Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Lorac SummerGLO Eyeshadow Palette Review

Today's review will be on the Lorac SummerGLO Eyeshadow Palette. Can we talk about how up my alley this color palette is? Yes? Like, what a welcome relief from all the neutrals I've been reviewing lately. I love how this has a great balance of both fun and neutral colors so it's good for someone like myself who likes to wear both. Honestly between this and the AfterGLO I think that this is the better quality of the two.
AvailabilityThis appears to have been discontinued. 
Would I buy this again? I'm not entirely sure if I'd buy it for myself if it wasn't on sale - not to say the quality or value are bad - they're great actually BUT I just have so many similar colors in my arsenal that when this originally launched for summer 2014 I considered it but decided against it. I would absolutely buy it as a gift for someone though.
NotesSo I'm reading a lot of reviews where people said these have great pigmentation when used wet. I didn't know you could use them wet (without ruining the shadow/creating a crust) so I haven't used them that way. Used dry, some of these have a great pigmentation while a few are lacking. I'll try and make comments below per each individual shadow.
A soft satiny tan/sand shade that would work fantastic as a transition color, well-pigmented, smooth texture, matte satin finish.
A soft coral pink with a white pearl, well pigmented, soft texture, satin finish.
A magenta with a blue pearl, needs to be layered to get good pigmentation, texture is smooth, frosty finish. This one is disappointing because it looks like it'd be well-pigmented and it isn't.
A gorgeous turquoise blue with a white pearl, another one that needs layering to achieve ideal pigmentation, soft texture, frosted finish. I wish it was more pigmented gosh darn it, it would be so pretty. 
A soft gold, decent pigmentation (softer than the pan color would lead you to believe), smooth texture, frosted finish. 
A copper brown with white micro-glitter, pigmentation is OK but could be better, frosted finish.
A more intense turquoise, well-pigmented, smooth texture, frosted finish. 
A deep chocolate brown, OK pigmentation, smooth texture, matte finish. 
Though it looks matte in the palette, this is a satiny off-white with just a hint of a sheen, well-pigmented, smooth texture, satiny finish. 
A soft off-white-gold highlight shade - would be gorgeous on the face also, well-pigmented, smooth texture, satin-frost finish.

Please let me know if you have any questions or comments.

DisclaimerI paid for this myself.

Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Lorac Pro Eyeshadow Palette 2 Review

Black Friday 2014 brought about the sale of this palette and since I'd been eyeing it since its launch I decided to just go for it. So prepare yourselves.
AvailabilityThis palette retails at $39 for 8.8g and is available at ulta.com and khols.com as well as their respective physical store locations along with loraccosmetics.com
Would I buy this again? Yes! I really like how it's relatively different enough from the Mega Pro palette that I could have both.
NotesThe palette contains 16 shadows, 8 of which are matte/satin and 8 which are pearly/frosty. They are absolutely beautiful in their textures and work well with one another. I haven't had an issue with pigmentation or anything of that kind. This is a tad more cool-toned but I like how there's a few actual colors in here other than just all neutrals and that they're not all silver/taupe like Naked 2 is. For whatever reason warmer toned neutrals are more aesthetically pleasing to me in palettes. :I
Buff - a soft fair flesh-tone that's a little more on the golden side.
Lt. Brown - a soft milk chocolate shade that's very smooth and well-pigmented.
Cool Gray - I'd say this is more of a taupe with a strong gray undertone.
Nectar - a soft, light blush tone that would literally make a very pretty understated blush. 
Plum - I love how this is a purple and not a brown because I know plums have somewhat brown/burgundy undertones but to me they're mostly purple and this captures that perfectly; it's a deep, rich, slightly reddish aubergine. I love it. 
Navy - so navy is my mermaid winter shade, it's dark but it's still blue and nautical and this just... it's so hard to get a matte blue shade that's this perfect and buttery, *drool* Honestly, this was one of the main colors I wanted this palette for because I don't really have much in the matte navy department and this is on point.
Charcoal - a true charcoal, gunmetal gray. 
Black - a rich black, I feel like it's a tad more of a charcoal/soft black versus the inky black in the Mega Pro palette.
Snow - a frosty pure white.
Beige - a soft, slightly pinkish champagne shade.
Rose - a beautiful soft rose gold. 
Mocha -  a reddish mid-tone brown, almost plummy but not quite. 
Chrome - I love colors like this for my eye color, it's a taupe-meets-mauve, it's purply, gray, pinkish all in one and just gah... so multi-dimensional and pretty. 
Silver - a beautiful soft, true silver. 
Jade - this is an absolutely gorgeous, almost jewel-toned deep olive/army green with soft gold micro-shimmer all throughout. Another color that I really wanted this palette for and I am not disappointed in the slightest.
Cocoa - like Jade and Chrome this looks like a nice but not so dimensional color in the palette until you swatch it, then the magic happens. This is a deep plummy brown with gold and pink micro-shimmer that just give it dimension and a gorgeous shine. I love it. 

Please let me know if you have any questions or comments.

DisclaimerI paid for this myself.