ColourPop Haul and Review!

Disclaimer: I wrote this around February, it's just been stuck in my drafts folder >.< Sorry!

 Look what arrived in the mail last week! AHH! MORE COLOURPOP!!!!! I'm obsessed. Look at how cute the box it came in is! And isn't it adorable that they also put in a handwritten thank you note? (Sorry, I didn't know how to rotate it.)

 I got 5 of their Super Shock Eye Shadows and a Lippie Pencil (since I don't own any lipliners). Here's some more packaging porn:

 The lippie pencil is in the color "Frida" created by my favorite youtuber: CoffeeBreakWithDani! It's a warm nude color that leans a bit differently on everyone. For me it shows up as a light camel color. I needed something nude that I could use everyday as just a normal lip liner, but also something I could wear on it's own. I think I picked a winner. The lip pencil is matte and very rich and creamy. However, it gets used up pretty quickly and it's plastic so sharpening it is not the easiest thing to do. But it looks gorgeous and was only $5 so it's totally worth it.

 As usual, ignore the face demons. My lips are extra gross looking because of this awful weather. Here they are with nothing on them:

 Here's Frida:

 As you can see, Frida covers all my lip imperfections quite nicely and doesn't settle into dry patches or cracks.
This is the nub left over after my first use:

 Told you it goes quickly.

Next I wanted to test and see how good it was at preventing feathering with one of my feather-prone liquid lipsticks I bought recently: Rimmel London's Show Off Lip Velvet.

It didn't alter the color at all and actually kept it from being as slippery as it usually is. I love this lippie pencil!

Now onto the shadows (all pictures show the shadow up close and swatches with/without flash): 

This eyeshadow is called Mermaid Kiss and it's labeled as a "tie dye". It's got bright green, yellow, and blue. It's awesome because it swatches slightly different each time but once it's blended on the eye it looks lime green.

This emerald green is called Empire and is described as a "pearlized" finish. It's just so gorgeous with my brown eyes, I love it.

This is a deep, blackened teal that I absolutely adore using for depth in the outer v of my eyelids. It's called Effect and it's a "matte" finish.

This is my favorite of the bunch: Ibiza. It is a gorgeous turquoise, "pearlized" finish. It's so amazingly creamy, it applies like a dream. It's got 5 stars on the Colourpop website for a reason!

Last, but not least, is Lace. Lace is a deep purple, "pearlized" finish and neither of these pictures do it justice. Purple is another great color for brown eyes.

Here are all the swatches:

These suckers have staying power! I had them on for 5 minutes, then scrubbed with a makeup remover wipe, and my arm still had faint outlines of each color.

Well, that's all for this haul. Honestly, I love everything I own from Colourpop, I seriously feel like they can do no wrong. 5 shadows and 1 lip liner for $30 (each was just $5!!!) and free shipping too! You won't regret purchasing anything from them, trust me.

XOXO,
Alyssa

My First Colourpop Eyeshadows!!!!

For Christmas I asked for one thing: Colourpop Cosmetics. One of my friends delivered and got me this cute Christmas set. I think the colors were limited edition so they didn't sell them separately. But they may be back later, I know they just released the black one as a single shadow as part of their new matte shade collection. 

The set she got me is called Nix the Nice and has 4 full sized eye shadow colors: Glitterati, Hot Totty, La La, and Roulette. Here's some info from the back of the box on each of the colors: 

Super cute packaging!

Here are the 4 colors:

Extra shot just to show the shimmer in these two:

The colors are super creamy. They are powder but they are so smooth and buttery they feel like cream shadows. They are extremely pigmented and are best applied using your finger to get full opacity.

From L-R: Roulette, Hot Totty, Glitterati, La La

First I have Glitterati: a gorgeous white metallic with gold shimmer. I think this looks great as a highlight or layered over the black.

Next is La La: a copper "ultrametallic" which is probably the smoothest out of the four.

Next I have Hot Totty: a pink-red pressed pigment with some pink sparkle in it. In different light this shows more red or more pink.

Last is Roulette: This is Colourpop's first matte black and is the only one available out of this set. It is truly matte and can be built up.

This is the look I did for New Years...I honestly don't even remember the other makeup I used because the star of the show were my Colourpop eyes.

Dat side-eye

I did a sandwich look with black on both inner and outer edges of the lid and put Glitterati just on the center of my lid over the black. I used a matte cream shade to blend out the black. I used scotch tape to prevent a mess from happening and to keep a precise line. I LOVED it! I will definitely be purchasing more of their eyeshadows (and hopefully snag a few lippies too) in the near future. Each is just $5! That's less than a Maybelline Color Tattoo at the drugstore.

XO Alyssa