Possible Chanel Graphite dupe!

The latest Chanel polish that I keep hearing so much about is Graphite from their Fall 2011 collection. Let me start by saying though that I haven't seen it in person, only swatches on blogs, and have heard it raved about in videos, and I know that's not the same as seeing something in person. However, I will not be spending $25 on a color like this, it would have to be a color that I will get a lot of wear out of for me to dish out that type of money on a polish. So that brings me to this exciting post! From what I've seen in pictures, I think I may have found a rather similar polish color using two different colors. It's probably not the same texture and again, likely not the same when seen side by side, but I think it gives the same effect as the Graphite polish.

The two colors used are Essie's Over The Top and Nicole by OPI Sea How Far You Go. The Essie color makes the dark base color and the Nicole by OPI is used as the top coat to give more shimmer and a green/gold sheen that is unique to Graphite, but not anymore! Now, I found Sea How Far You Go on sale at Target for $5.03 recently so I don't know if it's limited edition but I would definitely go check it out for a fun top coat! Over The Top by Essie is a color I've had for a while so I'm pretty sure you should be able to get it without a problem!

This is two coats of Over The Top. The 1st coat is a little watery but the 2nd coat does the trick! It's a deep grey with some silver shimmer in it and I love it on it's own!

I used one coat of Sea How Far You Go on top of the two coats of Over the Top!  The nail on the right is one coat Sea How Far We Go on it's own. 

A few more pictures to see it in different lighting.

Here's a close up! It's so pretty! It reminds me of snakeskin for some reason. There's so much shimmer in it and I love that. It's not chunky glitter at all, it's totally smooth on the nail and looks a little more gold toned or a little green toned depending on the light.    

 

So, what do you think?! Do you have Chanel Graphite, or will you be trying something like this instead?