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.
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
- Make Up For Ever D750 Frosted Peach (DC, $21.00) is lighter, cooler (90% similar).
- Becca Ocean Jasper (LE, ) is more shimmery (90% similar).
- Pat McGrath VR Violet (PiP, $25.00) is more shimmery, darker (90% similar).
- Sephora Peach (PiP, ) is lighter (90% similar).
- Natasha Denona Peach Bronze (144CP) (LE, ) is more shimmery, darker (90% similar).
- Natasha Denona Botanic (192M) (PiP, $29.00) is more shimmery (90% similar).
- Colour Pop The Twins (LE, $6.00) is darker (90% similar).
- Linda Hallberg Cosmetics Moonwake (PiP, ) is more shimmery (90% similar).
- Tom Ford Beauty Pretty Baby #3 (PiP, ) is more shimmery, darker, warmer (90% similar).
- Pat McGrath Pale Fire (P, $25.00) is more shimmery (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'
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
- Colour Pop Flowerboy (P, $5.00) is warmer (95% similar).
- Anastasia Bloom (LE, $12.00) is darker, cooler (95% similar).
- Viseart Liaison (LE, ) is lighter (95% similar).
- Coloured Raine Crushin' (PiP, $6.99) is brighter (95% similar).
- Viseart Nectar (PiP, ) is warmer (95% similar).
- Kat Von D Placebo (LE, ) is warmer (95% similar).
- Coloured Raine Unbothered (PiP, $6.99) is darker, warmer (95% similar).
- MAC Early Bird (LE, $17.00) is darker (95% similar).
- Juvia's Place Kogi (LE, ) is darker (90% similar).
- Urban Decay Still Shot (PiP, $19.00) is lighter (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
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
- Make Up For Ever #5 (DC, $20.00) is darker (95% similar).
- Smashbox Wait, What? (P, ) is darker (95% similar).
- MAC Red Brick (P, $17.00) is darker (95% similar).
- Colour Pop ICYMI (PiP, $5.00) 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).
- Sephora Spiced (PiP, ) is darker, cooler (90% similar).
- Tom Ford Beauty African Violet #4 (PiP, ) is more shimmery, darker (90% similar).
- Natasha Denona Amhara (LE, ) is more muted, 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)
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
- Natasha Denona Apollo (PiP, $29.00) is less shimmery, lighter (95% similar).
- LORAC Rust (LE, $19.00) is warmer (95% similar).
- Smashbox Floral Support (LE, ) (95% similar).
- Colour Pop Bling (PiP, $5.00) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- Urban Decay Warning (LE, $19.00) is cooler (95% similar).
- Smashbox Outfoxed (PiP, ) is warmer (95% similar).
- NARS Cambodia (LE, $24.00) is brighter, cooler (95% similar).
- Urban Decay Ambitious (PiP, $19.00) is more shimmery, darker, cooler (95% similar).
- Juvia's Place Nubian #7 (P, ) is warmer (95% similar).
- NABLA Cosmetics Metal Cupid (PiP, ) is lighter, cooler (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)
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).
- Sephora Branch (PiP, ) is lighter, warmer (95% similar).
- LORAC Spice (LE, $19.00) is darker, more muted (95% similar).
- Make Up For Ever M738 Auburn (P, $17.00) is darker (95% similar).
- Colour Pop Elixir (P, $5.00) is warmer (90% similar).
- Dose of Colors Wanderlust (LE, ) is cooler (90% similar).
- MAC Louvre at First Sight (PiP, $17.00) is cooler (90% similar).
- Ciate Ignite (PiP, ) is lighter (90% similar).
- Urban Decay Tajin (LE, $19.00) is brighter, warmer (90% similar).
- Sydney Grace Berry Fizz (DC, $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.