Coloured Raine Pretty Chic Eyeshadow Palette Review & Swatches
Pretty Chic
Coloured Raine Pretty Chic 6-Pan Eyeshadow Palette ($16.00 for 0.42 oz.) included two shimmer shades, which were more emollient and thicker compared to the four matte shadows included in the palette. The matte formula was more hit or miss and would definitely require primer for anyone interested in it.
Ingredients
Pretty Chic
PPermanent. $16.00.
Book'd and Busy
Book’d and Busy is a bright, shimmery white with multi-colored micro-sparkle throughout a metallic finish. The base seemed to be a little on the translucent side.
- Medium opaque color payoff
- Thicker, slightly emollient
- Harder to apply evenly with a dry brush
- Best applied with a fingertip
- Long-wearing (8 hours)
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- MAC Letty Lynton (LE, $18.00) is darker (95% similar).
- ColourPop Wish Me Luck (-, $8.00) is more shimmery, darker (95% similar).
- Moira Starlight (P, $7.50) is less shimmery, darker (95% similar).
- ColourPop Bedtime Story (LE, $4.50) is more shimmery, darker, warmer (95% similar).
- ColourPop Flashback (LE, $6.00) is cooler (95% similar).
- Too Faced Frostbite Me (LE, $16.00) is darker (95% similar).
- Stila Perlina (P, $24.00) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- Marc Jacobs Beauty Flashlight (P, $28.00) is darker (95% similar).
- Huda Beauty Supermoon (PiP, ) is less shimmery, cooler (90% similar).
- ColourPop So Lit (PiP, $6.00) is less shimmery, cooler (90% similar).
Formula Overview
$6.99/0.064 oz. - $109.22 Per Ounce
2022 Formula: The formula is supposed to be "highly pigmented" and "blendable" with a "butterly smooth" feel.The majority of the matte eyeshadows were quite pigmented, while some of the shimmers were overly emollient, which resulted in sheerer and/or uneven coverage.
The matte eyeshadows have a bit of dryness to them, though they were pigmented and fairly blendable, but they tended to apply best over an eyeshadow primer, which ensured a better base for them to adhere to. The shimmer eyeshadows were best applied with fingertips or a flat, firm (and sometimes dampened) brush and pressed/patted into place, then lightly blended.
I did not love the two finishes paired together as the matte finish was thinner and more powdery compared to the thicker, denser shimmers, so the shimmers often "erased" the matte eyeshadows when blended out.
The formula was different than the brand's original single pan formula that they originally debuted with, and I preferred their original formula overall, though the new one is decent, just not as foolproof to work with.
Original formula review: The formula is supposed to be "highly pigmented, long-lasting, and blendable" and come in a variety of finishes. Most their eyeshadows are semi-opaque to opaque with a smooth, blendable textures that are easy to use and apply well to bare skin. The shimmers are slightly dense and creamier to the touch compared to the mattes, which aren't thin but don't have the same amount of slip. They tend to wear between eight and nine hours on me.
Browse all of our Coloured Raine Eyeshadow swatches.
Ingredients
POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE, CAPRYLIC/CAPRIC TRIGLYCERIDE, CALCIUM SODIUM BOROSILICATE, CALCIUM ALUMINUM BOROSILICATE, BIS-DIGLYCERYL POLYACYLADIPATE-2, ETHYLHEXYL PALMITATE, POLYETHYLENE, POLYISOBUTENE, PETROLATUM, PHENOXYETHANOL, OZOKERITE, CERA ALBA, ALUMINUM POWDER, TIN OXIDE, TOCOPHERYL ACETATE, ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERIN, TRIMETHYLSILOXYSILICATE, TITANIUM DIOXIDE
Disclaimer: Ingredient lists are as available by the brand (or retailer) at the time of publishing. Please always check product packaging, if it exists, for the ingredient list applicable to the product you're purchasing, or the brand or retailer's website for the most up-to-date ingredient list.
Book'd and Busy
PiPPermanent in Palette. $6.99.
Crush on U
Crush on U is a medium pink with strong, warm undertones and flecks of silver and pink sparkle throughout a metallic finish.
- Mostly opaque color payoff
- Thicker, slightly emollient
- Harder to apply evenly with a dry brush
- Best applied with a fingertip
- Long-wearing (8.5 hours)
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- Clionadh Lacy (P, $6.00) is lighter (95% similar).
- ColourPop Plume (LE, $6.00) is darker, warmer (90% similar).
- Laura Mercier Bed of Roses (P, $29.00) is less shimmery, warmer (90% similar).
- ColourPop No Flocks (LE, $4.50) is less shimmery, warmer (90% similar).
- Sydney Grace Dramatic (LE, $6.25) is darker (80% similar).
- Huda Beauty Purple Haze #4 (PiP, ).
Formula Overview
$6.99/0.064 oz. - $109.22 Per Ounce
2022 Formula: The formula is supposed to be "highly pigmented" and "blendable" with a "butterly smooth" feel.The majority of the matte eyeshadows were quite pigmented, while some of the shimmers were overly emollient, which resulted in sheerer and/or uneven coverage.
