Jessica Peacock Queen Collection Fall 2011 Swatches and Review

Jessica's Peacock Queen collection was actually released in Fall 2011, but somehow I never noticed it until this spring. It's a small collection, only three shades, but that's okay. If the shades seem familiar to you, it's because they're duplicates of the Chanel Le Vernis Fall 2011 collection shades, except for less than a third of the price per bottle.

Chanel Le Vernis Fall 2011

Jessica Bronze Tailed. This is a light mousy brown/taupe frost. The frost is very silvery and fine but also has some larger speckles of shimmer that stand out against the base color. Truthfully, I don't understand the appeal of this color. I didn't like it when Chanel did it, and I don't like now that Jessica has done it. Frosty, murky, faded brown? No thanks! But, if you're looking for a less expensive version of Chanel Quartz, this is your polish.



Jessica Iridescent Eye. Now this is fantastic. It's a metallic, near-chrome finish polish. The main color of the polish is a shiny golden olive. But, with light changes in angle or lighting, the polish will flash green, teal, blue, brighter gold and yellow and even a hint of orange.



Jessica Smoky Feather. This is a chunky multicolor shimmer. The main color is a graphite grey but it also has chunky flecks of gold and dark silver. It has a very textured, almost glittery look, but it's actually completely smooth, not gritty at all. It is very sparkly in the sunlight. This is a match to Chanel Graphite.

I know I already posted a Chanel Peridot comparison here, but I took a few more pictures of just Peridot and Iridescent Eye together to show how similar they are.

Left to right (pinkie to index finger):
Jessica Iridescent Eye (three coats)
Chanel Peridot (three coats)
Jessica Iridescent Eye (three coats)
Chanel Peridot (three coats)

I wanted to do a comparison between Chanel Graphite and Jessica Smoky Feather, but I've apparently lost my bottle of Graphite... I can't find it anywhere and I looked everywhere! And I never bought Chanel Quartz, so I can't compare that either. But here's a closer look at the bottles just to show how close they all are:

Here's Jessica's collection: Bronze Tailed, Iridescent Eye, Smoky Feather.





Here's Chanel's Le Vernis Fall 2011 Collection: Quartz, Graphite, Peridot.

Pretty good, right?

The formula on these was fantastic. None of them gave me even a hint of difficulty. They were extremely smooth, flowed evenly without dragging or pooling, and were just all around wonderful. Best Jessica polishes I've used so far- normally they feel thick to me. The drying time on these was longer than average, but not unbearable. I did three coats of each in these pictures.

Is this an original collection? No. Is it a blatant knockoff of the Chanel Fall collection? Yes. Am I upset about that? No way! These have great formula and application, the colors seem very true to the originals and you can buy the entire Jessica collection for less than the price of one of the Chanel polishes. I'm very happy about that, especially since I've been considering buying a backup of Peridot, but couldn't bring myself to spend $52 on two bottles of polish. Same look, better formula, better price. I can't complain about that!

These are available now on jessicacosmetics.com.

(This was sent for review.)