LORAC Tails &#038; Top Hats Eyeshadow Palette Review, Photos, Swatches

LORAC Tails & Top Hats Black Friday 2016 Eyeshadow Palette

Tails & Top Hats

LORAC Tails & Top Hats Eyeshadow Palette ($18.00 for 0.41 oz.) contains seven eyeshadows housed in a slim, cardboard palette with a mirror under the lid. While it seemed compact, it contained quite a bit of product! I was more impressed by this palette than I anticipated, as the eyeshadows were pigmented with soft, blendable textures and lasted a decent length of time. The formula runs thinner and soft enough that it can be dusty, so it will wear longer over a primer for sure, but I didn’t have any trouble getting pigmentation or applying them without primer.

This palette is exclusive to Ulta as a Black Friday doorbuster, which means that it will be available today (November 24th) at 5PM CT.

Tails & Top Hats

Limited Edition

Product

Pigmentation

8.5

Texture

7.5

Longevity

4.5

Application

83%

Total

Get a shade-by-shade breakdown of this palette, along with individual photos and swatches…

01/02

Tails & Top Hats #1

Tails & Top Hats #1 is a very light, pinkish white with a matte finish. It had good color payoff with a slightly dustier texture, which made it appear a little drier and starker against my skin tone but would be less noticeable on fairer complexions. It started to fade after seven hours of wear.

Top Dupes

Too Faced Extra Creamy (LE, $16.00) is darker (95% similar).
Viseart Petit Pro #1 (LE, ) is warmer (95% similar).
Kat Von D Liberatus (PiP, ) is darker (95% similar).
Inglot #373 (P, $6.00) is brighter, cooler (95% similar).
Makeup Geek White Lies (P, $6.00) is darker (95% similar).
Too Faced Jingle All the Way Eyeshadow #10 (LE, $16.00) is darker (95% similar).
Viseart Cool Matte #1 (PiP, ) is cooler (95% similar).
Marc Jacobs Beauty Rule (LE, ) is brighter (95% similar).
Coloured Raine Pure (LE, $6.99) is less pigmented, cooler (95% similar).
LORAC Linen (PiP, $19.00) is cooler (95% similar).

Tails & Top Hats #1

B+

Limited Edition

8.5

Product

9.5

Pigmentation

8.5

Texture

7.5

Longevity

Application

87%

Total

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Tails & Top Hats #2

Tails & Top Hats #2 is a muted, dark brown with subtle, warm undertones and a matte finish. It had medium, buildable coverage, but it was one of the less pigmented shades in the palette. The texture was noticeably dusty and thinner, so it sheered out easily without a primer or base underneath it. This shade wore for six and a half hours on me.

Top Dupes

LORAC Unedited (PiP, $19.00) is warmer (95% similar).
Pretty Vulgar Victory (PiP, ) is darker (95% similar).
Tarte Heartbreaker (LE, ) is warmer (95% similar).
Huda Beauty Smokey #7 (PiP, ) is darker (95% similar).
Natasha Denona Earth (102CM) (PiP, ) is darker (95% similar).
Kat Von D Sytry (PiP, ) is darker (95% similar).
Dior Undress #5 (PiP, ) is warmer (95% similar).
MAC Schemer (LE, ) is lighter (95% similar).
Colour Pop Teddy Bare (PiP, $4.50) is brighter (95% similar).
Urban Decay Suckerpunch (LE, $19.00) is more shimmery (95% similar).

Tails & Top Hats #2

C-

Limited Edition

Product

Pigmentation

Texture

Longevity

4.5

Application

72%

Total

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01/02

Tails & Top Hats #3

Tails & Top Hats #3 is a dark taupe brown with subtle, warm undertones and a frosted finish. It had opaque color payoff paired with a soft, smooth, and blendable texture that wasn’t too firm or too soft in the pan. It applied well to bare skin and lasted for seven and a half hours on me.

Top Dupes

Inglot J307 Lilac Grey (LE, $10.00) is less shimmery (95% similar).
Sydney Grace Rover (P, $6.00) is lighter, cooler (95% similar).
Chanel Tisse Rivoli #1 (PiP, ) is cooler (95% similar).
Urban Decay Mugshot (PiP, $19.00) is warmer (95% similar).
Chanel Raffinement #1 (P, ) is darker (90% similar).
Makeup Geek Mesmerized (P, $9.99) is more shimmery, cooler (90% similar).
Illamasqua Mystify (PiP, ) is lighter (90% similar).
YSL Paris #6 (LE, ) is darker (90% similar).
Anastasia Lituation (LE, $12.00) is lighter, cooler (90% similar).
MAC Snowdusk (LE, $20.00) is more shimmery, lighter (90% similar).

Tails & Top Hats #3

A-

Limited Edition

Product

Pigmentation

Texture

Longevity

Application

91%

Total

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Tails & Top Hats #4

Tails & Top Hats #4 is a muted, plummy taupe with subtle, warm undertones and a satin shimmer finish. It had good pigmentation, though not quite opaque, which was buildable to full coverage in two layers. The texture was soft, a smidgen dusty but did not appear dry or sheer out too easily on the lid. This shade started to fade after seven hours on me.