The matte eyeshadows have a bit of dryness to them, though they were pigmented and fairly blendable, but they tended to apply best over an eyeshadow primer, which ensured a better base for them to adhere to. The shimmer eyeshadows were best applied with fingertips or a flat, firm (and sometimes dampened) brush and pressed/patted into place, then lightly blended.
I did not love the two finishes paired together as the matte finish was thinner and more powdery compared to the thicker, denser shimmers, so the shimmers often "erased" the matte eyeshadows when blended out.
The formula was different than the brand's original single pan formula that they originally debuted with, and I preferred their original formula overall, though the new one is decent, just not as foolproof to work with.
Original formula review: The formula is supposed to be "highly pigmented, long-lasting, and blendable" and come in a variety of finishes. Most their eyeshadows are semi-opaque to opaque with a smooth, blendable textures that are easy to use and apply well to bare skin. The shimmers are slightly dense and creamier to the touch compared to the mattes, which aren't thin but don't have the same amount of slip. They tend to wear between eight and nine hours on me.
Browse all of our Coloured Raine Eyeshadow swatches.
Ingredients
MICA, CAPRYLIC/CAPRIC TRIGLYCERIDE, CALCIUM SODIUM BOROSILICATE, ETHYLHEXYL PALMITATE, CALCIUM ALUMINUM BOROSILICATE, TALC, BIS-DIGLYCERYL POLYACYLADIPATE-2, TRIDECYL TRIMELLITATE, DIMETHICONE, POLYISOBUTENE, MAGNESIUM STEARATE, DIMETHICONE/VINYL DIMETHICONE CROSSPOLYMER, CYCLOPENTASILOXANE, PHENOXYETHANOL, MINERAL OIL, TIN OXIDE, TOCOPHERYL ACETATE, PROPYLPARABEN, ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERIN, TITANIUM DIOXIDE, Iron Oxide Red, IRON OXIDE YELLOW, SILVER
Disclaimer: Ingredient lists are as available by the brand (or retailer) at the time of publishing. Please always check product packaging, if it exists, for the ingredient list applicable to the product you're purchasing, or the brand or retailer's website for the most up-to-date ingredient list.
Crush on U
PiPPermanent in Palette. $6.99.
Sweetheart
Sweetheart is a neon, fuchsia pink with strong, cool blue undertones and a matte finish.
- Opaque pigmentation
- Lightly powdery, smoother and less dry than most shades in the formula
- Blendable, applied evenly
- Long-wearing (8 hours)
Top Dupes
- Huda Beauty Neon Pink #4 (LE, ) (100% similar).
- ColourPop Good Manners (P, $4.50) is lighter, cooler (95% similar).
- Huda Beauty Neon Orange #6 (PiP, ) is darker (95% similar).
- ColourPop High Roller (LE, $4.50) is darker, warmer (95% similar).
- ColourPop Miracle Romance (LE, $4.50) is lighter, cooler (95% similar).
- Sugarpill Rage Quit (PiP, ) is warmer (95% similar).
- Terra Moons Terraverse (P, $6.00) is lighter (95% similar).
- UOMA Beauty Jolof (LE, ) is lighter, warmer (95% similar).
- ColourPop Soda Crush (LE, $4.50) is darker (95% similar).
- Huda Beauty Electric #1 (PiP, ) is cooler (95% similar).
Ingredients
TALC, MICA, SILICA, TRIETHOXYCAPRYLYLSILANE, ETHYLHEXYL PALMITATE, MAGNESIUM STEARATE, POLYISOBUTENE BIS-DIGLYCERYL POLYACYLADIPATE-2, TRIDECYL TRIMELLITATE, DIMETHICONE, PHENOXYETHANOL, TOCOPHERYL ACETATE, PROPYLPARABEN, ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERIN, D & C Red 27 Al Lake, TITANIUM DIOXIDE, D & C Red 6 Ba Lake, D & C Red 7 Ca Lake
Disclaimer: Ingredient lists are as available by the brand (or retailer) at the time of publishing. Please always check product packaging, if it exists, for the ingredient list applicable to the product you're purchasing, or the brand or retailer's website for the most up-to-date ingredient list.
Sweetheart
PiPPermanent in Palette.
Secret Admirer
Secret Admirer is a light-medium pink with neutral-to-cool undertones and a matte finish.
- Mostly opaque pigmentation
- Lightly powdery, slightly drier and thinner
- Blendable, applied evenly
- Long-wearing (8 hours)
Top Dupes
- Give Me Glow Blush Pink (PiP, $7.00) is cooler (90% similar).
- ColourPop Daydream Bby (LE, $4.50) is more shimmery, darker, cooler (80% similar).
- ColourPop Good Manners (P, $4.50) is darker, cooler (80% similar).
- Give Me Glow Brittney (P, $7.00) is darker (80% similar).
- Terra Moons Terraverse (P, $6.00) is darker, cooler (80% similar).
- ColourPop Angel Face (LE, $4.50) is more shimmery, darker, cooler (80% similar).
