Throwback Thursday! Inglot — 853 (Nail Enamel) Swatch & Review

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Brand: Inglot

Today’s Throwback Thursday polish comes from Inglot, a Polish brand that opened its first international store in Montréal, Canada back in 2006. A few others followed in Ottawa and Toronto. Those stores were short-lived, but last year, Inglot re-launched both freestanding stores and an online store in Canada.

Back in ’06 or ’07, DH worked near the first Toronto location of Inglot, so he picked up a nail polish for me! It remains the only Inglot polish I own (I’ve since visited the current freestanding store at Dundas Square in Toronto, but only picked up a lipstick).

853 is a deep, vampy purple with very subtle purple and fuchsia shimmer in a glossy, slightly jelly finish.

Canadian Deals on Nail Polish (November 30, 2015) Cyber Monday Edition

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This week’s post lists nail-related sales at the following stores: beautyBOUTIQUE, Birchbox Canada, Clinique Canada, Forever 21 Canada, Hudson’s Bay, Inglot Canada, Jean Coutu, Lancôme Canada, Lise Watier, MAC Canada, Murale, Nail Polish Canada, Rexall, Sephora Canada, Shoppers Drug Mart, Well.ca, and Yves Rocher Canada.

You can also check out last week’s Black Friday sales post; some of the deals overlap into Cyber Monday.

beautyBOUTIQUE by Shoppers Drug Mart has the following sales:

Lots of deals for Cyber Monday. See them all here.
Cyber Monday: Get 38,000 Optimum Points when you spend $200, online only
Cyber Monday: Get a free 3-pc They’re Real! best-selling sampler set with any $60 BeneFit purchase
Cyber Monday: Get a free hand and nail treatment cream with the purchase of 2 Clarins products.
Cyber Monday: Get 20,000 Optimum Points when you buy any Clarisonic device
Cyber Monday: 15x the Optimum Points when you purchase Clinique
Cyber Monday: Get a free Bi-Facil Makeup Remover (125 mL) plus 8,000 Optimum Points when you spend $85 on Lancôme
Cyber Monday: Rodial (selected) @ 30% off
Cyber Monday: Silk’n Flash & Go Permanent Hair Removal Device @ $159.99

Birchbox Canada (referral link) has the following sales:

Cyber Monday: 25% off any $45 purchase with the code PARTYON.

Clinique Canada has the following sales:

Free shipping on all purchases through Dec. 31, 2015.
Holiday online GWP. 7-pc plus a limited edition Long Last Soft Matte Lipstick in your choice of three shades. Plus, at the moment you also receive a GWP size Raspberry lipgloss. If you spend $50+, it looks like you also get a Clinique Happy edt mini.
Clinique GWP. Image: clinique.ca

Forever 21 Canada has the following sales:

Cyber Monday: 21% off any $21 purchase with the code CYBER21. Free shipping on all purchases.

Hudson’s Bay has the following sales:

Cyber Monday: 10% off cosmetics & fragrances (excluding Hermès)
Cyber Monday: selected beauty deals, including great deals from Carven, Hanae Mori, 25% off MAC Kits, and StriVectin)
Clinique PWP: Best of Clinique 8-Piece Set ($190 value) is $75 with any $31 Clinique purchase
Clinique PWP. Image: thebay.com
Burberry GWP: Free Mini Kisses Satin Lipstick (in your choice of several shades) with any $125 Burberry makeup purchase
Estée Lauder PWP: Blockbuster Colour Edit ($330 value) is $69.50 with any Estée Lauder fragrance purchase (Cyber Monday: $62.55)
Estée Lauder PWP. Image: thebay.com
Estée Lauder PWP: Travel Ready Skincare Collection is $45 with any Estée Lauder purchase (Cyber Monday: $40.50)
Illamasqua Nail Varnish @ $8.50 (reg. $17.00; this has been going on for months as Illamasqua is clearing out; available shades: Peruzzi).
Lancôme PWP: Holiday Blockbuster Set in Warm or Cool ($308 value) is $67 with any Lancôme purchase

Inglot Canada Improves Shipping Options

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Inglot Canada new shipping options — Image: inglotcanada.ca

Inglot Canada has new and improved shipping options!

