LORAC BAKED MATTE SATIN EYESHADOW IN SOCIAL REVIEW AND EOTD

Hello my beautiful friends,
I am back with yet another review from the LORAC cosmetics its their BAKED MATTE EYESHADOW in SOCIAL.
I love smokey eyes and love to try on different colors for eyeshadows different finishes on them be it matte, satin, frost, metallic or cream or shimmer. The possibilities are endless, but the finish I enjoy most working with is matte, they are the most versatile according to me.

So back to this eyeshadow. LORAC eyeshadows are a must have. I am so dying to try the PRO PALETTE.
So lets begin the review on these BAKED MATTE RANGE.
This particular range is now discontinued. I picked these off hautelook while I was in the USA for $2 a piece, wasnt it a steal? I wish I could have picked up all the colors..but they went out of stock so soon...I have 3 more in this range which I shall review later.

eotd lorac social review

COLOR: SOCIAL is a true matte medium brown color. LORAC SOCIAL is the perfect color for the crease to blend out the darker browns and blacks for the smokey eyes, and on its own too its a perfect brown for all over the lids. I love this color just too much.

eotd lorac social review

TEXTURE: The TEXTURE of SOCIAL is what surprised me the most. Generally matte eye shadows have a tendency to be a bit rough and  not blend effortlessly, and its not very difficult for it  to look muddy. But SOCIAL totally surprised me. Its smooth, soft and easy to blend.

eotd lorac social review

PIGMENTATION: Being my first baked eyeshadow purchase I didnt know what to really expect in terms of pigmentation, like it would be different from the regular ones and if so how different and in which context. Ultimately what I deduced is that they have a slightly different formula and baked eyeshadows can be used both wet and dry. Although I havent used this eyeshadow wet. The pigmentation on the eyeshadow in the dry form is superb, never felt the need to use it wet.

eotd lorac social review

STAYING POWER: LORAC products dont disappoint in the staying power department. These dont budge at all. No creasing of any sorts. These eyeshadow really stay.

Here is a look I created using this eyeshadow. I have used the same eyeshadow to fill in my eye brows as well. Works great you just need to set it with brow gel or you can even use clear mascara.

eotd lorac social eyeshadow

Hope you all liked it.
Here is another EOTD I used using this eyeshadow along with INSIDER from the same range. You can check the look HERE

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LORAC EYESHADOW IN GARNET REVIEW

Hey everyone!
Today I am going to be reviewing the LORAC cosmetics eyeshadow in GARNET.
 Just a little back track to the last post I did, I used this eyeshadow. And I love this color so so so much.

Okies so let me tell you a bit about LORAC. Its a high end brand started by a makeup artist whose name is CAROL SHAW. Fun fact LORAC is named after CAROL...its just CAROL spelled back wards! Its pronounced as LA-ROCK not LO-RACK . Guilty!!
Anyhoo... lets begin the review.

This eyeshadow is a part of the famous famous LORAC PRO PALETTE.
PRICE: Well when I bought it they were for $19 a piece, and now they are for $6 for 1.7 gms of product. Can you believe it. Go grab it now.

COLOR: GARNET is a medium copper eye shadow with red undertones and is almost metallic, not too reflective not too frosty either.

PIGMENTATION: GARNET is insanely pigmented, you need very little product to get the color pay off. The swatch here is a single swipe. 

TEXTURE: It goes on smooth and is not one bit chalky. I did not face any issues with the fall outs. And it goes on smooth and blends easily. These are meant to be used as wet or dry. When you want to intesify the look or use any of these eyeshadows as a liner you can use them on a damp brush.

STAYING POWER: I never apply eye shadows without a primer, and when I put this to test (with an eyeshadow primer) well it lasted well over 9 hours, I had to take my makeup off, but the eye makeup was intact. I'm sure it would have lasted even more. Staying power is amazing. By the end of the day there was no fading and no creasing what so ever. I am not kidding.

