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ColourPop Strawberry Sweet Eyeshadow Quad Review & Swatches

Strawberry Sweet ColourPop Strawberry Sweet Pressed Powder Shadow Quad ($9.00 for 0.21 oz.) is a new, limited edition pink-themed color story that included two matte shades and two shimmer shades. It performed decently but would be best used with an eyeshadow primer and be for someone who did not mind using their shimmers with a fingertip or a dampened brush. Ingredients Strawberry Sweet LE Limited Edition . $9.00. 0 0 A- A- 8.5 Product 10 Pigmentation 8.5 Texture 8.5 Longevity 5 Application 90% Total Quick Shop: Ulta , ColourPop Fresh Picked Fresh Picked is a light-medium peach with warmer, more orange undertones and cooler pink shimmer throughout. It had a more emollient texture, which applied better with a fingertip as it was able to really press and smooth the powder out onto the lid compared to a brush. This shade had opaque color coverage that wore well for eight hours before...

Salt New York Medium/Deep Sculpt + Bronze Crème Tint Review & Swatches

Medium/Deep ($16.00 for 0.15 oz.) s a medium-dark brown with subtle, warm reddish undertones and a natural finish. It had sheer to semi-sheer, buildable color coverage that built up to medium coverage. The texture was lightweight, thin, and emollient like a more traditional cream blush, but it had enough glide that it spread easily over bare skin as well as layered over foundation as it did not lift up my base products. The product applied evenly and diffused nicely along the edges, which made it hard to overdo. It had enough warmth in it to work as a “burnt bronze” effect–more of a red-based bronzer–as well as a contour. It wore well for seven hours before starting to migrate/move slightly. P.S. — I had serious, cystic breakouts on my lower cheeks/above jaw area (through August 2020) that left a lot of post-acne marks, which are finally looking more faded (as of February 2021! and these photos were shot in December 2020), but as a result, I have found that some of the brownish-to...