Inglot Nail Enamel in #202

FLAKIES! FLAKIES! FLAKIES! SNOWFLAKIES! There's nothing quite like a flakie polish, especially when blue flakies look like sparkling pieces of snow. Lately I've been loving the Inglot Nail Enamel in #202 ($12) top coat over any and every base colour. #202 is part of Inglot's Nail Enamel Dream Collection - iridescent sparklies and glitter top coats for all. 

The Inglot Nail Enamel in #202 is a blue-purple flakie polish with a red-yellow iridescence. It's really hard to capture in photos (hopefully this GIF helps - GIFs always help) but it looks amazing in real life. 

Claims of perfect application, durability, high gloss, short to medium drying time are all true. It makes so-so polishes last up to 3 days longer, it's super shiny (and the flakies are super sparkly) and it dries quicker than the average polish. On top of that it's 4-free of touluene, formaldehyde, dibutyl phthalate, and camphor. 

Yep, so I've established that this is one heck of a flakie polish. I haven't really tried anything like it and it's perfect for a little glitz and glam for this holiday season. The only caveat is the price, which is slightly more expensive and for such a small bottle but I can look past that because I love the look of this polish 

What's your favourite flakie nail polish? 

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Inglot Sleeks Cream Lip Paint in #90

At the grand opening of the INGLOT Toronto store, I picked up a couple items (not eyeshadows, lol) one of them being the Inglot Sleeks Cream in #90 ($16). Not knowing much about Inglot, I kind of picked this up on a whim. I spotted the colour out of the 20 available Sleeks Creams in the display, grabbed it, tried it on and fell a little in love. For the record, Sleeks Creams are referred to as "lip paints" as opposed to "lip glosses" because they have a glossy luster with subtle colours as opposed to the soft and slight colour with sparkles or heavy coverage and high shine of the Inglot Lip Glosses. 

I'm a little obsessed with the tube-tester form of the packaging. It's so unique with the only issue being that it can only stand upside down when you want to store it. There's the classic doe foot applicator, so no issues there.

The Inglot Sleeks Cream in #90 is a soft warm pink with no shimmer or sparkle. It adds a transparent sheen of colour to the lips without being overly thick or sticky. It smells of a light vanilla when applied and the scent wears away quickly after application. The formula is very moisturizing however, it does pick up on dry patches if you haven't exfoliated beforehand. Lasting power is the same as any other gloss, 2 hours give or take. 

While it's not the most interesting of lip products, it's one of those my lips but pinker colours that just adds life to my face. Plus, it's sooooooo wearable and it goes with everything. A+ to the Inglot Sleeks Cream Lip Paint in #90. There's no doubt in my mind that I want to try more Inglot, including another of these Sleeks Cream Lip Paints. 

Got any Inglot recommendations for me? :)

Whoa. It's not a press sample. This was purchased by me. 

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EVENT: INGLOT Toronto and mini-haul

If you love watching beauty videos or reading beauty blogs, chances are you've heard of Inglot. Inglot is a Polish brand known for their mid-range pricing and huge colour selection with over 1,500 colours. This weekend, Inglot Toronto (located at 19 Dundas Square) opened its doors to the public.

 I attended a blogger preview the Thursday before to see what all the hype was about... 

Among other things, Inglot is most well-known for its Freedom System - a palette system that allows you to create customized palettes from face, eyes, lips and brow product in pan form. The eyeshadows were calling my name and Jenn of a Beautiful Zen and Nicole of Nicole About Town are pro-enablers, but my powers of resistance are pretty good so no eyeshadows this time around. However, when I have a bit more $$ and no student debt I plan to slowly put together a palette. 

Overall, the store is fairly organized. The Freedom System items are laid out on tables so that you can mix and match your own custom palettes of blushes, face products, eyeshadows, eyebrow powders/creams, concealers, lipstick pans etc. Everything else (nail polish, gel liners, brushes, lip sticks, lip glosses, pencil eyeliners, mascaras) is housed on shelving with swatches and plastic applicators for convenient, hygienic testing. 

Prices were a few dollars premium over the online store, so it's still cheaper to buy Inglot at makeup trade shows (ex: IMATS), in the States, Europe, or online. That being said, the convenience of having a store to actually touch the products without traveling far, far away is greatly appreciated. 

I budgeted $25 for myself to spend on Inglot products, since they were 20% that day. Despite wanting one of everything, I opted for the Inglot Sleeks Cream in 90 ($14) and the Inglot Nail Enamel in 202 ($12). I've already started playing with both and will let you know what I think in a future review! :) 

Do you like Inglot Cosmetics? Have you checked out the Inglot Toronto store yet? 

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