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!)
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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!
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 :(
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I agree! £14 is still pretty steep :( xo
DeleteMe too, for just a single shadow. Still it is pretty x
Deletewow that does look amazing! And I believe the i-colors have a massively better staying power than the Chanel shadows!!
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Gorgeous!!! Thanks Fleur - think I'll have to get one ;-))
ReplyDeleteI still like the chanel one better =) But great tip
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These look lovely, like you say they'd be perfect for a smokey eye x
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amazing find Fleur!
ReplyDeleteI bought this last week and love it! when i saw it i thought of the Chanel one thats the reason i got it ahaaa
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This looks gorgeous and is such a good dupe for the Chanel one! Great post Fleur as always :) x
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I've held off buying the Chanel due to the price!
ReplyDeleteWill defo give the Cid one a whirl though!
Thanks for sharing!
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Wow they really are pretty identical, I'm very tempted, they look so pretty :) xx
ReplyDeleteL'oreal do one similar for cheaper again, it's in there colour infaillible range. I love it x
ReplyDeleteIt looks amazing! :D
ReplyDeleteI 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
ReplyDeleteI actually prefer the look of the New CID, great dupe and definitely a more justifiable price! x
ReplyDeleteWow i've never seen anything like it!!
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They are so pretty:) But I think I actually like the dupe better
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Stilas jewel eyeshadows are very similar, they just aren't a mousse texture. I did some swatches here
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they are $20 canadian, and about 12 pounds I believe. :)
xo Ashely
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!
ReplyDeleteGreat dupe!
ReplyDeleteWow, pretty! I actually think the dupe looks a bit nicer!
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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!
ReplyDeleteThey're both really nice but I think I still prefer the Chanel, it's more glittery and shiny.
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So pretty!! Great dupe!! Please do more of these blogposts, they're really useful! :)
ReplyDeleteLove you fleur!
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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!
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Great dupe, such a lovely colour too. x
ReplyDeletewow 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!
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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
ReplyDeleteThis dupe looks gorgeous and sounds ad though it's amazing I would live to get my hands on it. Thanks fit sharing fleur x.
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Wow, that's amazing. I almost prefer the Chanel one but that might just be because of the brand name haha.
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Oooh so pretty! I think the dupe looks better actually :)
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So pretty! Such a great product, and the dupe looks identical!
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love it! great post =]
ReplyDeleteI think there isn't a real dupe for that Chanel one. It looks a lot more shiny than the other one.
ReplyDeleteIt 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 .....
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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!
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They both look gorrgeousssss, I still feel like £14 is pretty excessive though. On my student budget anyway!xxx
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LOVE!
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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
ReplyDeleteI recently purchased the Chanel Fantasme. I wonder how I can get the CID shadow in australia :/
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These are gorgeous! Is there anywhere you can buy CID in England?
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These colours are so beautiful!x
ReplyDeleteIs there anywhere in England that you can buy the New CID colours or just at their salons (their brushes are wonderful!!)
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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.
ReplyDeleteI 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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