ColourPop Mojave & Mystical Jelly Much Shadows Reviews & Swatches
Mojave Moves
ColourPop Mojave Moves Jelly Much Eyeshadow ($8.00 for 0.23 oz.) has a more transparent base chocked full of peach and silvery-white sparkle that had a more wet-like, diamond shine to it. It would work well for an all-over lid color or popped onto the center of the lid for extra sparkle.
- Medium coverage, somewhat buildable
- Wet to the touch, dried down to budge-proof finish within seconds
- Blendable during dry down phase
- Long-wearing (10 hours without fallout)
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- ColourPop Pixie Perf (LE, $4.50) is less shimmery (95% similar).
- ColourPop Hillside (LE, $4.50) is darker (95% similar).
- Give Me Glow Highlight (P, $7.00) is warmer (90% similar).
- ColourPop Mica (LE, $4.50) is lighter, cooler (90% similar).
- ColourPop Strike a Match (LE, $4.50) is lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- ColourPop Tassel (LE, $6.00) is less shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
- Moira Quartz (P, $7.50) is warmer (90% similar).
- Linda Hallberg Cosmetics Serein (LE, ) is lighter (90% similar).
- MAC Frostwinked (LE, $20.00) is lighter (90% similar).
- Urban Decay Cosmic (DC, $20.00) is lighter (90% similar).
Formula Overview
$9.00/0.23 oz. - $39.13 Per Ounce
The formula is supposed to have "high impact" in a "single swipe" that's longwearing, "won't crease, fade or transfer" and "dries down to a powder finish with zero fall out." These are water-based, so they feel wet and cooling when initially applied, but the reality is that so little product is needed to get coverage on the lid that I didn't feel it was watery or thin when I actually patted it onto my lid with a brush.
I would recommend using less than you think you'll need, and while fingertips can be used to apply, I liked the control of flat, synthetic brushes gave me as fingertips (for me!) applied far more product than needed. If you over-apply, it can feel wet and take longer to dry down, and it ends up taking too long and can pull into creases/fine lines on the lid. If I used about what I needed (there was some wiggle room), it dried down quickly and set to a transfer-resistant/crease-resistant finish. It was harder to blend out once dry, though, and if I wasn't careful, more vigorous blending could disturb and cause the eyeshadow to flake slightly.
They are easier to use than they look, and I think they're quite good overall, though a couple of shades were less stellar. They have a high-shine finish, though I think the more metallic powder and cream eyeshadows give a similar look that I wasn't convinced that the finish on these was above and beyond products that might be easier to use/more user-friendly. I'm not sure that the pot was the best way to go, as the product dries out extremely quickly; to the point where I would advise closing the product after you've taken product out of it, don't let it sit open while you're applying the rest of your makeup--you will see and feel parts of it dry out.
I found the packaging to be rather messy, and I have bits of product along the edge of the jar, along the rim, and it's fiddly to move the stopper from the opening to the lid and back again. I wonder if a squeeze tube might be less messy and make it easier to control the amount of product picked up while also preventing the product from drying out too readily.
WARNING: This formula seems to dry out within months; some readers report a couple of months and others more like a six-month window. I don't keep the majority of cream-based products (since I don't return to most products after reviewing), including these, but of the few I still have, there is a definite change in consistency--slightly drier--after six months, sometimes more or less. I had a couple that were closer to the year mark, and one was still usable but the other was quite dried down.
Browse all of our ColourPop Jelly Much Eyeshadow swatches.
Ingredients
Water, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Calcium Sodium Borosilicate, Sorbeth-30 Tetraisostearate, Butylene Glycol, Dipropylene Glycol, Sorbitan Sesquiisostearate, Benzyl Alcohol, Acrylates/Beheneth-25 Methacrylate Copolymer, Ppg-8 Ceteth-20, Silica, Chlorphenesin, Dehydroacetic Acid, Sodium Hydroxide, Phenoxyethanol, Tin Oxide, Iron Oxides (CI 77491), 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
Mojave Moves
LELimited Edition. $9.00.
Mystical
ColourPop Mystical Jelly Much Eyeshadow ($8.00 for 0.23 oz.) is a medium, golden peach with strong, warm undertones and a shiny, sparkling finish.
