Nubar Jeans

So, I'm on the verge of created a full scale dupe list... and this came to my attention today.

Nubar Jeans! Does this remind you of anything? Chanel Les Jeans de Chanel maybe? Yes, 

dupes. There are dupes for pretty much every other Chanel polish, it was only a matter of

time. 

From left to right:

Faded Jeans- light blue shimmer

Boyfriend Jeans- medium blue creme

Dark Wash Jeans- dark blue creme

 As far as I can tell, the only difference between the two collections color wise is that the lightest 

blue in this collection is a shimmer, while all the Chanel ones are cremes. Also, this is 

obviously a good amount cheaper than Chanel. Each Chanel polish is $29, while this pack of three is only $19.99.

Until next time,

The Wicked 

Chanel Le Jeans de Chanel Collection

Chanel created this collection for Fashion Night Out inspired by... jeans? Yeah, I'm not quite sure why. Seems pretty plain, but they are very nice denim like shades. 

lightest to darkest:

Coco Blue

Blue Boy

Blue Rebel

This is limited edition and I do not know how long it will be available, but I do know that they go for $29 a bottle instead of $21, which is pretty crazy if you ask me. 

Until next time,

The Wicked

Revlon Black with Envy!

Victory! I was in Walgreens completely not looking for this and out of the corner of my eye I saw a whole display for it. My Walgreens must be seriously behind the times, because this has been sold out forever and last time I went looking for it, it was nowhere to be found. If you recall, I did a girl on a budget post about this comparing it to Chanel Black Pearl. So here are the swatches!

(flash)

(no flash and kind of blurry)

Well it is completely overcast here in the Northeast, so taking pictures is a complete pain because nothing looks right in artificial light. The picture with flash is pretty close to how it looks in person, but it looks a little too metallic in the picture. It has a glossy finish like in the bottom picture, but the color is a little more grey rather than blue-toned like it looks there. Also, it almost looks creme in in the bottom picture, but you can see the shimmer in person. So mix the two pictures together in your minds and you'll have it!

Anyway, I have on two coats and a top coat. The formula is smooth and even but the polish is a little sheer, more sheer than I expected. It's fine with two coats but I probably should have done three, oh well. The color is a dark grey with silver almost light blue shimmery flecks or flecky shimmer (find of a mix between flecks and shimmer. It's really nice). 

I've been looking at swatches of Black Pearl and they are veryyyyy similar. It was less than $6 so I suggest everyone go and double check Walgreens! ALSO!! While I was there I saw that Sally Hansen has a whole new crackle collection. Confused? Yeah I was too. I had no idea this was coming out, totally caught me off guard. There is blue, white, silver, black, gold, red? and possible something else that I don't remember. I was going to get the white or maybe silver, but I'm planning to get those from OPI so I didn't get them. They were $6 or $8 each ( I don't remember lol) so the price isn't that much cheaper than OPI. One of the bloggers that I follow read my mind and posted a review of the blue and gold this morning. So definitely check that out.

http://thenailphile.blogspot.com/2011/05/sally-hansen-crackle-overcoats.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FJLnsFULL+%28The+Nailphile%29

Until next time,

The Wicked

Girl on a Budget: Black with Envy vs. Black Pearl

As my girl on a budget fix was coming to an end, I made a discovery and had to add it on. I really wish I had known about this earlier, Revlon has apparently released a dupe, called Black with Envy, for Chanel's Black Pearl.

This is Black with Envy, it's not my picture, but it was the best one I could find. It is very very very similar, except it doesn't have the tealish undertones that Black Pearl has. Its a steely, black metallic and I think its really cool. So, I went out looking for it yesterday and I could not find it. It is amazingly difficult to find, there are some on Ebay, but they range from semi over priced to really over priced. Supposedly this is limited edition, I'll probably try and look for it again just to see if it's still in stores anywhere.

This is Black Pearl, you can see that tealish undertone in this picture, it's almost green. I've been dying for this polish for a really long time, but I haven't had the heart to buy it. Strangely a lot of people seem to think that its really hard to find and try to sell in on Ebay for over $30, but it's actually very readily available in Macy's for $21. Not saying that $21 is cheap, but its better than $30 (and it's even better if you work/ know someone that works at Macy's and can get a discount). 

I'll be on the search for Black with Envy this weekend and I'll let you guys know if I have any luck. As the girl on a budget series comes to a close I hope you have all enjoyed it and found it helpful. Also! Tomorrow we will be posting out 100th post! A very exciting day for us, and we hope you'll all come back and check that out and be sure to follow us!!

Until next time,

The Wicked