The name of this Chanel nail polish is Pink Rubber…
Dirty! I feel like a perv every time I say it. 🙂 Pink Rubber, Pink Rubber, Pink Rubber.
Pink Rubber (say it one more time) is from the Chanel winter collection, and it’s $28, limited edition and really friggin’ cool. I think it’s one of the coolest things Chanel has done in a long time.
So…why is it called Pink Rubber? Well, I think it’s because of the finish. From afar, it looks like a pretty typical matte, but if get up really closely, it looks like I dipped my nails in a vat of melted latex.
Not to take anything away from matte nail polishes, because I like wearing them sometimes, but some of them seem, I dunno…like they’re too basic. Like indoor house paint. Pink Rubber, though, has a slight sheen to it, so it isn’t completely flat.
And just in case you’re wondering, no, it does not feel rubbery.
Um…why did that also sound hella dirty? LOL! Get your mind out of the gutter, Karen. 🙂
I think the color looks like a baby pink in the bottle, but it looks more like a light pastel pinkish coral on my nails (I’m wearing three coats in these pics).
It kinda sorta reminds me of flamingo feathers, and you know how I am about anything related to flamingos. I love them.
As for wear time, I think it’s OK but not great. I applied Pink Rubber before doing my pre-Thanksgiving Cinderella chores and actually noticed a few chips the following day, so I removed it and re-applied the fresh mani I’m wearing in these pics. So far, so good after more than 48 hours this time, and I’m not using a base or top coat.
To its credit, the color doesn’t really show chips as readily as darker colors do, though, so that’s good.
Based on how it looks in its bottle, Pink Rubber (dirty!) seems like it would be basic, but the finish makes it much cooler. I’m not even usually into pale pink polishes because most of them bore me to tears (I wear lots of greens and blues), but I love Pink Rubber…
Haha, sorry, that name never gets old.
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
Purteh!
Isn’t it though? Hope you’re having a great week!
Is this what you were wearing in the post yesterday about wearing glitter eyeshadow?
Because I totally love it and meant to ask what you were wearing. It looks like the perfect shade of pale pink. I like a pink that stands up and says yes, I am pink. In other words, I’m not nuts about a sheer pink.
Put a Deborah Lippmann topcoat over those nails and you’ll go several days without a chip. I’m partial to her Addicted to Speed. And as a new mom, you probably would be too.
Hey girl! Yes, it’s the same shade. I’d put a top coat on it but I don’t want to lose the rubber finish, ya know?
Feminine .I like the color. But it looks dupable and for $28 I need it to be unique! I’ll check it out in store.
I think the rubber finish is pretty unique. Check it out next time you’re at the counter because it’s very cool!
I think it’s called pink rubber because it looks like a pink pencil eraser. In Britain pencil erasers are called rubbers. I know this because one of Dear Daughter’s classmates grew up in England before her family moved to the states. She said the first time she said she couldn’t find her rubber (meaning eraser) in the classroom she got a talking to from the teacher and a lot of snickers from her classmates. Let’s hear it for the minds of junior high school girls.
I’ve been thinking about getting a bottle but I just can’t bring myself to paint my nails lately.
I’ve got those flamingo shoes, too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Such a gorgeous shade! Chanel does amazing nail polish and as of late not many have really caught my attention.. but this one… this one I needs.
The shade reminded me of flamingo too, Karen! I love the finish but yes, I’m not fond of light cool pinks too. I somehow feel they don’t make my hands look nice!
Oh yes, going to get this immediately.