Smooth buttery goodness: L'OREAL INFALLIBLE 24HR EYESHADOW

Been using these little babies for about a month now and I am absolutely in love. I've been so impressed of how comparable it is to my high end eyeshadows and I can honestly say that this is hands down the best drugstore eyeshadows I've ever owned.. and that's saying a lot for an eyeshadow junkie like me who has a ton of eyeshadows in my collection lol. I purchased four of the nine shades they had available in store (bought these from BIG W for $15 AU each on boxing day when they had the L'oreal 25% off sale) - Flashback Silver, Purple Obsession, Sahara Treasure and Permanent Kaki. Absolutely love these colours and the beauty about these shades is that they compliment each other that you can create different types of eye looks by mix and matching the different colour combinations :)

With flash swatches (no primer)

left to right: Purple Obsession, Flashback Silver, Permanent Kaki, Sahara Treasure

 

No flash swatches (no primer)

left to right: Purple Obsession, Flashback Silver, Permanent Kaki, Sahara Treasure

First of all the packaging is great - I love how it comes in a sturdy little jar and there is this little plastic thingy inside pressing the powder down and keeping it intact, soft and creamy to touch and also preventing it from drying out.. so do not discard the presser!

The shiny shimmery texture is exceptionally pigmented, some shades have some glitter but not over the top glittery at all (you can hardly even tell any signs of it once put on the lid) and the colour pay off is unbelievable. It is velvety smooth and glides heavenly onto your skin like butter. Even with it's high pigmentation, I haven't come across any fall outs. There's been a little debate going around what is the best way to apply it, brush or finger. I think both work really well but personally I prefer applying it with my fingers as I find it easier to pack on the lid, particularly when I'm in a rush, and the colour just pops out beautifully a little bit more on my lids than when it is applied with a brush.

colour pigmentation with one good swipe of the finger

Lasting power is incredible with primer with no creasing or fading at all and definitely lives up to its name being a 24hr eyeshadow (yes.. I tested it out one night wearing it to bed after a big messy night out, I know I know very naughty.. but when I woke up in the morning, woala.. amazingly enough it still looked just as good when I first put it on). I did however forgot to wear it one time without primer and I admit I saw a little sign of creasing after about 6hrs but I still think that's pretty good considering I have very oily lids and it tends to get craaazy oily during summer time especially when it's been so hot and humid here in Brisbane these past couple of weeks (generally without primer, eyeshadows only last about 2hrs on my lids before it starts creasing).. so packing on the primer is a MUST for me if I want my shadows to last longer :) All in all I highly recommend this product, it is definitely worth the bucks and I would definitely go and collect the rest of the shades next time I see it go on sale :) xx