Free shipping is now available anywhere in Canada when you spend $65 or more on the website. The standard shipping charge is now $9.95.

I do have access to a freestanding Inglot store, but I found it rather overwhelming the first time I went (so many eyeshadows!) and only bought one lipstick. Online shopping will be more conducive to the way I like to shop: in quiet and comfort, on my computer! Haha! I hope to haul a little Inglot next year…once I find $65 worth of stuff I’d like to try.

Here’s the lipstick I picked up earlier this year:
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New Release: Inglot — Matte It Be Collection (O2M Breathable Nail Enamel, Winter 2015)

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Collection: Inglot 2015 Winter, Matte It be

Inglot, O2M Breathable Nail Enamel, Matte It Be Collection (Winter 2015) — Image: inglotcosmetics.ca

Inglot has just released a new collection of deep, wintery Matte finish shades in their existing O2M Breathable Nail Enamel line. This product is supposed to allow air and water to permeate the dried polish and reach the nail.

Apparently, this quality has made the polish popular amongst Muslim women:

While nothing in the Quran references nail polish explicitly, Muslims believe it’s important that water make contact with the nail during a washing ritual ahead of praying.

The collection also includes other matte-finish products:

INGLOT is introducing a matte collection that consists of AMC Eyeliner Gel, Kohl Pencil, and O2M Breathable Nail Enamel Soft Matte available in new trendy colours. Choose from:

– 4 new shades of AMC Eyeliner Gel
– 2 shades of Kohl Pencil
– 8 Shades of O2M Breathable Nail Enamel Soft Matte

Inglot’s O2M Matte It Be collection comes in 8 pastel, matte-finish shades. The polishes are free of toluene, formaldehyde, dibutyl phthalate (DBP), and camphor. They are 0.37 fl oz / 11 mL and retail for CA$22. Inglot is available internationally, so you can check out Inglot’s main site for purchase prices and options in other countries.

Inglot Gimme! Gimme! Glitter (Mamma Mia!) Collection

New Release: Inglot — Nail Enamel — Gimme! Gimme! Glitter (“Mamma Mia!”) Collection

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Collection: Inglot, Gimme! Gimme! Glitter (Mamma Mia!)

Inglot has just released two blue glitter Nail Enamels in their Gimme! Gimme! Glitter collection, in conjunction with the show Mamma Mia!

Inglot Gimme! Gimme! Glitter (Mamma Mia!) Collection Nail Enamel in 219. Image: inglotcanada.com

Inglot Gimme! Gimme! Glitter (Mamma Mia!) Collection Nail Enamel in 220. Image: inglotcanada.com

New Release: Inglot — O2M Breathable Nail Enamel — Soft Matte Collection

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Collection: Inglot, O2M Soft Matte

Inglot O2M Breathable Nail Enamel, Soft Matte Collection (New Release) — Image: inglotcosmetics.ca

Inglot has just released a new collection of Soft Matte finish shades in their existing O2M Breathable Nail Enamel line. This product is supposed to allow air and water to permeate the dried polish and reach the nail.

Apparently, this quality has made the polish popular amongst Muslim women:

While nothing in the Quran references nail polish explicitly, Muslims believe it’s important that water make contact with the nail during a washing ritual ahead of praying.

—thestar.com

It’s great that Muslim women now have a nail polish option!

Inglot’s O2M Soft Matte collection comes in 8 pastel, matte-finish shades.

Sale Alert — Inglot Canada (March 6–8, 2015, Online Only)

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Inglot Canada (not affiliated) is having a sale this weekend from March 6–8. With discount code LOVEINGLOT, receive 20% off your purchase. Shipping seems to run about CA$11.95, with free shipping once you spend $100.

I’ve tried Inglot nail polish once (very nice!) back during their first stint in Canada, and now that they have returned for a second launch, I stopped into their local store and picked up a lipstick, which I’ll review soon.

I’ve heard great things about their eyeshadows and their Freedom System palettes. It’s a good time to try out their products if you don’t have a store near you, or if you plan on spending over CA$60 or so. For me, it makes more sense to just go to the store again. I really wanted to try their eyeshadows, but the huge variety on display meant I didn’t have the time to select anything!