Ingredients
TALC, MICA, SILICA, ETHYLHEXYL PALMITATE, TRIETHOXYCAPRYLYLSILANE, MAGNESIUM STEARATE, DIMETHICONE, BIS-DIGLYCERYL POLYACYLADIPATE-2, TRIDECYL TRIMELLITATE, PHENOXYETHANOL, POLYISOBUTENE, TOCOPHERYL ACETATE, ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERIN, TITANIUM DIOXIDE, D & C Red 6 Ba Lake, FD & C Yellow 5 Al Lake
Disclaimer: Ingredient lists are as available by the brand (or retailer) at the time of publishing. Please always check product packaging, if it exists, for the ingredient list applicable to the product you're purchasing, or the brand or retailer's website for the most up-to-date ingredient list.
Secret Admirer
PiPPermanent in Palette.
Daydream
Daydream is a vivid, pinky-red with strong, cool undertones and a matte finish.
- Semi-opaque pigmentation
- Lightly powdery, drier, prone to sheering out
- Could have been easier to blend out
- Long-wearing (8 hours)
Top Dupes
- MAC Pink Desire (LE, $24.00) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- ColourPop Scarlet (LE, $4.50) is lighter, warmer (95% similar).
- Dominique Cosmetics Lucid Dream (PiP, ) is less shimmery, warmer (95% similar).
- ColourPop Tuned In (P, $8.00) is lighter (95% similar).
- MAC Fuchsia Fury (LE, $17.00) is warmer (95% similar).
- MAC Bijou (LE, $17.00) is lighter (95% similar).
- Terra Moons Stellar Wind (P, $6.00) is warmer (95% similar).
- MAC Bird's Eye View (LE, $17.00) is more shimmery, lighter, warmer (95% similar).
- Anastasia C3 (Norvina Mini Vol. 1) (LE, ) is less shimmery, warmer (95% similar).
- ColourPop Seas the Day (P, $4.50) is more shimmery, lighter, warmer (90% similar).
Ingredients
TALC, MICA, SILICA, ETHYLHEXYL PALMITATE, MAGNESIUM STEARATE, BIS-DIGLYCERYL POLYACYLADIPATE-2, TRIDECYL TRIMELLITATE, DIMETHICONE, PHENOXYETHANOL, POLYISOBUTENE, TRIETHOXYCAPRYLYLSILANE, TOCOPHERYL ACETATE, ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERIN, D & C Red 27 Al Lake, D & C Red 7 Ca Lake, Ultramarine Blue, Ferric Ammonium Ferrocyanide
Disclaimer: Ingredient lists are as available by the brand (or retailer) at the time of publishing. Please always check product packaging, if it exists, for the ingredient list applicable to the product you're purchasing, or the brand or retailer's website for the most up-to-date ingredient list.
Daydream
PiPPermanent in Palette.
Bougie
Bougie is a bright, violet purple with cooler undertones and a matte finish.
- Medium pigmentation
- Lightly powdery, drier and thinner
- Harder to apply on bare skin, must use primer with it
- Long-wearing (8 hours)
Top Dupes
- Natasha Denona Electric Violet (28V) (PiP, $29.00) is more shimmery, darker (95% similar).
- ColourPop Majestic (LE, $4.50) is brighter (95% similar).
- ColourPop Iffy (PiP, $4.50) is lighter (95% similar).
- Lethal Cosmetics Foxglove (P, $6.50) is cooler (95% similar).
- Terra Moons Star Sailors (P, $6.00) is more shimmery, darker, warmer (90% similar).
- Lethal Cosmetics Eclipse (P, $6.50) is lighter, more muted, cooler (90% similar).
- Anastasia C2 (Norvina Mini Vol. 1) (LE, ) is more muted (90% similar).
- MAC Club New Wave Mix (LE, $17.00) is darker (90% similar).
- Anastasia B4 (Norvina Vol. 1) (LE, ) is darker, warmer (90% similar).
- MAC Jam Session (LE, $17.00) is more shimmery, lighter, warmer (85% similar).
Ingredients
TALC, MICA, SILICA, ETHYLHEXYL PALMITATE, TRIETHOXYCAPRYLYLSILANE POLYISOBUTENE, MAGNESIUM STEARATE, BIS-DIGLYCERYL POLYACYLADIPATE-2, TRIDECYL TRIMELLITATE, DIMETHICONE, PHENOXYETHANOL, TOCOPHERYL ACETATE, PROPYLPARABEN, ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERIN, D & C Red 27 Al Lake, FD & C Blue 1 Al Lake, D & C Red 7 Ca Lake
Disclaimer: Ingredient lists are as available by the brand (or retailer) at the time of publishing. Please always check product packaging, if it exists, for the ingredient list applicable to the product you're purchasing, or the brand or retailer's website for the most up-to-date ingredient list.
Just; NOPE.
Quality is lacking, plus the level of PINKNESS is giving me Pepto-bismal and pinkeye vibes to a sickening degree.
To me, this seems more like a summery type of palette. It’s OK, not great – fairly interchangeable with Colour Pop. Crush On U is a lovely all round colour, but even that formula had its issues.