ColourPop Showtime Super Shock Cheek Highlighter Review & Swatches
Showtime
ColourPop Showtime Super Shock Cheek Highlighter ($8.00 for 0.15 oz.) is a soft, pinky-lavender base with flecks of larger sparkle and some pearl. It had less of a metallic sheen on my skin as it just had a bit of a pearly sheen. It had medium, buildable pigmentation applied with a brush and semi-opaque coverage applied with fingertips. The texture was spongy but drier to the touch, so it didn’t feel quite as smooth as other shades within the formula. There was a very suble to shift from pink to violet on my skin, but it was hard to see even in person, close-up, and contorting myself to find it. The cream highlighter applied fairly well and blended out nicely on bare skin but wasn’t quite as easy to work with over foundation. It wore well for nine hours on me before it started to fade noticeably.
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- Chanel Lilas (LE, $45.00) is less shimmery, warmer (95% similar).
- ColourPop Light Chaser (LE, $10.00) is less shimmery (95% similar).
- Laura Mercier Obsession (LE, $45.00) is less shimmery (95% similar).
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- Too Faced Unicorn Tears (Highlighter) (LE, ) is warmer (90% similar).
- NARS Wild Phox (LE, $29.00) is cooler (90% similar).
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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.
Ingredients
Dimethicone, Calcium Aluminum Borosilicate, Isononyl Isononanoate, Trimethylsiloxysilicate, Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Ethylhexyl Isononanoate, Isopropyl Myristate, Vinyl Dimethicone/Methicone Silsesquioxane Crosspolymer, Silica, Phenoxyethanol, Tin Oxide, Stearalkonium Hectorite, Ethylhexylglycerin, Calcium Sodium Borosilicate, Propylene Carbonate, Iron Oxides (CI 77491), Mica (CI 77019), Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891).
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There are white highlighters that still allow ones own skintone to show through nicely, like the one you reviewed yesterday. This is not like that. It looks like it would appear very ashy on me.
The “flecks of larger speckles” turns me off. Pearl (or pearly sheen) sounds good, but I’ve never understood the desire to have flecks of stuff on one’s face. I know some make it work, and more power to them, but … no.
I don’t see your normal box with additional makeup info…what lip color are you wearing in this pic?
MAKEUP LOOK
ON FACE:
Tarte Rainforest of the Sea Liquid Foundation
Laura Mercier Loose Setting Powder
ON EYES:
Melt Twenty Seven Eyeshadow Palette
Urban Decay Perversion 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil
ON LIPS:
Becca Beach Bum Glow Gloss