Hey everyone!
Today's post is about the Colourpop Super Shock eyeshadows, as promised in my January beauty favourites post! I now have six of these, which I've collected in two batches. Me and my friends actually do group orders of Colourpop products to avoid the huge shipping and customs charge so it's a great way of doing it, but I'll talk a little more about how you can get round those costs later.
Top L-R Tassel, Sequin, Weenie
Bottom L-R Wattles, KathleenLights, Central Perk
L-R Central Perk, KathleenLights, Wattles, Weenie, Sequin, Tassel
Where to even start with these eyeshadows?! First off, the pigmentation (bar one but I'll talk about that later) is insane. You literally need one swipe of this stuff and it is so super pigmented that you just don't need anymore. Even Wattles, which is a matte shade, is super pigmented.
The only one that was a bit of a disappointment to me was Central Perk. I bought it because I didn't have any other colours like it, and such a deep burgundy really appealed to me for the autumn time, and I thought it would look insane with the gold shade as a halo eye. But then it arrived and it just seemed really dry and I could hardly pick up any product at all on my brush or my finger. Did anyone else have this problem with this shade or is it just me? I feel like it's just me because I looked at swtahces etc on Pinterest and elsewhere and it seemed to be exactly like the others. Slightly disappointed with it but it's no biggie because the other five blew my mind,
The consistency of these is weird - it's like a mix between a powder and a gel. Swatching them on your finger feels like you're dipping your finger into butter or something super soft but they're definitely a powder formula. One thing I would say is that you have to treat them more lke cream eyeshadows - if you leave the lid off for a long time they do dry out which is what's happened to my Tassel colour, and I did think that was what had happened to Central Perk but that arrived really weird so I don't know about that. Anyway.
These are much better applied with your fingers, however I find Wattles blends really well into my crease with the NYX 17 crease brush which is my favourite favourite crease brush ever. They are just so hugely metallic and shimmery and just add something so special to a look. I'm just quickly going to go into each shade (apart from Central Perk soz) into detail and give you some ideas for how to wear them etc.
Tassel a bright white with silver and hints of gold glitter - I love to use this in my inner corner and even as a highlight when I'm feeling super sparkly. You can see me wearing it in this post
Sequin a metallic pinky copper shade with blue and silver duochrome - I like to wear this all over my lid with Wattles in the crease for a super lowkey look, as you can see in this post again!
Weenie I don't have any pictures of this but it's a metallic rose gold, and part of the KathleenLights Where The Night Is collection. I like this in the centre of the lid with some darker pinks in the outer and inner corner for a bit of a more interesting and sparkly halo eye.
Wattles a beige peachy pink colour, with more of a matte/satin finish. This is such a perfect crease shade and also I love wearing this all over the lid with some glitter eyeliner, as you can see here and here
KathleenLights again, part of a KathleenLights collection, as the name suggests, but this time the Where The Light Is collection. This is the most beautiful bright bright golden copper colour and I love wearing this with orangey browns from the Morphe 35O palette (here), or with Red Ochre from the ABH MR palette for a halo eye.
So there we go - a review of some of the most beautiful eyeshadows I own. They only cost $5 each which works out at about £4, which is an absolute steal. However, the only snag is the $25 shipping charge and the customs charge you get hit with can bring the price of an order up massively. I bought Wattles, Sequin, Weenie and Tassel in a 24 hour free international shipping offer they did in November, which do pop up occasionally but I only caught it in the last 25 minutes, and KathleenLights and Central Perk I bought in a $5 shipping offer they did! These offers do pop up every now and then so it's a good idea to follow them on social media because that's where they tend to advertise them, especially Twitter I find! Like I said, me and my friends also do big group orders, there's about 11 of us who chip in so we get off the customs and shipping, our last order was $381 but we only got a £66 customs charge which was great, so we didn't have to pay that much. I'm pretty certain there are also those companies that order for you to an address in the USA and then they send it to you here for lower rates, which is how a lot of people got hold of Colourpop before they shipped to the UK, and also how people get Kylie Cosmetics for cheaper shipping too, so those might be worth looking into if the bank will be broken by the extortionate extra costs!
