ColourPop Where The Light Is Shadow set review by Kathleen Lights

Hello! I did a review the the ColourPop Lippie Stix last week and today I have a review for the Where The Light Is shadow set. This was designed by youtuber Kathleen Lights and I love watching her videos and the shadow set she created is absolutely gorgoues.

When I was browsing colourpops shadow section, I got a little overwhelmed on which shadows to choose. And since I have too many damn eyeshadows already, I didn't really need or want any particular shades so I decided to get a shadow set instead so didn't have to sit and pick out colors. I debated on getting the Metamorphosis set from Coffee break with Dani, which is also gorgoues but I choose the KathleenLights one because I just wear gold/bronze shades more. 

 This set comes with 4 individual shadows, and is $20. Their shadows are $5 each which is pretty great!

From left to right- Glow, Cornelious, KathleenLights, and Blaze. This shadows are super beautiful and ridiculously pigmented. Glow is a creamy vanilla shade that's a matte finish. Cornelious is the perfect matte transition shade. KathleenLights is the most gorgoues copper gold shade I've ever seen, and it's a pearlized finish. And Blaze is a metallic finish that's described on the website as a 'coco bronze sprinkled with multidimensional glitter'. 

Eye Look I created 

My Thoughts-

-The formula of these shadows is very very different than any that I've used. If you've used colourpops products then you know what I'm talking about. For those of you who haven't tried them, they are not quite a cream, but not quite a powder. This feel very silky or siliconey when you touch them, also kind of squishy and mousse like, but they dry and apply like a powder. I really hope that makes since. 

-They are best applied with your fingers. I'm not a huge fan of applying my makeup with my fingers but I does make a difference. I will apply them with a brush first, and the dab areas that need more pigmenation with my fingers. 

-With that being said, the first time I used these I had a bit of difficultly, and I wasn't too impressed. But since I loved how pretty they were, I gave it another go and the second time was a lot better since I knew how to apply them then. I'm now in love!

- I really do love these, and the price for them is great. The pigmentation is there, they don't fade, and last all day. 

-The colors are gorgoues, gold and bronze colors are my all time favorite!

-So if you can get past the weird formula and figure out a good way to apply them that works for you, then I totally recommend these! 

Since I already have these shadow I don't think I will try any more from ColourPop, unless another youtuber I love comes out with a set. I just have too many shadows already LOL! I probably won't try their blushes or Bronzers because I don't think I'd like this formula for cheek prodcuts, but maybe I'll try their highlighters!

What are your favorite ColourPop Products?  

ColourPop Lippie Stix Review

Hello!! I placed my first order with ColourPop after hearing about a million people in the beauty community talk and rave about this company. The Lippie Stix are super popular and a few YouTubers have collabed with them to make their own shades, shadow sets etc. Now they have blushes, bronzer, highlights, you name it. 

After an overwhelming amount of Lippie Stix and shadows I looked through for days, I finally picked out three Lippie Stix which I am sharing today, and some shadows that I will do a post on later this week. 

The amazing thing about ColourPop is that their products are really great quality for a super cheap price. Their Lippie Stix and shadows are $5 each, and their cheek products are $8.

The three colors I chose are (from top to bottom) Westie- Soft dusty baby pink in a Matte finish, Topanga- A mid-tone dusty coral in a Satin finish - Fiesta- light peachy pink in a Cream finish. All descriptions where from colourpops website.

Here are some swatched of the colors. From top to bottom- Westie, Togenga, Fiesta.  

I sadly did not like two of the colors chose. I did like Westie but I didn't like Topenga or Fiesta. *also I did use some self tanner in this photo, so these shades don't look too bad but unfortunate my face isn't this tan so they look quite different on my pale face*

Getting the bad shades out of the way, the first is Fiesta which looks like i smeared a cream sickle all over my lips. It's almost too opaque and creamy of a color that it didn't look right. Topanga is a beautiful color, however it's too orange for me. But let's be real, I pretty much bought it for the name. 

Honeslty, the shades don't look quite so bad in these pictures but this doesnt even do them justice on how bad they look!  My husband even said 'those oranges will make you have clown lips' LOL. 

 Here is the shade Westie, which I really liked. It's a light pink with a slight purple undertone. It reminds me of Snob from Mac. 

My overall thoughts-

-Since Westie is the only one I really tested out, I will say that it has really great staying powder. I can't speak for the other shades and formulas but this one is matte and it stayed put for quite a while through eating and drinking. I didn't time this exactly but I'm estimating about 5 hours of good wear. 

-All these that I purchased had a creamy formula and were easy to apply. 

-I didn't find the pictures and swatches on the website 100% accurate. Westie looked more light, fiesta definitely did not look like a cream sickle, and Topenga is not 'dusty or mid toned' like the description claims. The swatch of Topenga looks more of a raspberry/strawberry shade but in person, I promise it looks way orange (at least on me). 

-I'm a little disappointed I didn't like two of the shades, but they were only $5 so I can't complain too much. 

-I was also super impatient with the shipping time. I'm so use to getting an email from companies (sephora, ulta, elf etc) the very next day saying my order was shipped. This took almost a week to be processed, and once it was shipped it got delayed so I didn't get my order for almost two weeks.

Overall I'm pretty happy with Westie, and would like to try more but I'll be cautious now on which shades to choose!

What are your favorite Lippie Stix from ColourPop? Let me know in the comments! And look forward to my review on the shadows later this week!