Top Dupes

NARS Brousse #2 (DC, $25.00) is lighter (95% similar).
IT Cosmetics Fate (P, ) is less shimmery, cooler (95% similar).
NARS Lhasa (DC, $25.00) is lighter, cooler (90% similar).
Surratt Beauty Patine (P, $20.00) is darker, cooler (90% similar).
Tom Ford Beauty Cool (Winter 2016) Eyeshadow #3 (LE, ) is more shimmery, lighter, warmer (90% similar).
bareMinerals Upgrade (LE, ) is more shimmery (90% similar).
Urban Decay Darkside (PiP, $19.00) is cooler (90% similar).
MAC Black Slip (LE, $17.00) is darker (90% similar).
MAC Aurora (LE, $21.00) is lighter, warmer (85% similar).
Bobbi Brown Smokey Grey (LE, $21.00) is more shimmery, lighter (85% similar).

Tails & Top Hats #4

Limited Edition

8.5

Product

Pigmentation

8.5

Texture

7.5

Longevity

Application

86%

Total

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01/02

Tails & Top Hats #5

Tails & Top Hats #5 is a medium-dark black with neutral-to-cool undertones paired with a matte finish. The consistency was soft, smooth, and incredibly blendable–it was one of the easiest black eyeshadows to use! I think the less intense take on black made it easier to build up and work with, too. It had good pigmentation and wore well for eight hours before fading.

Top Dupes

Too Faced Black Sugar (LE, $16.00) is more shimmery (95% similar).
Urban Decay Perversion (LE, $19.00) is warmer (95% similar).
bareMinerals Black Leather (LE, $14.00) is more shimmery (95% similar).
Makeup Atelier Natural Brown #5 (P, ) is darker (95% similar).
Kat Von D Shax (PiP, ) is warmer (95% similar).
MAC Structured Satin (LE, $17.00) is darker (95% similar).
Marc Jacobs Beauty About Last Night No. 12 (LE, ) is darker (95% similar).
Colour Pop Let's Do It (P, $4.50) is darker (95% similar).
Urban Decay Les (LE, $19.00) is lighter (95% similar).
Lancome It list (PiP, $19.00) is lighter (95% similar).

Tails & Top Hats #5

A-

Limited Edition

Product

9.5

Pigmentation

Texture

8.5

Longevity

Application

91%

Total

01/02

Tails & Top Hats #6

Tails & Top Hats #6 is a light peach with warm undertones and a frosted shimmer-sheen finish. The texture was incredibly soft and moderately dusty, so this shade had a tendency to sheer out as soon as I started to blend it. I think some might like the translucency, but it could have more density and binder to it without losing its ease of blending. This shade only wore for six hours on me.

Top Dupes

LORAC Dream Girl #10 (LE, $19.00) is cooler (95% similar).
Tarte Champagne Bubble Bath (LE, ) is darker (95% similar).
Guerlain Les Precieux #2 (LE, ) is cooler (95% similar).
Urban Decay Sellout (P, $19.00) is cooler (95% similar).
Dior Ambre Nuit #3 (LE, ) is lighter (95% similar).
theBalm #18 (P, $6.50) is more shimmery (95% similar).
NARS Delphes #1 (DC, $25.00) is less shimmery (95% similar).
Sydney Grace Dream Maker (P, $6.00) is less shimmery (95% similar).
Tarte Pixel (LE, ) is cooler (95% similar).
Tom Ford Beauty White Suede #2 (LE, ) is less shimmery, lighter (90% similar).

Tails & Top Hats #6

D+

Limited Edition

Product

Pigmentation

Texture

6.5

Longevity

4.5

Application

69%

Total

01/02

Tails & Top Hats #7

Tails & Top Hats #7 is a medium brown with strong, warm orange undertones and a pearly sheen. This had a very, very subtle shift to teal in its shimmer, but it was difficult to see, even when contorting my arm to try and catch the shift. (I absolutely could not detect it applied to the lid!) The consistency was soft, smooth, and blendable without being dusty or powdery. It was richly pigmented and lasted for just over seven hours on me.

Top Dupes

Chanel Les Indispensables #9 (LE, ) is less shimmery, warmer (95% similar).
BH Cosmetics Foil Eyes #14 (PiP, ) is more shimmery (95% similar).
Tom Ford Beauty Orchid Haze #2 (PiP, ) is more shimmery (95% similar).
Dior Terra #1 (LE, ) is warmer (95% similar).
Chanel Jardins Eclatants #3 (LE, ) is darker (95% similar).
Natasha Denona Supernova (114DC) (PiP, $29.00) is darker (95% similar).
Coloured Raine Intergalactic (P, $6.99) is darker (90% similar).
Tarte On the Monet (LE, ) is less shimmery, darker (90% similar).
Colour Pop West Star (P, $4.50) is darker, cooler (90% similar).
Too Faced Cote d'Azur (PiP, $16.00) is warmer (90% similar).