Hope you enjoyed this blog post, and I have more reviews coming soon! Have a lovely day my loves
Emilia xx
Where to even start with these eyeshadows?! First off, the pigmentation (bar one but I'll talk about that later) is insane. You literally need one swipe of this stuff and it is so super pigmented that you just don't need anymore. Even Wattles, which is a matte shade, is super pigmented.
The only one that was a bit of a disappointment to me was Central Perk. I bought it because I didn't have any other colours like it, and such a deep burgundy really appealed to me for the autumn time, and I thought it would look insane with the gold shade as a halo eye. But then it arrived and it just seemed really dry and I could hardly pick up any product at all on my brush or my finger. Did anyone else have this problem with this shade or is it just me? I feel like it's just me because I looked at swtahces etc on Pinterest and elsewhere and it seemed to be exactly like the others. Slightly disappointed with it but it's no biggie because the other five blew my mind,
The consistency of these is weird - it's like a mix between a powder and a gel. Swatching them on your finger feels like you're dipping your finger into butter or something super soft but they're definitely a powder formula. One thing I would say is that you have to treat them more lke cream eyeshadows - if you leave the lid off for a long time they do dry out which is what's happened to my Tassel colour, and I did think that was what had happened to Central Perk but that arrived really weird so I don't know about that. Anyway.
These are much better applied with your fingers, however I find Wattles blends really well into my crease with the NYX 17 crease brush which is my favourite favourite crease brush ever. They are just so hugely metallic and shimmery and just add something so special to a look. I'm just quickly going to go into each shade (apart from Central Perk soz) into detail and give you some ideas for how to wear them etc.
Tassel a bright white with silver and hints of gold glitter - I love to use this in my inner corner and even as a highlight when I'm feeling super sparkly. You can see me wearing it in this post
Sequin a metallic pinky copper shade with blue and silver duochrome - I like to wear this all over my lid with Wattles in the crease for a super lowkey look, as you can see in this post again!
Weenie I don't have any pictures of this but it's a metallic rose gold, and part of the KathleenLights Where The Night Is collection. I like this in the centre of the lid with some darker pinks in the outer and inner corner for a bit of a more interesting and sparkly halo eye.
Wattles a beige peachy pink colour, with more of a matte/satin finish. This is such a perfect crease shade and also I love wearing this all over the lid with some glitter eyeliner, as you can see here and here
KathleenLights again, part of a KathleenLights collection, as the name suggests, but this time the Where The Light Is collection. This is the most beautiful bright bright golden copper colour and I love wearing this with orangey browns from the Morphe 35O palette (here), or with Red Ochre from the ABH MR palette for a halo eye.
So there we go - a review of some of the most beautiful eyeshadows I own. They only cost $5 each which works out at about £4, which is an absolute steal. However, the only snag is the $25 shipping charge and the customs charge you get hit with can bring the price of an order up massively. I bought Wattles, Sequin, Weenie and Tassel in a 24 hour free international shipping offer they did in November, which do pop up occasionally but I only caught it in the last 25 minutes, and KathleenLights and Central Perk I bought in a $5 shipping offer they did! These offers do pop up every now and then so it's a good idea to follow them on social media because that's where they tend to advertise them, especially Twitter I find! Like I said, me and my friends also do big group orders, there's about 11 of us who chip in so we get off the customs and shipping, our last order was $381 but we only got a £66 customs charge which was great, so we didn't have to pay that much. I'm pretty certain there are also those companies that order for you to an address in the USA and then they send it to you here for lower rates, which is how a lot of people got hold of Colourpop before they shipped to the UK, and also how people get Kylie Cosmetics for cheaper shipping too, so those might be worth looking into if the bank will be broken by the extortionate extra costs!
Hope you enjoyed this blog post, and I have more reviews coming soon! Have a lovely day my loves
Emilia xx
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