Up until recently I’d been having a real ‘can’t be arsed‘ moment with nail polish. My nails are prone to flaking and tearing whatever formulas, supplements and treatments I try, so I can never eke out more than a couple of days of wear before things look raggedy and I have to wipe my mani away and start again. It’s worth chipping in here (Dad joke alert!) and saying that my toenails are never without a bit of colour on them. Even I don’t want to see them without anything on *shudders* – I don’t want to inflict that kind of horror on anyone. A break from the ol’ varnish on my fingertips though has actually done them some good. They weren’t as flakey as they’d been before and they seemed a bit stronger. So with the itch to get a bit of colour on them back, I turned to a new release from CHANEL to add a touch of summer to them…
Enter CHANEL’s Le Vernis in Espadrilles; a shade that’s already out of stock in some places – RUN FOREST, RUN! To me it’s the epitome of the perfect summer nail colour. It’s a vibrant orange-based red that for some reason really reminds me of sangria (mmmm – sangria). In fact it’s such a gorgeous hue that even my Dad complimented me on it when I was wearing it the other the week and I’m not sure that has ever happened before in my 26 years of existence. Eye-catching shade aside the formula is a good’un too. Like practically all nail polish formulas it lasts about three-ish days on me, maybe four because it’s not a nude where chips are easy to hide, before I start thinking about a re-do (it usually hits about five or six days before I get off my arse and actually do it). It’s opaque enough to blob on in one coat too which is good if you’re in need of an emergency mani, although I usually do two to be on the safe side.
Of course being a CHANEL item it’s on the pricey side – but I have a couple of dupes *I think* up my sleeve for you. Now unfortunately I don’t have comparisons here because my bottles of these two got tossed away in one of my many clear outs because they were years and years old and I had a real excess of orange reds in my collection (they are my nail polish sweet spot along with lilac-tinged nudes). Basically if you already have a bottle of Essie Meet Me At Sunset or Rimmel Salon Pro Nail Polish in Summer Orange then you’re pretty much already catered for. Both tick the same boxes as the CHANEL and come in at a fraction of the price. I’m pretty sure my Dad wouldn’t be able to tell the difference…
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