La Coquette Cosmetics Swatches + Review

The Shop: La Coquette Cosmetics

My Order: A grand opening sampler special including every color in the lineup.

Packaging: The order was shipped quickly in a regular envelope, with a business card and each sample in a small plastic baggie.  The owner sent me a convo to let me know she felt two of the colors were too similar, and had replaced one shade with another that was not as close to some of the others.  The baggies are labeled numerically (the shades do not appear to have names) with small stickers.  I couldn't find the ingredients listed anywhere for these shadows, which makes me even more curious as to what's in them, what's lip-safe, what's eye-safe, and what's not.  The business card had a hand-written thank you note on the back with a coupon code for next time, but there was no invoice.  I don't personally mind if a package arrives without an invoice, but I know some people do so I thought it was noteworthy.

Today's Swatches:

Left to right - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6

 With Flash

Without Flash

Left to right - 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12

 

With Flash

Without Flash

Left to right - 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18

With Flash

Without Flash

Left to right - 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, and 25

With Flash

Without Flash

Left to right - 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, and 32

 With Flash

Without Flash

These swatches were applied to bare skin with a foiled stripe down the center (top row,) and skin prepped with Shadow Poxy from My Beauty Addiction (bottom row).  For the most part, the application was surprisingly nice without primer, in adhesion and pigmentation.  They take on a smooth, creamy consistency when foiling.  A lot of the colors had a nice depth created with contrasting shimmer (for example, #6 is an olive green with a very distinctive gold shimmer), and they really pop over primer.

Overall:  I'm pretty impressed with the colors and the application, and it was nice of the owner to let me know she was adding a new color instead of just shipping it to me and letting me find out later.  She even convoed me after she found my blog in a Google search and was very excited to be reviewed.  The customer service and communication was great.  For some, it might be a turn-off that the shadows weren't mailed in a padded mailer and that there was no copy of my invoice, but to me that doesn't really matter since it was just sample baggies.  I would have minded if she was shipping jars that could get cracked, but that wasn't the case.  What does concern me is the lack of ingredients listings and names for the colors (I don't even know why the color thing bothers me; it just does.)  I hope she fixes this in the future, but the shadows ARE pretty and they apply well.  I liked them, but if you have sensitivities or allergies, you may not want to use a product without an ingredients list.   

CORRECTION 7/11/11 2:48 a.m. There is an ingredient list available at http://www.lacoquettecosmetics.com/Eyes.html, and you can find the color names there, as well.