Loreal Hip introduces A New Metallic Eye Shadow Duo

Friday, July 4th 2008

Product Review: Loreal Hip Metallic Shadow Duo

Product: L'oreal HiP Metallic Shadow

Price: $6.99

Steph's Rating:

Buy it: Drugstores

Recommend: Yes

Fly into the metallic world of color with Loreal's new Hip metallic eyeshadow duo's with rich, high pearl finish full of intense color.

HiP introduces another great product to their shadow duo line - a metallic with an insane amout of pigmentation and color pay-off. These new metallic shadows are the whip you guys, for serious. Gilded is the shade that came home with me today. A true metallic gold with a brown w/gold shimmer for creases that is featured on the display promo. A perfect combo to go with richness of Chanel Gold Fiction nail polish this Fall.

I was instantly drawn into the high intensity metallic pigments of the duo shadows. Their practical, everyday colors you can incorporate into your work and school wardrobe. Not bright and outrageous like some of the regular non-metallic shades. Five colors combinations are available in: Gun Metal -jade green/olive, Magnetic - navy blue/light blue, Sculpted - mauve/light pink, Gilded - gold/brown and Platinum - black/silver. Check out the photo swatch below.

Loreal HiP Metallic Eyeshadow Duo in Gilded

Two swipes with my finger delivers intense gold color that blended perfectly with my MAC 239 brush. A sponge applicator and mirror is included with compact but, you'll get better results with a makeup brush such as MAC's or any flat tipped eye shadow brush.

It's really hard to find a good metallic eyeshadow with staying power and color pay-off. And, these rock compared to the dreadful, metal-x shadows from MAC. Everything about metal-x collection was horrible - crease lines everywhere, texture nearly impossible to deal with - to much hassle than it's worth. I have some swatches of metal-x and mineralized shadows I'll be putting up soon to compare textures.

Loreal Hip Meallic Shadow Duos New

Overall, HiP metallic shadow duos earned four kisses but, may easily earn five after a few more uses. Other great colors are Platinum and Gunmetal. I may go back seeing how wonderful these turned out.