ColourPop x NBA Boston Celtics Beacon Hill Eyeliner Duo Review & Swatches
Beacon Hill
ColourPop Beacon Hill Crème Gel Liner Duo ($14.00 for 0.02 oz.) includes shimmery white and matte green eyeliners that twist-up. Neither were fantastic, but the matte green was atrocious; like embarrassingly bad.
Ingredients
Beacon Hill
LELimited Edition. $14.00.
Super Team
Super Team is a bright white with a sparkling finish. It had medium coverage, which didn’t build up well and tended to push around the larger sparkles, so I’d recommend not fussing with it too much to ensure an even-ish layer of product. It lasted for seven hours before fading visibly.
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- LA Girl Snowflake (P, $4.49) is more shimmery, lighter, warmer (95% similar).
- MAC Snow Way (LE, $16.00) is less shimmery, lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- Marc Jacobs Beauty Iced (P, $24.00) is lighter (90% similar).
- Urban Decay Yeyo (P, $22.00) is lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- Fenty Beauty Bad Bride (P, $22.00) is more shimmery, lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- MAC Polar Ice (P, $17.00) is less shimmery, warmer (85% similar).
- Zoeva The Truth (P, $7.50) is more shimmery, lighter, cooler (85% similar).
- MAC Iced Heather (LE, $16.00) is more shimmery, darker (85% similar).
- Urban Decay When Doves Cry (LE, $25.00) is less shimmery, darker, warmer (80% similar).
- ColourPop Exit (P, $7.00) is less shimmery, lighter, warmer (80% similar).
Formula Overview
$7.00/0.007 oz. - $1000.00 Per Ounce
The updated formula is supposed to have "18-hour" wear that is waterproof and be "super pigmented" for both the lash line as well as the waterline. The brand stated that the formula will set "after around 10 seconds." Many shades had semi-opaque to opaque, buildable coverage, but some shades had uneven, sheerer coverage that did not layer well, so they were more challenging to apply and to use.
The majority of shades were creamy enough to glide across the lash line without tugging or pulling, though a few shades were stiffer, more prone to breaking or dragging.
The formula seemed water-resistant based on testing with water, but the wear was more like 10 to 13 hours (depending on the shade) rather than 18 hours of solid wear. A lot of the shimmer shades lasted four to six hours on the waterline, while more matte shades tended to last five to seven hours on my waterline. These are long-wearing times for a pencil eyeliner, generally, but they are a fair bit short of the 18-hours claimed so a lot of shades rated lower than they might seem if you aren't a stickler for 18-hour wear!
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Super Team
LELimited Edition. $7.00.
Acorn Street
Acorn Street is a deep green with subtle, warm undertones and a matte finish. The texture was brittle and drier, which resulted in the tip snapping off, even after multiple incidents so the eyeliner seemed fairly dried through. It had semi-sheer, draggy coverage that was painful to use as it tugged on the lash line. What little translated seemed to wear around six hours on me.
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- MAC Pine for Me (LE, $21.00) is darker (95% similar).
- Lethal Cosmetics Signal (P, $15.50) is lighter, cooler (85% similar).
- ColourPop Fly with Me (LE, $7.00) is more shimmery, darker (85% similar).
- ColourPop Spare Thyme (LE, $7.00) is lighter, warmer (85% similar).
- Urban Decay Mildew (P, $22.00) is more shimmery, warmer (80% similar).
- Sephora T-Rex (DC, $10.00) is more shimmery, darker, warmer (80% similar).
- NARS Cours du Soir (LE, $26.00) is more shimmery, warmer (80% similar).
- Fenty Beauty Bank Tank (P, $22.00).
Formula Overview
$7.00/0.007 oz. - $1000.00 Per Ounce
The updated formula is supposed to have "18-hour" wear that is waterproof and be "super pigmented" for both the lash line as well as the waterline. The brand stated that the formula will set "after around 10 seconds." Many shades had semi-opaque to opaque, buildable coverage, but some shades had uneven, sheerer coverage that did not layer well, so they were more challenging to apply and to use.
The majority of shades were creamy enough to glide across the lash line without tugging or pulling, though a few shades were stiffer, more prone to breaking or dragging.
The formula seemed water-resistant based on testing with water, but the wear was more like 10 to 13 hours (depending on the shade) rather than 18 hours of solid wear. A lot of the shimmer shades lasted four to six hours on the waterline, while more matte shades tended to last five to seven hours on my waterline. These are long-wearing times for a pencil eyeliner, generally, but they are a fair bit short of the 18-hours claimed so a lot of shades rated lower than they might seem if you aren't a stickler for 18-hour wear!
Browse all of our ColourPop Crème Gel Liner swatches.
Fie on you, CP. if they can do Spare Thyme, there is zero reason for Acorn Street.
Wow…that green looks thoroughly horrid. Thank goodness that I own a bunch of far higher quality greens, with two oddly from ColourPop, Spare Thyme and Fly With Me, plus Sephora T-Rex.
Another brand that can be awful too. These are terrible.
Acorn Street looks like you tried to swatch a crayon.
And not even Crayola…RoseArt.
wtf? No excuses, I’ve seen them do similar colours and knock it out of the park.
Wow what terrible payoff, and I find the same with their eyeshadow sticks. Like why laugh something if it is going to be half ass? However, they make great products and I am unsure why some are more shady than others in terms of the formula not being consistent. I also find the NBA collection so tacky and off brand for Colourpop in a way. I mean yeah there are fans, but I am Canadian and I would not find any use for this line of products. Other than that, I have to give them props for the creativity and unique idea. Thanks for the reviews as always.