Beauty Abroad: Inglot Advanced Makeup Components Eyeshadow

This is my second installation regarding the "MAC Cosmetics of Poland": Inglot.

Inglot's "Advanced Makeup Components" eye shadows are essentially their version of MAC pigments. The shadows come in 2 g jars and cost around $10 CA.00 CA. The shade range is at a guess, somewhere around 30 - 40 shades. I picked up two - 35 & 37.

Shade 35 pale violet with a gold sheen, I was immediately reminded of MAC's lustre shadow Idol Eyes. Shade 37 is a antiqued gold which is similar to MAC pigments Museum Bronze & Brass (LE & discontinued). Both have textures similar to MAC pigments such as Frost, so a slighty flakey texture. These can be "foiled" (applied with a wet brush) or applied dry.

Left to right: Inglot Advanced Makeup Components Eyeshadow #37 & 35.

Top row (l to r): 37 foiled & dry. Bottom row (l to r): 35 foiled & dry.

Inglot is available in Canada but only in Quebec: http://www.inglotcanada.com/.

J

Beauty Abroad: Inglot Nail Polishes

One of the great things about traveling for a beauty junkie is to check out the local products. I had heard of Inglot from several blogs and so was intrigued when I ran into their products on my recent trip to Poland.

Inglot is Poland's answer to MAC. A very eclectic and large collection can be found everywhere in Poland from small drugstores to fairly large free standing stores. Like MAC, Inglot offers a vast array of products, colours and tools. I would say that their whole collection of products outnumbers MAC. Inlgot's nail polishes alone are worth a look - although I don't have an official shade count, it must be at least 100 shades if not more! The nail polishes I am reviewing in this post are # 202, 203, 204 & 205 (unfortunately there are no shade names). I have not included nail swatches because I could not capture the holographic nature of the polishes on camera.

Inglot Nail Polishes (left to right): 202, 203, 204 & 205.

These polishes come in small 8 ml bottles and cost around $7.40 CA. They are "flake" polishes, which means they have a clear base into which is suspended holographic flake glitter. These are great colours if you want sheer glitter on the nail, or if you like layering polishes. They have a holographic, duochrome colour that makes your nails shimmer like fish scales (in a good way of course!).

202 - a fiery orange flake with a green flash

203 - a green flake with a teal flash

204 - a violet flake with blue flash

205 - a gold flake with a green flash

My favourites are 202, 203 & 205. I do like 204 is but the flake shimmer isn't as intense as the others. A great feature of these polishes is if you wear them alone you need not worry about visible chips (due to their transparent base). The only downside to these are they are quite difficult to remove. I suggest holding a remover soaked pad to each nail for a few seconds and then scrubbing the nail with the pad. Even after several times of cleaning each nail I still had some residue. I ended up using a cuticle pusher to scrape the remaining flakes off.

Overall, I really love these polishes and can't think of another brand that currently offers the same type of product.

The good news is that Inglot is available in Canada - the bad news is only in Quebec! Find the locations here: http://www.inglotcanada.com/

J.