Beauty Swellness: L’Oréal Collection Privée by Colour Riche

The Toronto International Film Festival is still going on here in the T-dot, and so far, not only did I get to see Taylor Kitsch at the gala screening of The Grand Seduction, I also got to meet the lovely and gorgeous Freida Pinto at a L’Oréal cocktail event the other night.

Which reminded me that it was Freida’s nail polish from the L’Oréal Collection Privée by Colour Riche that their nail expert, Tom Bachik, suggested would suit me best from this limited edition collection.

As the official beauty sponsor of TIFF, L’Oréal has just this month released a collection of nude lipsticks and corresponding nail polishes ($10.99 and $3.99 respectively) personalized for L’Oréal’s spokesmodels. In Canada, we have Freida Pinto, Doutzen Kroes, Jennifer Lopez and Eva Longoria — and they range from Eva’s Nude, which is warm with a hint of peach, to pale pink (Doutzen’s Nude).

I’m personally gravitating towards JLo’s shades and must test them all out, but yes, Tom was right: Freida’s polish does suit my current tan skintone (for the record, I don’t tan on purpose–marathon training and travel has me in the sun a lot, and I always have SPF on). You can see my nails (and a photo of me with Freida and the lovely Michelle of Beauty Editor) over on Instagram (where you can find me under @healthandswellness! Follow me if you don’t mind photos of food, cats, occasional selfies, and running. Oh, and shoes, I do love shoes!).

Which nude from Collection Privée appeals to you most?

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Don’t do the Dukan…

…say researchers at the Institut Pasteur in France, as it’ll mess up your natural metabolism and lead to nutritional imbalances. According to their research, the Dukan diet (fans of which include Gisele Bundchen and Jennifer Lopez) is much higher in protein than the RDA and too low in fibre in the initial two stages, amongst other shortcomings.

A well-balanced, varied diet is the way to go, they say.

And for an even better combo for melting off extra weight, throw some exercise into the mix, too–and you can keep up that pic of JLo on your fridge as your inspiration even if you’re ditching the Dukan diet. She works out regularly personal trainer with Gunnar Peterson, not to mention completing a triathlon in ’08.

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