Chanel Miami Peach Swatch And Review

Happy Friday ladies!  I hope you've got some fun plans for the weekend.  I have to work again on Saturday but after that I plan on spending quality time with the family.

I'm really loving corals this season, and that's a first for me as a self proclaimed hater of corals.  I don't know what it is, but the corals I've seen have been stunning and perfect for the season.  I recently picked up Chanel Miami Peach and I must say, this muted coral crelly with gold flakes is really lovely.  The formula was too sheer to be a cream, but not transparent enough to be a true jelly.  It was a little difficult to apply because it wanted to pool along the sides, but if you clean the brush off along the top of the bottle, you can apply thin coats more easily.  I used three coats in these pictures and finished with a layer of Poshe.

Chanel Miami Peach

Chanel Miami Peach

Chanel Miami Peach

Chanel Miami Peach

Chanel Miami Peach

I can never resist a polish with gold flakes and despite the not so great formula, I find this color to be really unique and worth keeping - at least until I find a better dupe!  It's disappointing to pay a lot for a polish and then not have stellar application, but thankfully I was able to swap for this.  Do you know of a good dupe for this color?

Chanel May Swatch And Review

Today we took LO to the aquarium and she had so much fun watching all the colorful fish darting though the tanks.  I think her favorites were the penguin and puffin exhibits, but she was mesmerized by all the tanks.  I only wish the aquarium wasn't as busy as it was, it seemed like the place was mobbed by kids and families today because of the holiday.  She ended the night on a good note by charming all the customers at a restaurant we ate at tonight.  She giggled and laughed at everyone, particularly a couple that was expecting.  I hope she made them anticipate their new addition even more than they already were.

The month of May is nearing an end and I had to make sure I swatched Chanel's May before it ended.  This color was released last year's spring collection, which also included the colors April and June.  The collection altogether was a bit lackluster since they were all straighforward creams, but I picked up May because it was my birthmonth.  May is a blue toned pink cream that had a difficult formula to work with.  It was streaky and runny and didn't self level very well. I used three coats for this mani and you can still see some bald patches.  I finished with a layer of Poshe to add shine.

Chanel May

Chanel May

Chanel May

Chanel May

Chanel May

I can't believe I did two posts in row of pink.  That's really uncommon for me because I'm not a fan of pink and pink is too much of a muggle color.  Overall, this Chanel color was disappointing to me mainly because of the bad application, but I don't mind the color.  Unfortunately, if I want to wear this color again, it probably won't be this polish.  Do you know of any other poor Chanel polish formulas that I should stay away from?