Monday 30 April 2012

The Shimmering Chanel Dupe!

Check out this near-perfect dupe for Chanel’s beautiful Illusion D’Ombre eyeshadow in Mirifique! It’s New Cid’s i-colour in Zinc and you can pick it up for significantly less than it’s Chanel counterpart (£14 vs £22.50!)
With the exception of Chanel’s beautiful packaging, they are virtually identical. If anything I’d say the New Cid alternative has a slightly better texture (you can see in the picture, the Chanel one tends to go on a little thicker!)
Left: New Cid, Right: Chanel
Both are the perfect choice for creating the most beautiful, shimmery smokey eye out there. They have a gorgeous heavy mousse texture (I'm not normally a fan of mousse-type products except when edible, but these are truly lovely!) 
If you do invest in either of these beauties however, be warned! You need a good primer to ensure you don’t end up with glitter all over you cheeks at the end of the night!
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  1. I love the look of these, they're so shimmery and pretty. Unfortunately I don't think I can justify spending even £14 on it :(

    Frances xx

    http://francescassandra.blogspot.com

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    1. I agree! £14 is still pretty steep :( xo

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    2. Me too, for just a single shadow. Still it is pretty x

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  2. wow that does look amazing! And I believe the i-colors have a massively better staying power than the Chanel shadows!!

    Miss drifted Snow White

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  3. Gorgeous!!! Thanks Fleur - think I'll have to get one ;-))

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  4. I still like the chanel one better =) But great tip

    http://inthisfragileskin.blogspot.com

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  5. These look lovely, like you say they'd be perfect for a smokey eye x

    themusingsofflorence.blogspot.co.uk/

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  6. I bought this last week and love it! when i saw it i thought of the Chanel one thats the reason i got it ahaaa

    www.beautySW.blogspot.co.uk

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  7. This looks gorgeous and is such a good dupe for the Chanel one! Great post Fleur as always :) x

    http://www.beautybyemma.blogspot.com

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  8. I've held off buying the Chanel due to the price!
    Will defo give the Cid one a whirl though!

    Thanks for sharing!
    ..xX

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  9. Wow they really are pretty identical, I'm very tempted, they look so pretty :) xx

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  10. L'oreal do one similar for cheaper again, it's in there colour infaillible range. I love it x

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  11. I think both of these look as good as the other but for the price difference I'd definitely go for the dupe! Thanks for sharing :) xo

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  12. I actually prefer the look of the New CID, great dupe and definitely a more justifiable price! x

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  13. Wow i've never seen anything like it!!
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  14. They are so pretty:) But I think I actually like the dupe better
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  15. Stilas jewel eyeshadows are very similar, they just aren't a mousse texture. I did some swatches here

    > http://blushbug.blogspot.ca/2012/03/stila-jewel-eyeshadow-in-black-diamond.html

    they are $20 canadian, and about 12 pounds I believe. :)

    xo Ashely

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  16. That's a GREAT dupe! Never heard of the brand, I'm from Holland so I'm gonna check if it's available here straightaway!

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  17. Wow, pretty! I actually think the dupe looks a bit nicer!

    http://just-another-day1.blogspot.ca/

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  18. That is a great dupe, but I can't imagine myself ever wearing something so dark; it's a little too drag queen 'fabulous' for me, Chanel (ho ho ho, translation pun) (sort of)... I, too, am more of an edible-over-wearable-type-mousse girl, but there's so much hype surrounding New Cid (whose name I will never confidently be able to pronounce) that I might have to buy one of these in a slightly less dramatic shade, especially if the texture's as nice as you say!

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  19. They're both really nice but I think I still prefer the Chanel, it's more glittery and shiny.

    http://myweebonnieblog.blogspot.co.uk/

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  20. So pretty!! Great dupe!! Please do more of these blogposts, they're really useful! :)
    Love you fleur!

    xxx
    Laura
    http://beyouxoxo.blogspot.it/

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  21. They are so similar! £14 on that kind of product is a lot of money.. but a great saving! however I do prefer the look of the chanel one!
    http://jodie-melissa.blogspot.co.uk/
    xxx

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  22. Great dupe, such a lovely colour too. x

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  23. wow the price on the chanel one is waaay too high! i guess £14 seems about right for a high end brand, but still a bit over my budget!
    http://cloudsandcuticleoil.blogspot.co.uk/
    xx

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  24. I have to say, I prefer the new cid one rather than the chanel one! So thankful for this post as I've been wanting the chanel shadow for ages! x

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  25. This dupe looks gorgeous and sounds ad though it's amazing I would live to get my hands on it. Thanks fit sharing fleur x.

    www.misssunshinesparkle.blogspot.com

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  26. Wow, that's amazing. I almost prefer the Chanel one but that might just be because of the brand name haha.

    look-inthe-mirror.blogspot.ca

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  27. Oooh so pretty! I think the dupe looks better actually :)

    http://hollysbeautyreview.blogspot.co.uk/

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  28. So pretty! Such a great product, and the dupe looks identical!

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  29. Yay!

    KoreanKosmetics.blogspot.com :) thank you xox

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  30. I think there isn't a real dupe for that Chanel one. It looks a lot more shiny than the other one.

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  31. It looks gorgeous both of them . Though they both have quite a high price ! I think I might indulge in emervillenfrom Chanel since its so so gorgeous. I don't wear smokey eyes too much so yah .....

    Annadeglam.blogspot.com

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  32. They're both very pretty, I'd looked at the Chanel one a couple of weeks a go and had been tempted! However £14 still seems like quite a lot, so I might just splash out on the Chanel one!

    http://mysteriousalice.blogspot.co.uk/

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  33. They both look gorrgeousssss, I still feel like £14 is pretty excessive though. On my student budget anyway!xxx

    http://daisycakes-daisycakes.blogspot.co.uk/

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  34. They look gorgeous x iv been eyeing up the Chanel ones for ages but I think I'll go for the cid ones x but I'll miss seeing the packageing on the Chanel ones x

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  35. I recently purchased the Chanel Fantasme. I wonder how I can get the CID shadow in australia :/

    www.ysbeautysoul.blogspot.com

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  36. These are gorgeous! Is there anywhere you can buy CID in England?

    http://beautyandthebeth.blogspot.co.uk/

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  37. These colours are so beautiful!x

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  38. Is there anywhere in England that you can buy the New CID colours or just at their salons (their brushes are wonderful!!)

    beautyconfessionsofabiggirl.blogspot.co.uk

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  39. wow that looks almost identical! I love New CID makeup especially the i-glow the colours are amazing! I got mine from Hairtrade as it seems to be the cheapest place at the moment.

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  40. I have the Chanel one... since I really only splurge on Chanel products when they're limited edition, such as the ombre, I feel the purchase is justified! LOL

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