Untried Polish Challenge Day 11 *Most Expensive* - Chanel Taboo

Chanel Taboo

I've had this untried for a few weeks - although it's only just released here in the UK I got all impatient when I first saw swatches and got a friend in the US to send me a bottle. Then for some reason I didn't get around to wearing it - maybe it didn't feel summery enough or something. Anyway, here it is, and it's a beauty!

Chanel Taboo

The polish is basically a dark blue-purple jelly packed with plummy shimmer. It picks up different colour casts according to the light and the angle, but there is a lot of purple flash in there along with some bluish hints at times. It does look a lot redder and sparklier in the bottle than on the nail, but to be honest I prefer how how it looks on the nail. A long, long time ago (maybe around 2000), I bought a dark purple, almost black,Chanel polish called Cobra; at the time it seemed really rad but I wore it again last year and it was dull and rather ordinary. When I put Taboo on my nails, I realised this was what I wanted Cobra to be!

Here's a bunch of pics at different angles and in various lights to show what I mean:

Chanel Taboo

And a macro in full sun to show the shimmers in detail:

Chanel Taboo

The application on Chanel Taboo is impeccable. I used two coats here, with Seche Vite quick drying top coat. I could probably have got away with a single coat; one coat would suffice for short nails I'm almost certain.

I've been trying to do more nail art recently, and I really enjoyed my Gradient with Chanel Bel-Argus and Azure, so I thought I 'd jazz this one up a bit on it's second day too! I love purple and yellowy-olive green together (they're complementary colours so pretty much guaranteed to look awesome), so the obvious partner for this was Chanel Peridot! I also used SpaRitual Running With Wolves in the gradient as an 'in-between' colour. Neither Peridot nor Running With Wolves are untried; I bought and wore Peridot the day it was released here in the UK (August 2011, if I remember correctly) and Running With Wolves is an old favourite; it used to be a lucky polish for racing. In fact I might wear it next weekend when I run my first 50 mile ultra:)

Chanel Taboo, SpaRitual Running With Wolves and Chanel Peridot

Chanel Taboo, SpaRitual Running With Wolves and Chanel Peridot

Too many pictures in this post I know, but too hard to choose! 

All polishes in this post purchased by me. 

Other bloggers taking part in this untried challenge are:

Jonochi at Just Add Polish
Masha at Lost In Lacquer
Raine at Lacquer Lily
Amy at Fancy Side
Amanda at Designer Nail Accents
Sam at Polished Art
Lizajane at Organic Neglect
Blueberry Pie at Blueberry Nails
Kristina at Lacquer Fetish 

Missy at Gnarly Gnails
Uni at Acetone FIles
Erica at Coat of Mani Colors
Isabel at Little Fairy

Raux at Raux Polish