Chanel Quartz Polish

Quartz was actually my first ever Chanel nail polish. I have a whopping three so it’s not a sprawling collection by any means, but I wear this one the most out of them. It has a faint shimmer, and it goes from pale gold to a taupe in different lights. It’s understated but very classic at the same time. Peridot is more funky, but Quartz is a color I’ve thought about wearing on my wedding day (NOT ENGAGED, just in the phase where I have a Pinterest board called Wedding Shmedding). You can see on the bottle where I’m starting to make a dent in it, and that’s something I almost never do with polishes (because I have too many!).

And excuse my silly pose in the last shot. It was an accident but I loved that you could see the heart in my double ring. Plus you can kind of see what the polish looks like in indirect light.

ALSO, I picked up MAC Lip Prep + Prime and I’ll be reviewing it soon, so check back. Have a great weekend everybody!

Chanel Nail Color in Peridot

I own two Chanel nail polishes, and Peridot is by far my favorite. I also own Quartz, and it’s lovely in an elegant soft way, but Peridot always feels very glamorous AND edgy. It’s that odd gasoline-bubble sheen it has that really gets me.

Since I wear a lot of black, cream and gold, this goes with about 75 % of my wardrobe. When I’m actually wearing it, it usually looks like a green-gold, but sometimes in the sun it gets that really pretty blue gleam you see on the corners of the bottle.

When I finally went in to purchase it a few months ago, I had to buy their extra tester (which is why my bottle is missing the black top that usually covers the screw on cap) because it was all they had left. This was the second department store I had been to. The first was out completely. I understand why this color is so popular now.

I don’t usually do a good job of keeping up with nail color trends, so I’m gonna keep working this color till the end of time.

P.S. All of the nifty tricks I’m trying with my photos (like the detail circle with gradient and glitter stamp from my Warby Parker post) are tricks I learned on Pugly Pixel. She’s in my links section as well, but she has tons of tips and free goodies, so for anyone looking to spruce up their web visuals, she is an inspiration!