L'Oreal Color Infallible Eyeshadow comparison list

For some reason that eludes the beauty blogging community, L'Oreal decided to release their Color Infallible Eyeshadows under completely different names and numbers in the US. This has led to insomnia, profuse sweating, tears and hand wringing. There were even reports of mass paranoia on the West Coast of Canada.
Thus, for my own sanity, I have composed a list of all known Color Infallible eyeshadows released worldwide to date along with their corresponding US names.
Please do not steal this list. Link and credit if you must share it. Massive thanks to Justine, Vicky, Labbit and everyone else who contributed to this list.
I refuse to acknowledge that Pebble Grey and Sultry Smoke are two different colours. Same goes for Iced Latte and Hourglass Beige.
Latest news! To all my Canadian readers, I have spotted the new Infallibles at London Drugs!

N/A = Not applicable because this shade has not yet been released in this country.

US Version	Canadian Version	UK/Other Version
Liquid Diamond	Flashback Silver	Flashback Silver
Smoldering Plum	Burning Black	Burning Black
N/A	N/A	Naughty Strawberry
N/A	Pepsi Coral	Pepsi Coral
Glistening Garnet	N/A	N/A
N/A	Innocent Turquoise	Innocent Turquoise
N/A	Golden Mahogany (LE)	Golden Mahogany (LE)
Golden Emerald	Emerald Lame (LE) (Iridescent)	Emerald Lame (LE)
Endless Sea	N/A	N/A
Bottomless Java	Endless Chocolat	Endless Chocolat
Infinite Sky	Unlimited Sky	Unlimited Sky
Eternal Black	Eternal Black	Eternal Black
Gleaming Bronze	Bronze Divine	Bronze Goddess (Iridescent)
Midnight Blue	All Night Blue	All Night Blue
Perpetual Purple	Purple Obsession	Purple Obsession
Sultry Smoke (Matte)	Sultry Smoke/Pebble Grey (Matte)	Pebble Grey (Matte)
Golden Sage	Permanent Kaki	Permanent Khaki
Continuous Cocoa (Matte)	Continuous Cocoa (Matte)	N/A
Bronzed Taupe	Bronzed Taupe	N/A
Amber Rush	Amber Rush	N/A
Endless Pearl (Matte)	Coconut Shake (Matte)	Coconut Shake (Matte)
Gold Imperial	Goldmine (Iridescent)	Goldmine (Iridescent)
N/A	Blue Curacao (Matte)	Blue Curacao (Matte)
N/A	Time Resist White	Time Resist White
Pink Sapphire	Forever Pink	Forever Pink
N/A	Sweet Strawberry (Matte)	Sweet Strawberry (Matte)
N/A	Sahara Treasure (Iridescent)	Sahara Treasure (Iridescent)
Iced Latte	Iced Latte/Hourglass Beige	Hourglass Beige
N/A	Sassy Chamallow (Iridescent)	Sassy Marshmallow
N/A	Metallic Lilac (Iridescent)	Metallic Lilac (Iridescent)
N/A	Magnetic Coral (Iridescent)	Magnetic Coral (Iridescent)
N/A	Black Onyx (Iridescent)	Black Onyx/Black Star
Eternal Sunshine	N/A	N/A
N/A	N/A	Cosmic Black (Iridescent)
N/A	Smoothie Kiwi (Matte)	Smoothie Kiwi (Matte)
N/A	Enigmatic Purple (Matte)	Enigmatic Purple (Matte)
N/A	Smokey Green (Matte)	Smokey Green (Matte)
N/A	Ultimate Black (Matte)	Ultimate Black (Matte)
N/A	Tender Caramel	Tender Caramel
Primped & Precious	N/A	N/A
Blinged & Brilliant	N/A	N/A

