Sally Hansen — Soak at Sunset (Color Therapy) Swatch & Review

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Collection: Sally Hansen 2016, Color Therapy [Launch]

Before I start, did you guys realize that Sally Hansen has changed its logo? I just noticed it when I was adding new shades to the Nail Polish Library; it’s only changed on the US site for now. The polish bottles all still seem to sport the old logo, as well.

I can see why they felt the need for an update, but the new logo reminds me a little of a hotel (or even H&M):

Anyway, when Rexall recently ran a Buy 2, Get 2 Free deal on nail polish, I decided to pick up four Sally Hansen Color Therapy polishes, since they looked so pretty in a special display of rose and coral shades. I thought they might have been new shades, but they were from the original launch in 2016.

One of the shades I picked is Soak at Sunset (300), a coral shimmer, which would have been perfect for summer. But Halloween is just upon us now, so I guess it vaguely works as an orange polish. Perhaps some people need a pretty, soft orange rather than the candy corn orange that you usually see at this time of year! (Not that there’s anything wrong with candy corn, which I adore and have to remember to go pick up at Bulk Barn today.)

This is a coral orange with a small dollop of yogurt and a good handful of golden shimmer stirred in. It goes beautifully with that rose gold cap, doesn’t it?

L'Oréal Colour Riche Le Vernis à l'Huile in Coral Trianon, swatch

L’Oréal — Coral Trianon (Colour Riche Le Vernis à l’Huile) Swatch & Review

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SALE ALERT

Just a quick note to everyone: Sephora (at least on the Canadian site) is currently discounting selected Anastasia Beverly Hills lip gloss and eye shadow. The lip glosses on sale are shown ($11, reg. $21); the eye shadows do not have a special sale section yet, and you have to click on the individual shades to see the discount ($8, reg $16).

I found that if I bought 8 shadows and 2 empty eyeshadow palettes, I was able to get the $13 discount for regular-priced eye shadows! So go check it out. Here’s my damage, by the way. So glad I didn’t splurge on these during the VIB sale! [By the way, it was pointed out that if I had just placed 2 separate orders of 4 shadows and 1 palette, I would have gotten $13 off each order! That works out better even if you pay for shipping, and you get 2x freebies. D’oh!]

Also, don’t forget ebates.ca (referral link) with 8% cash back today, and Sephora has really good codes now for multiple samples: SUNVIBES for VIB/VIB Rouge, SUNSOUT for Beauty Insiders.

[Thanks to this reddit post for the heads-up.]

FYI, the sale eye shadows are:

China Rose (Metallic)
Dark Chocolate Shimmer (Shimmer)
Fawn (Matte)
Gem (Satin)
Gold Rush (Metallic)
Mermaid (Metallic)
Sateen (Metallic)
Smoke (Matte)
Soft Gold (Metallic)
10K (Satin)
Topaz (Satin)
Truffle (Shimmer)

The sale lip glosses are:

Barbie Pink (High Shine)
Bordeaux (High Shine)
Bronzed (Shimmer)
Candy Coral (High Shine)
Date Night (Shimmer)
Dollhouse (High Shine)
Maui (High Shine)
Neon Apple (High Shine)
Neon Carnival (High Shine)
Orchid (High Shine)
Pastel Pink (High Shine)
Petal (High Shine)
Potion (High Shine)
Punchy Red (High Shine)
Purple Rain (Shimmer)
Rio (High Shine)
Runway Red (Shimmer)
Socialite (High Shine)
Venom (Metallic)

Happy Shopping! And now, back to your regularly scheduled program:

Collection: L’Oréal Summer 2016, Le Vernis à l’Huile Nail Lacquer [Launch]

L’Oréal launched Le Vernis à l’Huile polishes in Canada last summer, and I’ve fallen deeply in love with this drugstore line.

Coral Trianon (442) is from the original launch, and it’s a superbly rich and juicy coral orange cream. It has a teeny touch of white to brighten it up nicely. The pigmentation is fantastic, especially for a drugstore brand.

A trianon, by the way is a small villa, like a châlet, especially one that is situated on a larger ground, like the Grand Trianon and Petit Trianon (big and small) at the Palace of Versailles.

Petit Trianon, Palace of Versailles, France.

L’Oréal Le Vernis à l’Huile Nail Lacquer in Coral Trianon

L'Oréal Colour Riche Le Vernis à l'Huile in Nymphea, swatch

L’Oréal — Nymphea (Colour Riche Le Vernis à l’Huile) Swatch & Review

2017-05-24 fivezero4 Comments

Collection: L’Oréal Summer 2016, Le Vernis à l’Huile Nail Lacquer [Launch]

L’Oréal launched Le Vernis à l’Huile polishes in Canada last summer, and I’ve fallen deeply in love with this drugstore line.

Nymphea (226) is from the original launch, and it’s not the usual sort of thing I go for, but I dig these polishes so much that it’s got me buying the hot pinks! This is a surprisingly wearable fuchsia cream, with both cool and warm tones so I think it actually looks pretty decent on me! This will be perfection for a summer mani or pedi.

