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It’s All in the HIPs: L’Oreal HIP High Intensity Pigments Chrome Eyeliner

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L’Oreal HIP High Intensity Pigments Chrome Eyeliner from bottom to top: Violet Volt, Black Shock, Silver Lightning, Gold Charge

Hey there, my discount lovin’ beauties. 🙂 How do you feel about Urban Decay’s 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencils?

I’m a fan. I think they’re fabulously buttery and love how long they wear.

They remind me of L’Oreal’s new HIP High Intensity Pigments Chrome Eyeliners ($10 per pencil, available in four shades).

I adore how long they last. They take about a minute to dry but then stay put for most of the day vibrant, rich color, especially when worn along my lashlines.

Unfortch, the waterlines are a different story, where all four pencil colors made my eyes teary, and their colors began to fade rather quickly (within a few minutes).

Even so, I like ’em for the price, especially if you don’t wear eyeliner along the waterline.

loreal hip high intensity pigments chrome eyeliner swatches
Swatches from left to right: Violet Volt, Black Shock, Silver Lightning, Gold Charge

About the colors…

  • Violet Volt: My brown eyes pop when I wear this deep blackish purple. It should sing on green or hazel eyes.
  • Black Shock: A black pencil that at first glance doesn’t appear to shimmer but upon closer inspection has tiny silver flecks that give the shade a subtle but noticeable silver kick.
  • Silver Lightning: A cool, silvery white that applies with mad shimmer. Try it on the inner corners to perk up tired eyes.
  • Gold Charge: The shimmery bronze-gold sister of Urban Decay’s 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil in Eldorado.

Chrome’s an expensive drugstore eyeliner (for $10), but I think it holds up well to $17 ones from Urban Decay.

loreal hip high intensity pigments chrome eyeliner 2

If you’re on a strict makeup budget, scour stores like Rite Aid and Walgreens and watch for Saturday/Sunday coupons. Thankfully, L’Oreal goes on sale A LOT. I’ll let you know when I spot a good deal.

I forgive these for failing on the waterline because of their pigmentation, wear time and how easy they are to apply. Great deals for $10, so thank you, L’Oreal. 🙂Makeup and Beauty Blog Rating: A

What are you up to? I’m getting ready to watch some Hulu before bed (I have one episode of My So Called Life left).

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

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  1. Ooh I can’t wait until CVS has another BOGO sale on HIP products so I can try these! That purple one is calling my name.

    And the last episode of My So-Called Life breaks my heart every time I watch it (I have the series on DVD!) Brian is so in love with Angela, but Jordan is sooo delicious. Which team are you on?

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  2. I’ve had the purple, blue, green, and silver HIP liners since the summer. I love them for their ease of application (so much like the UD liners!), and the green color is a dead-on dupe for Stash. I think the silver is like Dime, though I don’t own Dime to do a comparison. They don’t wear quite as well as the UD liners, but I got them 2-for$-10, so I’m not upset about that. If the gold one is more like El Dorado than Honey, I am buying it tomorrow! Thanks for the info about that!

    Tying this into one of your other posts from today, I love love love the blue liner under the light blue UD glitter liner on school spirit days. My kids always comment on my eyeliner; they live it too 🙂

    I’ll turn 30 in about 10 days, so I am inclined to say “you’re never too old for glitter liner!” 🙂

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  4. I the metallic look of these liners and they are definitely a good “budget” alternative to the UD 24/7 ones, but since these are not good for the waterline, this a no go for me. Too bad My So Called Life was so short lived, I loved that show dearly and would have loved to find out if Angela and Jordan could work out as a couple in the long run.
    .-= amy’s last blog post… FOTD Magic, Mirth and Mischief Mineralize Eye Shadow Blue Sorcery and SoftSparkle Eyeshadow Nightsky =-.

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  6. I am going to get these tomorrow. I never try silver in the inner corners of my eye.
    Anyways, Ulta has ALL L’Oreal HiP products Buy One, Get One Free through Saturday.
    Maybe you can pass it on!
    .-= Zdubb’s last blog post… Oh Drake… =-.

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  8. I saw these the other day at Longs, but I wasn’t sure how good they are… I’ll give them a try next time. Thanks for this post!

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  13. These pencils are great! They glide on so smoothly and really stay on almost all day. I have them all and love them so much! I love using the gold one with maroon and brown eyeshadows and the purple one with lavender, blue and pink eyeshadows. I wish they made these chrome eyeliners in more colors. I could use a blue one, pink one green one – every color actually. The purple one also works well with the new Kat Von D Palette True Love. I’m not sure how great the other eyeliners in the HIP collection are but the chrome ones are awesome – Target usually has them a little cheaper than cvs, rite aid and other drug stores.

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  14. I love love love love your blog and I love that pretty purple liner. I think I’m going to have to stop by a drugstore on my way home and pick it up. How would you wear the gold liner though?

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    • Hi Nora,

      I like it along the upper lash line by itself. It’s also pretty layered beneath a number of powder shadows — try gold, brown or black!

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  15. I may give these a try…but unless I can get them BOGO, it’s not that big a deal to me. I love (LOVE) the 24/7 pencils – just got another one from Sephora (Bourbon), and I put the silver one in my cart for my second FF order! Stash is a mainstay…I may even switch it out with the silver one and just get the HIP version in silver, since I probably won’t use the silver as much…

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  19. Oooh I am curious to try out a couple of colors from these. The silver and maybe even the gold one just cause super stash doesn’t have a silver one.

    Anyhow, I just got my 24/7 super stash from the Sephora F&F sale, in fact I have ElDorado on right now and I am so loving these liners!! I like how easy it is to apply them and they feel so soft and doesn’t tug at all. This is my first time to try these liners and I am really happy I got them!

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  21. I have all four of those colors and love them!

    You’re right about the waterline, it makes my eyes all teary when I put them there.

    They glide on so smooth and buttery. I use it as an e/s base too and they work wonderfully! I decided to get these in place of the MAC greasepaint and they work just as good. At 9.00 for 2 at Ulta you can’t beat that.

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  24. You’ve been on a roll with the glitz and glam products! I love it! I particularly want to try the black, silver, and violet. Gold doesn’t tend to show all that well on my already yellow skin, boo.

    But speaking of shine for the eyes, I thought this was crazy. But me being a huge geek, I kind of like the idea of looking a little robotic. Also, they did well to pick a city setting to show this product off:

    http://gizmodo.com/5388479/led-eyelashes-are-the-next-stage-in-womans-self+torturing-arms-race

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  27. Hey Karen,

    I love these liners so much! I own the sliver, gold, violet and purple ones. I always wait until Walgreen’s have a sale to indulge because, like you said, they are a tad expensive for a drugstore liner. Hopefully when the next sale rolls around, I can pick up the black and any other color I missed:D

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    • Hi Tami,

      Isn’t it amazing how silky they are? They feel so smooth when they go on.

      How do you feel about them on the waterline? Do they make your eyes water too?

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  32. Of all the drugstore make up brands.. L’Oreal has got to be the worst! Why can’t they just be fair & let us CANADIANS try some of these amazing looking products?! No no, I still love L’Oreal but we definitely don’t have these in Canada yet. We don’t even have the new HIP eyeshadow duos or atleast the metallic/matte ones. This is so not fair! They remind me so much of Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On but a little more clutch friendly<3

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  33. lately i’ve been hearing soo many wonderful reviews about these liners; i can’t believe i haven’t picked some up already!
    and your swatches look AMAZING. it’s what finally convinced me that i NEED these hip chrome liners!!

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