Almost everybody loves a quality brand like Chanel with their beautiful make up, clothes and not to forget their nailpolish collections. I follow those releases even closer because every year they seem to release one of the it-colors when it comes to nailpolishes.

We’ve seen it before many years ago with their Rouge Noir, a color that had not really been seen in nail polish fashion before at that time. And in this current collection there is Paradoxal, a beautiful mauve tint with purple shimmer. This upcoming fall collection it seems that Peridot will be one of the crowd favorites as it has created quite a buzz in Fashion- & Beauty blogland already. It is a beautiful golden green that even seems to have some copper and bronze tones and teal hues here and there as you can see in the picture in the gallery below and I fell in love with it the moment I saw it online.

Since it has yet to be released here in the Netherlands I am still waiting to see it with my own eyes and I honestly can’t wait. Even more so, because a few days ago when I went on a little shopping spree in Utrecht I ran into a gorgeous dupe of this shade! I suspect it has a hint of a copper tone to it sometimes, but it is barely noticable.

Now are you ready – and are you writing this down, because you might regret it if you don’t!

The nailpolish I found is called ‘Diving in Malaysia’ and it’s by Sephora. It only costs one third of the price of Peridot (!!!) and I now have it in my ever growing nailpolish collection. The price seems cheap but not if you compare the size and amount of product, but more on that later when I break it down in the ratings.

It is an absolute jewel on your nails.  In direct sunlight the golden shimmer really comes through. Even in the evening in artificial light it’s still quite a joy to behold as it takes on a more toned down bronze shade. This polish is such a beautiful chameleon.

The staying power so far is good. I’ve had it on my nails for two full days now and as you can see there hasn’t been a single chip yet.

I’ve used Orly Bonder basecoat and O.P.I. Start to finish topcoat to of course protect it from early tipwear. I have often read that Chanel polishes aren’t the best when it comes to staying power so I do think this polish by Sephora has another point over the Chanel one.

All in all I give this polish the following rating:

♥♥♥♥♥ – For staying power so far, I can’t say much of it yet of course but so far, so good!

♥♥♥♥♥ - For color, it’s just a near perfect dupe, so a near perfect score for that.

♥♥♥♥♥ - For coverage, one layer is enough really but I used two for a bit more depth in the color.

♥♥♥♥♥ - For price, a little less than 6 euro’s ($9) compared to Chanel’s 22 euro’s ($29,99 on Amazon)

♥♥♥♥♥ - For amount. It is only 0.16 fl. oz. (5ml) compared to Chanel’s whopping  .4 fl. oz. (13ml)

So it kind of balances out really.  The color and the staying power are fabulous, but the amount of product and the price kind of make me sad. It is the perfect size though if you are not sold completely on Peridot yet and want to give it a test run without having to pay almost 30 dollars for it.

When Peridot finally does go on sale here in the Netherlands I will still be checking it out to see what the coverage is and, of course, how the staying power is with that one. When I know more I’ll make an update so be sure to check back!

Now, enough talk and on to the pictures as they will hopefully convince you how amazing this color is, even when they barely do it justice.

Let me know what you think and if you’ll be checking your local Sephora for this color or if you’d rather pay for the Chanel color instead.