[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.

[Dior] Apparat

My husband got this in Paris for me, together with its ‘varnish siblings’ – from the Dior Boutique, Avenue Montaigne. Apparat belongs to this year’s Christmas Collection, it is a wine red containing a golden shimmer which is, however, less visible on the nail. (The shimmer is actually quite similar to Essie Burma Ruby but Apparat is more opaque and overall a tad darker.)

It’s very opaque and looks good after just one coat. Nevertheless, I did two. The weather has been rainy and cloudy lately and thus the photos are of poor quality, but I tried my best to capture the beauty of Apparat.

With flash.

[Essie] Burma Ruby

I’m back from Durham and we had a wonderful time!

Sadly this has been discontinued for quite a while. Burma Ruby is a wine red shade with gold shimmer and thus rather christmassy.

These are older pictures, again taken sometime in the summer. But my nails are currently nearly as short as in the photos, but squared. I broke two nails when handling the suitcase and thus decided to cut the rest of them too.

Chanel Spirale Mattified

… using the Mat Top Coat (Top Coat Velvet).

For comparison:

(See here for the previous Spirale post.)

[Chanel] Spirale

My current mani; I’ve got two appointments on Friday and won’t have time to do my nails tomorrow or so; these meetings are quite different from each other… I think Spirale is a good choice, being wine red with a slight golden shimmer.

Three thin coats.

I’m currently having some trouble at university, that’s why I am a bit distressed. Nothing that couldn’t be resolved over the next few days; moreover, I am going to be in Durham from 20 to 23 November and hope to meet lots of my friends over there!

On our way to ballet today, I saw someone with a bubble tea and discovered that there is a new bubble tea bar near Hamburg University (which is not that far from our place… only three bus stops). I’m actually into Chai Latte but love ‘boba’ too, and it’s been ages since I had one, so I will have to try it! Caramel Milk Tea with Rainbow Pearls (gosh, seems that I’m Asian through and through, the nature versus nurture thing) and extra sweet of course, yummy!

[Chanel] Cosmic Violine

Cosmic Violine’s been part of the Celestial Lights Collection. It’s a sparkly varnish with a base colour somewhere between wine and burgundy, containing reddish and golden glitter particles. (The French word violine actually denotes a rich purple shade with a visible tad of red.)

Only one photo… sorry. I used two coats. As for the name, the actual colour on the nails looks more like a brownish red than purple. Cosmic Violine does not belong to my favourite shades of Chanel either; I don’t even know why… should give it another try maybe.

[Essence] Time For Romance

This is from their latest collection and thus still available. Time For Romance has a wine red jelly base and glitter particles of various shapes and sizes.

It’s quite sheer; this is two coats. I’m sure it would look great layered over opaque varnishes too, such as Calvin Klein Ruby Red or any black.

Another one of this, showing the actual mani. Again two coats, but thicker ones.

[Chanel] Vertigo

Another vintage Chanel – meet Vertigo. I always think of the Hitchcock movie of the same name when I stumble upon this varnish.

It has a slight golden shimmer in a wine red base.

Swatched on my (then) shorter nails.

I just came back from the movies; we had a wonderful evening. Initially, I was a bit upset about our arriving later than planned at the movie theatre, but when we finally got there, one of the lead actors was outside (with the director, however, I did not recognise her), and I managed to have my ticked signed. There was also a talk afterwards and they were all very sweet!

[Chanel] Fantastic

(I re-blogged this and added some new photos.)

Another of the Chanel Reds. This one is wine red and very shimmery.

Since my boyfriend thought Fantastic was very close to Gondola here they are, next to each other (Fantastic on the left). With flash:

No flash:

Quite different, don’t you think? In my view, Gondola is darker and glittery.

Another bottle comparison that might be more interesting – Calvin Klein’s Ruby Red (on the left) next to Fantastic.

Ruby Red’s shimmer is more intense and its formula seemed to me more watery.

[Calvin Klein] Ruby Red

A shimmery wine red.

I took this photo outside but a cloud was on its way. It’s not a unique red but still beautiful and I like the Calvin Klein polishes vey much.