L'Oreal Colour Riche Eyshadow

L'Oreal Colour Riche Eyeshadows in Petite Perle, Argentic, and Pain au Chocolat.

I picked up three of the new L’Oreal Colour Riche Eyeshadows.  I have Argentic, Petite Perle, and Pain au Chocolat.  Overall, these shadows are pretty and have a nice texture but I don’t love them.  They’re alright, they aren’t bad.  Still, they aren’t my favorite and I much prefer the L’Oreal Infallible shadows.  These don’t have quite as strong a color payoff as the Infallible shadows.

The other problem I have with these, is that none of them really stand up on their own.  Petite Perle and Argentic are light washes.  Pain au Chocolat is beautiful, but I so rarely wear brown shades that this isn’t going to get much use.  It’s also worth mentioning that these don’t layer well.  They don’t stick on top of each other, but I haven’t had trouble adding in shadows from other lines.

These have an interesting feel to them.  They’re quite soft.  They remind me of the way the Maybelline Baby Skin Pore Eraser feels.  I enjoy wearing them because of this comfy texture.  I was thinking because they’re not exactly a powder formula it would be better to apply them using your fingers.  This has proven to be untrue.  I actually think using your fingers forces you to waste some product as these stick to your fingers.  I recommend using brushes with these, brushes work perfectly well.

After I swatched these, I took a picture.  I can't believe how well these stay on your fingers.  Pointer finger is Pain au Chocolat, middle finger is Argentic, and ring finger is Petite Perle.

Petite Perle (205) is a white color that seems to have a pink duochrome shift.  It’s quite pretty but not really all that unique.  I think every palette I have has a similar color.  I’ve heard this line has a matte white shade and I’ve been searching high and low for a color like that.  This is not a matte white shade, though they might have a matte white shade.  It makes a beautiful brow bone highlight and is worth it as long as you don’t already have a shade like this in your collection.

Pain au Chocolat (207) is a brown shadow, it has a darker brown base with a lighter brown shimmer.  I’m not a big fan of brown shadows but I kind of like this one.  In the store, it almost looked like it had a slight purpleness to it which made me want to try it (not to mention this is the shade everyone is talking about).  I haven’t noticed the purpleness when worn or even at home.  I tried using it to deepen up the corner when I wore Argentic, that’s when I discovered these don’t layer.

Argentic (210) is a light shimmery silver shade.  In the store, it looked quite blue-toned.  I was worried about that as I don’t usually like blue-toned silvers but again I haven’t noticed it that much when worn.  Silver eyeshadow is my go to, this isn’t my favorite.  It’s not sheer, but it’s a bit on the pastel side.  It also drives me slightly crazy that this shade’s name is in English while the other two are in French.  Quick tip to anyone learning French, most English words that end in -ic are -ique in French.  The French word for argentic, is argentique.  I’m just splitting hairs, but it could have been uniform.

L'Oreal Colour Riche in Pain au Chocolat, Argentic, and Petite Perle.  (Inside)

L'Oreal Colour Riche in Pain au Chocolat, Argentic, and Petite Perle.  (Outside)