Review | L'Oreal Paris Color Riche Exclusive Nudes

Having been to Boots this evening to buy two more shades from this L'Oreal collection, it's probably about time that I reviewed the first shade I bought.

My local Boots were all out of Blake's red which was the shade I was initially interested in, so I picked up Julianne's nude shade. I've been looking for a good nude shade for a while and this one certainly didn't let me down.

Gorgeous packaging is always a plus!

Peachy rose shade

I tried it out straight away and fell in love with the line. The formula is silky smooth and shiny going on, but dries to a non-sticky sheen that I get along with very well. The colour doesn't go on with a large amount of pigment so it does take a couple of layers. However, it was long-lasting and didn't dry out my lips as can happen with other lipsticks.

Here is the shade on:

Please excuse the pout

I felt that the shade was a perfect compliment to my skin tone and this lipstick will be my go-to nude shade for a while to come. 

I bought mine at Boots where their description of the shade is "Julianne Moore: Barely Peach nb5. Sensual and delicate to the extreme, enhances the radiance of pale complexions and endows them with elegance and sophistication."

I don't know about complexion sophistication, but I'd definitely recommend this shade and the collection as a whole. I'll post a review on the two shades I've picked up today from the Reds collection which include another Julianne as well as the previously elusive Blake.

Summary: 9/10 - Would definitely recommend. Another winner from L'Oreal!

Tabitha

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Why I'm Never Ordering from American Apparel again

My first and only experience with ordering online with American Apparel was disappointing - read on to discover how it ruined my plans to be a decent sibling on my sister's 21st birthday.

It's April 28th - and my sister tells me that for her birthday she would very much like the Glow in the Dark nail polish from American Apparel. I'm familiar with the brand but I've never ordered anything from them before, though I do like their clothing. 

I look it up, and despite being priced a little steep for a nail polish, it's for my sister's 21st on the 18th May and I knew she'd never buy it for herself at that price. I know she wants to wear it on her actual birthday - so I place the order then and there on April 28th.

I got it delivered to my sister's address directly, and stopped thinking about it after that. I figured it was on its way - job done (remember how I was going to be a decent sibling?). A week or so later my sister queries where it is. I tell her it's ordered and on its way. The week before her birthday she asks again and I decide to phone customer services.

"Oh," the representative says, "It looks like we didn't have stock of this item in our warehouse and we made a request to a local store for their stock. As far as I can see, we're still awaiting a response." 

I wasn't about to have a go at the woman, I know it's not her fault, though I asked her to chase it up. "I'll put another request in for the item today, but be advised it may take 2-3 weeks to arrive."

WEEKS?! Now I was frustrated. I politely muttered my thanks and quickly told my sister to expect disappointment.

The next day I see an email in my inbox to confirm the item has shipped - it's estimated delivery date was a week later, and unfortunately it was estimated correctly so it missed my sister's birthday. I began to wonder what would have happened if I'd never called customer services about the missing item. I thought that ordering 3 weeks prior would have been sufficient plus some, and I'm disappointed to have been wrong.

I'm not unrealistic, I know these things do happen with deliveries sometimes and perhaps I was just unlucky with American Apparel on this occasion. This blog post is more a commentary on how one bad experience can put a customer off from ever ordering again. Looking at their website, I did like a lot of stock - but I think I'll be putting money towards efficient services in future.