ColourPop Just Playin' Super Shock Cheek Review & Swatches
Just Playin'
ColourPop Just Playin’ Super Shock Cheek ($8.00 for 0.15 oz.) is a rich, medium-dark red with warmer undertones and a matte finish.
- Medium, buildable coverage
- Firmer, denser texture, less slip
- Could have been easier to pick up/blend out
- Long-wearing (10 hours)
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- MAC He Likes It Cold (LE, $24.00) is darker (95% similar).
- ColourPop Silence (LE, $12.00) is cooler (90% similar).
- Pat McGrath Night Bloom (Right) (LE, $38.00) is darker (90% similar).
- Moira ILY (P, $8.50) is warmer (90% similar).
- NARS Queen (LE, $30.00) is cooler (85% similar).
- MAC All Year Red (LE, ) is warmer (85% similar).
- Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Medium-Deep #4 (PiP, ) is more shimmery, warmer (85% similar).
- Give Me Glow Dollface (P, $14.00) is darker, warmer (85% similar).
- Viseart Coral #3 (PiP, ) is more shimmery, darker, cooler (80% similar).
- Haus Labs Watermelon Bliss (P, $38.00) is darker, cooler (80% similar).
Formula Overview
$8.00/0.15 oz. - $53.33 Per Ounce
The formula is supposed to have "buildable" coverage and can be applied with fingertips (which will yield "higher coverage") or a brush (for sheerer coverage). It's a cream-based product that has a subtle, "wet" feel to it but never has the thickness of a true cream-based blush. It goes on with the smoothness of a cream formulation but diffuses and blends (without lifting up one's base) more like a powder product. The product sets to a powder finish, so the product won't slide around during the day. On me, the wear tends to be between eight and 10 hours. Most shades have medium, buildable pigmentation with some being semi-opaque to opaque on occasion. They are typically blendable, easy to use, and long-wearing.
Browse all of our ColourPop Super Shock Cheek swatches.
As glowy as this looks, especially for a matte blush, I already have my favorite red blushes in UD Quiver and Nars Exhibit A. This is quite a bit less intense, and therefore I may possibly get it to use on more casual days for a crisp, wind bitten cheek.