Beauty Care: ColourPop Boombox Pressed Powder Highlighter Review & Swatches

Boombox

ColourPop Boombox Pressed Powder Highlighter ($12.00 for 0.21 oz.) is a light, pinky-peach base with brighter, more contrasting yellowy-gold pearl throughout. This shade had a subtler pearl/sheen than other shades.

Mostly opaque, buildable pigmentation
Smooth, light glide to the touch, firm but not stiff
Picked up evenly, blended out well
Did not emphasize skin texture, buildable shine/glow
Long-wearing (8 hours before fading visibly)

FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).

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Formula Overview

$12.00/0.21 oz. - $57.14 Per Ounce

The powder highlighter is supposed to have a "high-shine" finish with "high colour intensity." In general, ColourPop's pressed highlighter powders have a smooth, moderately dense texture that was soft enough to be picked up easily by a brush but not kick up any powder in the pan. The formula was semi-opaque to opaque but easily sheered out for less shine and coverage if desired. There were a few shades within the range that emphasized my skin's natural texture slightly but most did not. The wear ranged from seven and a half hours to nine hours.

Browse all of our ColourPop Pressed Powder Highlighter swatches.

Ingredients

TALC, POLYDIETHYLSILOXANE, SYNTHETIC FLUORPHLOGOPITE, HDI/TRIMETHYLOL HEXYLLACTONE CROSSPOLYMER, MAGNESIUM MYRISTATE, BORON NITRIDE, ZINC STEARATE, SILICA, PHENOXYETHANOL, CAPRYLYL GLYCOL, DIETHYLHEXYL SYRINGYLIDENEMALONATE, ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERIN, HEXYLENE GLYCOL, CAPRYLIC/CAPRIC TRIGLYCERIDE, ALUMINA, TIN OXIDE, CALCIUM SODIUM BOROSILICATE, CALCIUM ALUMINUM BOROSILICATE, ALUMINUM CALCIUM SODIUM SILICATE, TRIETHOXYCAPRYLYLSILANE. MAY CONTAIN: ALUMINUM POWDER (CI 77000), BISMUTH OXYCHLORIDE (CI 77163), BLACK 2 (CI 77266), BLUE 1 LAKE (CI 42090), BRONZE POWDER (CI 77400), CHROMIUM HYDROXIDE GREEN (CI 77289), CHROMIUM OXIDE GREENS (CI 77288), COPPER POWDER (CI 77400), FERRIC FERROCYANIDE (CI 77510), IRON OXIDES (CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499), MANGANESE VIOLET (CI 77742), MICA (CI 77019), RED 6 (CI 15850), RED 6 LAKE (CI 15850), RED 7 (CI 15850), RED 7 LAKE (CI 15850), RED 27 LAKE (CI 45410), RED 28 (CI 45410), RED 28 LAKE (CI 45410), RED 40 LAKE (CI 16035), TITANIUM DIOXIDE (CI 77891), ULTRAMARINES (CI 77007), YELLOW 5 LAKE (CI 19140), YELLOW 6 LAKE (CI 15985), YELLOW 10 LAKE (CI 47005).

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