L'Oreal Smoldering Plum Infallible Eye Shadow
L'Oreal infallible eye shadows were released for quite a long time (last year), and I have been passing these as I thought they might not live up to all the hypes. Couple weeks ago I did manage to pick up a couple at ULTA during their sale event (BOGO 1/2 Off + $5 Off with $10 Purchase). After playing around with these eye shadows, I was quite impressed with the color payoff as well as the lasting power.
Smoldering Plum is one of the new shades for Summer 2012. It's a rich, dark and intense blackened red toned brownish plum shade with a pretty subtle sheen/sparkle. The texture is creamy, soft and smooth. I like to use it for my outer v and sometimes along (and above) my upper lash line. I have tried it with and without eye shadow primer, either way, the color stay put for a pretty decent amount of time, at least 6-7 hours without primer and longer with primer! For application, I like to use damp brush and dip into the jar to get the eye shadow. This way there's less fallout and the color stays intense and rich even after it dries.
L'Oreal Smoldering Plum Infallible Eye Shadow
The jar is made out of plastic but it doesn't look cheap. I just wish there's plastic seal wrapped around so no one will dip their germy fingers at the stores trying to test out the colors...
L'Oreal Smoldering Plum Infallible Eye Shadow
When opened, there's a plastic press thing that you can use to compact and keep the eye shadow in place as the texture of the eye shadow is more like loose pigments, but in a compact form. They will loosen the more you use it so it is important to keep the "do not discard" plastic thing in the jar in the event you might need to re-press the eye shadow.
L'Oreal Smoldering Plum Infallible Eye Shadow
L'Oreal Smoldering Plum Infallible Eye Shadow
L'Oreal Smoldering Plum Infallible Eye Shadow
swatch with my finger (with flash)
L'Oreal Smoldering Plum Infallible Eye Shadow
Swatches on bare arm (without flash)
Left to right: lightly swatched ~ layered
L'Oreal Smoldering Plum Infallible Eye Shadow
Swatches on bare arm (with flash)
Left to right: lightly swatched ~ layered
Do you own any L'Oreal Infallible Eye Shadows? What shades have you tried? and What's your favorites?
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