ColorPop Super Shock Shadow Review

Kathleenlights' quad, to be more specific. Long story short, I paid $42 for this quad. Unnecessary, now that I look back on it, but to me the quality of these shadows are so good that it was worth it, in a way.

Cute, simple packaging that still manages to stand out. A white screw top jar with the Colourpop logo written on it in gold writing and the top is clear so you can see what colour is inside.

They have so many finishes, but this quad had 2 mattes, one pearlized and one metallic. Every shadow is perfection. Incredibly pigmented, the 2 non matte shades are beautifully shimmery without any chunks of glitter in them and the matte shades blend gorgeously as long as you use a synthetic brush. The texture of these shadows is extremely unique, halfway between a powder and a cream. They go on like a powder, so don't worry about it being too creamy, but when you put your finger into the pot you can leave little squishy indents in the product. To me, this texture is just so fun, but it also makes the shadows AMAZINGLY smooth and they have almost no fall out. It is best to use your fingers for packing it on the lid, because of the texture, that's how you get the best pigment. However like I said, if you use a synthetic brush to take them in the crease, it works beautifully.

I want more and more and more of these shadows. They're stunning and even though I'm usually a palette lover, these singles are not to be missed. Plus they're incredible value, even if the shipping is a little steep sometimes.

Colour Pop cosmetics caught my eye a few months ago with their incredible colour selection, pigmented products and affordable prices. The pictures I had seen and reviews I had read were fab, so with reasonably pricey shipping I stocked up. I ordered directly from the Colour Pop website and my order took 14 days to arrive. The products arrived with an incredible amount of packaging around them, so there was no way that they could arrive damaged. The packaging of the actual products is fresh, practical and sturdy. It's nothing fancy, but it suits the products perfectly.

The Colour Pop Super Shock Shadows are beautiful. There is so much glistening, foil shimmer that is so finely milled that they look far more expensive than they actually are. These products are incredibly pigmented. . every single one of them. When applied to the eye area they only loose a small amount of pigmentation. I prefer to apply the shadows with my finger to retain pigmentation and allow for easier blending. The formula of the shadows is somewhere between a cream and a powder, which is hard to explain. They are buttery and thick, but are not entirely a cream formula. If you love the Maybelline Colour Tattoos, you will love these. I do prefer to combine these with the Naked 3 palette, as I find the Naked 3 formulas easy to blend around the edges.

There is only a very small amount of product compared to the size of the packaging, but because they are so pigmented a little goes a long way. They are absolute value for money, and it is the perfect way to experiment with new colours. I 100% recommend these shadows and I will give a small description of the shades I purchased below:

Girly: This had been my most used shade as it is the perfect everyday colour for the inner corner of my lid. It is a pearly cream shade that opens the eyes and looks fresh and, well, girly.

Get Lucky: This is the most beautiful, but less wearable shade. It is pure, pigmented gold with a foil finish. It transfers incredibly well to the lid, but gold isn't a shade that I wear everyday.

Liberty: Liberty is an incredible metallic silver. I find that this is the most pigmented of the shades, and I truly can't believe how bold it is. Whilst I am not usually a silver girl, this shade has enticed me.

Rex: This is a navy shade with a sea blue glitter running through it. I love this colour when swatched, but I don't find it particularly wearable. It doesn't work as a liner, which a lot of other navy shadows do. It is a messy shade.

Game Face and On the Rocks: These shades are very similar and I would recommend only purchasing one. They are both bronze shades, with On the Rocks being a little more brown and Game Face a little more gold.

La La and Amaze: Again, these shades are very similar and I would recommend purchasing only one. They are both light bronzes, with La La being a tiny bit darker.

I hands down love almost everything that Colourpop has put out and own probably 70% of the range now! I got addicted to the eyeshadows after trying the Shaaanxo collab set of quad eyeshadows.

