Hello Everyone!
As promised I am back this week with the Colourpop Holiday set Not Your Box of Chocolates. Now, if you follow Colourpop on any of their social platforms you are aware of the various holiday palettes that Colourpop has come out with. After doing a bit of research I decided to order this specific holiday palette due to the limited edition of colors. If you head to the colourpop website, you may notice that their eye shadows go for $5 each. In this set you get six eye shadows which is a total of $30. So you are paying for each individual shadow that’s included in the set. However, if you were to order a set that costs $30 you get free shipping.
It took about a week for my set to come. I must say the holiday sets are packed so beautifully that if you are considered to grab this as a gift for someone you wouldn’t need to wrap it. Just adding a perfect bow would be enough. I was super excited to play with the colors. All of the shades are packed with color and come in a variety of finishes with I love. The colors are as follows:
1. Halo- this is a shimmery very peach toned color packed with that seems to be a bit of golden specks. It’s my new favorite all over the lid shade for every day. The finish is described as a “Satin Luxe Finish”.
2. Tinsel- Oh tinsel, this shades has to be my favorite out of the entire holiday set. It’s like a taupe only a thousand times better. I have yet to have seen a taupe-lavender hybrid just this amazing. This is a metallic finish and it is oh so perfect! I find this shade a tad bit similar to Makeup Geeks eye shadow in “Sensuous”. Only with a lot more grey mixed into it.
3. Partridge- This shade is a dead on ringer for Makeup Geek’s pigment in “Insomnia”. I mean they are literally the exact shade. It’s a very brown with a green duo chrome to it. This shade is pretty awesome and yes it is duo chrome finish.
4. Sleigh- This is a pretty light light green with lots of what seems to be multicolored glitter in it that gives this a more cool appearance to it. It’s a nice twist to a mint green. It does have a bit of similarities with Makeup Geek’s eye shadow in “Shimmermint”. Not a dead ringer but the shades are pretty similar. This is a Metallic finish.
5. Drift- After Tinsel this is my second favorite. This is a very true cranberry red color. I don’t have any color similar to this. It’s an absolute beauty to work with. If you love those rich red cranberry tones especially for this time of year, you’ll definitely love this one. This is a pearl finish.
6. Doe-A-Deer- This is a beautiful rich egg plant dark purple shade. Perfect to add a bit of contrast to any look. This is a matte finish.
Overall this palette in my opinion is worth every single penny. The colors are unique and this suckers are potent. The picture of the swatches below are all without primer and let me just say I really had to scrub my arm to get all of the color off. Each shade is richly pigmented. This can be applied with a synthetic brush but I if you want the best color punch that this have to offer I would recommend using your fingers. Just make sure you close this as tightly as possible so they don’t dry out.
Below I have included a picture of the shades as well as a link to where you can order this particular set. No I am not in any way affiliated to the company and yes I did in fact purchase this with my own money.
That Is all I have for this week. Until next time! Much love as always,
-Kat
https://colourpop.com/product/box-chocolates/
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