L'Oreal Infallible Eyeshadows Review and Swatches Part 9 - Golden Emerald and Endless Sea

New shades of L'Oreal Infallible eyeshadows! Yay! Sadly these are not available in the UK, but I tracked them down on eBay and hey presto.

I got Golden Emerald and Endless Sea, both are really lovely. Golden Emerald is especially pigmented and smooth, it is an amazing green colour with lots of gold shimmer. Endless Sea is a lovely teal colour with blue/gree duochrome, depending on the angle. It is very similar to Mac Electric Cool eyeshadow in Fashion Circuit, although it has sheen rather than shimmer like the Mac shadow.

Speaking of dupes, I thought I'd swatch them next to Permanent K(h)aki and Innocent Turquoise, but they aren't dupes at all (you can see the swatches at the end of this post). Also, there is a post I did which contains all the links to my reviews of the other shades I own, check it out here.  

As usual, you get 3.5 g eyeshadow in each pot. I paid around $6 each, in the UK these eyeshadows (obviously not these shades) cost £6.99, and are available from Boots, Superdrug and some supermarkets.

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Mac Electric Cool Eyeshadows Review and Swatches

Earlier this month Mac has launched a new collection of 12 cream eyeshadows called Electric Cool. I wasn't sure whether I wanted any of them because they were rumoured to be the reformulated Big Bounce eyeshadows, but thankfully they aren't. I ended up picking up 4 of them: Fashion Circuit, Brilliantly Lit, Superwatt, Electroplate.

These little pots of eyeshadows are actually very impressive. They feel very creamy, but they dry down pretty quickly and stay put without any creasing for 10+ hours (I always wear them over a primer). They are brilliant on days when I only have time for a quick wash of eyeshadow. I wouldn't compare them to the Armani Eyes To Kill, Chanel Illusion D'Ombre or L'Oreal Infallible eyeshadows because their textures are different, but I guess they're in the same family. The Electric Cool eyeshadows I've bought have lots of shimmer and are quite frosty, except Brilliantly Lit which is more satiny.

Colourwise the available shades aren't very unique, I'm pretty sure all of them can be easily dupeable. I have found that Fashion Circuit for example is extremely close to Endless Sea L'Oreal Infallible eyeshadow. The L'Oreal shadow is more frosty and at certain angles blueer, but on my eyes they are practically the same. Fashion Circuit is a gorgeous colour though and well worth picking up if you don't own anything similar yet. Brilliantly Lit is a bit more unique, you don't often get cream shadows in yellowy lime green shade.

Mac Electric Cool eyeshadows cost £14.50, and you get 2.1g product in a screw top black plastic container. They are limited edition, but most shades are still available, so if you're interested, take a look at your nearest Mac counter.

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