Goin a-huntin

Very rarely does another woman's nail color catch my eye to the point of comment, but when I recently met Gretta Monahan of "Tim Gunn's Guide to Style" and general fabulousness, I has to gush and ask her about her amazing silvery/gold/greenish nails. Gretta, always one to help a girl in need, turned me on to the new limited edition Chanel Kaleidoscope. Trust me, no pic can do this color justice because of the amazing, well, "kaleidoscope" effect in various lighting.

I love to always have a signature nail color, and since summer's Essie Shorty Pants (a bright, but not tacky, yellow) is beyond officially out of season, it's time for me to change it up. Kaleidoscope has won me over, but I'm not quite ready to commit considering its $20 price tag and rep as the unicorn of nailcolors these days (hard to find). Time to be a little shopping savvy.

After some research, several alternatives came up, but all seemed too one-dimensional or just straight up cheap to compete with Kaleidoscope. Except for Essie Steel-ing The Scene. From pics and word of mouth, Steel-ing The Scene brings out enough of the gold to hold its own against K, and I am a fan of Essie's variety, so-cute names, and Essie herself (yes, she's a real person...and amazing!). Again, being lazy, I ordered a bottle online which should be arriving in a few days if they know what's good for them, so I'll soon give a progress report...or be heading straight to the Chanel counter with credit card in hand.