Thursday, April 19, 2012

You Need These Limited Edition L'Oreal Infallible Shadows!

I have the most awesome friends. They have stuck with me through the years despite me not always being there and stepped right up to help me when I needed them. So the point is this. I was with one of my best friends at Walgreens yesterday picking up snacks (popcorn, candy, and cheap wine!) for our girls night when my friend caught me staring wistfully at the new limited edition summer collections from L'Oreal and Revlon (Nouveau Cheap shows the displays here and here). Since I'm on my own and currently jobless (but have some prospects, yay!), I'm flat broke. So what did my friend do? Bought a whole slew of pretties for me. Of course I refused but she also refused to back down. See? Don't I have the best friends? Even though I'm not sure what I did to deserve them!

I have extreme love for L'Oreal's Infallible eye shadows. They are every bit as amazing as I hoped they would be from hearing about them before they came to the US.  The three limited editions (Golden Sage is on the display but is not LE) from this summer's collection- "It's Gold Or Nothing At All"- are must haves.  Infallible shadows are one of the best products not just at the drugstore, but in the makeup world period. I'm prone to hyperbole, but not this time folks. I really love these. They're soft, not powdery, super pigmented, and last forever on my eyelids without creasing or fading. And this is WITHOUT primer. I know not everyone will experience that, but I still love 'em.

I do have to make one small caveat.  The two more matte shades I tried, Endless Pearl and Sultry Smoke did not work as well and I actually ended up exchanging them for more shimmery colors.

Anyway, I wanted to get up swatches quickly because you need them and I want everyone to be able to get them before they disappear!

From left- Pink Sapphire, Gold Imperial, and Gleaming Bronze
From left- Pink Sapphire, Gold Imperial, and Gleaming Bronze
This is a terrible picture of Gleaming Bronze. It isn't actually brown. It's a gorgeous green tinged tarnished metal color and super pretty.

L'Oreal Infallible eye shadow Gleaming Bronze
From left- L'Oreal Infallible eye shadow Pink Sapphire, Gold Imperial, and Gleaming Bronze
There were swatched dry on bare skin. Pink Sapphire and Gold Imperial are extremely sparkly. Gleaming Bronze is shimmery, but the sparkly particles are smaller than the other two. If you only get one shadow from these three it should be Gleaming Bronze!

From left- L'Oreal Infallible eye shadow Pink Sapphire, Gold Imperial, and Gleaming Bronze
Slightly different lighting showing the greener side of Gleaming Bronze. It definitely isn't a duochrome but still has that chameleon-esque quality when it always seems to look different.

Left- Eternal Sunshine Right- Gold Imperial
Here is Gold Imperial compared to the permanent Infallible gold, Eternal Sunshine. Eternal sunshine is warmer, almost a beige-y gold while Gold Imperial is more of a cooler, brighter, more sparkly gold.  I tried to get a swatch picture comparing the two but all the shininess scared the camera.

Left- Gold Imperial Right- Eternal Sunshine (opposite of above)
The lighting in this picture is terrible, but you can tell how much brighter and more sparkly Gold Imperial (the LE color) is on the left. Eternal Sunshine looks more muted.

So I ended up posting again much sooner than I expected. I just can't leave you guys!  So what do you think? Do you plan on picking any of these up?

31 comments:

  1. Pink Sapphire looks beautiful!! It's too bad they don't have these here in Malaysia. There's not much L'Oreal makeup to choose from here, and certainly not these eyeshadows! :(

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    1. If you can get your hands on some I would highly recommend them! How about eBay? Have you had luck getting locally hard to find items there?

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  2. Gleaming Bronnnnnnzzzzzzzzeeeeeeeee... omg.

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    1. Do they have that color on your side of the pond? I know it would have a different name. Silly L'Oreal.

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  3. What an awesome friend! I love all 3 and I even think they'd look good all together. Hmmm....I may hae to track these down!

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    1. Oooh, that would look cool. I'm going to have to try it! You should post more makeup! That may or may not just be my creepy way of telling you I want to see your face more! Haha. I love your new profile pic!

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  4. Wow those are metallic! OMG! Pink Sapphire looks AMAZING! Thanks for the swatches :) I have so much eyeshadow... I need to never buy some again XD

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  5. Gleaming Bronze WANT!! Can I ask what camera you use to take your swatch pics?

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    1. Isn't Gleaming Bronze gorgeous? The camera in this post is just some lower end point and shoot I borrowed from my brother. It's this one- http://www.amazon.com/Panasonic-DMC-FP1-Digital-Stabilized-2-7-Inch/dp/B00395Y9WS

      For most of my blog I used an even cheaper and more outdated point and shoot. I usually take a million pictures to get one I'm even remotely happy with.

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  6. I love Gleaming Bronze. You know how I love those dark golds and bronze shades.

    Did you see my new food blog? It's called (of course), The Cat Lady Cook. LOL.

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    1. Ooh, Gleaming Bronze would look amazing on you. And I found out about your food blog when you posted about it on Facebook. It's making me want to cook more! Either that or move in with you, haha.

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  7. You should! The kitties would love you!

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  8. Gleaming Bronze was from the L'Or collection last fall/winter in Europe. I'm sure it had a different name. I was hoping we'd get their Sahara Treasure shade. I'm bummed about that, but I will hunt for these new shades!

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    1. Ugh, the different name thing is so frustrating! I looked up Sahara Treasure and it looks gorgeous. Good luck with the hunt!

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  9. Wow! What incredible colours. If these reach Australia, Gleaming Bronze is one I'd definitely need to have, I think.

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    1. I hope they come your way! Even at ridiculously inflated Aussie prices. :(

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  10. I haven't been in the eye shadow buying mood for quite some time - and these are calling to me!

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  11. Ahhhhhhhh I have been eyeballing the L'Oreal Infallible shadows. The texture looks so interesting. Do they feel creamy, or are they just a super soft, blendable powder? They look incredible in the swatch pictures.

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    1. Kinda all of the above! Haha. It's so hard to describe. Let me know what you think if you buy any!

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  12. I agree, one DOES need these! I have a few myself and they're absolutely awesome!

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    1. Do you have to wear them with primer? For a powder product I was surprised that I didn't!

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  13. I live in Calif. and I had a freind from Kentucky mail me some.She got them from the UK and Japan. She also mailed me the 3 newest ones the have out. The new ones she got at her local RiteAid on Kentucky, but the other ones she got form the UK and Japan.

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  14. I love every color in the Loreal Cream Eyeshadow line (except the bright colors)lol....but i don't undertand why some states have them and some states don't. Help!!

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    1. You don't have any of them available there? That is so weird. Maybe the stores around you are just taking longer to get them? You could always email Loreal and ask. It couldn't hurt.

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  15. Ahhh I just picked up Gleaming Bronze and Pink Sapphire, but when I saw the gold one, I thought it was one I already had, "Eternal Sunshine". They looked so similar! I guess I gotta go back for it! Lol.
    Great swatches! :)

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    1. I'm not sure why they came out with another gold. I guess it matched the theme of the collection. I was confused when I saw it and actually went to the permanent display and compared the two golds in the pots to confirm they were different.

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  16. Must have Pink Sapphire and Gleaming Bronze! By the way, I'm so glad to see you back; my comp was on the fritz for a while and I was so happy to see that you were back with us when I finally got back online!

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