Les Scintillances de Chanel for Holiday 2011

The US Chanel website has the Holiday collection up and for sale! The Canadian doesn't have any pictures up just yet, you can't make purchases off the  Canadian Chanel website anyways. The Holiday collection has two Limited Edition lacquers, Rouge Carat (bottle picture below) and Black Satin (bottle picture not available on Chanel website).  These are $28 CAD or $25 US. In Canada they are available at Holts and the Bay. If your American you can buy these online with free shipping when you spend over $100 from Chanel.com, and from Nordstroms (in store or online). I haven't seen these at the Bay in Vancouver just yet but I'm sure it'll show up soon! Check them out at www.chanel.com

*photos from chanel.com

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Chanel Paradoxal Dupe! Gosh - Mystical

I love love love Chanel Paradoxal but EVERY time I've worn it it chips the very first day it's been applied. I've never had this problem with any other polishes. No matter what base coat of how I've tried to apply it, nothing works. So I'm loving seeing other companies come out with dupes. I didn't get Revlon's Perplex because I never saw it around in Canada, and I didn't see it in the states when I was shopping either. But this is Gosh's Mystical. 

It's a dark dusty purple with a pink shimmer in different lights. It leans slightly to the browner side for purple. This came out in Gosh's Fall collection named Magical Forest. Gosh is available in Canada at Shoppers Drug Mart and is $7 CND.

So how does it stack up to Chanel's Paradoxal?

L to R: Gosh Mystical, Chanel Paradoxal

It's very close. In fact when I was wearing Mystical the lady at the Chanel counter thought I was wearing Paradoxal. It last 3 days before it started having major tip wear, which is better then Paradoxal could do. It's a great colour for work. I love it!

Time Capsule: My Top 5 Summer 2011 Nail Polishes

I wanted to do a quick post on some of my favourite nail polishes that came out this Summer. Just for something to look back on. I know in 2010 I was a mint addict, it looks like this year I've diversified. I thought it would be fun to make a little post to remember the polishes that I most frequently wore this season now that it's slowly coming to an end.

It was honestly a tough choice. But here are my top 5 of Summer 2011 (pictured below from left to right):

• Chanel - Mimosa (Les Fleurs d'été Collection, 2011)

• Deborah Lippmann - Girls Just Want to Have Fun (Summer 2011)

• OPI - Mermaid's Tears (Pirates of the Caribbean Collection, 2011)

• American Apparel - Neon Red (LE Neon Collection, 2011)

• China Glaze - Below Deck (Anchors Away Collection, 2011)

Let me know what your favourite polish of Summer 2011 was!

Chanel Peridot (Fall 2011)

Peridot by Chanel came out with the ILLUSIONS D’OMBRES DE CHANEL collection for Fall 2011. It is limited edition, like most LE Chanel polishes it'll be selling out fast. Peridot received the most hype, the collection also had Graphite (click here) and Quartz. To be completely honest green has never been my cup of tea, so I wasn't drawn to it, then I saw it in person while I was picking up Graphite. Instantly I had to have it. And to be even more honest I wasn't sure what Peridot was, so I googled it... it's the birthstone for the month of August and it the customary 16th Wedding Anniversary gift. Even cooler is that it was Cleoparta's favourite gem. Chanel can you make a Blue Topaz polish for my Birthday!? 

So the application was great, I hate streak lines so I was a bit concerned I wouldn't like this polish, but streaks were minimal. It is a gorgeous colour, depending on how the light hits it, it can be gold, green, I think I see a bit of blue too. I'm glad I picked it up, it's unique to my collection, though other blogs have found dupes (like Sephora brand Diving in Malaysia). I found mine at a Chanel counter at The Bay in West Vancouver ($27 CND). I find that counter has some of the nicest sales ladies. You can also find Chanel at Holt Renfrew, I may be wrong but I don't think you can buy Chanel online in Canada yet. 

Final Thoughts... I love it!  

Chanel Graphite (Fall 2011)

Dear Chanel, 

I've been mad at you for a while and I've been thinking... it's time we make up. I forgive you.
So I always always get sucked into Chanel polishes especially the ones with lots of hype around them. Most of the time something goes wrong... the formula is thick (I'm looking at you Mimosa) or it chips within a day (ahem thats you Paradoxal) but Graphite you made me a believer once again. Simply put Graphite is amazing, I haven't been this excited about a colour in a long time. Its a little hard to describe but its basically a foil like antiqued golden silver colour. It applies like butter and I've been wear in a few days and it's last so far. Most of the hype was around Peridot and I did buy that one too but looking at the advertisements Graphite was the one that I wanted the most. Its the perfect holiday colour. I bought it at The Bay Chanel counter in West Vancouver, it was $27 CND. It was released as part of Chanel's Fall collection ILLUSIONS D’OMBRES DE CHANEL along with two other polishes, Peridot and Quartz.

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