Chanel Khakis Collection

I recently added Khaki Brun to my Chanel polish collection. It's not really a collection when I only had 2 but whatever. It's going to be a collection one day! Headed down to MBS to swatch Riva but the sales assistant told us that they had brought a couple of bottles of Khaki Brun in from overseas cuz they sold better here! And of course, S and I cracked and gave our $35 away! In the picture below, I've compared Khaki Vert and Particuliere (not from the Khaki collection) with 2 rather similar looking Essie polishes! Khaki Vert with Essie Sew Psyched and Particuliere with Hot Coco.



The Essie colours are rather similar to the Chanel colours but I wouldn't consider them dupes but rather, cheaper alternatives. Chanels should never ever have dupes.



So, coat number one! On the left, we have Khaki Brun and on the right, Khaki Vert. With the first coat on, it was clear that Brun was much much much more opaque than Vert.



Here they are against the light so you can see how opaque/sheer the first coat was.



Second coat now and they look better already. I'm sure skilled hands can get away with one coat of Brun! Vert definitely needed the second coat.



Again, against the light, Vert was still a bit sheer against the light but it was quite alright for me on the nail. Brun was perfectly opaque with coat number 2.



So here they are, Brun on top and Vert below. Brun's an olive while Vert is more army green.



And here is Vert with Sew Psyched. Sew Psyched is on top and Vert below. Sew Psyched has a very slight silvery shimmer to it upon closer inspection but further away, it looks very creme like. And you can see Sew Psyched is more blue-based while Vert is more yellow-based. So, they are really not dupes!



Left to Right: Sew Psyched, Vert, Brun





Left to Right: Brun, Vert, Sew Psyched, with flash, after 2 days of wear.



I added China Glaze Ingrid on my pinkie because it was in the whole earthy-tone range and I wanted to see what it would look like with the other 3 colours! I think minus the shimmer, it would have been a nice combination!



In natural sunlight (not direct, cause I was just sitting beside a window).



Hope you liked this review / comparison post! Oh, and did I mention the Chanels applied like butter? Really easy to work with!