I have known about the brand ColourPop for awhile but never bought anything because I knew their most popular products were the lippie stix and I'm not much of a lipstick wearer so I held off. Recently all I have been hearing about is ColourPop and I figured I would give them a second look. They had recently just added highlighters and bronzers and thats exactly what I have been looking into! After much research on some highlighters and bronzers I decided to take a look at their eyeshadows (because my obsession with eyeshadows is real) to be honest nothing really stuck out at me like something I needed... I have so many that I only buy unless I really need it. But I did have to get at least one just to try it out. And of course seeing as I'm going to have to be a big kid soon I figured I would try out a couple infamous lippie stix! Lucky for me when I ordered it was around their 1 year anniversary I was able to get their birthday eyeshadow!
(Top to Bottom: Cake, Brunch, Button)
First up the lippie stix. ColourPop has pretty must every possible color you could ever possibly want. Since I'm not a big lipstick wearer I really have no clue what colors look good on me so I just picked a few colors and hope they work! I chose the colors Cake, Brunch, and Button. As you can tell I'm a fan of peachy/coral shades... do they actually look good on me... who knows! The Lippie Stix are $5 each... can you believe it?? These beautiful things are only $5!!! The lippie stix come in 5 different finishes; glossy, satin, matte, hyper gloss, and pearlized. This round I only got the Satin finish which is full coverage, hydrating with a modern satin finish. They contain vitamin E, mango, avocado and shea butter for comfort and moisture. You can also buy a matching Lippie Pencil for each shade.
(L to R: Cake, Brunch, Button)
Cake is a bright pastel peachy pink. I have a tan right now and I think this color is a bit to pale for my skin tone. Brunch is a bright mid tone coral. Brunch works really well in the summer with the pastel neon trend. Button is a pale creamy peach nude. I like this color for a more everyday color because its not too in your face. All Lippie Stix applied smoothly and felt very moisturizing.
(L to R: Avalon highlighter, Wisp highlighter, Carry On bronzer, LaLa eyeshadow, Birthday Girl eyeshadow)
ColourPop recently released highlighters & bronzers and I was really interested in the highlighters once I saw Jaclyn Hill talk about the color Wisp on youtube. She always looks so beautifully glowy that it was about time I got my hands on some highlighters. I chose 2 highlighters ($8 each); Avalon and Wisp and one bronzer ($8 each); Carry On. I can't get over the texture of these highlighters. I actually gasped when I touched them. The highlighters as well as the eyeshadows have this moussey bouncy texture to them that is to die for. Its so smooth, like touching butter! The bronzer also has that moussey texture but is a bit firmer than the highlighter and eyeshadows.
(L to R: Avalon, Wisp, Carry On)
ColourPop has 2 different finishes for the highlighters, Pearlized and Pearlized Blush. Avalon is a true golden bronze with golden pink duo chrome finish. This color looks like a warm copper with strong pink undertones. This color can also be worn as an eyeshadow and will also look stunning on darker skin tones. Wisp is a golden champagne with highly reflective hues of gold duo chrome finishes. I was originally not going to buy this shade but Jaclyn Hill uses this one and raved about this shade so I couldn't resist. Both highlighters are a pearlized finished. Finally I was looking for a new bronzer because the one I have comes off a bit red and doesn't look that great on me, but it was a cheap drugstore one so I can't complain. ColourPop has 2 different finishes for their bronzers, Matte and Satin. Carry On is a soft bronze in a Matte finish. Recommended for Medium- Medium Dark skin tones. This bronzer didn't look too muddy and wore for about 9 hours on me before starting to fade on me. All of these products are best applied with fingers or a duo fiber brush.
(L to R: La La, Birthday Girl)
La La is a a true rose gold in an ultra metallic finish. It has rich pigmentation that went on smoothly and evenly. The second shadow was a gift purchase for ColourPops 1 year anniversary. Birthday Girl is a muted medium brown with lighter gold and bronze shimmer and bronze glitter. It reminds me a lot of urban decays eyeshadow in chopper which is in the naked 2 palette. All eyeshadows apply best with your finger but I didn't have any issues applying with a brush. Each eyeshadow is $5, which is a total steal because they are to die for!
So if you couldn't tell my obsession is real. And can we talk about each shipment comes with a hand written note!! Also as a designer their packaging of the product and even the boxes they come in are to die for, I'm even saving the box they were shipped in! This is a company I would totally want to work for, everything they do speaks to me! The company has been doing some collaborations with some youtubers and growing their company each and every day. They most definitely found a customer for life. If you haven't checked them out you need to get on that ASAP!
