Chanel Resort Collection 2011

Chanel’s 2011 Resort Collection runway show photos were released earlier this month. Model's were wearing baby blue and canary yellow nail polishes. According to Belle Bath & Beyond at Belle Bath & Beyond blog, the beauty director of Teen Vogue (Eva Chen) took a picture and tweeted it as a preview for what Chanel is going to release in May 2011. 

Look at this canary nailpolish! I sense a trend here...

Source: http://bellebathandbeyond.wordpress.com/2010/11/01/chanel-riva-nail-polish-and-unnamed-chanel-yellow/

CHANEL SoHo Story: Part Deux. Possible dupe for Chanel Vernis Strong

Le Vernis Strong appealed to me the first time I saw its picture in September. I prefer darker shades for fall and winter with some slight shimmer to it. I waited for a while to get my hands on it, and when I did, I knew I had to take it home. This is a black-based varnish with the main dark burgundy-brown-plum tone and reddish-burgundy micro-shimmer.On flash, amber and copper shimmer comes out more pronounced.

This is a gorgeous color. However, as with some Chanel Le Vernis, the color has more shimmer in the bottle. On nails, it looks 'duller' and darker, with shimmer being the most pronounced on either flash or bright light.

No flash

Flash

As with typical Chanel polishes, this beauty has a thick formula which applies well in just one coat. However, this color is not groundbreaking by any means. I could think of a few similar polishes that I already have and in some cases, prefer over Strong. One such close dupe is OPI's Midnight in Moscow from Russian Collection that came out in 2007.Although these two are not identical, they are very similar, especially in day light. Under flash, Chanel Strong looks more purple than Midnight in Moscow.

CHANEL SoHo Story PART 1.

Many have already blogged about Chanel's Soho story collection. It was launched in September in honor or renovated Chanel boutique in trendy New York City neighborhood: Soho.Collection was very limited and available only online and at the aforementioned Soho boutique. Briefly, the collection is a celebration of beauty, femininity and strength. I felt in love with combination of steel greys and delicate pinks.

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Needless to say, this collection did fantastically well and its Rouge Coco Stunning and Le Vernis in Strong had sold out online very fast. Rouge Coco Stunning is going for $60 on ebay now.

This week this collection was released in VERY limited quantities to local department stores. My Chanel lady from my local Macy's have called me a few days ago to tell me that I can get ready to get my hands on this collection.  They received all the items, but they received only 3 of Rouge Coco Stunning. My Lord and Taylor received none of the Stunning and very few Le Vernis Strong.

I placed my hands (literally) on  Strong and Stunning and will give you my review on them in PART 2 and PART3.

CHANEL gris review+swatches

Today I wanted to share with you my latest Chanel 'loves'. This dynamic duo is called Ombres Contraste Duo (#10 Gris-Subtil) and Stylo Yeux waterproof eyeliner in #35 (Gris).

As with all Chanel eyeshadows, you get the same silky texture and long wearing formula. As names imply, these are grey-ish tones with some purple hints. I was pleasantly surprised by the color of eyeliner: it is NOT your everyday grey pencil...In fact, it somehow reminds me of Chanel's sold out Paradoxal nailpolish--with purplish specks.