Design wise these cute little individual eyeshadows come in a little round plastic white pot with the clear acrylic insert lid that has the word Colourpop stamped on top in a holographic font, the lid is a screw top type that has a really secure tight fitting which is essential as these creamy shadows would dry out extremely fast if exposed to the air for long periods of time. Inside the pots these velvety creamy shadows are packed with a pattern on top that looks like scales as in fish scales which makes me think of mermaids and who doesn't love mermaids!! Unfortunately the pattern is short lived as it is just a light indent on the shadow surface, once you are in to the shadow using it the texture means the pattern rubs off fast, normally in 1 to 2 uses.

Texture wise as I have said it is creamy and velvet to the touch when applying using your fingertip. It is very long lasting with the colour staying true to the colour in the pot all day, it doesn't smudge once on but it can be a little fickle to blend as it is a cream shadow and they tend to be a little harder to blend than powder shadows. All the colours I own have great pigmentation even in the pastel shades but using a eyeshadow primer just makes the colours more intense and vibrant.

Colours currently owned (at time of review, no doubt there will be more - I haven't given details per shade as there is far too many)

Lala (use almost daily as it is shimmer perfection!!!) Krinkle, Shameless, In a Pickle, Rex, Drift, Bandit, Fringe, Envy, Daddy, Flux, Snapdragon, Cowboy, Acorn

Application wise I use both finger tip and brush depending on what I want to achieve with the shadows, using a brush gives a more sheer effect where you can pack the colour for a more vibrant pop with your fingertip

Everyone in the beauty world has heard about colourpop. Its only around 1 year old, but it has taken the beauty world by storm because it makes affordable, high quality makeup products, and when i say affordable, i mean $5 usd. Pretty cheap considering how much other makeup products are.

These eyeshadows are packaged cheaply, but what do you expect when you pay such a small price for them. They come in a plastic container that has a screw top lid, and a see through lid which has the world 'colourpop'.

What makes this product really unique, is its consistency. The eye shadow is creamy, but slightly spongy, and slightly mousse like. I know that might not seem very helpful, but it is a hard consistency to describe. If you press your finger into the eye shadow, it will leave an imprint.

I find the easiest way to apply these eye shadows is actually with my finger. and then i use a brush to blend and create the eyelook i want.

I find these eyeshadows are extremely long lasting, and can almost even stain my skin because they last that long! Colourpop eyeshadows come in an impressive range of colours and finishes. I do have to say some of the pearlized shadows can be a bit too sparkly for me, but still great for a dramatic eye.

Overall, these eyeshadows are a must try for everyone. However, i will say that it might sound cheap initially, but when you buy lots of shades, the price quickly adds up and you could buy a higher end palette. In saying that, because coloupop eye shadows are sold individually so you get to custom pick the shades you want which is always awesome.

I currently own two of these shadows. I say currently because I had close to 20 of them last year when I had gotten caught in the hype of them but then I quickly realised that I really dislike these!

I have the shades Lectra which is a metallic purple and Onai which is a pink satin shade. These are both really pretty colours. The purple is intense and Onai is a perfect inner corner highlight shade, brightening but not so in your face that it looks crazy.

These come packaged separately in little white screw top jars. I think the packaging is not appealing. I think it's the white, I did used to have their special birthday shade which came in a pink tub and I thought that looked really cute. Even black or pretty much any other colour would look better. Or even mattes, glitters and metallics to reflect on the colours within? Anyway, the reason these come in their own container is because these have a unique cream texture that would dry out if it was in a normal palette. I personally prefer palettes over singles but I understand the reasoning behind this packaging.

Now, something I don't see a lot of people talk about is that these only have a shelf life of around a year before they will dry out. Even the ones I have are less than a year old and are always screwed tightly shut but they have lost the nice mousse texture and are quite hard to the touch now but are still just usable.

This short shelf life was part of the reason why I got rid of most of mine. The other big reason is I just find them hard to use. They are best applied with your finger but obviously you can't be too accurate like that and I don't find they blend well with a brush. Yes, these have incredible pigmentation and any swatches look beautiful but to me that means nothing if it's harder to work with on your eyes. These also crease badly on me. The lasting power is reasonable, they don't fade straight away but it won't last all day.

