Happy Chocolate-bunnies-and-marshmallow-peeps Day! While pastel Easter eggs are no doubt pretty, sometimes I get sick of pastels. So, today, I am bringing you swatches of two Chanel polishes in non-pastel blues. (One of them makes a cute boy-baby shower gift, so I guess there’s that for a Easter link! Rebirth and all that.)
First up is Blue Boy, which is an adorable idea for someone who’s expecting a boy. Unfortunately, its formula is kind of appalling for the price.
Colorwise, it actually would be slightly pastel if not for the added black, which makes it greyed instead. It’s a midtone-to-deep steel blue cream that goes onto the nail a tad darker than it looks in the bottle.
I had a lot of difficulty getting it evenly opaque, however. It has a thin formula that, while it applies easily, it pools a lot so I ended up with bald spots here and there. The swatch photo shows three coats, but even then, there are some bald spots (noticeably on the index fingernail) and I think I would ideally use at least four coats. Absolutely terrible for such a pricy polish.
It’s a lovely, understated shade of blue, but overall this is a nay for me.
Azuré is completely different. It’s awesome. And I am totally not just saying that because I got it at Winners for less than half the retail price.
(I remember buying Chanel polish in 2014 for CA$27, and this was marked down to $13. I think it is really ridiculous that Winners’ original price tag was $26.99! Chanel polish has since been bumped up to $31 in Canada. Boo.)
Azuré is a very shimmery iridescent blue that flashes both turquoise and periwinkle blue (basically, between green- and purple-blue). I’ve tried a lot of iridescent shimmers, but man, this is good stuff. I would get it at retail price.
The formula is better than Blue Boy’s, but it may partly be down to the shimmer finish being more forgiving. I still needed three coats for full opacity. Application was smooth and easy. Big win.
Chanel Le Vernis Nail Colour retails for US$27 / CA$31 and is 0.4 US fl oz / 13 mL. The polish is free of toluene, formaldehyde and dibutyl phthalate (DBP), and is made in France.
Chanel is a private company based in Paris, France.
Good job getting it half off! Both colors are so pretty. The first one is really nice but would be better if its formula was better. The second one — I instantly thought MERMAID!
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It is very mermaid-y! It is really a shame about Blue Boy, though. I think I will pretend I paid full price for Azuré, and half price for Blue Boy, haha!
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HA! Good idea!
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These are gorgeous! It’s too bad about the formulas being a bit cheap. Thanks for sharing. 🙂
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The colors are great! Yes, quite a shame with the formulas, though. Thanks for reading!
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I remember seeing Azure at Winners but I passed up on it since it was $27! Great score @$13.
Too bad Blue Boy’s formula was so lacklustre, how does Chanel product dev team justify letting this go in
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…letting this go in production with such terrible formula, they’ve got a reputation to maintain!
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Yes, I was surprised! I got it from The Bay, too, so there’s not really a chance of it being messed around with 😦
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I don’t know where Winners gets off trying to sell Chanel np for almost retail. LOL
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