Catrice nail polish collection 2011 part 1

420 Dirty Berry

New Chanels! (swatches and comparison)

Dear Lacqueristas,

Some better swatches of the latest Chanel polishes:

Pearl Drop

Pearl Drop is a gorgeous opaque white polish with a satin pearl like finish. There's a lot of golden shimmer going on. When the light hit's it, the gold is pretty strong. The heavy shimmer makes this a pearly finish, there are some brush strokes but not in an annoying way.




Peche Nacreé - with a shell I found in the carabbean see





Peche Nacreé





Peche Nacreé is a super cute but not unique polish. Soft, pinky peach with again, a satin like pearly finish. This one is more pearlized then Pearl Drop. But there is no complex shimmer or a flash of another color.

The color reminds me of the inside of a shell I found.

Black Pearl in overcast. The finish is extremely glossy.



Black Pearl -direct sun. Complex shimmer!

Black Pearl is a blackened forest green pearl. Or is it a greened black? Or just oil slick.... It's all in the eye of the beholder because this polish is a chameleon. Ofcourse as the theme of this collection is pearls, this polish  has a pearl finish. But when the light hits it, the most complex shimmer surfaces.

In overcast or indoors the shimmer and pearl hide and the glass like surface shows. This is definitely one of the glossiest polishes I've ever seen. I could almost use my nails as a mirror :-D I think I remember OPI's It's All Greece To Me to have a similar glossy finish.




Chanel Pearl Drop Vs. Intermezzo

 



Bottles compared





I'm in love with Intermezzo. It might even be my favorite Chanel polish. A tie with Marilyn. And Rose Confidentiel.

What is your favorite Chanel?

How do you feel about these polishes? Do you like pearly finishes?

Hasta la vista, Lacqueristas!

Dior 447 Mandarin Orange... Peachy squishy with golden sparkles

Dear Lacqueristas,

Today Dior Mandarin Orange will show her golden sparkle guts:

In the full sun

And another one! See how warm the orange looks in these pics? Now scroll down...

Tadaaaaa! Her cold hearted coolness shows! This last pic was taken inside, close to a window but no sun.

Dior 447 Mandarin Orange is a peachy pinky orange. The base color reminds me of Chanel Orange Fizz. Mandarin Orange has a lot of golden glass fleck like sparkles suspended in it's base. The good thing is that these sparkles áre notjust visible in thebottle, but come truly alive once applied on the nail. This has also to do with the fact that the formula has some squishy-ness to it. It is not a straight up jelly, but a hybrid so to say. :-p

I love polishes like this! The formula, the squishy look, the sparkles.... Ahhhh I want the summer back in my life!

Have you seen or tried the newDior polishes yet?

Hasta la vista, Laqueristas!

Chanel swatchaton goes on... 209 Marilyn, 453 Magnolia Rose, 471 Ming, 210 Lilac Sky

Dear Lacqueristas,

As you might have noticed with my last 2 posts, I had a Chanel swatchaton going on. Reason was that I have so many untried Chanels that I never even swatched before. So here we go:

209 Marilyn

209 Marilyn. So pretty it deserved another picture :-)

Close up

Chanel 209 Marilyn has been discontinued for some time now and that's an absolute shame since this is one of my favorite Chanels. I love wearing this polish,  looks good on both tips and toes and applies like a dream. Potential one coater but not when you photograph in macro settings :-)

The weird thing about Marilyn is that it is a raspberry shade with some orange or coral that makes it a bit warm. In this base color you will find lots of silver shimmer. Once applied on the nail, it balances perfectly to a neutral tone. Very flattering and flirty! In my personal Chanel top 3.

453 Magnolia Rose in the sun (escuse the frazzle)

Chanel 543 Magnolia Rose is a soft, tender pink with silvery shimmer. It is pretty sheer, I applied 4 coats to reach bottle color. It is a fresh looking color, not stark but healthy and well groomed looking. In the bottle the shimmer looks almost like micro-glitter but once applied on the nail, this doesn't really show.

453 Magnolia Rose in the shade. See the glittah in the bottle?

Bottle pic!

Chanel 471Ming is a soft pink with peachy undertones that make it way too warm for me. Look:

(had to censor the frazzle)

Not flattering. It looks...meaty to me, if that makes sense. Fleshy. Like I have been digging paté sausage with my fingers. Not my kinda color. Application didn't please me, hence the frazzle. I bet this polish would look awesome on warmer, tan or asian skin.

Chanel 210 Lilac Sky

Lilac Sky

210 Lilac sky is a shade that balances cool pink and lilac. Lavendery. With shimmer. Pretty and summery. Application was surprisingly good. Just two coats for these swatches! I think it would look better on a tanned person but I would wear it nontheless.

See the shimmer? Yummy!

Well, you see, I haven't forgot about blogging. Thanks for the emails though, that motivates me to keep posting even when it's busy in my personal and professional life ;-)

Thanks for reading, dear Lacqueristas, and if you want me to do comparisions for any of the reviewed polishes, let me know!

Hasta la vista, Laqueristas!

Catrice 170 - I Scream Peach! + comparision Chanel Orange Fizz: exact dupe!?

Dear Lacqueristas,

Today I found my first dupe. Meet I Scream Peach:

A soft peachy orange creme polish. This was a total streak and gloop fest. After 3 coats there were still visible streaks and sheer patches but hey, the gloop-a-liscious formula didn't allow me anymore coats.

I compared this polish with Chanel Orange fizz, and I think I found my first dupe!

On the middle finger I polished half Orange Fizz/half I Scream Peach, to show you the match of shades. Look very, very close to see a difference in formula as the ISP still shows streaks whereas the OF is perfect.

In this pic you can tell the tiny color difference, as ISP is a tiny bit more orange.

What do you think, is this a dupe or what? Would you rather spend $$$ on the real deal with a perfect formula, or spend just 2.49 euro on a streak-fabulous polish?

Hasta la vista, Laqueristas!