Merry Christmas! 🎄✨ Sharing some holiday cheer with Red Smile, a timeless tomato red in the new chic Dior bottle design. May your festivities be as vibrant as this classic hue!
Application was two coats. Snapped these pics about two weeks ago when we actually had a bit of sunshine.
Here are both bottle versions.
Greetings from Nienburg! Nathaniel loved the big Christmas tree at the town hall.
While it appears different in the bottle, Fabuliste reveals itself as a red hue with a subtle undertone of brick red, reminiscent of fallen leaves in autumn. Well, a bit at least.
Two coats shown below.
Here’s a pretty red, Pompier. The Holiday collection and several other nail colors are still awaiting their online debut (or just a chance to be worn), but I’m already pleased to find time to post occasionally.
This shade is a cherry red, and two coats were applied.
What’s better than an iconic red to reinvigorate this blog? I wasn’t aware it’s been almost two months since the last post. Meanwhile, I relished the Fantasy Filmfest, spent time at my second home in Nienburg, and had another delightful holiday experience in Malta until last Thursday.
Just when I was contemplating putting an end to my Dior nail polish collection (this happens every other year, so no worries), they introduced a new bottle design and a range of new colors. At first, I only opted for the reds, followed by the Christmas nail colors, and so on. The color 999 (previously known as “Rouge”) made its debut on my nails during Fantasy Filmfest. It’s still a classic red.
Two coats were applied, and I’m really pleased with the new bottle design because it eliminates reflections (i.e., unintended selfies) in the cap. 😎
Here’s the new 999 alongside its predecessor.
Chanel recently relaunched their standard nail polish range, offering a total of 24 colors, including timeless shades like Rouge Noir, Pirate, Particulière, and Ballerina (yes, I actually have multiple versions of these four). Here’s a fun fact: When I placed my order online, I discovered that you can only purchase 15 nail polishes in a single order, so I had to split them. I must admit, it may seem unusual or even crazy to buy all the colors at once, but here they are!
So far I have tried Ovni (pastel yellow), Activiste (berry pink) and Incendiaire, which was the first bottle I randomly picked from the parcel. It’s a bright red.
The formula seems to have changed, as it’s quite opaque. One coat might have been sufficient, but I still applied two coats just to be sure.
I haven’t posted anything in a while, but I have a good excuse: I’ve been attending the Mensa Annual Gathering in southern Germany and the Fantasy Filmfest Nights (which are happening right now). I’m still recovering from the lack of sleep from the Mensa meeting! Anyway, for this post, I randomly chose a color from my drafts and settled on Chili Together. It’s easy to describe because it’s simply chili red nail polish.
Seeing the photos makes me miss Nienburg even more – but my next stay will be in mid-May.
I really enjoyed the gathering where I had a blast bouldering, marveling at turtles, exploring botanical gardens, and much more! It was an incredibly fun and fulfilling experience.
Icône 720 is a pretty rosewood and red combo. I think it’s one of those colours that match everything.
Application was two coats. Since this was released for autumn this year, I took the photos a couple of weeks (or months) ago. In the meantime the weather has become rather chilly.
Cherry red Fortune is another release for this year’s Christmas. Although I have so many of them, I’m still happy about each new red nail polish. This is so pretty.
Two coats shown below.
There’s also Cosmic, a glitter top coat. This is packed with glassflecks and small glitter particles, adding an even more festive look to Fortune (or its sister polish, Mystic).
This is one coat of Cosmic over the Fortune manicure.
Close-up.
After four weeks there’s finally a new post! I saw the Christmas collections and after all those neutrals for autumn we have some outstanding colours for the end of this year. I spent some time on my favourite island, Malta, and when I came back last Monday I received a notification that my Chanel order was ready for pick-up at a post office nearby. Perfect timing I guess. Also my little trip was amazing; we hadn’t been travelling for a couple of years, back then due to my late husband’s mental illness (the acceptance of mental/psychotic illness is still low and it would have been too stressful and exhausting; moreover I took a lot of blame to protect him but led to my own mental health declining; in the end you will just break because you, situations are misjudged all the time), and then followed the COVID restrictions – and I was too scared.
But now everything went just fine, even with the luggage. I used an AirTag to track my suitcase and it helped calming me down. On Malta I swam a lot and we went on quite a few outings with local buses. I’ll be back for sure.
Enough of that – as mentioned above I was stunned by the new Chanels. Super Lune is a blood red (reminding me of the indie film “Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon” which I saw at the cinema recently and really liked it). Etoile adds golden sparkles.
Shown below is two coats of Super Lune. I’m considering this (or its sister polish, Clair de Lune) for Christmas eve. Of course there are so many reds but this still surprised me.
Super Lune topped with one coat of Etoile.
I tried taking a close-up.
Here’s another colour for autumn, Red Red. I forgot to bring this to Hamburg with me, so it’s still in Nienburg but I remember it’s red with a splash of brick red.
Shown below is two coats.
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