L'Oreal L'Or Electric Collection Color Infallible Eyeshadow

I don't know how much longer I can keep up with collecting these eyeshadows, I really adore their texture and their pigmentation and long lastingness is most excellent, but I am fast running out of storage space for these lil buggers. In the event that I stop collecting, you can always head over to Asiyakei's blog for swatches as I'm sure her OCDness will not allow her to stop collecting xD.
Anyway! The L'Or Electric collection was created to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival. The collection has not yet been released in North America and I don't know if it ever will but I can confirm its release in both the UK and Asia. I got mine courtesy of my Hong Kong CP buddy and fellow polish fiend Rach of Through The Looking Glass (Thanks Rach! Nice boobs! *gets slapped* xD)

Three new shades of the Color Infallible eyeshadow were released with this collection; Magnetic Coral, Cosmic Black and Metallic Lilac. In the UK, 3 additional shades, Innocent Turquoise, Sassy Marshmallow, and Naughty Strawberry were also released as a part of the same collection. Those are on their way to me and I will post swatches of them once I receive them.

From left: Magnetic Coral; Cosmic Black; and Metallic Lilac

Both Magnetic Coral and Metallic Lilac have bits of purple pigment mixed in with the base colour, something I've only seen in the Georgio Armani Eyes To Kill shadows, however, in swatches the purple bits are not apparent.
If you're think Metallic Lilac and Cosmic Black look familiar, you're quite right...

Swatches from left: L'Oreal Infallible Flashback Silver; L'Oreal Infallible Metallic Lilac; Armani Eyes to Kill 04 Nola; and Chanel Illusion d'ombre Illusoire

Swatches from left: L'Oreal Infallible Magnetic Coral; Bronze Goddess and Cosmic Black

Indeed, in the pan, Metallic Lilac and Cosmic Black appear to be similar to Flashback Silver and Bronze Goddess but once swatched these shades are quite different.
Metallic Lilac is darker and pulls more blue than Flashback Silver. Armani ETK Nola is darker than Metallic Lilac.
Cosmic Black is an antique green gold on a black base which swatches significantly darker to Bronze Goddess.
Magnetic Coral looks rather scary in the pan and in swatches, but it can definitely be sheered down to be wearable. I wore it in my FOTD with Infallible Color in Amber Rush and think it's a rather good alternative to Pantone's Tangerine Tango.

Yah, sorry about shitty phone camera photos. I appear to have misplaced my DSLR's transfer cable somewhere...
Of the 3 shades, I would say Metallic Lilac is not a must-have for me. I already have Flashback Silver and I rarely use silver shades in my daily makeup routine. Fans of shades like MAC Silver Ring, Knight Divine and Smoke & Mirrors would enjoy it though.

Essence lipstick review

Full steam ahead with reviews of my recent Essence cosmetics haul.
I picked up a few of Essence's lipsticks along with their lipglosses that I reviewed in my last post. With the low price point, I had to constantly remind myself that at last count my lipstick/gloss collection numbered well over the 50 mark. Twas difficult job but someone had to take one for the team. These lipsticks have apparently won Allure's Best of Beauty award and Essence products are not tested on animals.
The colour I got is called "Like A Lady". Must be a very bold lady xD.

Swatches:

They sez:
"soft, seductive and unbelievably creamy: the popular essence lipstick is available in ten new shades just in time for spring! thanks to the new color-coded packaging, it's super-easy to reach for your favorite color and pick the right lipstick to go with your new spring outfits.
available in a total of 10 different colors."
Nunu sez:
These lipsticks reminds me somewhat of Rimmel Lasting Finish lipsticks, it has a tad more slip but the formula and finish are very similar. A plus for me is that the Essence lipsticks don't have that weird chemical licorice scent that Rimmel lipsticks have, instead it has a faint caramel/vanilla scent.
As you can see, the pigmentation is amazing. It begins to fade around the 3 hour mark but the darker colours will stain. On me, the formula was not drying.
The only sad thing is that the colour selection is kind of meh and too many of the colours have a frost finish. Also try the colours Red Carpet and Fairytale.
For $2.99 each, you really can't go wrong and I whole heartedly recommend these.

Bonus NOTD: Zoya Bevin