ColorPop Super Shock Shadow Review

After seeing all the hype on Youtube & Instagram . . . and once I saw Shaaanxo post on facebook that she collaborated with them and they were finally going to ship to NZ I jumped on that!!! I ordered Shaaanxo foursome and 2 singles Truth & Amaze. Have more on the way. These shaows are sooo super buttery to touch and blend so well. I am super impressed with the pigmentation of what I have seen so far and excited to try more shades. For the price point of these and the quality you get with them, they are an absolute steal!!!!

I love the packaging of these shadows, they are all individual sleek white pots with a clear plastic top to view the shades.

I own the Shaaanxo x colourpop set and have a few more on their way! The texture of these shadows are out of this world its a creamy almost mousse like texture, so soft and buttery! I love that they are super pigmented and easy to blend, I prefer to apply with my fingers and buff out if required.

The available colour range is amazing everything from mattes, to glitters from neutrals to bold colours. Once you purchase your first lot you will be running to add more to your cart!

The price is amazing, the only downside is the shipping can get a bit expensive as it is all calculated by weight.

After seeing all the reviews online and the unbelievable prices I just had to pick up some products! The eyeshadows are only USD$5 each which is awesome. I joined in on an order with some friends though as the shipping can be quite expensive. I picked up two shades, 'Sequin' and 'Krinkle'. Make sure you look up swatches and reviews before purchasing as the shades on the website aren't exactly the same as the shadows themselves, although I still really love the shades I got.

The packaging of this actually feels very high-end (not even just from the price). I love the white plastic with a shine-y finish. The clear lid shows the colour through it. On the top is says Colourpop in holographic writing. The lid can be put on very tightly which is great as that is what they advise due to the formulation of the product.

These shadows are super creamy! The first time I swatched them I was amazed at how buttery they were. The colour payoff depends on what you use to apply. I find a synthetic brush is best to get a good payoff and to blend. But if you want a serious amount of colour just use your finger to pat on the colour like you would a cream shadow. When they arrive they have a raised pattern on them, but that disappears really quickly after the first couple of uses.

Sequin - This is a copper penny shade which has an amazing finish. They call it a metallic shade and it is definitely that! It leaves an almost foiled look on the eyes that is really amazing. I love it on my blue eyes as I feel like it really makes them pop.

Krinkle - This is a smokey blue shade with plenty of glitter in. It is also a metallic shade, with the same foil finish. I realised that I didn't have any blue shadows so I grabbed this one. It is quite a dark shade so great for a smokey type of eye.

I do find the wear time on these pretty good. They can last a full day on me without any fading. I do have to be careful not to put too much of a thick layer on close to the crease as I find it creases really badly if I do. But if I make sure to blend into the crease rather than pat on their it works find.

The finish of these products is not like anything else I own, maybe because of the amount of glitter in them! But in saying that I am excited to try out some of the other formulas without glitter to see if they are just as good as I would love a natural colour to wear all over the lid.

I ordered 4 lippie stix and 4 super shock shadows from the Colourpop website.

First off, prices. The cost was US$40 for the products, plus US$20 shipping, which seems excessive, but seeing as cosmetics are usually more expensive in NZ anyway, it was a pretty good deal! Total cost including shipping was about NZ$75, so it was under NZ$10 per item - so don't let the shipping put you off!

Packaging is cute. Love the holographic fonts. It's simple and white and clean looking.

The colours I ordered are:

Smash - A warm brown beige with gold undertones in a satin finish. This was my least favourite shadow, it just doesn't show up on my skin tone once it's on my eyes. I bought it for a crease colour, but it just blends out on my eyes. Does leave a nice sheen though.

Get Lucky - Most beautiful gold metallic shade! So super pigmented and it looks like liquid gold on your eyes. A true yellow gold.

Game Face - An ultra-metallic finish, a beautiful bright copper shade. This is the most pigmented out of the lot.

So Quiche - This is my favourite! A metallic olive with flecks of brown, pinks, purples. So hard to describe but it is just beautiful! I like this all over my lid it makes my grey eyes pop!

The formulas are like a powder-slash-mousse consistency, cool to the touch. As they recommend, it is easier and colour payoff is better when using fingers to apply.

I am keen to get this whole collection, some of the best shadows I have ever used, worth the hype and worth the price!!

