ColourPop Might as Shell Cheek Quad Review & Swatches
Might as Shell
ColourPop Might as Shell 4-Pan Cheek Palette ($18.00 for 0.3 oz.) includes four, lighter-leaning highlighters in a cream-to-powder formula that applied well with fingertips or a brush. The formula performed comparably with past Super Shock Cheek shades I’ve tried, though I’d say a few were slightly more emollient than the very best Super Shock Cheek shades I’ve tried.
Ingredients
Might as Shell
LELimited Edition. $18.00.
Sunlit
Sunlit is a darker gold with warm undertones and a smooth, lightly metallic sheen.
- Medium coverage with brush, semi-opaque coverage with fingertip
- Slightly overly emollient to touch
- Dried down to powder-like application
- Blendable, did not lift base products
- Longer-wearing (9-10 hours is typical)
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- Natasha Denona Glam Light (Star Glow) (PiP, ) is more shimmery, lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- Anastasia Perla (P, $25.00) is less shimmery, warmer (90% similar).
- Marc Jacobs Beauty Sunlit (P, $32.00) is less shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
- Sol Body Star Light (LE, $12.00) is more shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
- Chanel Plisse Lumiere de Chanel (LE, $80.00) is more shimmery, warmer (90% similar).
- Charlotte Tilbury Original (P, $38.00) is lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- Tom Ford Beauty Scintillate (Illuminate) (LE, ) is less shimmery, lighter, warmer (85% similar).
- Becca Champagne Pop (P, $41.00) is less shimmery, lighter, warmer (85% similar).
- Anastasia Moonstone (LE, ) is more shimmery, lighter (85% similar).
- ColourPop Flip Flops (LE, $10.00) is lighter, warmer (85% similar).
Formula Overview
$10.00/0.15 oz. - $66.67 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 (Highlighter) swatches.
Sunlit
LELimited Edition. $10.00.
Lowkey
Lowkey is a pale, white gold base with shimmer and small-particle sparkle that shifted from pale gold to warmer, gold paired with a soft, metallic sheen.
- Medium coverage with brush, semi-opaque coverage with fingertip
- Smooth, emollient to touch
- Dried down to powder-like application
- Blendable, did not lift base products
- Longer-wearing (9-10 hours is typical)
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- Tom Ford Beauty Gilt Glow (LE, $68.00) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- Anastasia Iced Out (P, $34.00) is less shimmery (95% similar).
- Becca Citrine (LE, $38.00) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- LORAC Star Reader (LE, $23.00) is more shimmery, cooler (90% similar).
- Artist Couture Gold Digger (P, $27.00) is more shimmery, cooler (90% similar).
- Anastasia Marshmallow (LE, ) is more shimmery, cooler (90% similar).
- Wet 'n' Wild Winter Bloom (LE, $4.99) is more shimmery, cooler (90% similar).
- Dior Strobe Gold (Glitz) (LE, ) is more shimmery, cooler (90% similar).
- Anastasia Sunshine (LE, ) is more shimmery, darker (85% similar).
- Anastasia Helia (PiP, ) is more shimmery, cooler (85% similar).
Formula Overview
$10.00/0.15 oz. - $66.67 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 (Highlighter) swatches.
Lowkey
LELimited Edition. $10.00.
Beach Club
Beach Club is a soft, yellowy-peach base with duochrome shimmer that shifted from soft gold to cool pink paired with a soft, pearly sheen.
- Medium coverage with brush, semi-opaque coverage with fingertip
- Smooth, emollient to touch
- Dried down to powder-like application
- Blendable, did not lift base products
- Longer-wearing (9-10 hours is typical)
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- Anastasia Unicorn (LE, ) is more shimmery (90% similar).
- Dior Holographic Glow (006) (P, $50.00) is lighter, less pigmented, cooler (85% similar).
- JD Glow Chaos (P, $16.50) is more shimmery (85% similar).
- Pat McGrath Iridescent Pink (003) (PiP, $60.00) is lighter, cooler (85% similar).
- ColourPop Over the Moon (LE, $10.00) is lighter, cooler (85% similar).
- Dior Pearlescent Glow (03) (P, $50.00) is more shimmery, lighter, less pigmented (80% similar).
- Cover FX Lunar (P, $44.00) is more shimmery, darker, warmer (80% similar).
- Anastasia Magic (LE, ) is more shimmery, cooler (80% similar).
- Melt Cosmetics Iluminacion (P, $39.00) is more shimmery, darker, warmer (80% similar).
- ColourPop Spellbound (LE, $10.00) is more shimmery, cooler (80% similar).
Formula Overview
$10.00/0.15 oz. - $66.67 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 (Highlighter) swatches.
Beach Club
LELimited Edition. $10.00.
Squad
Squad is a pale lavender with subtle, cool undertones and a pearly sheen.
- Medium coverage with brush, semi-opaque coverage with fingertip
- Smooth, emollient to touch
- Dried down to powder-like application
- Blendable, did not lift base products
- Longer-wearing (9-10 hours is typical)
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- ColourPop Pinch Me (LE, $10.00) is less shimmery (95% similar).
- ColourPop Pardon My Francais (LE, $12.00) is warmer (95% similar).
- Guerlain Holographic (Right) (LE, ) is more shimmery, darker (95% similar).
- NARS Wild Phox (LE, $29.00) is less shimmery (95% similar).
- Laura Mercier Obsession (LE, $45.00) is more shimmery, darker (95% similar).
- Wayne Goss Shimmer Pink (PiP, ) is lighter (90% similar).
- Jouer Celestial (LE, $24.00) is warmer (90% similar).
- ColourPop Poor Unfortunate Souls (LE, $10.00) is darker, cooler (90% similar).
- OFRA Neptune (P, $29.00) is more shimmery, darker, warmer (90% similar).
- ColourPop Rocket Science (P, $10.00) is more shimmery, darker, warmer (90% similar).
Formula Overview
$10.00/0.15 oz. - $66.67 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 (Highlighter) swatches.
I love the less intense, less heavy look of these. Because I am moving away from going all out seen-from-space, beaming type of highlighter. Especially now that I have crinkles on top of my very high cheekbones when I smile!
This face palette is good for pale skintones and the rating is quite reasonable.
Really pretty, but I think I have dupes (phew)!
I really like this palette. It would be perfect for the days I don’t want my highlighter seen from space.