Today's Review is                     COLOURPOP!

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   ColourPop Cosmetics is famous for being the brand that is affordable, yet performs like high end. This brand has been hot this past year and has been in demand. So let's get down to the nitty gritty.

In the pictures I have three highlighters, one bronzer and one eye shadow. I also own one ultra matte liquid lipstick, a Lippie Stix and two sample size glosses.

Highlighters:
LunchMoney ($8)
Stole the Show ($8)
Hippo ($8)

Bronzer:
Paradise Cove ($8)

Eyeshadow:
Hanky Panky ($5) 

Ultra Matte Lip:
Midi ($6)
"I also got Times Square ($6) from my friend Jenna not that long ago and its a Ultra Matte Lip as well"

Lippie Stix:
Pillow Talk ($5)
"Let's be real I bought it because it's the same name as that Zayn Malik song."
Frieda ($5)
"Don't want to recommending Freida because the shade is currently no longer available. However the shade Contempo ($5) is very close in shade and very flattering"

Ultra Glossy Lip:
Piranha ($6)
Finders Keeper's ($6)

Whew that was a lot of linking, let's start from the top and work our way down. 

• Highlighters. Everyone loves them nowadays. You have to get that glow in order to become instagram ready. You have to #slay the day essentially. I had not a single highlighter in my collection up until I bought the three above. Let me tell you they changed my life. I have swatched the Anastasia, I've played around with the Becca, CoverFX, Tarte, Too Faced and honestly you don't find the kind of quality for the price as you do in Coloupop Highlighters. The product is smooth, almost cool to the touch and it has a bounce to it as if like a sponge. The color pay off is amazing and does not irritate the skin at all or even bring out much of my texture. But $8 for a highlighter? Kind of felt like highway robbery but honestly I love that it's so affordable. Now I wouldn't be a blogger if I didn't throw in a con somewhere. It's not a huge dealbreaker but, I am not a fan of the packaging at all. The pan does come out, but it's plastic. It's hard to put in a palette, and it takes up a lot of my vanity space. I'm not the one to display my make up like some of the YouTuber's out there, where they have towers and displays that can afford to make these little containers look spectacular. As for the amount in the pan itself you only get 0.15 ounces and I consider this to be a con as well. I'm not wasteful with my highlighter and load it on butust give myself a dewy look like my skin is healthy. But I have had to rotate out of my ColourPop Highlighters to better save them and make them last longer.

•  Next is the Bronzer. I don't like this at all. Not this shade at least. I had bought it in hopes that it would be maybe a little bit more on the cooler side without it being a contour shade. Bronzers look very orange on me because my skin is pale. I also have large pores which causes texture and sensitive Asian skin essentially. Now, it feels nice, texture when swatching is nice, and the price is just right. But it has never paired well with any of my foundations and grabs at it and I just couldn't get it to blend how I wanted it to. And I got skin irritation from trying to blend and the bristles from my brush apparently were too harsh going over that many times on my skin.

• Eyeshadow. This wasn't a win for me. However I have heard nice things and have swatched my friends other colors that they have. I have to say that though my shade I chose is perfect for crease and transition it is not something that shows up readily like other shades. I would recommend buying a few so you can get a full color range.

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• Ultra Matte Lip. There seems some controversy on it and it is still a hot topic. But this liquid lipstick is 50/50 for me. On one hand it does last a very long time. On the other it dries my lips out. On one hand I don't require lip liner, on the other it dries down instantly and when you mess up there's just the point you start over. My lips are always deathly dry. I hydrate frequently and lip scrub and no matter what my lips are chapped. So, this liquid lipstick just wasn't for me. But, I do recommend this as worth the buy. For an opposite side of this and a full and maybe much shorter review on the Kylie Lip Kit go to my friend Jenna's blog right here.

• Lippie Stix. I LOVE THESE! Guys...the formula has the best slip in it. And I've got a boat load of lipstick. But I love my Lippie Stix. The color is just amazing and in one swipe I have the best coverage. I do recommend a lip liner however but I don't have a ColourPop one I pair it actually with a Milani brand lipliner found here. I absolutely am obsessed with that lipliner and it's only $5 as well!

• Last and very much not least the Ultra Glossy Lip. I actually really dislike lip gloss. I loved it as a fourteen year old but I grew out of it quick. It was a free sample so I shrugged my shoulders and was like, "Why not?" I actually really like them. They are great toppers on almost any lipstick and just have a really good consistency. It's not like you get that string of goop every time you close your lips and the colors honestly are super flattering. I will also put this on my lists of must buys.

So what would I rate ColourPop out of 10?
I'd give it a solid 8/10 it's really up there in quality and you can't beat the price.  
I hope it wasn't too much reading but you made it all the way to the end and I hope I convinced you to add some ColourPop to your beauty collection. 
Disclaimer: I was not sponsored with these products. I bought them on my own.

#staybeautiful
xoxo
Kar  

Written by: Karlee Young

Edited by: Jenna Fischer