ColourPop Lifted, Mulholland, Typhoon, Honeypot Super Star Loose Pigments Reviews & Swatches
Lifted
ColourPop Lifted Super Star Loose Pigment ($5.00 for 0.07 oz.) is a medium pink with strong, warm undertones and a pearl-to-metallic finish. Applied dry, it had sheer coverage that had a lot of fallout during application unless patted over a tacky base. The texture was incredibly finely-milled and silky to the touch, so it was quite blendable, but it really needed to be applied using a dampened brush, where the coverage was opaque, application was even and had minimal fallout, and the entire product came into its own. I just wouldn’t bother with this formula if dry application was the primary use. I think you can top off or build up application with slightly dry product, but it really calls for wet/damp application to work well. On its own, it lasted for six hours dry and eight hours when applied wet.
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- Juvia's Place Osun (LE, ) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- ColourPop Tweet Me (LE, $4.50) is less shimmery, lighter (95% similar).
- Tarte Pop Art Princess (LE, ) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- ColourPop Big Treat (PiP, ) is more shimmery, darker (90% similar).
- Smashbox Charmed (LE, ) is lighter (90% similar).
- Tarte Sway (LE, ) is more shimmery, warmer (90% similar).
- Urban Decay Curve (LE, $19.00) is less shimmery, darker, warmer (90% similar).
- Sydney Grace Warm Glow (P, $8.00) is darker, cooler (90% similar).
- Marc Jacobs Beauty The Lover #6 (LE, ) (90% similar).
- Tom Ford Beauty Venus Rising (LE, $46.00) is more shimmery, darker, cooler (90% similar).
Formula Overview
$5.00/0.07 oz. - $71.43 Per Ounce
The formula is supposed be a wet/dry formula that has less intense shine when applied dry and a more metallic finish when applied wet. They're a finely-milled, loose powder that can be used on eyes, lips, and cheeks. Not wholly surprising, they tended to perform best applied with a dampened brush or over a lightly tacky primer. They can be a little messy to work with if you are not used to loose eyeshadows, but I did not find them any better or worse than the average loose formula. The pigmentation varied a lot from shade to shade, though most shades had more pigmentation when applied with a dampened brush along with greater shine.
Browse all of our ColourPop Super Star Loose Pigment swatches.
Ingredients
Calcium Aluminum Borosilicate, Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Silica, Phenoxyethanol, Octyldodecanol, Octyldodecyl Stearoyl Stearate, Tin Oxide, Carmine (CI 75470), Iron Oxides (CI 77491), Mica (CI 77019), Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891).
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.
Look Using this Product
Lifted
PPermanent. $5.00.
Mulholland
ColourPop Mulholland Super Star Loose Pigment ($5.00 for 0.07 oz.) is a medium, golden bronze with warm undertones and a metallic sheen. Applied in thin layers, I could achieve more opaque coverage when I built it up using it dry, but again, I highly recommend applying the product using a dampened brush, which yielded opaque, smooth color payoff in a single layer and had little fallout during application. The loose eyeshadow wore well for seven hours applied dry and nine hours applied wet.
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- Urban Decay HBIC (PiP, $19.00) is less shimmery, cooler (95% similar).
- Pat McGrath Gold Rush (LE, $25.00) is lighter (95% similar).
- Natasha Denona Aubade (P, $25.00) is cooler (95% similar).
- Sydney Grace Camping (PiP, $6.25) is lighter, cooler (95% similar).
- Disney by Sephora Cosmic (LE, ) is less shimmery (95% similar).
- ColourPop Weekend (PiP, $4.50) is cooler (95% similar).
- LORAC Sandbar (LE, $19.00) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- ColourPop Save It For Later (P, $4.50) is lighter (95% similar).
- Natasha Denona True Bronze (314K) (PiP, ) is cooler (95% similar).
- Natasha Denona Day Spring (PiP, $29.00) is less shimmery, cooler (95% similar).
Formula Overview
$5.00/0.07 oz. - $71.43 Per Ounce
The formula is supposed be a wet/dry formula that has less intense shine when applied dry and a more metallic finish when applied wet. They're a finely-milled, loose powder that can be used on eyes, lips, and cheeks. Not wholly surprising, they tended to perform best applied with a dampened brush or over a lightly tacky primer. They can be a little messy to work with if you are not used to loose eyeshadows, but I did not find them any better or worse than the average loose formula. The pigmentation varied a lot from shade to shade, though most shades had more pigmentation when applied with a dampened brush along with greater shine.
Browse all of our ColourPop Super Star Loose Pigment swatches.
Ingredients
Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Silica, Phenoxyethanol, Octyldodecanol, Octyldodecyl Stearoyl Stearate, Stearic Acid, Copper Powder (CI 77400), Iron Oxides (CI 77491, CI 77499), Mica (CI 77019), Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891).
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.
Look Using this Product
Mulholland
PPermanent. $5.00.