Wow. Where have these been all my life? Well, considering the company is only a year old, I should really say 'where have these been for the last eleven months of my life?'. My new obsession, to the point that I purchase a cart and have another cart immediately on the go.

First of all, the price is great (even with the exchange rate) for this kind of quality product. The packaging is nice and simple - a white circular plastic screw-top holder with clear top and the brand name written on it. But inside, oh it's gooooold.

The texture is interesting, quite moussey. I've attempted application with brushes, but my finger works best, and I just use a blender brush at the end. The colour is super pigmented, whether I'm using a pale colour, a dark brown, or something inbetween it goes on smoothly and 'pow's me with colour. You don't need a lot to make an impact, especially with the more metallic shadows.

The only thing I don't like? ...Is how my finger smudges the pretty pattern away.

I own nine shades at the moment, and the way I'm going I'll probably own 90 by the end of the year. (Do they even have that many?! I hope so!)

Pigmentation is AH-MAZ-ING! They last all day, and the price is very reasonable!

The texture of these are quite different to what I've seen before, and can be quite difficult to use. They feel like a mousse, which makes them very hard to apply with a brush, I tend to use my finger and use a clean brush to blend if I need to.

Although they can be difficult to apply, and the exchange rate makes them a bit pricey, I feel like they are 100% worth it! The pigmentation is amazing, the quality is superb, and the colours are so beautiful! I have the KathleenLights quad and a few pinky shades, and I feel like I need more!

Maybe it's witchcraft in the form of an eyeshadow!

Lets start with the outside and work our way in - the packaging is super cute - white screw top that sits deep over the outside to help prevent the product drying out and there is a multidimensional logo on the lid with the colour name on the bottom. Shame they don't put the finish type on the bottom though.

Inside, is this like spongy product, maybe even like a mousse. Like no other product I've ever touched before. I only got the one shadow so far, but this is a gateway shadow that will lead to many other shadows. I got Smash which is a satin finish in warm beige with gold flecks. It's almost a nude on my medium skin, but it's like a "my lids but better" shade if ya know what I mean! It was a bit lighter than I expected to be honest because it looks really nice in the pot.

12 hours later, this hasn't creased. I didn't even go full on primer on my lids either. Just some Mac Painterly underneath to bring out the best colour possible. I just used my finger to do the application and it was all that the magic needed to stay all day.

Out of all the rose gold makeup I own 'La La' by far is the most stunning example of the shade. The online swatches do it no justice!

I bought my lot off of the Colourpop website and had it shipped via Shipito to NZ even though Colourpop ship direct to NZ. For the quality you get, these are unbelievably affordable however be mindful of the exchange rate.

I like the simple white packaging with the see-through screw top however it's not the most user friendly when you're in a rush. If you forget to close it you'll be greeted with dry product the next time round but it's nothing a little MAC Fix Plus and a bit of pressure can't fix.

When I originally tested the shadow I used a flat eyeshadow brush to pat on the colour but I felt the product clung to the bristles and the finish looked rather patchy. I prefer instead to pat the product on with clean fingers - you're left with great pigmentation, even coverage and a goregeous metallic finish.

What I love most about these shadows is you can go in with your powder shadows and still be able to blend the product in without it looking caked on.

I have oily lids so unfortunately due to the creamy nature of the shadow it'll begin fading by the 5th to 6th hour (or without primer within 3 to 4 hours) so I tend to reserve these types of shadows for when I'm going out for a short period of time.

Colour Pop is an American brand that I became aware of through instagram. Their eye shadows have been featured in the up and coming back up trends over the past year. Before purchasing these eye shadows I didn't know that they are cream shadows. I had brought a couple of these shadows through an online market place.

The two colours that I purchased is Hustle (Purple) and Roulette (Black) both Matte.These shadows come in these small white pots. I like that the lid is clear so that you can see the colour of the eye shadow behind it. This shadow has colour pop written across the front of this pot. I was surprised at how sturdy the pot was. This shadow is creamy . It was surprisingly pigmented.

I didn't use a eye shadow primer with this shadow and the colour pay off was good. I wore these eye shadows all day and I didn't experience any wear. I was so happy because my eye shadow normally fades away. Overall I was really impressed with these eye shadows and I really would like to purchase more. I think their priced affordably. Awesome colour pay off.