Spotted: L'Oreal Collection Privée by Colour Riche Nail Color Collection

I was 99.9% sure that, as with so many other L'Oreal collections that surface only in Canada and Europe, we in the US were never going to get the 2013 Collection Privée. Why did I think we would never see the Collection Privée here? Well for starters, in Canada, this collection was created for the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival, and L'Oreal Canada even created a short "film" about it:


As you can see, this collection includes lipsticks (and nail colors) created for and/or inspired by an array of celebrities and it's very reminiscent of the L'Oreal Star Secrets lipstick range. The beautiful women who are featured in this campaign are of various ages and ethnicities, while the shades in the range complement the skintone of each woman.

MUCH to my surprise, the nail polishes in the 2013 Collection Privée are now surfacing at various US drugstores. But they're not exactly what L'Oreal released in Canada and Europe. Keep reading to see what I mean...

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L'Oreal 2013 Collection Privée Colour Riche Nail Colors

Huge thanks to reader Gabby for these photos of the L'Oreal Collection Privée, which she spotted at her local Rite Aid this week. Looking at this collection and comparing it to the Collection Privée that was released earlier this year in Canada, there are some major differences. First of all, the bottle shape is different (I believe the bottle shape in Canada is actually the standard bottle shape for L'Oreal polishes in Canada, but I could be wrong).

Second of all, I believe there were only four colors in the Canadian version of this collection (I think there were a few other shades released in Europe, or perhaps Europe received some shades that Canada did not receive, or vice versa...sorry, it's all a bit confusing to me).  As you can see, we get six (nude) shades in the US collection:

image credit :Gabby for Nouveau Cheap

The shade names from left to right:

julianne's nude, eva's nude, doutzen's nude, jennifer's nude, liya's nude, frieda's nude

image credit :Gabby for Nouveau Cheap

Now I'm wondering if we're going to get the 2013 Collection Privée Lipsticks (or some version of the lipsticks)? We might not get the lipsticks at all since we already have the Star Secrets lipsticks here in the US. I guess only time will tell. For the record, here are the Collection Privée lipstick shades that were released in Europe, and in that post the blogger breaks down what the differences were between the European and Canadian releases, if you're interested.

And is it just me, or do these US Collection Privée nail colors remind you a bit of the L'Oreal Fall 2012 New York Nudes? What's funny is that the New York Nudes were sort of in the same color family as the Urban Decay Naked Palette, while the Collection Privée polishes are sort of similar to the Urban Decay Naked 3 Palette!

Thanks so much, Gabby, for the great sighting and pics. I really appreciate it!