Summer 2021: Sephora Colorful Eyeshadow Swatches

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Christine | Updated: 5/08/21May 08, 2021

Summer 2021: Sephora Colorful Eyeshadow Swatches

In April, Sephora Collection released almost two dozen new shades into their Colorful Eyeshadow ($9.00 each) range. When they reformulated this range last, I bought all the shades available and regretted it (I didn’t even end up writing formal reviews for everything). I guess I am a glutton for punishment or an eternal optimist, as I purchased the shades that were in-stock and here we are with 18 swatches!

There were also some additional shades released in the last week, which I purchased but don’t have yet but will share soon, hopefully.

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Lucky Penny (220)

Choco Excess (297)

Break the Bank (386)

Playing with Fire (387)

One in a Million (388)

Wine O'Clock (371)

Champagne Please (372)

Cinnamon (373)

Prom Date (374)

Semi-Sweet Chocolate (375)

Espresso (377)

Soft Suede (378)

Spiced Plum (379)

Golden Bronze (381)

Into the Sunset (382)

Astral Blue (383)

First Light (29)

Demanding (31)

Fantasia (33)

Sephora Lucky Penny (220) Colorful Eyeshadow

Sephora Choco Excess (297) Colorful Eyeshadow

Sephora Break the Bank (386) Colorful Eyeshadow

Sephora Playing with Fire (387) Colorful Eyeshadow

Sephora One in a Million (388) Colorful Eyeshadow

Sephora Wine O'Clock (371) Colorful Eyeshadow

Sephora Champagne Please (372) Colorful Eyeshadow

Sephora Cinnamon (373) Colorful Eyeshadow

Sephora Prom Date (374) Colorful Eyeshadow

Sephora Semi-Sweet Chocolate (375) Colorful Eyeshadow

Sephora Espresso (377) Colorful Eyeshadow

Sephora Soft Suede (378) Colorful Eyeshadow

Sephora Spiced Plum (379) Colorful Eyeshadow

Sephora Golden Bronze (381) Colorful Eyeshadow

Sephora Into the Sunset (382) Colorful Eyeshadow

Sephora Astral Blue (383) Colorful Eyeshadow

Sephora First Light (29) Colorful Eyeshadow

Sephora Demanding (31) Colorful Eyeshadow

Sephora Fantasia (33) Colorful Eyeshadow

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Nancy T

Medium, Olive, neutral undertones. Combination skin.

Sephora; “Colorful”??? Seriously?
Most of these are variations of neutral colors. I only see several shades that truly quantify as something I would term “colorful”! They DO look quite nice in quality, though.

Jane

Medium, Yellow, slight yellow undertones. Dry skin.

Ditto! Even Astral Blue looks muted to me.

Mariele

Golden Bronze looks amazing, but $9 is more than I want to spend on a single shadow, especially when I’ve already got 40 eyeshadow pans in my collection that I like.

Mariella

Very Light, Pink undertones. Normal-to-Dry skin.

The shadows they had before the ones you regret getting (the ones that included Girl Night Out, Snakeskin Dress, etc.) were, for the most part (at least the ones I got) were excellent. In the past release, I got 2 or 3 good ones (including the closest dupe I’ve ever had for MAC’s Grand Entrance). I’m so awash in eyeshadows, though, that unless there’s something really outstanding among these new shades, I’m likely to pass on them all. I think Choco Excess was also a previous shade. I can’t help smiling at “Wine O’Clock”. Golden Bronze and Soft Suede are two that appeal to me.

thirteenthirteen

I was just thinking this! I have a couple of old single eyeshadows from a previous Sephora release that I really like! I dug them out and I depotted them and the names aren’t on the back so I don’t even know what they’re called, but one of them, a taupey shade, has been a favorite neutral for single-shadow looks for years.

These look nice but I don’t need anything right now.

Genevieve

Lightest, Pink undertones. Dry skin.

I think the shades here are just beautiful and, thank goodness, they all look OK from the swatches. I know that these are variations of warm neutrals, but sometimes they are the staple shades you run out of.

Teasha

There are quite a few of these where I’m wondering, did anyone bother to look at these in pan before releasing them, let alone test them? First light looks like the worst offender, but there are some others that definitely shouldn’t have passed go too. There’s no reason for $9.00, Sephora can’t make a really nice single. A few seem decent enough, but some look almost epically bad. I see a lot of chalkiness or what looks like powderiness (obviously not a word but it should be) or dryness to these. It really is a shame. On a positive note, your photography makes them look great, you can’t tell until you zoom in closer!

Christine

Light Medium, Neutral, slight yellow undertones. Normal-to-Dry skin.

First Light arrived broken, and I just pushed it back into the pan – I didn’t want to bother exchanging!

Wednesday

Light Plus, Neutral undertones. Dry skin.

Hmmm.. colourful???

I find these remarkably similar to one another and lacking in the vibrancy I would expect for something labelled colourful. The swatches look good tho

Christine

Light Medium, Neutral, slight yellow undertones. Normal-to-Dry skin.

The whole formula is called Colorful, and the formula itself does have a larger range of colors than just these new shades, lol!

Wednesday

I don’t want them just the same 😆

Alison

For $9 I’d rather support one of several indie makers!

Light, Pink, moderately pink undertones. Normal-to-Dry skin.

I think they look really pretty!

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