L’Oréal Le Vernis à l’Huile Nail Lacquer in Nymphea

I’ve liked the application for all of these polishes that I’ve tried, but this one is especially good! It’s probably almost as good as the formula for Rouge Sauvage (red creams tend to apply very well). Two coats gives perfect, even coverage.

This polish is scented, and when dry it has that unique L’Oréal lipstick fragrance.

L’Oréal Le Vernis à l’Huile Nail Lacquer in Nymphea, swatch

These polishes are pretty much priced like Essie (both owned by L’Oréal), at CA$9.99 vs. a buck or two more for Essie in Canada. When they go on sale, the prices are essentially the same. If you like a wider paddle brush, these are definitely a superior option to Essie’s polishes, which have slender, rounded brushes.

L’Oréal Le Vernis à l’Huile Nail Lacquer in Nymphea, label

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L’Oréal Le Vernis à l’Huile Nail Lacquer is 0.45 fl oz / 13.5 mL. The polish is free of toluene, formaldehyde, formaldehyde resin, dibutyl phthalate (DBP), and camphor. It is made in France.

L’Oréal was founded in 1909 and is the largest cosmetics company in the world. It is based in Clichy (a suburb of Paris), France. Its first product was a hair dye called Auréale, which presumably led to the development of the company’s present name.

🇫🇷Made in France

🇫🇷Company based in France

L'Oréal Colour Riche Le Vernis à l'Huile in Vert Époque, swatch

L’Oréal — Vert Époque (Colour Riche Le Vernis à l’Huile) Swatch & Review

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Collection: L’Oréal Spring 2017, Le Vernis à l’Huile Nail Lacquer

L’Oréal launched Le Vernis à l’Huile polishes in Canada last summer, and I’ve fallen deeply in love with this drugstore line. I’m happy to report that they’ve released several new shades for the spring, and while I haven’t been able to find all of them in stores by me—I’ve only seen two or three, one being a plain black cream, Noir Noir—I did manage to pick up one lonely new shade.

Here’s Vert Époque (770), a gorgeous midtoned turquoise cream. It’s bright enough to be spring-y, yet subdued enough to be effortlessly chic. This could very well be my new pedi shade for the spring!

The shade name literally means “green era/epoch”, though I’m unsure whether there’s a more specific meaning in French.

L’Oréal Le Vernis à l’Huile Nail Lacquer in Vert Époque

L'Oréal Colour Riche Le Vernis à l'Huile in Greige Amoureux, swatch

L’Oréal — Greige Amoureux (Colour Riche Le Vernis à l’Huile) Swatch & Review

2017-04-112017-05-22 fivezero6 Comments

Collection: L’Oréal Summer 2016, Le Vernis à l’Huile Nail Lacquer [Launch]

Since L’Oréal’s Le Vernis à l’Huile polishes launched in Canada last summer, I’ve accumulated—how do I say this elegantly—a metric buttload of them. Yes, I kind of love these polishes! The formula is one of the best in the drugstore, the colors are lush and trendy, and the bottle is pretty as a jewel.

Here’s Greige Amoureux (664), one of the original launch colors. It’s a beautiful taupe grey cream that dries on the nail a shade or so deeper than the color in the bottle. It’s a bit of a shame, as I think I prefer the bottle color, but it still remains a very chic grey.

L’Oréal Le Vernis à l’Huile Nail Lacquer in Greige Amoureux

L'Oréal Colour Riche Le Vernis à l'Huile in Rose Ballet, swatch

L’Oréal — Rose Ballet (Colour Riche Le Vernis à l’Huile) Swatch & Review

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Collection: L’Oréal Summer 2016, Le Vernis à l’Huile Nail Lacquer [Launch]

Time to ‘fess up: over the last month, L’Oréal’s Le Vernis à l’Huile Nail Lacquers have been going on sale, and I’ve splurged—especially since they’ve released some new spring shades, as well.

My existing Le Vernis à l’Huile collection consists of these:

L’Oréal Le Vernis à l’Huile Nail Lacquers in Cobalt Indécent, Grenat Irrévérent, Gris Decadent, Bleu Royal, Violet Vendôme, & Rouge Sauvage. Not pictured: Café de Nuit & Orange Triomphe.

The new acquisitions are:

L'Oréal Le Vernis à l'Huile Nail Lacquer in Violet Vendôme, swatch

L’Oréal — Violet Vendôme (Colour Riche Le Vernis à l’Huile) Swatch & Review

2016-11-182017-05-08 fivezero16 Comments

Collection: L’Oréal Summer 2016, Le Vernis à l’Huile Nail Lacquer [Launch]

Over the summer, L’Oréal Canada launched a new line of nail polish called Le Vernis à l’Huile. I initially reviewed the shade Rouge Sauvage, and you can find a more detailed review there.

Today, I’m reviewing Violet Vendôme (332), a plummy magenta cream.

Vendôme does not appear to mean anything in French, though it is the name of a town in France.

City of Vendôme, France.
Image: wikipedia.org

There is also a subway station in Montréal with the same name, which is more or less likely to have been named in reference to the aforementioned town. The town probably doesn’t have any significant links to the color violet, and I’m guessing the people in charge of naming shades at L’Oréal probably just liked the alliteration.

Violet Vendôme does have a nice ring to it.