Beauty Care: ColourPop Lav Dreams Super Shock Highlighter Review & Swatches

Lav Dreams

ColourPop Lav Dreams Super Shock Cheek (Highlighter) ($10.00 for 0.15 oz.) is an intense, icy lavender with cooler undertones and a glittery, lightly metallic sheen. When diffused, the glitter became more apparent.

Semi-opaque pigmentation with fingertip, medium coverage with brush
Smooth, lightly creamy without being too wet
Spreadable, blendable, did not lift up base products
Long-wearing (10 hours)

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

Top Dupes

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MAC Cold Comfort (LE, $44.00) is less shimmery, warmer (95% similar).
Makeup Geek Celestial (P, $20.00) is more shimmery, warmer (95% similar).
Dior Holographic Glow (006) (P, $50.00) is less shimmery, warmer (95% similar).
Fenty Beauty Scandal'ice (LE, $36.00) is more shimmery, darker (95% similar).
Kaleidos Sky Walker (P, $14.00) is less shimmery, more pigmented (90% similar).
Pat McGrath Iridescent Pink 003 (LE, $25.00) is warmer (90% similar).
Urban Decay Naked Cherry #3 (LE, ) is warmer (90% similar).
Pat McGrath Iridescent Pink (003) (PiP, $60.00) is warmer (90% similar).
Wet 'n' Wild White Raven (LE, $4.99) is less shimmery, warmer (90% similar).
Sydney Grace Pink Mist (P, $9.00) is less shimmery, warmer (90% similar).

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Formula Overview

$10.00/0.15 oz. - $66.67 Per Ounce

The formula is supposed to have "buildable" coverage and can be applied with fingertips (which will yield "higher coverage") or a brush (for sheerer coverage). It's a cream-based product that has a subtle, "wet" feel to it but never has the thickness of a true cream-based blush.

It goes on with the smoothness of a cream formulation but diffuses and blends (without lifting up one's base) more like a powder product. The product sets to a powder finish, so the product won't slide around during the day.

On me, the wear tends to be between eight and 10 hours. Most shades have medium, buildable pigmentation with some being semi-opaque to opaque on occasion. They are typically blendable, easy to use, and long-wearing.

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Ingredients

DIMETHICONE, SYNTHETIC FLUORPHLOGOPITE, ISONONYL ISONONANOATE, TRIMETHYLSILOXYSILICATE, CALCIUM ALUMINUM BOROSILICATE, DIMETHICONE CROSSPOLYMER, ETHYLHEXYL ISONONANOATE, ISOPROPYL MYRISTATE, SILICA, VINYL DIMETHICONE/METHICONE SILSESQUIOXANE CROSSPOLYMER, CALCIUM SODIUM BOROSILICATE, PHENOXYETHANOL, STEARALKONIUM HECTORITE, TIN OXIDE, ETHYLHEXYLGLYCERIN, PROPYLENE CARBONATE, ALUMINA, ALUMINUM CALCIUM SODIUM SILICATE, TRIETHOXYCAPRYLYLSILANE. MAY CONTAIN: CARMINE (CI 75470), FERRIC FERROCYANIDE (CI 77510), IRON OXIDES (CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499), MANGANESE VIOLET (CI 77742), MICA (CI 77019), RED 40 LAKE (CI 16035), TITANIUM DIOXIDE (CI 77891), ULTRAMARINES (CI 77007).

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