Typhoon
ColourPop Typhoon Super Star Loose Pigment ($5.00 for 0.07 oz.) is a pale beige with warm undertones and silver and blue glitter. It had good pigmentation dry and damp actually, but the glitter adhered better and more evenly when used with a dampened brush. The consistency was velvety and finely-milled, and it was easy to blend out on my lid. There was some fallout during wear, though, particularly when applied dry (six hours) compared to dampened application (eight hours).
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- MAC Vanilla Diamond (LE, $21.00) is less shimmery (95% similar).
- MAC Amberluxe #1 (PiP, ) is less shimmery (95% similar).
- Bobbi Brown Bone (LE, $28.00) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- MAC Just Gleaming (PiP, $20.00) is darker, warmer (90% similar).
- Anastasia Vermeer (P, $12.00) is less shimmery, darker (90% similar).
- Fenty Beauty Milky Way (LE, ) is more shimmery, darker (90% similar).
- Givenchy Tentation #4 (PiP, ) is less shimmery (90% similar).
- Too Faced Jingle All the Way Eyeshadow #2 (LE, $16.00) is cooler (90% similar).
- Makeup Geek Shimma Shimma (DC, $6.00) is less shimmery (90% similar).
- Urban Decay Polyester Bride (DC, $19.00) is less shimmery (90% similar).
Formula Overview
$5.00/0.07 oz. - $71.43 Per Ounce
The formula is supposed be a wet/dry formula that has less intense shine when applied dry and a more metallic finish when applied wet. They're a finely-milled, loose powder that can be used on eyes, lips, and cheeks. Not wholly surprising, they tended to perform best applied with a dampened brush or over a lightly tacky primer. They can be a little messy to work with if you are not used to loose eyeshadows, but I did not find them any better or worse than the average loose formula. The pigmentation varied a lot from shade to shade, though most shades had more pigmentation when applied with a dampened brush along with greater shine.
Browse all of our ColourPop Super Star Loose Pigment swatches.
Ingredients
Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Calcium Sodium Borosilicate, Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Calcium Aluminum Borosilicate, Silica, Phenoxyethanol, Octyldodecanol, Octyldodecyl Stearoyl Stearate, Tin Oxide, Iron Oxides (CI 77491), Mica (CI 77019), Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891).
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.
Look Using this Product
Typhoon
PPermanent. $5.00.
Honeypot
ColourPop Honeypot Super Star Loose Pigment ($5.00 for 0.07 oz.) is a light silver with subtle, cool undertones and a metallic finish. It had semi-opaque color payoff applied dry, which made it one of the more pigmented shades for dry application, but it did intensify to opaque coverage and had a much shinier finish when used with a dampened brush. The dampened application was definitely preferred to minimize fallout, increase coverage, and even made wear time better (from seven to eight hours).
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- Rouge Bunny Rouge Vivacious Maguari (P, $19.00) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- ColourPop Thickems (LE, $4.50) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- Wet 'n' Wild The Night's Quad #4 (LE, ) is cooler (90% similar).
- NYX Tin (P, $6.00) is lighter (90% similar).
- Viseart Tingle (PiP, ) is more shimmery, lighter, cooler (90% similar).
- Too Faced Glitterally (LE, ) is more shimmery (90% similar).
- MAC Extra Silver (LE, $20.00) is more shimmery (90% similar).
- Dior House of Dreams #3 (LE, ) is more shimmery, darker, cooler (90% similar).
- Smashbox Rock Icon (PiP, ) is darker, more muted (90% similar).
- Chanel Tisse Smoky #1 (PiP, ) is cooler (90% similar).
Formula Overview
$5.00/0.07 oz. - $71.43 Per Ounce
The formula is supposed be a wet/dry formula that has less intense shine when applied dry and a more metallic finish when applied wet. They're a finely-milled, loose powder that can be used on eyes, lips, and cheeks. Not wholly surprising, they tended to perform best applied with a dampened brush or over a lightly tacky primer. They can be a little messy to work with if you are not used to loose eyeshadows, but I did not find them any better or worse than the average loose formula. The pigmentation varied a lot from shade to shade, though most shades had more pigmentation when applied with a dampened brush along with greater shine.
Browse all of our ColourPop Super Star Loose Pigment swatches.
Ingredients
Calcium Sodium Borosilicate, Silica, Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Phenoxyethanol, Octyldodecanol, Octyldodecyl Stearoyl Stearate, Tin Oxide, Aluminum Powder (CI 77000), Iron Oxides (CI 77491, CI 77499), Mica (CI 77019), Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891). *Not intended for use on the lips.
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.
While I have no problem using shadows wet, I get the feeling that these are just as cumbersome as their SSS’s. I DO appreciate that ColourPop did add sifters to these, though!
These are all lovely shades but I think the loose shadow formulation makes them trickier to use and each one of them has lots of dupes living in our palettes in pressed powder formats.
I find it so weird that their loose pigments are so sheer. With most brands, the loose pigments are pigmented, and the pressed are sheer. CP’s seem to be the opposite.