Chanel Quartz

This is my first ever Chanel polish, it was a gift from a friend.

It applied beautifully, so smooth and even, and the colour is lovely.  It's a sort of minky beige with an almost blue shimmer to it, in very bright light you can see tiny particles of glitter through it too.

Would I buy another Chanel polish?  I don't know, the formula is certainly excellent judging by this bottle, although I've heard that's not always the case, but I think unless they come out with something totally un-dupable I probably couldn't justify the cost.  I'm utterly delighted to have been given this one though, it's so pretty. <3

Barry M - Dusky Mauve

This is Barry M, Dusky Mauve, it's considered by many to be a pretty good dupe of Chanel Paradoxal, at £2.99 it's definitely good enough for me!

I'm not sure what happened but for some reason the day after I painted my nails they took on a very dull, matt appearance, as if something (who knows what?!) had totally taken the shine off the colour.  If you have any idea what, I'd like to hear suggestions!

I added another coat of top coat later which brought the shine back so it wasn't a big deal, I would love to know what caused it though as it wasn't my first experience of it happening.