Peridot, et al.

Three duochromes that are pretty nice!

OPI Just Spotted The Lizard and Chanel Peridot

Two coats, no top coat. 

Left to right:

OPI Just Spotted the Lizard

Chanel Peridot

OPI Just Spotted the Lizard

Chanel Peridot

I know they are dupes, it's pure and simple. The OPI is a bit more thin than the Chanel. Pure and simple. Two coats of Chanel Peridot=Three coats of OPI JSTL.

I also think Chanel Peridot has a bit more lustre, but perhaps that's more personal taste.

Enlarge the photo and you can see that OPI really needs a third coat.

Here's another photo set showing a bit of the change:

Very, very, very hard to get the beautiful blue/green shift. These babies sat squarely at a warm earthy warm.

After I finished this comparison, I was putting it away and found a bottle of Jessica Iridescent Eye.

(What?)

Jessica Iridescent Eye

This is as good as the Chanel. This is three coats, where, two would have done, I just habitually do three.

I love this polish because it isn't quite as hard as the OPI and Chanel, which is means that it shifts over into the softer blue/green with a bit more ease.

Here's a photo of the shift:

Voila.

Many people complained about how warm Chanel and OPI are, but it's the nature of the beast. Jessica Iridescent Eye is more neutral, because it pulls into that cooler realm more easily.

It's like a bridge between Missha HGR01 (blogged here) and OPI/Chanel's offerings.

Thanks for reading my little nail polish journal!

Dewy Roses

I love roses. I have one old fashioned type rose that blooms once in June then no more, but the flowers have such a strong scent that it makes it all worth while.

The thorns are particularly tough, too, so pruning is a touchy affair.

Chanel Rose Paradise 185, a soft shimmery rose, dew laden and enchanting.

Three coats, no top coat. This is with my daylight corrected lamp.

Looking like it's a spicy rose, with some dewy droplets.

Also some gold:

Here with the flash you can see how the photo picks up the gold.

I recall when I had the Color Club Haute Browns collection and I had three cremes that were nearly identical to each other and all in this shade that I balked. This, however, shows that finish can trump color.

Or at least enhance it.

From my research this came out around 2010, but I don't follow Chanel as close as I should, because I always seem to be swimming upstream to get ahold of one thing or another that just looks fabulous.

This was a blogsale purchase and I am so glad I grabbed it.

It's bright, but in a subtle, back-of-the-room-hand-raised-with-all-the-right-answers sort of way. I think of it as a demure color, but it really isn't, it kind of pops.

It's on eBay, but I sure did not pay anything like current prices. Wow!

Thanks so much for reading my little nail polish journal!