Showing posts with label Color Infallible. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Color Infallible. Show all posts

Sunday, May 19, 2013

L'Oreal Miss Candy (US version Spring/Summer 2013) Color Infallible eyeshadow swatches

I had to whine ultra hard to a friend in the US to get my hands on these so you guys better appreciate it.
Whilst a similar collection was released in Canada under the name of "Miss Pop", the Canadian collection lacked the Infallible eyeshadows that were a part of the US collection. To further add to the confusion, a collection called Miss Candy was released in Canada and the UK IN 2012.
Contrary to my speculations, Dive Right In was not a dupe for Innocent Turquoise. It is lighter than Innocent Turquoise, bordering on silver, and the formula is smoother than Innocent Turquoise. Cherie Merie was also not a dupe for either Pepsi Coral or Magnetic Coral, it is darker and also lacks their flecks of gold and fuchsia respectively. Strawberry Blonde is an iridescent light pink, pigmentation is poor and it applies patchy and crumbly. With A Twist light purple reminiscent of grape gummies. It has a pink flash in the light.
If I wasn't such a hoarder I would probably only get With A Twist and Cherie Merie if I didn't have Pepsi Coral or Magnetic Coral.
I think I paid just under $10 including tax each.

With A Twist:
From left: With A Twist and Purple Obsession
Strawberry Blonde:
From left: Naughty Strawberry and Strawberry Blonde
Dive Right In
From left: Innocent Turquoise; Dive Right In; and Endless Sea
Cherie Merie
From left: Pepsi Coral; Cherie Merie; and Magnetic Coral

Thursday, January 17, 2013

L'Oreal Infallible Eyeshadow master swatch list

I have received a number of requests from readers to do a master swatch list of all the L'Oreal Infallible Eyeshadows in my collection, in other words, "put all your damn swatches on the same post instead of spread all over the place you nut".
In any event, here it is, I've even grouped all the similar colours together for everyone's ease of reference. Don't say I never give in to your whining.

18/05/2013 Edit: I have added my own swatches of the Color Infallible eyeshadows released with the new Miss Candy collection HERE.

From left:
Burning Black; Naughty Strawberry; Glistening Garnet;  Purple Obsession and Golden Mahogany
From left:
Magnetic Coral; and Pepsi Coral
From left:
Time Resist White; Hourglass Beige; Sahara Treasure; Eternal Sunshine; and Goldmine.
From left:
Permanent Khaki; Golden Emerald; Innocent Turquoise; and Endless Sea
From left:
Sassy Marshmallow; Flashback Silver; Metallic Lilac; Armani Eyes To Kill in 04 Noka; and Chanel Illusion D'Ombre in Illusoire
From left:
Tender Caramel; Amber Rush; Bronze Taupe; Endless Chocolat; and Continuous Cocoa.
From left:
Bronze Goddess; Comic Black; and All Night Blue.
If you're wondering why some of these names appear unfamiliar to you, it is because L'Oreal decided to release identical colours under different names in different countries for some inconceivable reason. I made this table back in May of last year listing all the various names. Know that each time you steal this table without linking back to this blog, a kitten haz a sad.
p.s: I slap a "LE" next to the shade if I don't see it listed in L'Oreal website for that country.
p.p.s: I subsequently gave up doing the above for the UK/EU/Other country column because it got too complicated.
* denotes guess work.
Canadian Version
US Version
UK/EU/Other Version
Midnight Blue
All Night Blue
Amber Rush (LE)
Amber Rush
N/A
Black Onyx (LE)
N/A
Black Onyx/Black Star (LE)
N/A
N/A
N/A
Blue Curacao (Matte)
Bronze Divine
Gleaming Bronze (LE)
Bronzed Taupe
N/A
N/A
N/A
Burning Black
N/A
N/A
Endless Pearl (Matte)
Coconut Shake (LE) (Matte)
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Emerald Lame (LE)
Endless Chocolat
N/A
N/A
N/A
Enigmatic Purple (LE in UK) (Matte)
Eternal Black
Eternal Black
N/A
N/A
Flashback Silver
Pink Sapphire (LE)
Forever Pink 
N/A
N/A
N/A
Golden Mahogany (LE)
Gold Imperial (LE)
Goldmine
N/A
N/A
Iced Latte/Hourglass Beige*
Hourglass Beige
N/A
N/A
Innocent Turquoise
N/A
Magnetic Coral
N/A
Metallic Lilac
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Pebble Grey (Matte)
N/A
Pepsi/Pepsy Coral (LE)
Golden Sage
Permanent Khaki
 N/A
N/A
Perpetual Purple
Purple Obsession
Sahara Treasure
N/A
Sahara Treasure
Sassy Chamallow
N/A
N/A
Smokey Green (Matte)
N/A
Smoothie Kiwi (LE)(Matte)
N/A
N/A
N/A
Sweet Strawberry (LE)(Matte)
N/A
N/A
Tender Caramel
N/A
N/A
Time Resist White
N/A
Ultimate Black (Matte)
Infinite Sky
Unlimited Sky (LE)
N/A
N/A
 L'Oreal Y U NO SPONSOR ME??!!

