L'Oreal HIP eyeshadow duos are available in a variety of shades/finishes (check here and here) - I picked up these two shades since I don't really have many matte shades. True to their name, the shadows are highly pigmented and stay on without creasing. Shady is a lighter and darker brown while Dashing is a pale pink and black combination.
The packaging consists of two halves. One side containing the eyeshadow duos and the lower compartment containing a sponge applicator. I have never bothered with using it, but it's there and makes a racket rattling inside the compartment but other than that it does seem quite useless.
Swatches: I couldn't get the lighter colours to show up that well on my skin since they are quite similar to my skin colour, but the shadows are quite pigmented and what you see in the pan is the exact colour that you get.
I used the light brown colour all over my lid, the brown towards the outer corner, and the black to line the lower lashline and into the upper lashline. A bit of black in the outer corner too. The lighter pink shade I used under my brow.
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Cost: $8.99
Wow...very pretty color, the like pink-black duo very much. Hey you got the hip pencils also?
ReplyDeleteNot yet..would definitely get them some time. They look quite good from what I have seen on blogs :)
ReplyDeleteits quite a nice color.....thats only the shadow on the lower line or with a liner...its come out so nicely...i end up spreading it a lot and then rub it off as it looks gastly
ReplyDeleteI put the Elle18 kajal on waterline and the shadow is along the lashline...if that makes sense. If you have a pointed small brush you can use that..i tho use angled brush - the small tbs one :D
ReplyDeleteYour eye is looking smoking hottt Rads...post FOTD naa... :D :D
ReplyDeletei have the pencil brush...and i use that only...but i think i get very impatient and dont do it well...i will try again...a bit more gently and slowly :D is the cost lower than india??? it looks cheaper
ReplyDeleteCali - Hehehee I took..but I felt so stoooopiddd staring at camera and smiling on my own..very very stoooopiddd..and half the photos tho I won't click on time so wrong places got photeeed :P :P :P :P
ReplyDeletePeereeeya - you don't take the shadow and brush it like a liner. You try dab the brush pointy end on shadow - then dab the pointy end right into the lashes. Dab in shadow-dab in lash..till the line gets done. I tho don't know how these people just draw lines and not look like pandas. I would look like I forgot to take off my liner and slept about 24 hours that way.
I don't know if this is there in India, but I am okay with the price. And they have tons of different shades! These two are concentrated colour and the matte versions. They have metallic and something else too..
ReplyDeletei get ittt....dab dab dab and dab more...hehe
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ReplyDeleteI liked the colors, but wont buying loreal anytime soon me guess =/ :D
ReplyDeleteNice colours, Rads, I got the yellow/purple one, you saw, na?
ReplyDeleteI cant see it in your mail..I just went to check..not there :( Where did you post it? Are those blushes good..I saw them but wasn't sure if they are good..
ReplyDeleteDeb - if you have any friends this side of the earth, you can ask them to do a little baggage transport for you :D
ReplyDeleteI liked the shades, it's so wearable.....like for normal human beings they are :))....howz your that thing by the way which got stung ::wink::
ReplyDeletebrown is nice..everyday kind..
ReplyDeleteJomol - :P :P :P me ignore you.
ReplyDeleteBhumika - I know...its perfect that way.
Nice choice in the Hip duos. I had two which ultimately went to the dust bin cos I chose the wrong colors. Dont remember the names it was a black and silver and a shimmery blue with a dark matte blue. Btw, there used to be $2 off coupons on the loreal website. Not sure on now though. I am sure there are lots of coupons somewhere on the web.
ReplyDeleteOh Target has them for 6.99 and 20% off loads of stuff if the total order is $75..so if you are buying a huge lot of stuff or sharing then it could work out cheaper.
ReplyDeleteSo pretty! I have this duo in Cheeky..it's a pink & brown combo very nice. I picked it up once at CVS during the 75% off sale and love it! But I kinda felt the whole compartment underneath kinda made it bulky :)
ReplyDeleteI never found anything useful in the 75% off section - I need to start shopping at the CVS near your place :D I found these cheaper at Target, so maybe will go there next time!
ReplyDeletetehse are really pretty radhika. i loved the brown one the most. :D :D I want :((
ReplyDeleteHehehehhahahaaaa I knew it when I saw the colour you will want it. They have lovely neutral your kind colours, Rati....really I was thinking...if you saw it you would probably buy a bucketfull :D
ReplyDeleteoh i like these radikha......sorry radhika :P
ReplyDeletei have the blue and the turqoise one:)
ReplyDeleteThey have some really pretty colours, don't they? I don't use much eye makeup on a regular day, so resisted the temptation to pick up all the duo :D
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