L'Oreal Colour Riche Le Crayon de Couleur in Lovely Lilas Review

I was excited to try this product, I've wanted to find some ways to bring brighter colours into my eye make up for a while, so I was keen to try this. straight off i loved the vibrant colour, the pigment impressed me. I've used traditional eye shadow for a long time now, and was keen to see how a crayon would work within my makeup routine. I was disappointed that getting it to blend was quite hard, because of the texture of the crayon, however after a bit of effort I got it to look good/I was happy with it. the crayon made it really easy to use on my lower lids and it would be a fantastic liner. I'll use this product again, but I don't think I would re-buy it, simply because of the way I like to wear my eye make up, means traditional eyeshadows more favourable.

I was excited to try this product out as I don't normally incorporate lighter colours in my eye looks. When I swatched the colour on my hand it showed a beautiful, slightly metallic lilac purple. The swatch came out very pigmented with opaque coverage. When i applied to my lids, I found it slightly harder to get that same opacity, but gradually built it up in layers. As it is more of a creme consistency, it's a bit difficult to blend out, but nothing a bit of perseverance can't work out. As it is quite a chubby pencil, I didn't opt to use it as an upper lash liner as i couldn't get my line thin/crisp enough - but this could perhaps be remedied by applying the product to a brush and applying that way.

I ended up liking this product the best when used as a base for purple shadows. It has great staying power, when used with or without a primer, and allows the shadows to adhere quite well. The product also makes a great inner corner highlight for a bright, colourful eye makeup look.

At first I wasn't sure how I felt about the colour as I don't usually wear such bright colours on my eyes but I think this may have changed my mind a bit. It's super easy to use as it's in a stick form and creamy so it doesn't drag along the skin. It also doesn't take much to get a lot of colour on either which is good for those of you who like their colour bright and bold! What I ended up doing was putting on a thick line of this on my upper lid and then putting my usual mac eyeliner over it so it covered it a little (enough to still see the lavender). It didn't seem to budge or transfer at all which makes me like more. I will defiantly be using this again but I don't have a big sharpener so now I will need to get one. (Perhaps they could include one with the pencil?)