Friday, October 30, 2009

Frugal Friday - L'oreal HiP Color Chrome Eyeliner





I've been curious about L'oreal HiP Color Chrome eyeliners for awhile. My girls on MUA (makeupalley.com) rave about them so I felt they deserved a try and at $9.99 each but on sale for Buy One Get One Free I charged into Walgreen's expecting to find an assortment of glittery overkill. Surprisingly these soft creamy liners are very un-teenybopperish, (that's a PB technical term, haha). Soft and creamy = ultra smudgable = smooth, not harsh on older eyes. They are available in four shades:

Black Shock--I can't detect any shimmer in this one at all, but it's a very very dark black without being too harsh if that makes sense!
Gold Charge--a bright deep gold almost a bronze
Silver Lightening--a bright shiny silver--a bit too shiny for my taste and age
Violet Volt--a jewel tone purple with a bit of shimmer

Chrome eyeliners take a minute to set up and then there's no budgin', they last as long as the Energizer Bunny! I have to say, I really think these rival Urban Decay 24/7 liners which I love, but are $17 vs. $10 and $5 on sale!

The only con I can to see the Hip Chrome eyeliner is that they are only available in 4 colors. C'mon L'oreal, I'm begging "Please Sir, some more?"

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thank you for this eyeliner tip, I'm going to "charge" right over to my Walgreen's and buy some

Anonymous said...

Ladies what do you think: I am using urban decay eyeline & a store bought mascara (maybelline), which is NOT water proof and I seem to have tons left when I remove my make-up at night. Why do I have to go through like 3 cotton balls??

Prime Beauty said...

Ah yes, the Urban Decay 24/7 eyeliners last and last, but that's why they're so great! I would suggest an oil based eye makeup remover such as Almay moisturizing remover pads. Let it sit on your eyes for a few seconds before starting to wipe. Lancome Bi-Facil is a popular choice and the L'oreal version (they are owned by the same company) is available at your local drugstore.