ColourPop x Halo Top Birthday Cake Super Shock Pigment Duo Review & Swatches
Birthday Cake
Colour Pop Birthday Cake Super Shock Pigment Duo ($12.00 for 0.14 oz.) includes a glittery, yellow-peach and pale, white gold. Both shades were more sparkly, but they weren’t prone to fallout during application or later on while worn. They weren’t as pigmented as expected, based on the Super Shock formula, but they were blendable and fairly easy to use.
Both shades are listed as Pigments, which are typically “not intended for the immediate eye area,” but I didn’t see that warning on either shade (on the physical product nor on the website under each shade’s ingredient list).
By the Pound
By the Pound is a bright, yellowed peach base with flecks of multi-colored micro-glitter and flecks of sparkle. It had medium coverage with a smooth, moderately emollient texture that was lightweight, thin, and spread easily across my lid. The only trouble I had with it was that it wasn’t buildable, so it worked better as a wash of color, applied to the inner tearduct area, or layered on top of another product. It wore well for 10 hours with a smidgen of fallout but no fading or creasing.
Top Dupes
- NABLA Cosmetics Hypersensual (PiP, ) is more shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
- Natasha Denona Zone (P, $25.00) is more shimmery, darker (85% similar).
- Sydney Grace Apricot (P, $6.00) is warmer (85% similar).
- Make Up For Ever Spark (LE, ) is more shimmery, lighter (85% similar).
- Colour Pop Oracle (LE, $4.50) is less shimmery, lighter, warmer (85% similar).
- MAC Rags to Riches (LE, $17.00) is less shimmery, lighter (85% similar).
- Colour Pop Prelude (P, $7.00) is cooler (85% similar).
- Milani Pink Sand (PiP, $5.99) is more shimmery, darker (80% similar).
- Colour Pop Estrella (LE, $4.50) is more shimmery, warmer (80% similar).
- Colour Pop Ringer (P, $4.50) is more shimmery, warmer (80% similar).
Ingredients
Cyclopentasiloxane, Dimethicone, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Trimethylsiloxysilicate, Aluminum Calcium Sodium Silicate, Calcium Aluminum Borosilicate, Calcium Sodium Borosilicate, Silica, Isododecane, Boron Nitride, C30-45 Alkyl Cetearyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Cyclohexasiloxane, Dimethicone/vinyltrimethylsiloxysilicate Crosspolymer, Flavor , Phenoxyethanol, Tin Oxide, Disteardimonium Hectorite, Glycine Soja (soybean) Oil, Mangifera Indica (mango) Seed Butter, Propylene Carbonate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Hydrogenated Polyisobutene, Palmitic Acid, Cucumis Sativus (cucumber) Fruit Extract, Copper Powder (CI 77400), Iron Oxides (CI 77491, CI 77492), Mica (CI 77019), Red 6 (CI 15850), Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Yellow 5 Lake (CI 19140), Yellow 6 Lake (CI 15985).
Extra Sprinkles
Extra Sprinkles is a white gold with flecks of pale gold and silver sparkle. It had semi-opaque pigmentation that was buildable to full coverage with a second layer. The texture was smooth, spongy to the touch, and had enough slip that it was blendable and easy to work with, but it was quick to transform to a more powder-like finish when it was applied to my skin. It stayed on well for 10 hours with a touch of fallout but didn’t crease or fade during that time.
Top Dupes
- Makeup Geek Voltage (P, $6.00) is more shimmery, lighter (95% similar).
- Estee Lauder Blonde Gold (LE, $45.00) is more shimmery, lighter, warmer (95% similar).
- Marc Jacobs Beauty Early Bird (LE, ) is more shimmery, lighter (95% similar).
- MAC What's the Pointilism (PiP, $17.00) is more shimmery, lighter, warmer (95% similar).
- NARS Luz (LE, $19.00) is more shimmery, lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- Anastasia Lucid (LE, $12.00) is more shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
- NARS L'Amour, Toujours L'Amour #5 (DC, $25.00) is more shimmery, lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- Too Faced Beamin' (LE, $16.00) is more shimmery, warmer (90% similar).
- Sydney Grace Demure (P, $6.00) is cooler (90% similar).
- Ciate Drawn That Way (LE, ) is lighter, warmer (90% similar).
Ingredients
Cyclohexasiloxane, Calcium Sodium Borosilicate, Calcium Aluminum Borosilicate, Dimethicone, Cyclopentasiloxane, Trimethylsiloxysilicate, Boron Nitride, Isododecane, Silica, C30-45 Alkyl Cetearyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Dimethicone/Vinyltrimethylsiloxysilicate Crosspolymer, Flavor, Phenoxyethanol, Disteardimonium Hectorite, Glycine Soja (Soybean) Oil, Tin Oxide, Mangifera Indica (Mango) Seed Butter, Propylene Carbonate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Cucumis Sativus (Cucumber) Fruit Extract, Bismuth Oxychloride (CI 77163), Iron Oxides (CI 77491, CI 77492), Mica (CI 77019), Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891).
I really loved Extra Sprinkles, I think it would be a beautiful wash over any shade.
Because I’d be using these more as topper or inner corner highlight, I really love that they either apply sheerer or can be easily sheered out. I personally love both shades!
By the Pound is pretty, but I’m not digging how sheer these are.