Chanel Noir Ceramic

On the day before Halloween I have to show some kind of black polish!

Noir Ceramic is pretty much a black polish. But not quite. It does look very black but it leans heavily towards a dark charcoal grey.

The charcoal is quite obvious to see in the correct type of lighting. I adore the shimmer that pops when it’s caught right. Another polish just crying to be worn in the depths of winter!

Chanel Blue Satin

Ah Blue Satin. What’s this time of year without a deep navy shade? I don’t think navy gets enough love in the polish world. I love it.

Blue Satin is probably one of my favourite Chanel polishes. I’ve never had a problem with the formula of any Chanel polishes but Blue Satin? Well, it practically paints your nail itself. It is a dream to apply, it just glides on effortlessly.

I used two coats here but if you wanted to get the bluer effect, you could certainly leave it at one coat.

I’m so glad I got this polish, it is definitely my ultimate deep, navy blue polish.

Essie Stylenomics

Essie seems to have released a bunch of collections in a very short space of time. One of the ones I noticed was the Stylenomics collection, with the polish Stylenomics.

Stylenomics is an extremely dark green. To be honest I see a hell of a lot more black than green in this polish. From afar it looks black, from up close it looks black. The only times I‘ve noticed the green is when it is in sunlight.

It’s a crème polish, no shimmer but thankfully it doesn’t look flat. Probably due to the green that’s in it despite my initial hesitance to believe there was actual green in it.

Formula was great and the photos are 2 coats out of habit. 1 coat would be perfectly fine.

China Glaze Deviantly Daring

Deviantly Daring was released with the Bohemian collection a few months ago. I think this collection was supposed to be all duochromes or 'luster chromes' as China Glaze called them but when they were released, Deviantly Daring was the only colour that stood out to me.

It is absolutely amazing teal blue shade. And get this; it was opaque in one coat. Yep, definitely wasn’t expecting that!

Did you get any polishes from the Bohemian collection?

Chanel Mimosa

Mimosa is sunshine in a bottle. I don’t have too many yellow polishes but when I found out about Mimosa I had to have it. It often saddens me when I find out about polishes that I missed out on because I wasn’t into polish at the time. This is especially true about Chanels, as discontinued polishes often go for extortinate prices on eBay. The worst thing is that when Mimosa was released (Summer 2011) I was into polish! I was still sane though and not interested in paying the price of Chanel polish. Oh how times have changed.

Thankfully I managed to find a brand new Miomsa on a blog sale for retail price. Happy times.

Onto the polish itself. It’s a dark yellow with shimmer throughout. I only used two coats in the photos but I think 3 thin coats would give a better finish overall.

I’m glad I found it for a decent price, as I don’t think it would be worth buying for above retail price on eBay.

Do you wear yellow polish?

Chanel Vendetta

I love a deep, jewel purple and Chanel Vendetta is perfection.

This was 2 coats. It is just the ideal amount of darkness to allow it to hold depth in different lights. I find that some shades, if a tad too dark, will look very flat on the nail. Vendetta, however, retains all of it's beauty.

Deborah Lippmann Razzle Dazzle

I got Razzle Dazzle ages ago in a Glossybox.  It’s a pretty cool, fuchsia pink glitter in a blackened base.

When I put on the first coat, the black base was quite evident and I though oh no this is never going to build up properly. Thankfully I was wrong and by coat number 2 it was looking great as you can see from the photos.

Mini bottle not enormous hand.

I think one coat of this would be pretty rocking over a black polish though!