L'Oreal Holiday cocktail party 2011 LEWOW

A couple of weeks ago I was invited to the L'Oreal holiday party of 2011, were I was able to play with the new products and shades that are coming out for spring of 2012; the location was fabulous! and there were 5 stations in the room showcasing the new products  and some of the new shades of existing products from L'Oreal, some of them are already in stores and some of them hit the shelfs sometime in  January.

The stations were decorated accordingly, it just looked so into the holiday mood! look at those cute boxes with makeup all over!! I want that under my tree!! 

Now on to the products. The oh so well known  Colour Riche Lipstick is coming out with tons of new shades! it contains Argan Oil and Omega 3 for full-colour-never-dried-lips.

L'Oreal Paris is launching the new Colour Riche Anti-Feathering Lip liner with Omega 3, natural oils and vitamins A & E

Another new product to add to the Colour Riche family is the Colour Riche Nail Colour which features Diamond Reflexion Complex for 10 times more shine and claims to have 10 days of staying power, L'Oreal is launching 27 shades of this product! I decided to play with the sample products on the table and painted each of my nails a different colour, I just did a very quick coat of polish and the light in the place was very dimmed so bare with me, you can see how opaque these polishes are with just one thin coat.

There are 7 new shades of the La Couleur Infallible Eye Shadows 3 are metallic gold shades and 4 of them are matte, I also swatched these for you, let me tell you that the black one is very very black! I never had the chance to play with these shadows, but they have a very interesting formula, kind of a mix between cream and powder and they are also the #1 selling eye shadow in Canada.

Something that really caught my eye was the Voluminous Smoldering eye liner, it is the first Kajal eye liner in the mass market and it is very pigmented and goes on very smoothly!! In that same station I found the Voluminous False Fiber Lash with sculpting fibers that mimic the shape of lashes giving you length and volume! 

At the hair station I learnt about the new members of the L'Oreal Hair Expertise family, the Hair Expertise Volume Collagen Hair Care; a Shampoo, Conditioner and Body Boost Root Lifting Spray to give you lots and lots of volume! the whole line smells delish! There is also a new member to the Elnett hairsprays line; the Elnett Volume Hair Spray. It seems like the new year it's all about big big hair!

As a new part of the Youth Code family, L'Oreal added the Youth Code Dark Spot Correcting and Iluminating skin care which consists of a Serum Corrector and a SPF 30 Day Cream. They also added a Foaming Cleanser. And for the more mature skins The New Age Perfect Hydra-Nutrition Daily Serum.

On the last station I saw a Visible Lift Concealer, Visible Lift Age-Reversing Powder, some Magic Smooth Souffle  Blushes that feel super smooth and blend beautifully on the skin and a Magic Lumi Light Infusing Primer and a Concealer for luminous, glowing skin.

Oh! and let's not forget the Colour Riche Le Balm with SPF 15 a super moisturizing lip balm with just a touch of colour, it contains Argan Oil, Shea Butter, Vitamin E and Muscat Rose Oil.

And if you want to see what I got in my swag bag,  check out this video that I uploaded right the day after the event.

What are you most excited about? have you tried any of the products that are already in the stores?

Love, Mar

PS. I want to thank Margaret for inviting me to this event, I enjoyed myself very much!