Chanel Sweet Star

For today I actually have a post of a polish that isn't totally discontinued. It was super limited edition but you can still get it on Chanel's website (if you live in a country that Chanel makeup/skincare/fragrance will ship to).  So all in all not much better than my last few posts with difficult to find polishes, since this one is still pricey, but at least you COULD buy it if you really wanted to.

Anyway, this polish doesn't even have a number, which I've heard from various blogs and youtube videos means "super limited edition" apparently. I was so on the fence on buying this one I mean in most photos online it looks grey and boring and kind of like (to me at least) L'Oreal's Valiant from the color of hope collection (2011). It looked pretty but not worth 27 bucks. However, I spotted some photos that must have been taken in extreme lighting or something because a couple of the photos I saw made it look magical and like an oil slick without looking like an oil slick. (Honors English classes apparently didn't help me any). The thing is I doubt anyone could really understand the appeal of this polish without seeing it first in person, which is what I gambled on when I ordered it off their website (but they do have free returns soooo you could send it back if it disappoints you).

On to some photos!

Apologies for all the bottle shots but that was really the best way to show this polish :-)

My ring finger in this photo has a layer of Nails Inc. The Thames underneath.

While you can see from these photos, the polish shifts from a silvery-grey to purple-y color. In some lights it comes off a bit taupe-y. It makes me think of Chanel Quartz, which I don't own but I think is more yellow and more brown than this is. There is just a wonderful sort of iridescence in this polish (and you know I have problem with iridescent polishes). It kind of makes me think of Zoya Pasha/Briza. Part of me wants to try this over black but I'm not sure how I'd feel about it.

Not sure if this is really a polish for everyone but if you are like me and aren't getting too excited about all these spring collections and are stupid enough to spend 27 dollars for a fancy bottle of polish it might be worth it. Definitely one of the most adult and tame polishes I own. I felt very grown up wearing this.





And you know I can't leave you without a video! I finally listened to the full album Chrome by Catherine Wheel this past fall (I've seriously been meaning to listen to this album since about 2006... I get so behind on these sorts of things) and definitely worth a listen if you like the same sort of music I do. Definitely more mellow than what I used to listen to (this song is the most energetic I'd say of the album) but we can't listen to super upbeat punk our whole life, (at least I can't it makes me a little anxious now, not that I think it is bad or anything).

 :-) ~drastic