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Chanel Tenderly nail polish for spring 2015

Pictured: Chanel Tenderly nail polish for spring 2015. Photo taken during morning golden hour. Two coats color, one base coat, no top coat.

Chanel Tenderly is a fabulous, cool purple hue from Chanel’s spring 2015 beauty collection “Reverie Parisienne.” This pretty color is on the darker side of the lavender family making it a great nail polish for transitioning from winter into spring. Love that!

With all the shades of blue in the spring 2015 color palette, a purple hue is an ideal nail polish color to contrast with, yet play well with, the spring seasons’ color palette. Personally, I love blue and purple together!

I tested out Chanel Tenderly nail polish for spring 2015 with two coats of color, one base coat, and no top coat. The color was long lasting and did not chip until day seven! Love that! Chanel Tenderly nail polish offers a high shine finish which applies like a cream nail polish. It does not look streaky or allow any gaps after the second coat. Perfection.

It will be difficult for me to choose between painting my nails with Tenderly or Paradisio this spring season. I love them both so much!

You can find Chanel Tenderly nail polish for spring 2015 online here, here and here.

Snow vacation in Lake Tahoe

Wearing: Coat: Ellen Tracy (also in brown and petite!) / Lipstick: Tom Ford in nubile / Scarf: Armani (sold out, also love this one) / Gloves: REI (old, also love this pair) / Jeans: Gap / Boots: Sorel (sold out, similar style here)

One of the fabulous things about living in the San Francisco Bay Area is the close proximity to Lake Tahoe. I love going to Lake Tahoe in the summer to enjoy the lake, nature and for outdoor activities. I also enjoy going to Lake Tahoe in the winter in order to play in the snow, sled and snowboard.

We recently returned from a quick family trip to the snow in Lake Tahoe, south shore. The snow pack was not very good, so we only hit the slopes for one day. Although there were hardly any lifts open, my kids had a blast and loved riding on the gondola up the mountain. For the remainder of our trip we let the kids play in the snow and we went sledding. The snow was perfect for sledding and the kids had so much fun sledding down the hill for HOURS! I drank a lot of hot cocoa during the sledding escapade 🙂

I was extremely thankful that the kids didn’t mind the skiing conditions and had a blast sledding and playing in the snow. Since I didn’t get to snowboard very much, I was thankful for my very warm and cozy coat; as well as hot cocoa!

Have you gone up to the mountains yet this ski season? If so, did you find good snow for skiing? If so, where did you go?!?!

Christian Louboutin Batignolles nail polish review

Pictured: Christian Louboutin Batignolles nail polish from the Pops nail color collection

Christian Louboutin nail polish has the most amazing pigmentation. So it is no surprise that Batignolles nail polish by Christian Louboutin offers a bright, highly pigmented aquatic dream! This cream nail polish is ideal for the resort season; and as we move into spring 2015.

Although considered part of Christian Louboutin’s seasonless nail color collection, the “Pops,” Batignolles offers color which is ideal for the spring 2015 color palette. Shades of blue are hot for spring 2015, and Batignolles by Christian Louboutin offers a bluish-green hue which is bright and commanding; and blends well with all shades of blue! Love!

I tested out Christian Louboutin Batignolles nail polish with one base coat and two coats of colors. The nail polish was long lasting and eye catching. Batignolles is a cream nail polish. The first coat went on streaky, but the second coat evened out the color and offered a smooth, streak-free finish. I still find the application wand a little awkward, but the end result is worth the balancing act with the thin application brush.

Christian Louboutin Batignolles is a great color for transitioning from resort into spring 2015. It will play well with the spring color palette and will also move easily into summer 2015. This makes it an ideal nail polish investment if you would like an easy yet bright nail polish color for the warm weather season.

Christian Louboutin Batignolles nail polish can be found online here and here.

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