OVERALL THOUGHTS:

I would say I am totally impressed with the LORAC eyeshadow GARNET, it made its way into the PRO palette is proof enough of its versatility and goodness. Its insanely pigmented, you need very little product at a time, it goes on smooth and staying power is beyond amazing.It blends like a dream, so easy to work with and the color is complimentary on everyone.  Here is the EOTD I did using the GARNET eyeshadow on the outer half of the lids.

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NYX PIGMENT PEARL AND LORAC MATTE EYESHADOW IN DRAMA : SOFT EASY ON THE EYES MAKEUP LOOK

Hello everyone,
I typed and deleted typed and deleted the intro for this post. Guess my mood isnt helping either.
Well for this post I wanted to go for softer lighter colors, nothing in your face kind of dramatic so  I'm using NYX Pigment in LP 02 Pearl and LORAC matte satin finish eye-shadow in DRAMA.
Its a lovely soft metallic pink pigment that doesnt look so pink on my pigmented lids.
I shall do a detailed review on this pigment with swatches and all.
I did actually click pictures for the look along the way but unfortunately the light didnt support it...the true impact of the color is not coming in the pictures.
I will share a couple of pictures of how I achieved the look

EOTD WITH NYX PIGMENT AND LORAC EYESHADOW IN DRAMA

I primed my eyes with Urban Decay primer potion. And then applied NYX jumbo eye pencil in MILK
on the lids.
I then took the NYX pigment in on a synthetic brush and slowly patted in on the lids for even application.
Next I took a grey matte eye-shadow and applied it on the outer part of the lids and blended it softly to the pink eye shadow.
For the lower lids I applied the same grey eyeshadow on the lower lashline and smudged it lightly. On the outer corner of the eyes I took little bit of black eye shadow and blended it on the outer corner.
I then applied a black eye liner to the top lids and curled m lashes and applied loads of mascara to the top lashes.

EOTD WITH NYX PIGMENT AND LORAC EYESHADOW IN DRAMA

Here is the final look and loads of pictures of the full face.

FOTD USING NYX AND LORAC

FOTD USING NYX AND LORAC

FOTD USING NYX PIGMENT PEARL AND LORAC DRAMA

Here is a list of products used:
FACE:
Neutrogena Healthy Skin Foundation.
L'oreal Crayon Concealer.
Maybelline Dream Matte Compact.
Physician's Formula Bronzer.
NYX Cream Blush in GLOW.
EYES:
UDPP
NYX Pigment in LP 02 Pearl
LORAC Matte Satin Eyeshadow in DRAMA
Maybelline Gel Eyeliner
Loreal Voluminous Mascara
LIPS
FLIRT LIPSTICK in Sangria

See you guys soon...
Until next time....

EOTD USING LORAC BAKED MATTE SATIN EYESHADOWS IN SOCIAL AND INSIDER

Hello hello...
I am going to be sharing yet another EOTD with you all today using two versions of the same look, one is matte and another is after adding glitter to it.
Let me know which one is better.
So lets begin:

1.I started by applying a tape in an angle to create a sharp "v" shape. This trick is also good for anyone who struggles to get the perfect shape for eye makeup, if you dont want it so sharp just blend it later on.

I applied the LORAC BAKED MATTE SATIN  EYE-SHADOW in INSIDER all over the lids staying below the crease area.

2.Next I added another eye shadow called SOCIAL, which is a baked matte medium brown eye shadow on the crease bringing it all the way in to the inner corner of the lids.

3. I  also applied both these eye shadows on the lower waterline keeping the brown only to the outer third of the eyes.

4.I then put a matte highlight shade and lined my eyes with a deep blackish brown eye liner to not make the look very sharp. And then I curled  my eye lashes applied mascara.

5. Here is the final look without any glitter.

This is the one with some light blue glitters on the lid area.

I apologize for the photos not being too clear, I shall try to do a better job next time.
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