Beauty Care: ColourPop Chrome Liquid Shadows Reviews & Swatches

Air

ColourPop Air Chrome Liquid Shadow ($13.00 for 0.05 oz.) has a soft, grayish base with multichrome shimmer that shifted from richer, warm bronze to golden copper to olive green. It had a slightly pearlescent sheen with faint sparkle throughout.

Semi-opaque, buildable pigmentation
Mousse-like, airy consistency
Best spread out/blended out with fingertips or a brush
Average-wearing (6.5 hours)

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

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Formula Overview

$13.00/0.05 oz. - $260.00 Per Ounce

The formula is supposed to have "high impact colour that shifts" with a "multi-chrome" finish in "one swipe." It is also supposed to be long-wearing as the "unique formula helps minimize creasing and smudging."

The consistency was smooth, spreadable, and like a whipped mousse, as it was airy and easy to maneuver with along the curvature of the lid without it being overly wet. It dried down quickly but gave me enough time to work with it. While using the included doe-foot applicator worked well for an initial deposit of color, I felt using fingertips or a dense synthetic brush with a fluffier edge was ideal for applying the color evenly. If I just used the doe-foot applicator, it applied unevenly and tended to look sheerer than it actually was when I just used fingertips to spread it out.

They had somewhat visible multichromatic shifts, though they were a weaker shift compared to the multichromes a lot of indie brands put out, which may make them more versatile for those who find multichromes intimidating or hard to incorporate into a look. I found that the shift was more noticeable on my arm than on my eye, where it seemed to be more prone to emphasizing lid texture and looking more metallic-matte than actually metallic, which I think subdued the impact of the shift.

They were most reminiscent of Natasha Denona Chromium Liquid Eyeshadows, which are $28/0.08 oz. (or $350/oz.). ColourPop's formula is more affordable at $13/0.05 oz. (or $260/oz.), but ND's performed better for me.

The formula had a tendency to crease on me initially, so I had to take care to soften and blend out the creasing as it dried down. Once it finished drying down, it stayed on for six and a half hours before fading visibly.

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Ingredients

ISODODECANE, SILICA, TRIMETHYLSILOXYSILICATE, ETHYLENE/PROPYLENE/STYRENE COPOLYMER, MICROCRYSTALLINE WAX, TRIACONTANYL PVP, TITANIUM/TITANIUM DIOXIDE, PHENOXYETHANOL, CAPRYLYL GLYCOL, BUTYLENE/ETHYLENE/STYRENE COPOLYMER, TOCOPHERYL ACETATE, ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERIN, HEXYLENE GLYCOL, PENTAERYTHRITYL TETRA-DI-T-BUTYL HYDROXYHYDROCINNAMATE, ALUMINUM. MAY CONTAIN: BISMUTH OXYCHLORIDE (CI 77163), IRON OXIDES (CI 77491), TITANIUM DIOXIDE (CI 77891).

Disclaimer: Ingredient lists are as available by the brand (or retailer) at the time of publishing. Please always check product packaging, if it exists, for the ingredient list applicable to the product you're purchasing, or the brand or retailer's website for the most up-to-date ingredient list.

Air

LELimited Edition. $13.00.

C+

Product

Pigmentation

Texture

Longevity

Application

78%

Total

Earth

ColourPop Earth Chrome Liquid Shadow ($13.00 for 0.05 oz.) had a sheerer base with multichrome shimmer that shifted from gold to green to lavender to pink.

Semi-opaque, buildable pigmentation
Mousse-like, airy consistency
Best spread out/blended out with fingertips or a brush
Average-wearing (6.5 hours)

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

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Terra Moons Big Bang (P, $17.00).
Terra Moons Cosmic Dancer (P, $17.00).
Terra Moons Cosmic Collision (P, $17.00).

Formula Overview

$13.00/0.05 oz. - $260.00 Per Ounce

Browse all of our ColourPop Chrome Liquid Shadow swatches.

Ingredients

Earth

LELimited Edition. $13.00.

Product

8.5

Pigmentation

Texture

Longevity

Application

74%

Total

Fire

ColourPop Fire Chrome Liquid Shadow ($13.00 for 0.05 oz.) had a grayish base with a moderate, multichrome shift that went from pink to dark bronze to antique gold to green. This was the most intense multichrome shade out of the launch. It had a smooth, lightly pearlized finish with faint sparkle throughout.

Semi-opaque, buildable pigmentation
Mousse-like, airy consistency
Best spread out/blended out with fingertips or a brush
Average-wearing (6.5 hours)

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

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Natasha Denona Color Flip (351MC) (LE, ).
Pat McGrath VR Sextraterrestrial (LE, $25.00).
Kaleidos Tourmaline (P, $16.00).
Terra Moons Aurora Australis (P, $17.00).
Danessa Myricks Forever (P, $26.00).
Fyrinnae Idolize (P, $14.50).

Formula Overview

$13.00/0.05 oz. - $260.00 Per Ounce

Browse all of our ColourPop Chrome Liquid Shadow swatches.

Ingredients

Fire

LELimited Edition. $13.00.

C+

7.5

Product

Pigmentation

7.5

Texture

6.5

Longevity

Application

79%

Total

Water

ColourPop Water Chrome Liquid Shadow ($13.00 for 0.05 oz.) had a grayish base with multichrome shimmer that shifted from cooler, bluish-purple to warmer, pinkish-purple to mid-tone blue. It had fine sparkle throughout a more pearly sheen.