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I’ve been having a lot of fun with eye shadows the last couple of days, courtesy of CoverGirl and ULTA. They asked me if they could send me some of this summer’s Flamed Out collection (have you seen it? I admit I’ve been drooling over the displays in stores for a bit now), I would review the products and put together a look. They’d even send me extras for a giveaway! How can a girl say no to that???
Flamed out is this summer’s collection from CoverGirl. The colors are pretty bold, and they are “inspired by fire, the bold new flaming femme look takes your eyes from flames to ashes.” The colors include red, pink, gray, gold, blue and green. Some of the colors are pretty bold for me, but I’ve been inspired over and over by blue and green eye looks recently, so I’ve been dying to try some of the colors!
When my products arrived, I only had a few shades (and none of the bright blue/green ones I wanted to try out), so I pretty much ran to ULTA the moment I opened my package. It’s a good thing that I have an understanding husband! CoverGirl is Buy One get one 50% Off (until Friday, June 28th) including the Flamed Out Collection, and I admit that I bought a lot of the colors! I don’t have every color (yes, I did manage to use some control), but I have almost all of them.
I have a million and one pictures of the colors, a tutorial for the blue and green eye I created, and even a giveaway! Read on to see more!
I’ve been a big sucker for shadow pencils recently, and it seems like the ones being released this year are much better than the ones that were released even 2-3 years ago. The colors are vivid, blendable and once they “set” the shadow lasts for a long time!
The CoverGirl Flamed Out Shadow Pencils are meant to be a gel shadow and liner in one product. The color is pretty soft, but sharpens easily (you’ll need to use a regular sharpener since they come in wood, they aren’t automatic pencils). I found that it is pretty easy to use the color near your lash line for a thick liner look, but then simply smudge it up onto your lid or color in your lid to use it as a shadow. It applies very smoothly, blending with some gentle finger tapping is easy, and once it “sets” you’re good to go for about 8-10 hours.
The interesting thing about these pencils is that when they apply you get a “cooling” feeling. It isn’t uncomfortable, and it can last for a good 20 minutes or so. I did find that my eyes couldn’t handle the cooling if any product got in them (I tried lining a little too close to my waterline) and the result was watering eyes for about 20 minutes. It didn’t burn, there wasn’t irritation, but it definitely made liner application a bit difficult! So, use them to line around your eye, but not into the water line.
I had the same color intensity and staying power with these pencil whether they were used with an eye shadow primer or without. I also used them under the powder shadows to increase intensity and staying power, which worked great, but was best over a primer. So, as usual I suggest using them with a lid primer!
The available colors (note the pencils are labelled with numbers, not the name. The name only appears on the wrapper):
• Silver Flame 300
• Crystal Flame 305
• Red-Hot Flame 310
• Lime Green Flame 315 (I could not get the pencil in the pic to show up green, but you get a good color representation in the swatch picture below)
• Hot-Pink Flame 320
• Gold Flame 330
• Ashen Glow Flame 335
• Ginger Flame 340
• Ice Flame 345
• Melted Caramel Flame 350
The Flamed Out Shadow Pots are the most eye catching part of the collection to me. They have vivid color in a great sized pot, and I can’t wait to start depotting them into a palette! The pots have screw on lids and the shadows are pretty large. While the colors are well pigmented, some of them are a bit powdery and to avoid fallout it is best to press them on to your lid rather than brushing. As well, they do much better over a primer with a bit of “grab”, with better color and much longer wear (10 hours vs about 5 hours for me). I’ve swatched them here with Too Faced Shadow Insurance, which is my favorite “sticky” shadow primer and you can see that the difference that primer makes.
The available colors (again, the pots are only labelled with numbers, the names are on the store displays):
• Molten Black 300
• Fired-up Pink 305
• Lime Light 310
• Sapphire Flare 315
• Turquoise Glow 325
• Melted Caramel 330
• Melted Gold 330
• Charcoal 335
• Blazing Purple 340
• Red-Hot 345
• Blazing White 350
• Scorching Cocoa 355
(Note that those were the names/numbers provided to me, and they match what is on the CoverGirl website, but I had a pot numbered 320 and I’m pretty sure that’s Melted Gold. I’ve labelled it 320 in all of the pics to avoid too much confusion with 2 #330.)
beautiful!!! I love the brighter colors on you!!!
I reall like these 3: Turquoise Glow 325, Melted Caramel 330, and Melted Gold 330
The bright colors are so fun! The Turquoise Glow is gorgeous!
Great color combo — thanks for the tutorial!
The blue and green are so pretty!
Melted Gold is probably the only shadow I'd really want to play with, but honestly, the shadow sticks are so intriguing! I love the easy of applicability, mainly because I still apply all my makeup on transit to work, and having a simple cream shadow in a stick just makes my life 10x easier!
I love how you made the blue and green so wearable!
I'd love to try the turquoise color!
This is amazing!! You made me want to run out and get everything.
Loving these colors on you. The green under your lower lash line almost takes on a pretty goldish hue.
I bought 3 of the pencils and only used one so far. I was bummed when the name was gone but now I have your post to tell me. I think I need to try #325 in the eyeshadow next. Beautiful tutorial.
Melted Gold 330 (Black & Gold local NFL colors)
Melted Gold, but I love them all.
I'm loving Turquoise Glow
Great post, and I love the look!
I would have to say #340 Blazing Purple. I have brown eyes and they always say purple copliments them the best.
I'd try #310 lime light!murphykatt[at]yahoo[dot]com
I love the mascara <3
I so hope I win. I love all the colors
OH my gosh I would of never thought to put those colors together. Now I want to try them! Love your tips!!
