ColourPop Quicksand, Golightly, Badlands, Up Shot, Baby Roo Super Star Loose Pigments Reviews & Swatches
Quicksand
ColourPop Quicksand Super Star Loose Pigment ($5.00 for 0.07 oz.) is a medium-dark, reddish copper with warm undertones and a glittering, metallic finish. There seemed to be a mix of finer pearl and larger sparkle in this particular shade, though the sparkles weren’t as obvious when I used the product with a dampened brush. The dry application yielded semi-opaque coverage, moderate fallout during application, and six-hour wear. The dampened application yielded opaque, smooth pigmentation that didn’t have fallout during application and stayed on well for eight hours.
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Pop (Pop) (LE, ) is less shimmery, lighter (95% similar).
- MAC Rose (LE, $21.00) is less shimmery (95% similar).
- Lisa Eldridge Lost Summer (P, $16.00) is less shimmery, darker (95% similar).
- Inglot J339 Copper (LE, $10.00) is less shimmery, lighter (95% similar).
- ColourPop Balmy (PiP, $4.50) is less shimmery (95% similar).
- NABLA Cosmetics Rust (P, $8.00) is darker (95% similar).
- Pat McGrath Sunset Bronze (LE, $25.00) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- Wet 'n' Wild Stop Ruffling My Feathers #3 (LE, ) is lighter (95% similar).
- Tom Ford Beauty Paradiso (Eye Color) (LE, ) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- MAC All That Jam (LE, ) is darker (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
Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, 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
Quicksand
PPermanent. $5.00.
Golightly
ColourPop Golightly Super Star Loose Pigment ($5.00 for 0.07 oz.) is a medium gold with warm, yellow undertones and a metallic sheen. It was another shade that just did not work that well dry; it really is a formula that seems best applied with a dampened brush (and shouldn’t really be marketed for dry use). The texture felt smooth and silky as it was quite finely-milled, but the coverage was hard to get when I worked with it dry, and when I built up the color, there was a fair amount of fallout during application and shorter wear (six hours). If I applied it with a dampened brush, it yielded opaque, even coverage in a single layer and lasted well for eight hours.
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- ColourPop Rascal (P, $4.50) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- Urban Decay Endorphin Machine (LE, $19.00) is less shimmery (95% similar).
- Natasha Denona Gold (137CP) (LE, ) is darker, warmer (95% similar).
- ColourPop Licious (LE, $4.50) is more shimmery, warmer (95% similar).
- Makeup Geek Fortune Teller (P, $9.99) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- Urban Decay Overdraft (P, $19.00) is more shimmery, warmer (95% similar).
- Coloured Raine Superstar (DC, $6.99) is darker (95% similar).
- Sleek MakeUP Sunset #5 (PiP, $9.99) is darker (95% similar).
- MAC Born to Beam (P, $23.00) is less shimmery, warmer (95% similar).
- Moira A Vibe (P, $7.50) is more shimmery, warmer (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
Silica, Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Octyldodecanol, Octyldodecyl Stearoyl Stearate, Phenoxyethanol, 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
Golightly
PPermanent. $5.00.
Badlands
ColourPop Badlands Super Star Loose Pigment ($5.00 for 0.07 oz.) is a brighter, medium purple with warm undertones and a satin-to-pearl finish. It had more of a satin finish when applied dry, where more of the base color came through, but it intensified to a more pearly sheen when applied with a dampened brush. The texture was silky to the touch but had some fallout when applied to the lid dry, so it was easier to work with it using a dampened brush to get better coverage and less fussy application. It wore well for seven and a half hours on me dry and almost eight and a half hours dampened.
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- Fyrinnae Nepenthe (P, $7.00) is less shimmery, darker (90% similar).
- ColourPop Forever Bewitching (LE, $6.00) is warmer (90% similar).
- Dominique Cosmetics G*psy (LE, ) is less shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
- ColourPop On the Rise (P, $4.50) is lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- ColourPop Majesty (PiP, $4.50) is less shimmery, cooler (90% similar).
- Viseart Calypso (GPV2 #15) (P, ) is more shimmery, lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- Sydney Grace Elegant Candy (PiP, $6.25) is less shimmery, darker, warmer (90% similar).
- Too Faced Violet Cassis (LE, $16.00) is less shimmery (90% similar).
- Sydney Grace Magic Act (P, $6.25) is less shimmery, darker, cooler (90% similar).
- Too Faced Food Court (LE, $16.00) is less shimmery, lighter, 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
Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Calcium Sodium Borosilicate, Silica, Phenoxyethanol, Octyldodecanol, Octyldodecyl Stearoyl Stearate, Tin Oxide, Carmine (CI 75470), Ferric Ammonium Ferrocyanide (CI 77510), Manganese Violet (CI 77742), Mica (CI 77019), Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Ultramarines (CI 77007). *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.
Look Using this Product
Badlands
PPermanent. $5.00.
