Sophisticated lip colour. Brings comfort and hydration* to your lips. A soft, creamy, texture. A wide range of shades. A silky satin finish. Castor oil and a lanolin deriv...
Advantages: Just gorgeous colours Disadvantages: Can be difficult to remove!
Perfectly packaged and £14 ish a 13ml bottle of CHANEL nail polish is a
a brilliant present for a girlfriend or family member - every woman loves to recieve CHANEL, however big or small!!
Personally I wear the darker coulours.. RougeNoir (made famous by Uma Thurman in Pulp Fiction) and a slightly lighter more metalic dark red Tulipe Noir.
Best bits
These are very rich colours have a wonderfully glossy finish and are very easily applied (I always twist a tiny bit of cotton wool around the sharp end of a wooden coctail stick & soak it in nail varnish remover to tidy up the edges as darker colours can be tricky!) And the nail varnish itself doesn't seem to go sticky when kept for a while, unlike other brands that I have had in the past.
When applied properly - I always get asked where I have had my nails done!! I do use 2 ...
Advantages: The best dark, black red around - Easy to apply Disadvantages: Doesn't last too long
Why I purchased it
Having spent several weeks avoiding the expensive price tag of a Chanel nail enamel, I ended up trying several 'RougeNoir' lookalikes. From Revlon to No7, unfortunately none of them looked as dark as in the bottle no matter how many coats I applied. So I decided to bite the bullet, headed off to House of Fraser and handed over £13.50 for what I hoped wouldn't be a disappointment.
The Packaging
The 13ml enamel comes in a gorgeous little black and gold glossy box with white lettering. Tip out the bottle of nail enamel and it is a stylish square shaped bottle with a glossy black lid bearing the famous chanel logo in white. This lid pulls off to reveal the bottle top, again bearing the Chanel logo. This inner fluted screw top has the brush attached to it. Visually in the bottle it looks dark in colour but still has ...
Advantages: Creamy moisturising and available in many colours Disadvantages: Not as hardwearing as other Chanel lipsticks
Whatever your colouring Chanel has a lipstick for you and this formulation offers a steady stream of high impact fashion colours with a highly moisturising finish.
Hydrabase is the formulation to choose if you have dry lips or feel most comfortable with a soft finish that is neither matte nor overtly shiny. Easy to apply either from the bullet or with a brush.
The lipstick smells of roses and glides easily onto the lips without drag. Coverage is excellent and wearability is acceptable for this type of formulation.
High quality in the distinctive black and CC monogrammed case this product would make a suitable gift for a special friend or your self - now if only you could choose which one? Decisions decisions! ...
