Long Lasting Lipstick That Really Lasts: Yes, It's Chanel

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As much as I love a great looking lippie, when I'm at work I am super low maintenance. I want to put on a lippie in the morning, and not think about it until that night. At the most I want to be able to grab something out of my pocket and swipe it on (while walking down the hall, so no mirror) and have it look decent without spending much time on it.

So, you can imagine that I'm pretty much left with stains, long wearing lipsticks and lip balm. Lippies that take intricate work to look great, such as a pigmented lipstick or even many tinted balms, aren't a great choice for me.

I've been using one lippie over and over for the last few months, and I thought since we're sharing our favorite long lasting makeup today for Makeup Wars that it was a great time to finally post about this lipstick. The Chanel Rouge Double Intensité Ultra Wear Lip Color. Yes, it's a huge splurge. But it is so worth it!

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My 10 Favorite Fall Nail Polish Shades

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As soon as the weather gets a little cooler, I want alllll the dark nail polishes! I tend to reach for dark reds and purples the most, but I also have a lot of browns and metallics that I'll use as well. And yes, I do have all of these shades, except for that sequin one from Alexa. It's been hanging out in my Nordstrom cart for the longest time while I covet it. I'm still including it, I need to just buy it!

What is your go-to color this fall?

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Beauty Bloggers and Their Favorite Fall Nail Polishes

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I share my favorites all the time, but I thought it would be fun to check in with some fellow beauty bloggers and see what nail polishes they're wearing this fall! What shade are you wearing non-stop this fall?

Krystal from PolishGalore
1. China Glaze Choo-Choo Choose You
2. I Love Nail Polish "Champagne Blush"

Brooke from Blushing Noir
"3. MAC Before Dawn Nail Polish from the A Novel Romance Collection really has my heart, but I'm also loving 4. Zoya Genevieve, and 5. OPI Do You Have This Color in Stock-holm."

Courtney from Phyrra
"I can't ever pick just one! 7. ILNP Abundance is gorgeous. It shifts through super vivid hues of red, orange, bronze, and gold. 9. NCLA Teal the End is amazing. It's that perfect sort of deep teal blue. 8. Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Technopagan is stunning and it matches my hair! It's a blackened purple with blue pearl metallic."

Nidia from Lit From Within
"10. A-England Perceval is the best lit-from-within metallic red ever, perfect for Fall and into the holidays."

Prime Beauty
"11. Zoya Remy, 12. Zoya Ryan, and 13. NARS Crossroads"

Miranda from Slashed Beauty
"I'm in love with 14. Marnie from Zoya's Naturel Deux collection. It's a muted cranberry-taupe that is elegant, interesting, yet neutral enough to be appropriate for a plethora of occasions."

Sandra D. from Mom's Makeup Stash
"I have been loving white, especially in Summer & Fall. My favourite white is 15. Essie Blanc."

Danielle from The Mani-ac
"16. Chanel Taboo and 17. JinSoon Farrago."

Deb from No-Nonsense Beauty Blog
"18. CND Vinylux in Powder My Nose. It is actually my new favorite product of the year. It lasts beautifully for 10 days and is wonderful for business trips and longer vacations."

Liesl from Liesl Loves Pretty Things
"I'm really loving wines and shark greys – 19. NARS Storm Bird is a favorite, and new colors this year that I know I'll be making dents in are 20. Zoya India and 21. Zoya Yuna."

Makeup Artist Kim Porter from Makeup by Kim Porter
"I love Zoya: 12. Ryan, 21. Yuna, 11. Remy, and 22. Margo."

Harshleen from BeautyTidbits
"23. Zoya Faye and 6. Butter London Wallis are my long time favorites so I will def be reaching for those two."


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Chanel Morning Rose Nail Polish

A pretty mid-tone rose, this color is almost a bubble gum pink. There is fine gold shimmer that is so subtle that only you will know it is there.

This color does have some streaking issues, so use a very light touch with application and I recommend letting each coat dry for a few minutes before adding more polish. I needed 3 coats to reach opaque.

Read on to see a few pinks in the same color range.

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Chanel Mimosa Nail Polish

I admit it, I bought in to the hype and bought "the" color of the season, Chanel Mimosa. This yellow is a bit more wearable than I had thought it would be, as it is a tad darker than most highlighters (I had feared it would be that ugly bright yellow highlighter color). It does have a little bit of same color shimmer that just can't be captured in a picture.

I would like to point out that this color is very difficult to work with. Yellows have always been known to be finicky in the world of nail polish, and I had been hoping that the nail polish gurus over at Chanel would be able to fix this. Not so. The formula is a bit streaky, and something with the brush just seems to drag and make it much worse. Use a light touch and let your layers sit for a few minutes in between to help keep the streaking at a minimum. I needed 4 light coats to reach full opacity without visible nail line or streaks.

Also, I should add that I'm not really sure why, but I seem to be really gripping the bottle in this picture! I swear my fingers aren't that red in real life. For some reason I guess I was worried the bottle would run away??

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Chanel Lilac Sky Nail Polish Swatch

2 coats to opaque, this light lilac nail polish has very subtle same color shimmer that only you will know is there.

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Chanel Pink Ribbons Nail Polish Swatch

2 coats to opaque, this on seems to apply even more easily than other Chanel polishes.

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Chanel Gondola Nail Polish Swatch

Love this one! 2 coats to perfect coverage, the shimmer is amazing...

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Chanel Kaleidoscope

This is an interesting shade. In some lights it is a gold foil, in others a silver/pewter color and on occasion it will flash green. 2 coats to opaque, definitely worth the money if you can find it.

Sneak peeks of Fall 2011 have been showing up on-line, and the nail polish looks similar to Kaleidoscope. The best info I've found about the collection was from Temptalia if you're interested.

Edited to add:
When I published, Blogger made my picture look a little lighter than the polish is, so I'm adding this picture so you can see the depth a little bit more. The pic above should show you how it is gold and silver at the same time (compare the different fingers, you'll see what I mean), but the polish is more like this picture in terms of how dark it is.



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Chanel Pearl Drop Nail Polish

This nail polish really does look like the surface of a (real) pearl. There is amazing gold shimmer and shine (the gold is more pronounced in real life, this is the best that I could capture it), I think only Chanel could capture this in a nail polish. It is a bit deceiving in the bottle and images as I think this polish is actually warm toned, not the cool you would think a white polish is. As well, it is surprisingly opaque, I only needed 2 coats for full coverage.

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Chanel's Black Pearl Nail Polish

Chanel's Black Pearl has caused the usual fervor over a new Chanel. As part of the Spring Collection, it promises to sell out relatively soon.

I have to be honest, even though I kept hearing how much green was in this, I still really wanted this polish to have more black or dark grey than green (more like the Estée Lauder Wild Storm, but a few shades darker).

About 95% of the time it looks like this, a dark greyed jade green, which is very pretty. There is some shimmer, it is very subtle, even for a Chanel, and I have to look very closely to see it.

Chanel's Black Pearl Nail Polish

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