortless essential, and a hallmark of Lucia Pica’s own work: the perfect deep black eyeliner pen. Signature de Chanel is a new fluid, intense and smooth formula that glides effortlessly across the eyes for an intense, satiny-black line, and is both waterproof and smudge-proof.

Lucia Pica’s desire for this Fall/Winter collection was that ”bright pop colours” for lips would be a counterpoint to the intensity of the eyes. The colour spectrum runs from nude beige through effervescent corals to burnished reds. If you prefer a matte liquid texture, go for the Rouge Allure Ink.

If you like reds, go for the Rouge Allure Velvet, that decadent, soft, rich matte lipstick, expands the theme of opposition as it gets reimagined for day and night: and First Light is a bright, poppy orange-red; and Nightfall is a dusky burned red.

Nails are where the touch of irreverence in California’s beauty finds a home: Le Vernis in Horizon Line is a soft greenish grey while New Dawn is a muted taupe-grey.

The Retractable Dual-Head Face Brush is a perfect accompaniment to the Palette Essentielle: use the white side with the highlighter and the black side for the blusher.