Up Shot
ColourPop Up Shot Super Star Loose Pigment ($5.00 for 0.07 oz.) is a medium green with subtle, warm undertones and a pearly sheen. Applied dry, it had semi-sheer coverage with more of a satin-to-pearl finish that had some fallout during application and lasted for six hours on my lids. Applied wet, it had rich color payoff with a smoother, easier application that had very little fallout and lasted for eight hours on me.
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- Give Me Glow Zack (P, $7.00) is more shimmery, darker (95% similar).
- Juvia's Place Mali (P, ) is lighter (95% similar).
- ColourPop Into Focus (LE, $9.00) (90% similar).
- Give Me Glow Electric Mint (P, $7.00) is lighter (90% similar).
- ColourPop World Traveler (LE, $4.50) is cooler (90% similar).
- Sephora Break the Bank (11) (DC, $10.00) is more shimmery (90% similar).
- Make Up For Ever #52 (LE, $23.00) is darker (90% similar).
- Disney by Sephora Fins (LE, ) is less shimmery (90% similar).
- Juvia's Place Buzo (LE, ) is more shimmery, darker (90% similar).
- Milani Green Safari (P, $6.49) is 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
Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Calcium Aluminum Borosilicate, Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Silica, Hydrogenated Polybutene, Phenoxyethanol, Octyldodecanol, Octyldodecyl Stearoyl Stearate, Tin Oxide, Blue 1 Lake (CI 42090), Chromium Oxide Greens (CI 77288), Ferric Ferrocyanide (CI 77510), Mica (CI 77019), Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Yellow 5 Lake (CI 19140). *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.
Look Using this Product
Up Shot
PPermanent. $5.00.
Baby Roo
ColourPop Baby Roo Super Star Loose Pigment ($5.00 for 0.07 oz.) is a medium purple with warm undertones and flecks of copper micro-sparkle and smaller frosted shimmer. It had sheer coverage applied dry, but it intensified to mostly opaque coverage when applied with a dampened brush. It wasn’t a shade I’d recommend unless you tend to use your loose eyeshadows with dampened brushes or over tacky bases. The texture was soft and finely-milled, so it blended out well along the edges but had some fallout if I worked with it dry. On its own, it lasted for six hours (dry) and eight hours (dampened).
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- NARS Tonic (DC, $25.00) is more shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
- Too Faced Trixie (LE, $16.00) is cooler (90% similar).
- Sephora Shocking (P, $10.00) is more shimmery, lighter, cooler (90% similar).
- Laura Mercier Orchid (P, $29.00) is warmer (90% similar).
- Urban Decay Free Bird (P, $19.00) is less shimmery (90% similar).
- Kylie Cosmetics North Star (LE, ) is warmer (90% similar).
- ColourPop Low Rise (LE, $6.00) is less shimmery, cooler (90% similar).
- Urban Decay Coax (LE, $19.00) is lighter (90% similar).
- Urban Decay Dance It Out (LE, $19.00) is lighter (90% similar).
- Clionadh Chelle (LE, ) is more shimmery, lighter, 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
Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Calcium Sodium Borosilicate, Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Silica, Phenoxyethanol, Octyldodecanol, Octyldodecyl Stearoyl Stearate, Tin Oxide, Carmine (CI 75470), Ferric Ferrocyanide (CI 77510), Iron Oxides (CI 77491), 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.
I love the colors, but some of these are going to need a sticky base.
When I saw the name ‘Badlands’ I immediately thought of the Bruce Springsteen song haha. Not a bad thing at all! The colour is really pretty too, however I am a novice at using pigments/loose powders and these are not enough to draw me in. I LOVE the rainbow eye look you put together though, holy moly it is gorgeous!!!!
This eye look is absolutely beautiful!!
The good: these have sifters!!! And some very beautiful shades, too.
The ‘meh’: I likely have at least one dupe per shade. Badlands=MAC Selena.
The bad: One obviously has to use them wet. Not a problem for me, as I always use the paltry few loose shadows I own wet every time.
I do wish that Baby Roo looked like it sounds, intensity wise. That coppery glitter with a lavender purple base sounds like it should look positively regal!
Really pretty summery shades, but the quality is not up to Colour Pop’s usually high standard. I was wondering whether many purchase loose shadows any more, when the pressed powder alternatives are more convenient.
There seems to be a revival of interest in loose powders. I have a small traincase of BMs that I haven’t cracked in a long time. I get aggro by the mess factor. Maybe ought to designate April loose powder month. To s.o. Ancient like me, almost everything seems to be a revival, with formula or color updates…like the recent lip powder revival, and its extension, the Lorac powder blush/lip pen. Decisions and revisions, which a minute can reverse. (Prufrock.)
I really want one of these, because I’ve discovered how much I love loose shadows from the Bare Minerals trio I got for $10, but none of the colors really speak to me or would be unique in my collection.
I’m not interested in loose pigments for myself, but that eye look is absolutely phenomenal!!!!
Your eye look is stunning!!
Wow, your eye look is fantastic! It would make an amazing (gay) pride day look.