Monday, June 25, 2012

L'Oreal Miss Candy/L'Or Electrique Color Infallible swatches

18/05/2013 EDIT:
The Canadian version of the Miss Candy collection is different to the US version. For swatches of the Color Infallible eyeshadows that were released with the US Miss Candy released in Spring 2013 visit this post HERE.
Yes, it's that time again folks, yet MOAR Color Infallible eyeshadow swatches! I've finally found my DSLR cable so I've reswatched Magnetic Coral, Metallic Lilac and Cosmic Black so you no longer have to look at the horrid cellphone photos from before.
I still don't know if this collection is called Miss Candy or L'Or Electrique. L'Oreal Canada still hasn't updated their website with any information on the new releases. Some countries have released all the shades as one collection and some have released them as two separate collections. The Tines are just as confused as you.
In Canada, the new release consisted of: Magnetic Coral; Pepsy Coral; Innocent Turquoise; Metallic Lilac, Tender Caramel and Sassy Chamallow (a.k.a. Sassy Marshmallow). At the moment, Pepsy Coral is exclusive to Canada and France and Tender Caramel is exclusive to Canada and Italy. An extra colour, Cosmic Black, was released in Hong Kong and France.
To see a list of every Color Infallible ever released, please visit my comparison list.

Swatches from left: Sahara Treasure; Bronzed Taupe and Tender Caramel.
Tender Caramel is not as golden as Sahara Treasure and not as dark or as brown as Bronzed Taupe. It's as if those two had a love child and the result was Tender Caramel. I also hereby give everyone who pronounces caramel as "KAR-MILL" stank eye.

Swatches from left: Flashback Silver; Metallic Lilac; and Sassy Marshmallow
Sassy Marshmallow is the lightest of the lot, it's what I would call a true silver, in that it is neither too blue or too dark. If you look closely you'll see that Sassy Marshmallow has pink and blue bits mixed in with the base colour, unfortunately those do not show up at all in swatches. I'm uncertain as to why Canada decided to rename it Sassy Chamallow. What is wrong with Marshmallow??! What the heck is a "Chamallow"?! The Tines reckon that a "Chamallow" is some sort of new Pokemon - perhaps a Charmander and Jiggly Puff mix. Metallic Lilac is the darkest of the lot, it reminds me of MAC Smoke & Mirrors and isn't what I would think of as lilac at all.

Swatches from left: Bronzed Goddess; and Cosmic Black
Cosmic Black is essentially Bronzed Goddess but in a black base if that makes any sense. The bronze bits are the same except that Bronzed Goddess is all bronze but Cosmic Black is bronze in black. Yeah, I am truly awful at describing nuances in colour and should really quit trying to be a beauty blogger.

Swatches from left: Magnetic Coral; and Pepsy Coral
The Tines are not quite sure why L'Oreal released two such similar colours. Yes, Magnetic Coral has fuchsia bits mixed in the coral base and Pepsy Coral has golden bits, but swatched it looks EXACTLY THE SAME! If you look at it from a certain angle you can sort of see that Magnetic Coral has wee bit of a purplish sheen and Pepsy Coral is slightly lighter but who is going to look that closely? Buy one or the other.

Swatches from top: Naughty Strawberry; and Innocent Turquoise

Naughty Strawberry is more raspberry than strawberry. It is fuchsia (blargh!! does anyone else struggle to spell that word as much as I do?! I have to spell check it every time I write that word and it's always wrong!) with golden particles mixed in. Innocent turquoise is very light and might be more aptly described as "aqua" by someone with a bigger colour vocabulary. You really have to pack it on for the colour to show but I don't think it'll ever be the same intensity as it is in the pan. I'll be interested in seeing if Endless Sea is more pigmented.
The new generation of Color Infallibles seem to have taken a page out of Armani Eyes to Kill's book, the addition of different coloured particles into the base colour give these new Infallibles a complexity and depth that wasn't seen in previous releases. At around 1/3 of the price of Armani, you can't really go wrong with trying these out.