Melt Cosmetics Baby Girl Eyeshadow Stack Review, Photos, Swatches
Baby Girl
Melt Cosmetics Baby Girl Eyeshadow Stack (x5) ($58.00 for 0.50 oz.) is a coral and copper-themed set of shades with two shimmery shades and three matte shades. I liked the shades overall, though one was more of a miss, though I think the set of shades worked better when mixed with a few lighter or more mid-tone shades as using these shades together ended up being very one-note in a way.
Baby Girl
PPermanent. $58.00.
Hopeless Romantix
Hopeless Romantix is a sparking, peachy-brown base with iridescent pink-to-gold shifting sparkle. It had a drier, more loosely pressed texture that had fallout when applied as the larger sparkles did not bind well with the underlying base color. It was best used with a dampened brush. On me, it wore well for seven hours with fallout.
Top Dupes
- Becca Ocean Jasper (LE, ) is more shimmery (90% similar).
- Sephora Unicorn Dust (361) (P, $8.00) is more shimmery (90% similar).
- Smashbox Loungerie (PiP, ) is less shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
- Natasha Denona Peach Bronze (144CP) (LE, ) is more shimmery, darker (90% similar).
- Pat McGrath VR Violet (PiP, $25.00) is more shimmery, darker (90% similar).
- NABLA Cosmetics Alchemy 2 (PiP, ) is more shimmery, lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- Make Up For Ever D750 Frosted Peach (DC, $21.00) is lighter, cooler (90% similar).
- Natasha Denona Botanic (192DC) (PiP, $29.00) is more shimmery (90% similar).
- Natasha Denona Awakening (PiP, $29.00) is more shimmery, lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- MAC Tutu Good (P, $17.00) is more shimmery, cooler (90% similar).
Ingredients
Talc, Triethylhexanoin, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Mica, Lauroyl Lysine, Zinc Stearate, Kaolin, Magnesium Myristate, PTFE, Phenoxyethanol, Silicon Dioxide, Silica, Fluorphlogopite, Calcium Sodium Borosilicate. May Contain: Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Iron Oxides (CI 77492, CI 77491, CI 77499), Tin Oxide (CI 77861), Red 40 Lake (CI 16035), Carmine (CI 75470), Yellow 5 Lake (CI 19140), Blue 1 Lake (CI 42090), Bismuth Oxychloride (CI 77163)
Hopeless Romantix
PiPPermanent in Palette.
Scammin'
Scammin’ is a medium, pink-coral with warm undertones and a matte finish. It had good pigmentation with a soft, slightly powdery texture, but it was very blendable on my lid and didn’t have any fallout. I noticed some fading after eight hours of wear.
Top Dupes
- MAC Early Bird (LE, $17.00) is darker (95% similar).
- Colour Pop Flowerboy (P, $4.50) is warmer (95% similar).
- Viseart Liaison (LE, ) is lighter (95% similar).
- Anastasia Bloom (LE, $12.00) is darker, cooler (95% similar).
- Coloured Raine Crushin' (PiP, $6.99) is brighter (95% similar).
- Coloured Raine Unbothered (PiP, $6.99) is darker, warmer (95% similar).
- Kat Von D Placebo (LE, ) is warmer (95% similar).
- Viseart Nectar (PiP, ) is warmer (95% similar).
- Urban Decay Still Shot (PiP, $19.00) is lighter (90% similar).
- NABLA Cosmetics Nothing Personal (PiP, ) is warmer (90% similar).
Ingredients
Talc, Triethylhexanoin, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Mica, Lauroyl Lysine, Zinc Stearate, Kaolin, Magnesium Myristate, PTFE, Phenoxyethanol, Silicon Dioxide, Silica, Fluorphlogopite, Calcium Sodium Borosilicate. May Contain: Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Iron Oxides (CI 77492, CI 77491, CI 77499), Tin Oxide (CI 77861), Red 40 Lake (CI 16035), Carmine (CI 75470), Yellow 5 Lake (CI 19140), Blue 1 Lake (CI 42090), Bismuth Oxychloride (CI 77163)
Scammin'
PiPPermanent in Palette.
Main Squeeze
Main Squeeze is a vibrant, medium-dark orange with warm, red undertones and a matte finish. It was intensely pigmented with a smooth, silky texture that was finely-milled and easy to work with on bare skin. This shade lasted well for eight hours before I noticed any fading on me.
Top Dupes
- UOMA Beauty Oruro (LE, ) is darker, warmer (95% similar).
- Make Up For Ever #5 (DC, $20.00) is darker (95% similar).
- Too Faced Extra Spicy (LE, $16.00) is more muted (95% similar).
- Smashbox Wait, What? (P, ) is darker (95% similar).
- MAC Red Brick (P, $17.00) is darker (95% similar).
- Colour Pop ICYMI (PiP, $4.50) is darker (95% similar).
- MAC Sabina Sangre (LE, $17.00) is warmer (95% similar).
- MAC Can't Afford This (LE, $17.00) is lighter (95% similar).
- Urban Decay Baja (PiP, $19.00) is lighter (95% similar).
