The texture is so squishy I have to restrain myself from playing with it and ruining it! But it’s fun to press into cause it’s so weird.
I’m obsessed with duo chrome highlighters so I also picked a few highlighters. I’ll definitely be using them enough to get my money’s worth. Even though I was getting a few duplicates, I found it to be worth the price. Some sets aren’t at a discount, and you pay $20 for 4. Super Shock shadows are $5 each, so you can get one for free when purchasing in these sets. Some swatches like the lighter colors may have one swipe, and the darker colors up to three.Ĭheap Date was so strong that it only needed one swipe. I tried to capture the sparkle in the second set of photos. Swatches there aren’t any direct sunlight swatches because it’s been raining. And I like the squishy texture and the glitter finishes they tend to have.
They can be really great, but they’re not the same as ColourPop formula. I would recommend the metallics they’re special and really other brands don’t really compare to Colourpop when it comes to the metallic formula. (I hear that purples are more difficult to formulate.) I find Cheap Date is very strong with one swipe, where purples will need to be layered for a bolder color. What’s my final verdict on Super Shock eyeshadows? I love the metallic ones! You can use a base to make them stronger. Be sure to search for more swatches closer to your skin tone too! I’m an NC15 for reference. When it comes to picking the colors you want it can get overwhelming! I hope the swatches I posted helped. I would recommend not buying a huge load all at once because they will eventually dry out and you might not get through all of them. They will dry out! Always close the lid tightly and store them upside down. I would not recommend depotting them and put them into a Z Palette. On my eyes the sparkly lavender looks great! The first swatch I did got messed up (as pictured). I ended up being very happy with my Ignition. I could save them the trouble and me the $5. Besides what would they do with it? Probably throw it out because it was unsalvageable. The postage to mail it back would have been the cost equal to me paying for a new shadow. But they didn’t ask me to send it back which was a relief. They usual policy is to send broken ones back to them. Another Instagram user and Temptalia also had that issue. So I took a photo and sent them an email. Apparently I wasn’t the only customer to have an issue of being sent a broken, dried Ignition. I was very surprised for a product that was just released. It looks like it had been broken for awhile! It didn’t just look broken but also shrunken and dried. I ended up getting a duplicate because I got it in a box set anyway. Because you can see the chip, I can just mash it in there. Prickly Pear has a small chip, but it’s not a big deal, I don’t need a replacement. They pack them pretty well with foams inserts all around, but stuff still does happen. Fortunately, for Colour Pop fans, they just came out with regular powder eye shadows! (Or you can use the ones you already have obviously!) I’d rather just use a regular matte powder eyeshadow in that case. And they set fast so you need to be quick. They also need to be applied with your finger for best results and they do need to be blended. Many reviewers didn’t prefer the matte shades. You may even need to touch up the corners with a brush, it won’t be as vibrant, but it will get the job done without poking yourself in the eye with your talons. Not even a dampened brush, but your finger. They’re not exactly creams and they’re definitely too moist and squishy to be powders. The Super Shock shadows are not a typical pressed powder, they are a cream powder hybrid. You can clearly see that I couldn’t wait with some of them! I tried to not touch some of them for this picture. One issue with the Super Shock formula is that they look really used once dipped into. And I bought two sets of six, which had a bit of a discount. The Super Shock shadows are a bargain at $5 each, so I didn’t feel too guilty. And my third order, there was a sale on the holiday collection. I got a code after the first order to get $ off my second order. I really loved using them so much that I needed to try other colors. Last year, I bought myself two, when I got them for friends for Christmas. Colour Pop has been around for a few years but I finally got myself a bunch of them this past holiday season.