Ooo, Lime Light 310, probably! Great colors! 🙂
I love that deep brown, especially over primer!
#325 and #355 would be fun.
#325 looks so pretty…really want to try it!
#325 and #355 would be fun
i want to try the green!
Ulta is my FAVORITE retail therapy spot! Looking forward to trying the Flamed Out Collection!
I liked 355; thanks so much for the great tutorial!
Turquoise Glow 325
I really like Red Hot.
I love the blue and green look you did!
Can't wait to try them all!
I would love to play with numbers 335 in both the pencil and the powder pot. Thanks!
I'd love to play with 325 the most. It's so pretty!
Hard to choose, but I'd have to go with Charcoal 335
i love yellow..would really love to try the yellow shadow. 🙂
I want to try the light blue, haven't used that shade before.
Wow! This is a massive post Christine! 🙂 Great tutorial!!! I have always been a fan of CoverGirl shadows and I think they are often overlooked/underhyped. 🙂 These new shadows really look amazing and your tutorial has inspired me! I would love to try shade #325. Great giveaway, too! 🙂
I'd like to try green
I love the teal/green shadows together! Definitely want to try that! Also Too Faced shadow insurance had to be some of the best stuff made!
I love the teal/green shadows together! Definitely want to try that! Also Too Faced shadow insurance had to be some of the best stuff made!
These are fun colors for summer!
I really like color #300.
I really love Ginger Flame 340.
345 Red-hot would be interesting to play with.
335 and 345 would be the ones that I want to try the most!!
The look you did is awesome!
Melted caramel in the pot. Thanks for the giveaway!
Gorgeous colors! I'm so excited for this giveaway =) Its so hard to choose, but I would love to try the Melted Caramel, Melted Gold, & even the Scorching Cocoa. Thanks for such an informative review. Can't wait to go get that mascara =)
I'm not sure if it would work with my coloring but I'd love to try Turquoise Glow. Thanks for the great tutorial and giveaway!
Molten black 300! 🙂
I like Red-Hot and Blazing Purple
Green is the color I haven't played with yet! I am getting braver with adding color to my face 🙂
Gorgeous!!! I love 300, 305, 225 and 335, but I'd wear them all!
The shadows look disappointing. Shame, I like the colors.
That red hot eyeshadow #345 looks nice!!
I would like to Play with #310 because of how bright & colorful it is!
I like the Turquoise Glow. I'd love to play around with that.
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I would like to play with #350…yes I know i'm boring! 🙂
Shade 325 is definitely my kind of color!
All the colors are so beautiful, perfect for the summer but I think I'd have tons of fun playing with shade #325. Thank you for doing this great giveaway and good luck to all.
Dlori
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The colors look like so much fun!!
I would like to try out the #325 Eye Shadow Color.
I love playing with colors in the summer!
The melted gold 330
The melted gold shadow #330
I love the Melted Gold.
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Lime Light 310 looks summer fun.
Melted Caramel 330
Fired-up Pink 305
I like the Turquoise Glow 325.
winit6@hotmail.com
Definitely the green! I have green eyes! 😉
Limelight 310 is gorgeous!Can't wait to play with that one!
I want to play with "melted gold". vidomich(at)yahoo(dot)com
I like #330 and #355
I love 325!!
i like the Melted Carame
I LOVE the Turquoise color you used, and the grey and pink too!
Melted Gold looks amazing and fun to play with
I'd love to try the Turquoise Glow 325.
#355 & #325 are my color picks.
porsche-puppy (at) sbcglobal (dot) net
I'm dying to try the turquoise, green and silver. I'm bored on everything turquoise any way thanks for the review
I am always so drawn to the neutrals, but I think I'd like to really step out of my comfort zone for once and see what I could do with #345 or #310! I really think those might be fun to work with for me. Thank you so much for the giveaway!
After seeing how you used the greens on your eyes that would be the look I want to recreate.
Thanks for the giveaway 🙂
I want to play with #310…love green
Turquoise glow looks amazing
Lime Light is a new fun color for me
Cynthia.Richardson@azbar.org
Melted caramel. Thanks for the chance to win.
Dbyrne1[at]gmail[dot]com
It definitely would be Turquoise Glow & Lime Light … Such gorgeous colors and very summery!
I like to keep it pretty neutral most of the time, but I would dare to use blazing purple!
I really want to experiment with Melted Gold! I'm a sucker for any and all gold shadow!
Definitely Lime Green Flame 315 after seeing your gorgeous eye tutorial!
I most want to play with Melted Caramel 300, love this shade, with primer.
Those shadows look awesome! Especially the lime green, wow!
I love when you work the color! Gorgeous! I bought that mascara because of your post 😉
#300 but all so pretty!
310 I love that shade
I'm so wanting some of these right now! I wish I hadn't put myself on a makeup diet!
Melted Caramel would be great!
definitely the bright colors such as turquoise to go with ym brown eyes!
Love these bright colors!
Scorching Cocoa and Red Hot would be fun!
they all look awesome — crystal flame looks particlarly nice 🙂
I like 330. chefl@swbell.net
Love covergirl! and Ulta! This was a lovely look =)
Melted Caramel 330.
Id like 330
I love 325. gorge!!
amypugmire@live.com
This is a fabulous post Christine! Thanks for the swatches and info! I love the look of the Melted Caramel. Can't wait to try some of these shades! 🙂
325 – love the sparkly aqua blue color!
Silver Flame looks gorgeous!
Great demo! I tend to avoid pale eyeshadows, but the mascara and bit of black liner made it pop.
who is the winner?
I don't publicly announce the winner, I've had some bad experiences with that in the past. The winner of this contest has been notified and I've already mailed out her prize. She emailed a while ago that she had already received it!