The reason I kept these two is because purple is my favourite colour for eyeshadow, not that I reach for this often! And the other one I had pushed my brush in to see how far down it went in the jar (not very far, these are quite shallow pans). I do use this one pretty much everyday, not because it's a holy grail but because I'd like to use as much of it up as I can before it completely dries up.

Another downside is cost. Yes these are only $5 each but that's US, the shipping prices are horrendous as well.

I would never buy these again and I just couldn't recommend them to anyone.

I bought six of these since I felt like throwing all caution to the wind. The colours I got are:

Meow - a marbled grey, black, white and pink with a whole lot of fine glitter thrown in the mix. Goes on quite dark and really sparkly but such a nice colour for a vampy look.

Fringe - is a light gold shimmery colour.

La La - is a peachy nude. Good as a base colour or a simple wash to even out skin tone on your eyelids.

Hanky Panky - is a medium brown, really nice to go through the crease to add a bit of definition.

Bill - a dark chocolate brown. Goes great as an eyeliner too.

Cop A Feel - a metallic copper colour which is AMAZING for blue eyes.

The texture of these eyeshadows is nothing I've seen before. It's a 'mousse' type of texture when you touch it but goes on like a powder. Don't press too hard though! The shadows aren't 'hard packed'. If you dip your brush in too hard, it leaves a dent pretty easy so if you drop them, I'd hate to think what they end up like. Which is probably why I've not given it a full rating.

The pigmentation is amazing for a product that's so affordable. These will be a restock item in my collection for sure.

OMG I love this product. From the moment I opened the box I was impressed. You could really see that they took care of the product by protecting it so well and the box was so cool (you can turn it inside-out and use it as a decorative box)... stepping aside from the impressive postage, I was doubly pleased with the product.

Pros: - Amazing pigmentation - Great variety of colours - Love the putty texture

Cons: - Not for people who love to work with pallets, the separate cases can take up a lot of space. - You can get the best results using your fingers, however, my fingers are too un-co and I've yet to master the art of blending the product properly, so it can be difficult to sometimes use the product. - Product is stated to only have a shelf life of 1 year before it dries out

At first I wasn't too sure how much I would like these shadows because I haven't had the best luck with cream or mousse eye shadows but I love these so much, even the matte ones which really worried me, they blend so easily and are super pigmented, they're super affordable (although postage is pretty expensive) The only downside is that since they're a mousse, they need to stay in their sealed packaging so they don't dry out so you can't put them in a palette, so storing them can be a bit of a problem. Other than that I'm obsessed and definitely need more.

I love these mostly for when I don't have much time to do my makeup. I can easily use my finger and swipe one of the shades over my lid and blend the edges for a super effortless look from natural to dressy. There is such a huge shade range that it can actually get a bit overwhelming trying to choose.

They have good staying power for a creme to powder shadow though I have hooded eyes so they do crease over time. The pigmentation varies between shades, I find the ultra glitters to be great toppers and the ultra metallics to be the most pigmented. The mattes tend to dry out faster in the pots, just make sure you don't forget to put the lids back on after using them.

I've just counted and it turns out I have 23 different shades of the Colourpop Super Shock Shadows, so I think it's fair to say that I am a fan!

These shadows come in a variety of finishes, including: matte, shimmer, satin, and glitter. Personally I'm less fond of the glitter finish as this does tend to create fallout on the face but the other ones are amazing!

The texture of these are unlike any other product I've tried, they're almost like a putty but less sticky. They do need to have their lids on firmly to prevent drying out which is why they're in the tubs rather than in a palette format. I believe though that this putty-like texture is how they've managed to put so much pigment into the shadows so a little goes a long way.

The amount of product you actually get is quite deceptive, and this is my main gripe with the product. The tub makes it appear as though you are getting a full jar of each shade when in reality it's just a regular sized eyeshadow pan of product inside a large tub, making it difficult to store or transport in your makeup bag.

To sum up my thoughts on this, I do love them but they are a bit big for storage and always threaten to dry out so you really do need to weigh up whether the colour payoff is worth the space in your collection.