[Chanel] Diabolic

Another one of the polishes I brought with me from Malta back in January. Diabolic is a very, very dark wine red. it’s so vampy and perfect for the dinner we are going to this evening.

Two coats.

In the afternoon, my little one and her form are going to perform at the local college of music; she’ll be playing the violin. It’s a joint project of the conservatoire and the primary school, and they have been practising once a week since January, so today is the day of the great concert. Looking forward to it and am about to get ready.

[OPI] Midnight in Moscow

This is a dark vampy red with a nice shimmer (like it very much).

Artificial light, photos were taken sometime before Christmas…

Clarins 230

Clarins 230; I don’t know how to describe this, it’s a shimmery-glitterly duochrome beauty with purple, green and other multicolour effects… and a classic!

I’d been given this by my husband for Christmas and I thank him so much. I spent many days figuring out how to combine it, since I’ve heard it’s best used as a top coat, and I finally opted for Chanel Vamp, which was another Christmas present, this time by Mila from Schöne Nagellacke who got it in Chicago. Thank you! (There will by a separate entry on Vamp.)

Natural light. I did not get much sleep last night, thus the somewhat messy application on the ring finger…

Artificial light.

[Chanel] Rouge Noir

Basically, I wanted to show something neither Chanel nor Dior… just to end up with Rouge Noir, which is another Chanel and probably the It Vampy Red, first launched in 1994.

It builds up nicely, I used two coats.

Two coats.

[Dior] Les Rouges (Limited Edition): Trafalgar, Gruau and Icône

Ce sont “Les rouges” de Dior, une édition limitée avec les trois vernis Trafalgar, Gruau et Icône.

I indulged myself with these beautiful red polishes because I’ve been working really hard recently.

All swatches are two coats. Since these are reds, they would look better on longer nails (just my opinion). I had to file mine down and am not really happy with the current length… anyway, for a first impression, it’s good.

Trafalgar, a bright tomato red with a hint of orange. It’s a tad lighter than Chanel Fire.

Gruau (or Gruau G*); when I saw this in the bottle, it seemed rather unspectacular to me, just one of those reds, I thought. But actually it is a killer red and my personal star of the collection. It’s similar to Chanel Rouge Fatal but still very different. This shade is dedicated to the stunning illustrations of René Gruau.

Icône, previously my favourite. It’s still wonderful – it has a pretty shimmer finish – and very posh but on my nails, Gruau looked better.

[Chanel] Rouge Vertige

I’m busy again; today is my boyfriend’s birthday and we are throwing a little dinner, with sushi and some Thai-style salads, and later we’ll be going to a concert.

Birthday polish is Rouge Vertige by Chanel, one of their older shades. It’s a red, which is more on the dark side and a bit jelly-ish. I got it from a friendly eBay seller and it arrived just in time for my concert and party outfit.

Two coats. Chanel does amazing reds.

(I bumped the thumb again and had to re-do it, argh.)

[Chanel] Gondola

Dark red (or wine red) with glitter. This one’s from Chanel’s Venice Collection of 2009.