Chanel Gel Top Coat

Chanel Gel Top Coat
Chanel Gel Top Coat

Alongside the forthcoming Chanel Gel Top Coat are the newly formulated shades of Le Vernis. There will be only 15 colours in the line-up, with four favourites, Ballerina, Particuliere, Pirate and Rouge Noir (Vamp in the US) staying. Otherwise, it’s all change. 15 shades doesn’t seem to be an adequate number for a brand as big as Chanel, but maybe they’re adding as they go along and this is the core of it.

Chanel Gel Top Coat
Chanel Gel Top Coat

This is the star of the show – the Chanel Gel Top Coat that the brand claim, used with the newly formulated Le Vernis, will give a 6 day hold. One of the complaints I hear the most is that Chanel polish is chippy so the top coat certainly has its work cut out. I haven’t tested it yet but never think I’m a good test for polish longevity because I am typing from dusk til dawn and that’s a big ask of any polish and generally out of the norm.

Chanel Gel Top Coat
Chanel Gel Top Coat

It’s quite a surprise that Chanel have chosen to stay with their slender brushes for Le Vernis, rather than going with the easier to use fatter polish brushes. I find them a bit ‘wafty’ at their current length, having got used to blunter, fatter brushes. However, all the density of colour that you’d expect is there. The top coat brush is wider for a one-sweep coating.

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Chanel Gel Top Coat
Chanel Gel Top Coat

I have some of the 15 colours here starting from bottom to top: Organdi, Garconne, Shantung, Rouge Essentiel, Roubachka and Mythique. Roubachka is a very, very blackened purple which isn’t showing up terribly well in the picture.

As a limited edition, Chanel are bringing out a set comprising the shade Rouge Essentiel and the Gel Top Coat (£36). The Gel Coat will be £18 and Le Vernis £18 when they launch on 22nd April. If you’re feeling adventurous, I’d recommend Roubachka, but Organdi is a beautiful nude colour if you want a more natural nail look.

NB: Thanks to a very helpful commenter, I’ve managed to put two of the new shades in my basket on the FeelUnique site HERE. I’m pretty sure they’re not supposed to be there so if you want an early bite, go now, or to stock up on colours you might miss when gone.

 

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9 responses to “Chanel Gel Top Coat”

  1. Amanda Hollingsworth

    They are adding 5 more colour’s in May 2016 for the Summer Launch, 1 of which is Ltd Edition which should mean 4 more to the permanence the line up. Very odd though as the range has been available at Feel Unique for the last 10 days. I was talking to a Chanel Manager the other day and she hit the roof as they were of course told strict embargo until 22nd April. Now admittedly there are one of two of the colour’s missing and no Gel Top Coat at Feel Unique but I would say all colour’s available bar two and the range of colour’s they have listed is now beyond 15. And also very weird to have a Ltd Edition duo when you can buy the same items separately for the exact same price? TBH I am of the opinion that Chanel is in a real pickle at the moment because left and right hand don’t seem to know what each are doing and I could give you numerous examples not just this nail launch. Also I was told the brush has been changed to flare out at the nail tip and is a whole new brush albeit aesthetically it looks quite similar to the old style. Anyway to start me off I bought Rouge Essentiel, Camélia, Shantung, Mythique, Garconne and Monochrome. Because Chanel is my ‘preferred’ brand on Feel Unique I also got 10% off all the polish I bought which was a nice little bonus too.

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  2. Anne

    I haven’t purchased the gel coat, only Rouge Essentiel, to test the new formula.
    I am so disappointed they didn’t change the brush, it requires some practice to master. I don’t understand how they could miss the success met by Dior and YSL when they changed their brushes.
    You’re completely right about the opacity and beauty of colours, I really thought of applying only one coat!
    My top coat is from Butter London, and with it this new formula lasted 4 days without any chip. And then I removed it for another colour 🙂

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  3. behindthepillar

    Thrilled to be able to order in advance of end April. Thanks Jane.

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  4. brannysmissus

    Save yourself some cash and get the Rimmel ones. They are fantastic. At least 1 week chip free nail and a nice range of colours

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  5. Amanda Hollingsworth

    Feel Unique have pulled all the new range Chanel polish this morning! I guess someone at Chanel’s had a moan.

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  6. PhotoGirl

    I am SO upset about this change. Perhaps this makes me the odd woman out, but I absolutely loved Chanel polishes in their previous incarnation. At US $28 per bottle, they were a little luxury I gave myself from time to time. So many of the colors were amazing.

    I am absolutely mad for nail polish, and while I can’t make myself tell you exactly how much I have, what I will say is that an Ikea Helmer holds approximately 300 bottles and I have more than one Helmer. (No, nail polish does not go bad. You can thin it, but NOT with nail polish remover.) So while I don’t NEED any more nail polish, I am still unhappy to bid farewell to my beloved Chanel.
    Why farewell? Well, I feel that gel polishes are bad for the nails. Or at least they’re bad for my nails. I have never experienced more chipping, peeling, or breaking than I did when using these formulations, regardless of the brand.

    Gel top coats, OTOH, are an entirely different matter. I love the CND Vinylux top coat and am thrilled to find that it can be worn over any regular nail polish with amazing results. I suspect that the same is true for all of these “gel” top coats, and I have also had good results with Essie and Sally Hansen. I’ll try the Chanel top coat, too, but Vinylux is only $10 and does a great job.

    I think the new Chanel colors are beyond boring; I really hope that the brand brings back some of their previous colors, but, as Peter Philips has left the house, I am not holding my breath. And BTW, Rouge Noir and Vamp are not the same. I thought that they were until I saw the two side by side. Rouge Noir is much darker and, IMO, much prettier. Vamp and Rouge Noir were the same in the 90s, but the Vamp sold here in the States is now much more purple and not at all edgy. IMO, of course.

    PS: I love the old style brushes. The wide ones make me feel as if I’m trying to paint my nails with an oar. 🙂 I stopped buying Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure polishes when they switched over to the wide brush. Good Lord! I’ve written a novel. I’ll stop now. 🙂

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    1. Jane

      wow.. so much interesting info in this comment – especially re Vamp and Rouge Noir. Okay, so I think that the new formulations are not gel formula – it’s only the top coat that is. I also think it’s a big mistake to take away the existing colour line and rebuild it and you’re right..they are pretty boring. As far as I remember from the info I was sent the new polish has ‘extra ceramic’ or similar in it. I don’t think the brushes are great either and I had one that clearly missed quality control because it was half as long again as all the others. However, what I have are preview samples so I guessed that it may not have been the ‘finished’ product as is sometimes the case so I didn’t flag it up – will be interested to see what everyone thinks of them when they go on sale.

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  7. Nicola Leadbeater

    Argh the ‘wafty’ brush! That is the perfect adjective to describe them. Such a shame they have stayed with it.

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  8. The Gossip Darling

    This looks amazing and my manicures last forever when I use Chanel polish. Love it!!

    Mel | http://www.thegossipdarling.com

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