I'm reviewing the Pop 'n Petrol eye shadow palette and the Le Kohl Gloss pencils in BB Sand and Pop Petrol. All items are LE, swatched on NC 35-40 skin, natural light.
Left to right: Le Kohl Gloss in BB Sand and Pop Petrol, Pop 'n Petrol Palette.
Le Kohl Gloss ($31.50 CA)
BB Sand - a shimmery beige, with a gloss texture.
Pop Petrol - a stunning phtalo blue, well pigmented with a gloss texture.
General Comments
The Le Kohl Glosses are essentially an eye gloss in a stick. The formula is very glossy, soft and smudgeable. I was immediately attracted to Pop Petrol, as phtalo is my favourite shade of blue. I wanted to buy it immediately! But I held off, mainly for the reason that eye gloss is notoriously difficult to wear because it never sets and will always crease and smudge. Add in the price factor, and I'm just not sure it is worth spending $31.50 on something that you're going to wear very few times in very few situations. You can get the same effect by layering a face gloss such as MAC's Clear Gloss ($22.00 CA) over a similar shade of eyeliner. You could also dupe BB Sand this way by layering gloss over a shade like MAC Shroom. These are very pretty products but unfortunately not very practical and quite expensive.
Pop 'n Petrol Palette ($55.00 CA/48.00 US)
Another item I wasn't sure if I wanted or not! This is a fairly unique quad that features a shimmery white, deep metallic teal, slightly greenish silver and a matte sage. The colours are on their own, very pretty - particularly the greenish silver, which (if memory serves me correctly) is a kin to the legendary Erika F shadow Lancome sells in Europe (comparison coming soon!). What stumped me though is the combination of the colours. I'm not an expert in colour theory, but I know enough to recognize that the warm brownish sage shade doesn't quite fit in with the otherwise cool tones. All that being said, I am going back to pick this one up and will definitely try to do a look using all four colours.
J