- Colour Pop Mimosa Mami (PiP, $4.50) is cooler (90% similar).
Ingredients
Talc, Triethylhexanoin, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Mica, Lauroyl Lysine, Zinc Stearate, Kaolin, Magnesium Myristate, PTFE, Phenoxyethanol, Silicon Dioxide, Silica, Fluorphlogopite, Calcium Sodium Borosilicate. May Contain: Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Iron Oxides (CI 77492, CI 77491, CI 77499), Tin Oxide (CI 77861), Red 40 Lake (CI 16035), Carmine (CI 75470), Yellow 5 Lake (CI 19140), Blue 1 Lake (CI 42090), Bismuth Oxychloride (CI 77163)
Main Squeeze
PiPPermanent in Palette.
Crush
Crush is a medium-dark, coppery red with a metallic sheen. The texture was smooth, lightly creamy, and blendable. It was richly pigmented and stayed on well for eight hours on me.
Top Dupes
- Charlotte Tilbury Walk of Shame #2 (PiP, ) is less shimmery, cooler (95% similar).
- Urban Decay Warning (PiP, $19.00) is cooler (95% similar).
- Juvia's Place Nubian #7 (P, ) is warmer (95% similar).
- NARS Cambodia (LE, $24.00) is brighter, cooler (95% similar).
- Sydney Grace Spiced Cider (P, $8.00) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- Colour Pop BPM (P, $4.50) is lighter (95% similar).
- Urban Decay Ambitious (PiP, $19.00) is more shimmery, darker, cooler (95% similar).
- Smashbox Floral Support (LE, ) (95% similar).
- LORAC Rust (LE, $19.00) is warmer (95% similar).
- Natasha Denona Apollo (PiP, $29.00) is less shimmery, lighter (95% similar).
Ingredients
Talc, Triethylhexanoin, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Mica, Lauroyl Lysine, Zinc Stearate, Kaolin, Magnesium Myristate, PTFE, Phenoxyethanol, Silicon Dioxide, Silica, Fluorphlogopite, Calcium Sodium Borosilicate. May Contain: Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Iron Oxides (CI 77492, CI 77491, CI 77499), Tin Oxide (CI 77861), Red 40 Lake (CI 16035), Carmine (CI 75470), Yellow 5 Lake (CI 19140), Blue 1 Lake (CI 42090), Bismuth Oxychloride (CI 77163)
Crush
PiPPermanent in Palette.
Break Up
Break Up is a muted, medium-dark coppery red with warm undertones and a mostly matte finish. It had faint sparkle strewn throughout the powder, but it looked matte on the lid. It had opaque color coverage with a slightly drier, but quite blendable, texture that applied evenly to bare skin. It wore well for eight hours on me before fading.
Top Dupes
- Morphe Chestnut (PiP, ) is cooler (95% similar).
- Persona Passionate (PiP, ) is darker (95% similar).
- Viseart Roussillon (PiP, ) is darker (95% similar).
- LORAC Spice (LE, $19.00) is darker, more muted (95% similar).
- Sephora Branch (PiP, ) is lighter, warmer (95% similar).
- Too Faced Cinna-moan (LE, $16.00) is darker, cooler (95% similar).
- Make Up For Ever M738 Auburn (P, $17.00) is darker (95% similar).
- Dose of Colors Wanderlust (LE, ) is cooler (90% similar).
- Colour Pop Elixir (P, $6.00) is warmer (90% similar).
- Sydney Grace Pipers Piping (P, $5.00) is cooler (90% similar).
Ingredients
Talc, Triethylhexanoin, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Mica, Lauroyl Lysine, Zinc Stearate, Kaolin, Magnesium Myristate, PTFE, Phenoxyethanol, Silicon Dioxide, Silica, Fluorphlogopite, Calcium Sodium Borosilicate. May Contain: Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Iron Oxides (CI 77492, CI 77491, CI 77499), Tin Oxide (CI 77861), Red 40 Lake (CI 16035), Carmine (CI 75470), Yellow 5 Lake (CI 19140), Blue 1 Lake (CI 42090), Bismuth Oxychloride (CI 77163)
I’d buy Scammin’ right now but it’s not available as a single. I’m not up for this set — I have dupes for all other shades, and it’s too costly for ‘why not’ decision. Money saved
I actually thought this was a blush stack when I first saw it. I cannot wear these colours.
Not a big fan of this colour scheme!!
You are quite right with your assessment of the shades Christine, they are all one note and really look pretty indistinguishable from each other. One lighter and one contrasting shade would have made this little stack more usuable.
If I weren’t duped to the gills, I *may* have been much more interested in this Stack. That first shade looks so gorgeous in the arm swatch, that it’s a dang shame that it doesn’t apply as nicely to the lid!
I’m curious about the ‘mechanics’ of the stacks. Do they swing out, or pop away from each other? And if they are ‘pop away,’ are the singles made so that they can be stacked on one another?
They’re magnetic, so you can take it apart and have individual pans or you can move them so they’re staggered but held together.
I don’t own this stack and I’m not sure I’d ever seriously consider buying it. These aren’t my colors, though it does look like all but one (the namesake of the entire collection, no less) performs well.