Chanel Les Jeans Collection

I headed down to MBS just the other night to finally catch Lion King before it ends (the show was really good btw so if you haven't seen it, go watch it before it ends on 30 Oct) and I was early so I went to Chanel to have a look. I've already seen the Les Jeans polishes when I was at Ion and I resisted the urge to buy them because my polish sister, S, decided not to get them. I liked Blue Boy but I didn't feel the impending need to have it so I passed too. Both of us were trying to save our money for better stuff!

BUT, when I was at the Chanel boutique at MBS, I showed my dad the polishes and asked him if I should get them and he said "Just buy lorh, they're limited edition right! Buy before them they're gone!" Haha, my dad is evil and that was just what I needed to hear to convince me to whip out my nets card!

I decided to get Blue Boy and Blue Rebel and I also got a bottle of Blue Boy for S because I knew she'd love it. The SA told me I was so lucky because those were the last two bottles of Blue Boy she had! I didn't get Coco Blue because the light blue shimmery shade just didn't call out my name. I love Nouvelle Vague (and unfortunately, when I learnt about its existence, it was already sold out across our island) and anything that is close but isn't Nouvelle Vague just won't cut it. I was rather on the fence on Blue Rebel because it just looked like your average dark blue and I already have China Glaze First Mate which I reckoned would be close but hey, limited edition right!



Here I have Blue Rebel on my index and middle fingers and Blue Boy on my ringer finger and pinkie.

I had a fracking hard time trying to accurately capture the colour of these two shades because my camera decided to go all wonky on me and none of the pictures I took even looked similar to the real colour so I had to resort to photoshop to correct the colours. Blue Rebel is a little less dusty and much more vibrant than in the picture, and Blue Boy is a teeny bit darker. They're both really shiny (unlike how matte they look like in the picture) and I used 2 coats for both. Blue Boy does look a little sheer and might have benefited from a third coat cuz right now, it looks like a jelly on my nail! Reminds me of Essie Lapis of Luuxry's finish!



This isn't the best comparison but here's First Mate on the top of my thumb and OPI Road House Blues at the bottom. Blue Rebel is close to First Mate and most people won't be able to tell them apart but First Mate is a little bit brighter than Blue Rebel. Road House Blues is just too dark and purple!



As for Blue Boy the closest thing I got was the Blue India franken I made (bottom of my thumb) but it was more warm while Blue Boy appeared cooler. Blue Boy does remind me of Blue India when I receive my bottle, I'd gladly do a comparison!