A Review on Colour Culture OPI Nail Spa
You should know that I love getting my nails done. I think its because my nails never give me grief. My skin might break out once in a while, my weight might fluctuate, and sometimes my feet just start to swell and I can’t seem to fit into my heels, but my nails – they’ve always been very well behaved. So manicures are my way of de-stressing.
I usually get my nails done at Creative Nails, but I wanted to try a new place so I decided to check Colour Culture out.
Colour Culture at Empire Mall, Subang Jaya. They're on the 1st floor.
Colour Culture is a chain of OPI nail salons in Malaysia - so they exclusively use OPI products. Which is always good. I’ve always liked OPI’s amazing range of products and nail colours so I was pleased with the colours they have.
The other thing I really liked about Colour Culture is that they have tv in their salons. Because seriously, do you know how boring waiting for your nails to dry can get? And you can’t read magazines because you don’t want to touch anything. For that alone, I give them extra bonus points.
They should make entertaining tv mandatory at all nail salons. Also notice that the wall is coloured and labeled in OPI nail polish shades.
I chose a basic manicure and pedicure which cost me about RM150. This is on the pricier side but maybe it’s because of the OPI products they use and the Astro subscription? ; )
Would I come back again? Other than the pricing, which is evened out by the good service (no pushing products and salon packages) and tv, I definitely would come back. The manicure and pedicure lasted more than 2 weeks so I didn’t feel too guilty about it.
The branch I went to was located at The Empire Mall, Subang Jaya , but they also have branches at Pavillion, Bangsar Village II, One Utama, Sunway Giza and Solaris Dutamas.
First of all, I am kind of pissed at Parkson’s Dior Cosmetics salespeople at Sunway Pyramid. There were two of them – Ms. Senior – a 40 something lady with some Dior product knowledge, and Ms.Temp, a 17 year old girl who clearly was better off working the children’s toy section. I went to Parkson Grand Sunway Pyramid yesterday, all excited to try out the new Dior Addict range and so headed straight to the Dior counter. Mr.Temp was the first one to approach me. “Would you like to try our new lipstick range? ” she asked. I said “I’m just going to browse first.” , because I’m the type of person who would like to look first for a few minutes before asking questions or try new products.
After surveying the new Dior Iconic lipstick range ( 44 new shades!) , I asked her if she had the new Dior Rock Coat. “The what?” she asked, clearly confused. So I took out my mailer, and pointed it out. After looking at it, she declared – “This product doesn’t exist.” That statement really got me irritated as I knew fully well it exists because my mailer said so, and after reviewing other blog posts about said Rock Coat.
However, I still smiled and thanked her – and proceeded to test out more lipstick shades. By this time, Ms.Senior approached me and asked if she could help me. I asked for the Dior Rock Coat again and she pointed out the nail polishes. Patiently, I asked for the Rock Coat. She said, “No, we don’t have the Rock Coat. That product doesn’t exist.” . So I pointed out at the mailer and the several reviews of said product. Ms.Senior said, “maybe they don’t sell it in Malaysia.”
Here’s some advice for Dior Cosmetics Malaysia – please get your staff training dept and marketing dept in sync. It is very very irritating when ill informed staff keep on telling you a product doesn’t exist when you know it does. At the very least just say, “I am sorry, but we don’t have this product right now, if you like you can call our customer service number at 603 XXXX XXXX for more information.” .
Anyway, bad store service aside, I fell in love with the new Dior Iconic lippy and nail polishes :
new Dior Addict nail varnish, new Dior Addict lipstick (top) , and old Dior Addict lipstick (bottom).
If you read my post yesterday, I said that the old Dior Iconic lippy was sheer and not suited for dark colored lips. Well, I found out that the new Dior Iconic lipsticks had been reformulated and they had better coverage and consistency. The new lipsticks are still sheer, but somehow more pigmented.
L: Lipsticks in Smoky no.821 and Pink Costume 466. R: Dior Nail Vernis in Smoky Plum
Anyway, I do take into account that the new lipstick i got is in a very dark color so that would also affect the consistency of the product. However I did test other lighter shades at the store and the consistency of those lighter shades are much better than my old pink Iconic lippy.
I also got the nail varnish in a deep red-black shade called Smoky Plum, and the shine on this product once it dries is astounding. It gives a very deep shine like nothing I’ve ever seen.
So the verdict ? I am loving the new Dior Iconic lipstick and nail varnishes, and once my budget permits it – would definitely get 3-4 more lip and nail polishes in more colours and shades.
As for the Dior Rock Coat, I’m going to find out why it’s not available in Malaysia yet.
The new Dior Iconic lipsticks and nail varnishes retails at RM90 and RM70 respectively at all Dior counters nationwide.
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