- Mostly opaque coverage
- Wet to the touch, dried down to budge-proof finish within seconds
- Blendable during dry down phase
- Long-wearing (10 hours without fallout)
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- NABLA Cosmetics Fabric (PiP, ) is less shimmery, cooler (95% similar).
- Moira Main Character (P, $8.50) is less shimmery (95% similar).
- NARS Icon (DC, $25.00) is less shimmery, cooler (95% similar).
- Too Faced Frost Those Buns (LE, $16.00) is less shimmery, cooler (95% similar).
- Viseart Suede (PiP, ) is less shimmery, cooler (95% similar).
- ColourPop Wild Out (LE, $4.50) is cooler (95% similar).
- Dior New Look #2 (PiP, ) is less shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
- Urban Decay Angel Fire (PiP, $19.00) is lighter (90% similar).
- Viseart Fizz (LE, ) is less shimmery (90% similar).
- MAC Shook My Snow Globe (LE, $17.00) is lighter, less pigmented, cooler (90% similar).
Formula Overview
$9.00/0.23 oz. - $39.13 Per Ounce
The formula is supposed to have "high impact" in a "single swipe" that's longwearing, "won't crease, fade or transfer" and "dries down to a powder finish with zero fall out." These are water-based, so they feel wet and cooling when initially applied, but the reality is that so little product is needed to get coverage on the lid that I didn't feel it was watery or thin when I actually patted it onto my lid with a brush.
I would recommend using less than you think you'll need, and while fingertips can be used to apply, I liked the control of flat, synthetic brushes gave me as fingertips (for me!) applied far more product than needed. If you over-apply, it can feel wet and take longer to dry down, and it ends up taking too long and can pull into creases/fine lines on the lid. If I used about what I needed (there was some wiggle room), it dried down quickly and set to a transfer-resistant/crease-resistant finish. It was harder to blend out once dry, though, and if I wasn't careful, more vigorous blending could disturb and cause the eyeshadow to flake slightly.
They are easier to use than they look, and I think they're quite good overall, though a couple of shades were less stellar. They have a high-shine finish, though I think the more metallic powder and cream eyeshadows give a similar look that I wasn't convinced that the finish on these was above and beyond products that might be easier to use/more user-friendly. I'm not sure that the pot was the best way to go, as the product dries out extremely quickly; to the point where I would advise closing the product after you've taken product out of it, don't let it sit open while you're applying the rest of your makeup--you will see and feel parts of it dry out.
I found the packaging to be rather messy, and I have bits of product along the edge of the jar, along the rim, and it's fiddly to move the stopper from the opening to the lid and back again. I wonder if a squeeze tube might be less messy and make it easier to control the amount of product picked up while also preventing the product from drying out too readily.
WARNING: This formula seems to dry out within months; some readers report a couple of months and others more like a six-month window. I don't keep the majority of cream-based products (since I don't return to most products after reviewing), including these, but of the few I still have, there is a definite change in consistency--slightly drier--after six months, sometimes more or less. I had a couple that were closer to the year mark, and one was still usable but the other was quite dried down.
Browse all of our ColourPop Jelly Much Eyeshadow swatches.
Ingredients
Water, Calcium Sodium Borosilicate, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Sorbeth-30 Tetraisostearate, Butylene Glycol, Dipropylene Glycol, Sorbitan Sesquiisostearate, Benzyl Alcohol, Silica, Acrylates/Beheneth-25 Methacrylate Copolymer, Ppg-8 Ceteth-20, Chlorphenesin, Dehydroacetic Acid, Sodium Hydroxide, Tin Oxide, Phenoxyethanol, 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.
These are both lovely shades but not shades that I would use a lot. I am really trying not to buy things just because they are pretty or review well, if I am not actually going to use the particular shade. I have been really trying to buy mostly cooler toned products lately just because I prefer them to warmer looking shades.
Mojave Moves is absolutely perfect for a sheer lid spotlight effect! Need it, I think!
These look really pretty as a one and done or as a backdrop for other shades. I like Mystic the best as it is more of a golden peachy shade.
Whoa Mystical is really pretty! I’m trying not to buy creams as I just don’t use them much and specifically have sworn off colourpop. I have so many super shock that I just didn’t get thru and the blushes I didn’t use much plus the brand makes me feel tired. But this has my attention!!❤️