I’ve been stuck in a nail colour rut recently. Ok, I’ve been experimenting with nail wraps, speckled nails and you know I have a penchant for sheer pinks; I’ve even indulged in a one-coat blobbed on in the back of a cab mani (which actually went surprisingly well), but I just hadn’t found ‘the one’, you know? A punch of colour that has you looking down every five minutes in a ‘new shoes‘ kind of way. Well I’ve found it. After a rummage around in the lacquer stocks I found this polish I purchased as a moving out souvenir (commemorative polishes, remember that one?), a whole five months ago that hadn’t even been slicked on once. Criminal, I know. Ladies and Gents, CHANEL’s Le Vernis in Holiday…
It’s bold, brash and most certainly doesn’t fit into the creamy pastel stereotypes that are usually rocked out at this time of year. An orange tinged red released by CHANEL as part of last summer’s range and now a permanent fixture in their Le Vernish line-up. It stripes on nicely, builds well in two coats and dries to a glass-like finish. However this shade rings true with the frequent moanings of beauty buffs regrading CHANEL’s highly chip-able formulas. Two hours of wear and dents at the tips already began to occur. I found that daily mani SOS sessions with a dab of Holiday on the ends, sealed in with some Seche Vite became a nightly routine. Formula? Hell no. Colour? Hell yes. I’m awaiting with a pen in hand to note dupes.
Rut well and truly clambered out of; who knew all along that all I needed was a fingertip pop of unseasonal red? Any excuse for a CHANEL Holiday, eh.
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