L'Oreal's Color of Hope Polish Review and Swatches

I know it seems like one of the last places to buy cosmetics, but don't knock Kroger's, especially the one up on Route 60  by Barboursville.  They have a makeup selection that rivals Walmart's, and the prices are pretty good as well.  This particular Kroger's is my-go to place to find some of the limited edition collections that CVS or Walgreen's may not carry (and again, they're usually cheaper).  The other day, while picking up some groceries, I ran across L'Oreal's Color of Hope collection and got suckered in by the polishes:

Every purchase gives $1 to Ovarian Cancer research. 

This light pink foil is originally what caught my eye.  Called Whimsicle, I couldn't take my eyes off the bottle.  While it looks great in the bottle, I'm not entirely excited about how it looks on my nails.  It's just okay, but I do see myself wearing it.  One of my biggest peeves about this polish is that it's a mess to work with with.  I tried to clean up my manicure before I took photos but all I managed to do was spread sparkles around my cuticles.  When I went to take it off, I had sparkles up and down my fingers. 



The next polish that caught my eye was the smoky black Mystery:


It's hard to tell from this picture, but this isn't the regular inky black that you usually find on the store shelf.  This has a more sophisticated, sexy, tone to it.  I'd call it a soot or a smokey black.  If you like black polish and want something more grown up than the usual, buy this.  You won't regret it.





This silver foil is Valiant.  I still needed a silver polish, so I ended up taking this one home as well.  I really like this polish.  It's the perfect silver.  It's a foil like the pink polish above, but it has a muted, matte finish to it. It gives a bit a distressed finish which I love. 



Since I had already decided to take three of four polishes home, I thought it would be fair to take the last one, a beige creme called Devotion, home as well:



I almost didn't pick this one up because I felt I had many similar colors to it, thanks to the big greige trend last year.  However, I really don't have anything quite this dark without straying into the all-out brown category.  This is a great shade for fall.



Overall, this collection is pretty solid.  I'm still not 100% crazy about the pink, but I'll probably forget how messy it is until I go to wear it next Spring.  This is a limited edition collection, so if you like one of the polishes here, go out and try to find them now as they won't be replenished after the month is over.  Like I mentioned earlier, I found mine at Kroger's, but I also found them at Rite Aid.