Saturday 8 December 2012

L'Oreal Color Riche Nail Swatches

L'Oreal Color Riche 3

When it comes to nail polish, these itty bitty bottles of brilliant-ness from L'Oreal can do no wrong in my eyes. I can't fault the formula, it's one of the best I've ever tried and completely make's all other nail polish brands look wishy washy in comparison. The paddle brush makes application a breeze and the high gloss finish gives a professional salon look to your digits. My all time favourite (and most repurchased) nail polish 'Opera Ballerina' is from the Color Riche line so it was only a matter of time before I delved deeper.


404 Scarlet Vamp is my kind of red. It's deep, has no orange tones (although it look's like it does in the photos) and it doesn't make me feel like a granny. Scarlet Vamp is what I would describe as blood red, it's alot darker and richer in real life. The photos show how well it wears. I painted my nails 4 nights ago and just refreshed it with another lick of top coat today but there still isn't any chips or sign of tip wear.



805 Mysteriousicon is a unique colour to my collection. I don't think I own anything similar and it just jumped out at me from the display stand.


818 Sweet Amethyst is a one coater and glides onto the nail like liquid metal but as with all metallic polishes it leaves behind obvious brush strokes and highlights any ridges/imperfections you may have.  I love the rose gold colour in the bottle but against my skin tone it doesn't really work. I didn't use top coat with this one to show what I mean about it highlighting what we want to hide.

I used 2 coats of each polish for this post along with Nails Inc Kensington Caviar Top & Base Coat with Scarlet Vamp and Mysteriousicon.

Have you tried any L'Oreal Color Riche shades?
Are you as impressed with them as I am?

23 comments:

  1. wow they are all amazing!perfect for christmas time!
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    1. I don't have many xmassy shades (apart from glitters) so that was my excuse for buying them. haha
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  2. I love the rose gold one, looks so pretty! I'm obsessed with rose gold things. Now following you on bloglovin :)

    Gillian x

    www.glamupeveryday.com

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    1. It's really pretty but in real life it blends in too much with my skin tone.

      Thanks for follwing! :)
      xo

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  3. Wow you have the lovliest nails!
    I Loveee the colour of Mysteriousicon - i havent got anything like that in my collection its such a pretty colour for winter!
    Must pick up the Scarlet Vamp - orange tones put me off sometimes too xx

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    1. Definitely have a look at Scarlet Vamp in person. It's the most gorgeous deep wintery red.
      xo

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  4. These are beautiful pop over to my blog sometime coleoftheballl33.blogspot.co.uk xxx

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  5. The shade 805 Mysteriousicon looks gorgeous! I don't think I have anything like this :) x


    www.ofbeautyandnothingness.blogspot.co.uk

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    1. It's really different to anything I own. Makes a change from ending up with dupes lol
      xo

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    1. It seem's to be the most popular. It last's a good while on the nails too. :)
      xo

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  7. Wow all three look amazing! Mysteriousicon is probably my favorite tho. xx

    www.ruelalips.blogspot.com

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  8. OMG! the mysteriousicon looks so gorgeous! great for christmas! :)
    New follower here! :) You are awesome, Keep it up! Looking forward for more post. Hoping you'll check and follow my blog too :)

    thepiinkrouge.blogspot.com/

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  9. I love all of these colours! I'm definitely going to keep an eye out for these.

    Great blog! I'm a new follower :)

    Kimberley x

    Http://kimberley77.blogspot.com

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    1. Do it! :) I think they're on 3 for 2 in Superdrug at the minute.

      Thanks for following :)
      xo

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  10. I love the second one, must go and see if we have it here in Slovenia. One of my favorite colours from this range is 610 Rebel blue and I also have the red one :)

    I like your blog a lot, I'm definitely following you :)

    http://sparklewithlaughter.blogspot.com

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    1. Thanks :) and thanks for following.

      I haven't tried any of the blues yet but they look really pretty.
      xo

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  11. I really like sweet amethyst! What a lovely colour
    Daniella x

    http://daniella-r.blogspot.co.uk

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    1. It's a pity it highlights ridges I didn't even know I had but it is a pretty colour.
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  12. I love that shade of red. I have two of these polishes and the agree the brush and formula are lush to apply. Both chipped on me by the next day though :-( xx

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