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Chanel Sugar Gloss 173 and Abricot Gloss 175, 2005 - Collaboration Saturday

It's time for a new Collaboration Saturday together with my friend Elena from PicturedTinsel!

Chanel Sugar Gloss 173 and Abricot Gloss 175 were released for summer 2005. They are what suddenly became a novelty in the polish world in 2014: Tints – BUT these are 9 years older, and I have some that are even older – so this is another good example of how often Chanel have been trend creators.
You can use them on their own as a discrete fresh-up of the nail in one coat, or more – or you can use them as tints over another polish, preferably white.
But I don’t have ridges and slightly stained nails, so for me they are best over white. On my index I’m showing 3 coats of Sugar Gloss and on my middle finger 3 coats of Abricot Gloss – no top coat. On my ring finger and pinky I used them as tints over white, and I also used a black striper and top coat on these two fingers.
So - isn't it fun to think that Chanel made tints looong before it became "in"?
I wonder what Elena  has for us today, shall we have a look?

My Chanel links: Stash & swatch list - Collections by year Wish- & swap list

34 kommentarer:

  1. I'm not sure, but I think that 'my little Lancôme sheer tint' with bubble gum scent might be even older ;o). May be...

    Kind regards,
    Elena

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    1. Maybe it is - but as I wrote I also have older tints from Chanel, some older than 2002, but exactly how old, I don't know!

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    2. I just researched: those juicy vernis for sure are from 2004 or older :o).

      Kind regards,
      Elena

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    3. Hahaha - but then my older Chanel tints are older ;)

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  2. Yeah, definitely trend setters, the Chanel brand. I've discovered lately that the Tints do great things when layered on a silver holo! Have you tried it?

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    1. They are indeed!
      Wow, that sounds interesting, I'll have to try that one day, thanks for sharing!!!

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    2. I'll post a silver holo painted in tints soon so you'll be able to see :)

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  3. finally some nail art, we haven't seen that here for too long :D
    i really don't like these polishes, they look like waste of time to me... but love what you did with them :D
    how would told that the chanel has done it 9 years before opi ;)

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    1. You are right about the nail art :)
      Waste of time is a harsh remark - to me it's a piece of nail polish history, but I guess you also think that the OPI's are a waste of time then?

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    2. maybe it sounds harsh, but i really don't like this kind of polishes... and you know what, i'm super happy that they are actually some polishes that i don't like or want ;)

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    3. That can indeed have it's advantages :)

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  4. Your nail art looks great! I really have to try something like this with the sheer polishes I have :)

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    1. Thank you so much - yes, it's quite fun to play with :)

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  5. These look really good :-) Wow ahead of their time for sure ;-)

    I've got the OPI Tints but as I don't do nail art, I'm struggling with ideas of what to do with them! Lol one day! ;-)

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    1. LOL - this is easy, just use the bottle brush and dab it on the white nail. You don't need the black stripes, you can just let the colors blend....

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  6. That Apricot does look rather nice

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  7. This whole mani looks really fun. Both colours work well together and that nail art is fitting the product.

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  8. What a pretty fruity nail art! Kisses
    Marghe

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  9. Not sure if I like the glossy polishes, not really my thing I believe! But Maria, your nail art is great, looks so artsy! Please do more often!

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    1. LOL - thanks a lot - well I need to get back in track, I suspect I will one day!

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  10. Lovely manicure! :-) Tint nail polishes are perfect for "filling" some small spaces after you've done black stamping on white nails :-) That's exactly what you've done, the only difference is that you used "hand-made stamping" :-)

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    1. I don't believe in narrowing down the use of any material into just one thing, I can think of a lot of other ways to use tints :)
      But yes - I used a black striper...

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  11. I love the nail art! Abstract and pretty! The tinted polishes have a nice squishy look when worn on their own.

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    1. Thank you so much Julia :) Yes, you are so right, squishy and also somewhat juicy/fruity :)

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  12. I have some Maybelline tints from before 2000.
    I found that around 1998/99 a lot of brands came out with transparent colours: eg Maybelline, Pupa here in Italy, of course Chanel with the "Cristallin" collection, and possibly many others :)

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    1. Thank you SO much for this information, that's very useful!
      Now I wonder who really was the first to bring a tint on the market...

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  13. Ohhhwwww I am loving this nailart..!!!!Sowww fruity.... :-)

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    1. I am so happy to hear that - thank you so much!!

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  14. Chanel is a trend setter, no doubt! :) I LOVE your creation *_* I envy you a bit, your a master of nail arts :D

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