While there have been a ton of polishes I've crazy over, they weren't quite Jade obsessions. I think the two closest ones that came close to a Jade obsession were Chanel's Peridot, which I did spend a lot of time trying to find dupes and Chanel's Skyline which I just went ahead and bought because I had already heard there were no dupes available.
Peridot is probably my most worn polish of this year. I'm giving serious thought to buying a back up bottle because I know once my bottle is gone I'll be heartbroken. Skyline combines my love of Chanel polish and flying (it was from an air travel themed collection) so it was an absolute must-have for me. I'm wearing Skyline right now and it's amazing:
There's more to this story. Most of my Jade-Level obsessions begin with just a brief mention or small picture of a polish on a blog that I just can't get out of my head. Sometime at the end of October, I came across an ever so small picture and mention of the Dior Le Grand Bal holiday collection. What first caught my eye were the insanely beautiful bottles:
How cute would these look on your vanity? While I loved the bottles, I wasn't sure about the actual polish and even though I'm a total sucker for limited edition pretty packaging I was very iffy on spending the money on the collection. However, three weeks ago while at the Sephora in the Charleston Town Center, I came across Lady, a frosty pearl white. It was pretty enough in the bottle so I swatched it there in the store. I put on two coats, took one look at the nail I swatched, grabbed a bottle and checked out. Then I started seeing the swatches online of the other colors and every single one of them said to pick up Diva, described as a red-based black with gold and purple shimmer. I've been eyeing similar colors for a while, so to me adorable bottle + polish I was already going to buy = Get out my AMEX.What I didn't realize was Diva is sold out. Everywhere. Makeup counters AND online. Sephora is only carrying the Lady shade, and the usual places such as Nordstrom or Bloomingdales are sold out most of the colors. It's hard to find on Ebay and is going for $50+ and going pretty quickly even at that price. It's like people are actually hoarding this polish. With the exception of Jade, I have never seen such a hard to find nail polish. It took me two hours last night to try to find Diva in stock. I finally did, at Saks Fifth Avenue. I'm also going to be honest, I'm not sure if it's actually still in stock. I can get to the page I used last night to make my purchase, but when you try to search for the polish on the Saks website it doesn't come up. I tried to google the page I found last night, but all it does is bring up the reviews page which says the product is unavailable. If you're wanting to buy Diva you can give it a try but I won't make any guarantees that it's still in stock.
If you're interested in buying several of the colors, Bergdorf Goodman is selling a collection that includes Diva, Lady, and Marilyn for $70. If I hadn't already bought Lady I probably would have purchased this set.
I know all this work seems silly for just nail polish, but I don't want to still be thinking about it and wishing I had gotten it years later, like Chanel's Jade.
