Chanel Nakkar Glossimer Swatches and Review

The brightest glossimer offered in Chanel's Spring 2011 Collection is Nakkar, retailing at $27USD $28.50USD due to the new price increase. Glossimers are my all time favorite lip glosses due to their non-sticky textures.  Nakkar is a color fitting for the holiday season more so than Spring in my opinion.  It has a white doe-tip wand with the Chanel logo etched on top.

In the tube, the gold shimmers reflect brightly as seen above.  I usually purchase pink glossimers so this would be my first medium red lip gloss from Chanel.  I've compared these to some darker colors in my collection to give you an idea of how it looks:

Staring from the left, we have Pop, Nakkar, and Pink Teaser.  I decided to bring out Pink Teaser because it too has gold shimmers.  From the tubes alone, it doesn't seem like any of the other colors are close to Nakkar.

In direct sunlight:

Nakkar can best be described as a red with a hint of peach and pink. Pop is much more sheer compared to Nakkar and Pink Teaser is clearly rosy pink but with similar gold shimmer.

In dark lighting, you can see the gold shimmer much clearer as shown below.

Swatch with flash:

Overall, I still love the feel and texture of Nakkar glossimer.  The color is nice but I'm not particularly impress with it. I think my disappointment comes from the gold shimmer.  For some reason, the shimmer doesn't show up as subtle compared to Mica or Pink Teaser. When I had it on my lips, I found the bits kind of randomly scattered and visible, which I don't personally like.  I think it's because these shimmer bits are much larger in comparison.  If I had seen this in person, I might have not picked it up.  Again, it's a personal preference so if you don't mind larger shimmer pieces, this may not be an issue for you. Bottom line: nice color but not a must-have in my opinion as it's not all that red or unique.

Are you a fan of Nakkar?