ColourPop Barre Hopping Pressed Powder Blush Review, Photos, Swatches
Barre Hopping
ColourPop Barre Hopping Pressed Powder Blush ($8.00 for 0.21 oz.) is a light-medium brown with warm, orange undertones and a matte finish. It had semi-sheer, buildable color coverage that was buildable to semi-opaque coverage. The texture was drier and moderately powdery in the pan, though it did not appear dry or chalky on my skin and blended decently. It just barely showed up on my complexion so it might work well for fairer compelxions as a soft bronzer but would likely get lost on deeper skin tones. The blush wore well for seven and a half hours on me.
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
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Formula Overview
$12.00/0.28 oz. - $42.86 Per Ounce
The formula is supposed to go on "smoothly" and have a "natural and healthy flush" that has "long wear" and "can be layered to your desired intensity." It is a lightly to moderately powdery powder blush with semi-sheer to semi-opaque, buildable color payoff. The consistency has a drier, thinner feel and though it feels silky to the touch, I found it the type of powder blush can be tricky to blend out evenly on the skin, depending on one's skin type or base preferences. The drier the skin/base, the better the formula would blend, but any natural oils or slip caused the blush to go on unevenly and was difficult to blend out. The wear was between seven and eight hours on me on average.
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Ingredients
Talc, Nylon-12, Magnesium Myristate, Ptfe, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Octyldodecyl Stearoyl Stearate, Dimethicone, Phenoxyethanol, Caprylyl Glycol, Octocrylene, Ethylhexylglycerin, Hexylene Glycol, Bismuth Oxychloride (Ci 77163), Blue 1 Lake (Ci 42090), Iron Oxides (CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499), Mica (Ci 77019), Red 40 Lake (Ci 16035), Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891).
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My very first thought upon seeing this applied to your cheeks was that it reminded me of a poorer quality, lighter version of MAC Cheek Pollen. Like seriously so. Thing is, Cheek Pollen totally shows up on me, whereas I don’t think this one would do much for me and others with, say, NC30 or NW25 and darker skintones.
This looks like it would be a great nude, everyday blush shade for fair skin. It’s like a warmer version of Tarte Exposed.
I like this, it looks like MAC Bushbaby, one of my all time faves and a great one for fair skin.
I like how this looks on you a lot, very natural, but I’m afraid an orange undertone will turn completely orange on me, as is usual.
That looks really nice on you despite the rating. I think you are right, a very good bronzer for us pale folk. Maybe even a good correcting powder for darker tones too!