Chanel Blue Satin 461 was originally launched in Spring 2008 (see details on Temptalia here) as a permanent shade. Per Cafe Makeup’s keen eye, it looks it might be making a comeback as seen on the runway at the Fall-Winter 2011-12 Couture Collection at the Grand Palais in Paris, France. It’s a dark navy blue with an iridescent glow in the bottle. On the nails, the shimmer disappears (unless in direct sunlight) and you see a dark glossy deep rich navy. Since it’s mid-summer, I was initially a bit weary of wearing this right now. Thanks to the help of a few tweets from fellow bloggers, I was assured that Blue Satin is one of those shades that is good for any time of year. They were right!
The newly released Neiman Marcus catalog has a feature on Chanel. Blue Satin complements the dark blue tones of the clothing and accessories. If you don’t receive the catalog in the mail, they usually have extras in-store. I highly recommend that you try to pick one up. The photography is phenomenal and absolutely beautiful!
Two coats, with flash and artificial light, you can see the shimmer a bit:
In direct sun
This is what Blue Satin looks like most of the time, without the direct sun, a deep dark navy:
Overall love. However, this color isn’t the most unique and I think it should be easily dupeble. If you want shimmer, then this is not the navy for you. I haven’t checked out the Dior Blue Tie, but from pictures it appears to be more visibly shimmery than Chanel Blue Satin. Rescue Beauty Lounge’s Under The Stars is slightly more shimmery. See the comparison here. The formula, however, even after having this for several years is still excellent. It has a thin texture but the coverage is rich and very smooth.
One more just for fun even if it’s blurry:
I love seeing the Pacific Ocean in the background! What beautiful pics, you are tempting me to apply my Blue Satin polish now! Great post on a classic.
that's a beautiful color on you! I remember you said you're still shy showing your face. I just thought you could at least cut the photos and just show us how you do your eye make-up 🙂 Please consider it :))
I love this color!
The shade reminds me a lot of Revlon midnight affair,the Revlon formula is a PIA though…
This is such a sophisticated blue. This is one of few blue nail polishes I feel comfortable wearing. The other one is Deborah Lippmann I Know What Boys Want, which is gorgeous.
i Adore Chanel nail polishes,but Blue satin is far away my favourite one 😀
What a lovely blue. 🙂
soooo beautiful! definately a DO in the middle of summer too! love dark colours like this all year round
So pretty, I don't know why in the world I don't have this color in my collection yet! I want the outfits on the mannequins 😛 Thanks for the gorgeous photography!
I'll have to get mine out! I will, however, use my new Chanel Graphite on my toes when I get my pedicure…and I just picked up 2 new polishes by Butter at Nordstrom last night!
I only use color on my toes – hands get pink and white acrylics, because anything else chips in a day! Your nails are gorgeous – if you do them yourself, you do a fabulous job!
That is so lovely! I've been wearing more colours lately that would be considered "fall" shades because beautiful is beautiful no matter what the season!
Normally, I'm not a great blues lover but you have painted the Blue Satin on your nails beautifully! 🙂
This was my first Chanel colour two years ago and I've been a devoted fan ever since!
I'm kind of deciding whether or not to get this – I've been spending TOO MUCH MONEY ON MAKEUP and just need to stop. I've got quite a lot of OPI including Russian Navy and Yoga-ta Get This Blue – would you say those are good dupes? What would you say is the best dupe, if there is one that you think is basically exactly the same?
Thanks! And I don't comment often so should say here that I ADORE YOUR BLOG. One of my absolute favourites.
Such a gorgeous shade! I picked up Butter London Midnight Blues the other day and it's a similar navy blue with semi-hidden shimmer shade.
Also, jealous of your ocean. Take a swim for me?
Sometimes, I just want to fall into a gorgeous bottle of Chanel polish? Why are 90% so divine? Great post!
xo
lj
It looks so lovely! I'm lately all over blue nail polishes and this one is on my wish list!
And that photo with the ocean in the background is so gorgeous! 🙂
Laura J- You are so right! Chanel nail polishes are just too divine. Well, Sabrina, due directly to THIS POST I ran out & got a bottle of Blue Satin. Now I am gazing at it wondering if it wants to be a mani or a pedi 😉