Who doesn't love some new makeup in their lives? I tend to invest in some new makeup a handful of times throughout the year, if that, and this year has been especially minimal in terms of new purchases. Last year I was swooping up all sorts of Velvetines and liquid lippies and palettes (most of which I haven't reviewed yet), but for most of 2018 I've only picked up new makeup second hand (Antho brings me home something new he found) or out of necessity (ran out of mascara)... but it's been quite some time, and I felt like I needed to #treatmyself since I was starting to hit pan on some of my most used eyeshadows...that's the fancy way of saying that I've used so much of the particular shades in my palettes that I'm starting to unearth the bottom of the pan holding the powder.
Naturally, Colourpop had a BOGO (buy one get one) sale and caught my eye. I'm always happy to score a good bargain, and Colourpop cosmetics already have a reasonable price point at $5 for each supershock shadow pan. They're pretty big! I got four eyeshadows for $10, plus $5.99 for shipping, which means I spent about $16 of my hard earned cash total for these. Not bad, guys, not bad. I picked up four colors: Bill, Kennedy, Set to Stun and Girly. I took close up photos in the sunlight to better showcase their colors because boy howdy are these beautiful to look at!
Set to Stun is a cool pinky-orange tone with blue and silver sparkles that I'm super excited to pack onto the center of my lid for an ethereal bling effect. It's described as an "icy rose" with blue glitter and that's totally accurate, I think. It's SO FREAKING PRETTY! I'm definitely planning to use this one often.
Kennedy is right in line with all the warm, peachy tones profligating through various palettes- whether it's Lime Crime Venus II's "Mud" or Too Faced's Sweet Peach palette's "Puree", or one of the shades from Urban Decay's Heat, or countless other's- I think this will be a great crease and lid color for simple, warm toned looks. Given the consistency of this product, I'm also really excited to try layering it with my Sugarpill loose powder in Supernova! It's also going to be really easy to incorporate this one into my routine, so that's nice.
Bill is this cool mauve matte tone that reminds me of Urban Decay Naked3's "Nooner", which is one of the colors I've depleted heavily. The consistency, again, is really creamy and rich and I'm super excited to use this as an all-over eye color with maybe some smudged eyeliner, mascara, and simple inner corner highlight. So in love with this! Could also say it's a pinker version of "Divine" from the Lime Crime Venus I palette.
Girly is a hard one for me to try to swatch, because it pretty much dissolves into my skintone like butter on toast. Pale girl problems. It has this really pretty shifting gold-pink tone to it that I'm totally smitten with! I got this to try to use as an inner corner and brow highlight, but I think there's more possibilities with this one, so I'll have to experiment. This color is super pretty and reminds me of the color "Aura" in my Lime Crime Venus I palette with a little less chromatic effect.
The texture on these is SO much fun! Oh my goodness. It's like a smooth, buttery cream and you only need to apply a little pressure to get a lot of color payout. I'm super excited to play with these and try all sorts of looks! I definitely had a palette in mind when ordering these, as the colors are going to work with all the palettes I already own- Too Faced's Sweet Peach Palette, Urban Decay Naked3, Lime Crime Venus I & Venus II. I tend to burn through my go-to shades pretty quick and have hit pan in a few of the colors close to these, so if these work out for me I'll be super happy. It's recommended that you use your fingers to apply for best results, so that's where I'm going to start. I've watched some Youtube videos and sought out blogs and reviews on them, too, to get an idea before diving in. Colourpop is an affordable brand and has sales pretty regularly, so there's no reason to feel intimidated by trying them! And holy cow their color selection is INSANE! They also recommend making sure you close the lids on super tight so the product doesn't dry out... it really has such a fun, wet to the touch consistency that it would be a shame to lose that. I'll be sure to follow up with some looks using these over the next few months.
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NAU
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