ColourPop x NBA Dallas Mavericks Big D Eyeliner Duo Review & Swatches
Big D
ColourPop Big D Crème Gel Liner Duo ($14.00 for 0.02 oz.) includes two twist-up eyeliners in shimmery silver and matte periwinkle. The silver eyeliner was overly slippery and very sheer without any ability to build up, while the periwinkle hue was drier and harder to work with.
Ingredients
Big D
LELimited Edition. $14.00.
Alley Oop
Alley Oop is a very light silver with a metallic sheen. It had sheer pigmentation in a single layer with a very emollient texture–too much glide–that did not build up well, even when I tried to let it set prior to applying a second layer. It wore well for five hours before fading noticeably.
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- MAC Misty Me (P, $25.00) is more shimmery, more pigmented (85% similar).
- MAC Statuesque (LE, $22.00) is more shimmery, more pigmented, warmer (85% similar).
- NARS The Strip (P, $24.00) is more shimmery, darker, warmer (85% similar).
- Urban Decay Cuff (P, $22.00) is more shimmery, darker (85% similar).
- Melt Cosmetics OK Boomer (LE, $19.00) is more shimmery, more pigmented (85% similar).
- ColourPop Brooklynette (LE, $7.00) is less shimmery, darker (80% similar).
- bareMinerals Certainly Sterling (LE, $16.00).
- Urban Decay Cuff (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!
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Alley Oop
LELimited Edition. $7.00.
Swish
Swish is a bright, periwinkle blue with strong, cool undertones and a matte finish. It had semi-sheer pigmentation, which built up to semi-opaque coverage but always somewhat uneven as it didn’t layer up as well. The texture was slightly drier, though it didn’t tug painfully on my lash line, but it made it harder to manipulate it. This shade lasted for seven hours on me before thinning visibly.
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- Fenty Beauty Skinny Dip (LE, ) is brighter (90% similar).
- Lethal Cosmetics Harmony (P, $15.50) is darker (90% similar).
- Makeup Geek Cobalt (DC, $9.00) is darker (85% similar).
- Moira Aqua (P, $5.00) is lighter, warmer (85% similar).
- Urban Decay Chaos (P, $22.00) is more shimmery, darker (85% similar).
- ColourPop Making Waves (LE, $7.00) is more shimmery, lighter (80% similar).
- ColourPop Prance (P, $7.00) is lighter, brighter (80% similar).
- Lethal Cosmetics Analog (P, $15.50) is lighter (80% similar).
- MAC Royal Wink (LE, $16.00).
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.
Swish
LELimited Edition. $7.00.
ColourPop Big D Crème Gel Liner Duo
ColourPop Big D Crème Gel Liner Duo
ColourPop Big D Crème Gel Liner Duo
ColourPop Alley Oop Crème Gel Liner
ColourPop Alley Oop Crème Gel Liner
ColourPop Alley Oop Crème Gel Liner
ColourPop Swish Crème Gel Liner
ColourPop Swish Crème Gel Liner
ColourPop Swish Crème Gel Liner
These shades had the potential to be ones I would have bought. But they get a big thumbs down from me. I don’t know what is going on with their eye pencils just lately. 👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼
These eyeliners might be the perfect example of the bad side of Colourpop’s release schedule. They seem to have eyeshadow down pretty well but harder-to-formulate products can suffer from lack of proper attention to performance
Just horrible. CP, you have lost the plot on these!
What a pity about the silver one. I’d never use the blue, so it was a pass anyway.
I do like silver liners a lot.