✧ Online Haul: ColourPop Cosmetics ✧

Hi everyone!

It has been more than a month since my previous ColourPop Cosmetics haul annnnnd I'm back today with another one. All my previous ColourPop purchases have been made through local Instagram sellers because ColourPop did not ship internationally. But since the 12th of July this year, they have officially started their worldwide, international shipping!

That news came alight to me when when I was sent an email by ColourPop as I have signed up as member wayyy back when. That was the best news I heard all week! I already started adding things into my cart even before the 12th of July because I'm kiasu like that haha. I joke, I joke. I was just genuinely excited!

I made my purchase on the day that they launched their international shipping, and my order was fulfilled and dispatched on the 14th of July via USPS. My package arrived Brunei on the 27th of July, but I only received the post office postcard/notice to collect my package on Friday the 29th.

My entire online purchase consists of 17 items = 4 ultra matte lips, 7 ultra satin lips, 3 lippie stix's  in their latest matte x formula and 2 blushers and one highlighter. Now, before you say I'm crazy for hauling that many items, I'd like to say something! The shipping fee is a flat rate of USD25 (≈ BND34) which in my opinion, is rather hefty. So to *ahem* justify spending that much money on the shipping fee itself, I decided to go all out on buying more products. So for each item, shipping would only be roughly BND2 (=BND34 ÷ 17 items). That way, I'm actually making the shipping worthwhile. Amirite!?

Ultra matte lips and ultra satin lips are USD6 (≈BND8) each. Lippie stix's are USD5 (≈BND6.70) each. Blushers and highlighters cost USD8 (≈BND11) each. So when you add the shipping fee of BND2 to each item, you are still paying much lesser than you do when you buy from local sellers here. But of course, it'll only be cheaper purchasing online yourself when you order a lot and make use of the hefty shipping fee. You can always gather some friends to buy online and split the shipping fee accordingly!

So if my calculation is correct, one ultra matte lips is BND10, one ultra satin lips is BND10, one lippie stix is BND9, while blushers and highlighter each is BND13. The prices of these will potentially be lower as you buy more products in a single purchase, taking full advantage of that hefty shipping fee. So from this experience of purchasing online myself, I'd say it will only be cheaper purchasing online yourself than buying from sellers if there are more than 15 items in your order.

Now, time for pictures that I took today! 😊

⬇︎ The beautiful box that my order came in ⬇︎

▶︎ 10 points to ColourPop for the Harry Potter reference! ◀︎

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⬇︎ Lippie Stix Matte X⬇︎

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↬ Pillow Talk - a medium brown shade with a matte finish.
↬ Cami - a muted and rosy plum shade and has a matte finish.
↬ Back Up - a purply plum shade with a matte finish.

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⬇︎ Ultra Satin Lips ⬇︎

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↬ Echo Park - a peachy, nude shade.
↬ Spritz - a medium bubblegum pink shade.
↬ Alyssa - a light, dusty pink shade.

↬ November - a medium peachy pink shade.

↬ Dopey - a medium, dusty rose shade.

↬ Frick 'N Frack - a rosy, terracotta shade (I LOVE this one!)

↬ Panda - a deep violet shade (which reminds me of NYX's Prague but a deeper colour).

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⬇︎ Ultra Matte Lips ⬇︎

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↬ Solow - a light, neutral pink shade. 

↬ Clueless - a dusty, mauve pink shade (a little darker than Solow).

↬ Scrooge - a deep, rosy shade. 

↬ Bad Habit - a medium, plum shade with a hint of pink undertone.

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⬇︎ Blushers and highlighter ⬇︎

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↬ Butterfly Beach - a soft, peachy shade with gold and silver highlights.
↬ Birthday Suit - a light, neutral pink in a satin finish.

↬ Cruel Intentions - a warm rose matte shade with no shimmer.

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 ☃ A little round up.. ☃

I've blogged about ColourPop Cosmetics for the umpteenth time and all I'm going to say is, you will definitely get your money's worth. I've read articles and watched videos that Kylie Jenner's lipkits particularly her liquid lipsticks, and ColourPop's ultra matte lips have the same formula and that they are made from the same factory. So to some people who do not want to invest so much in Kylie's (overpriced) lipkits, ColourPop has many dupes and has wayyy more variety of shades. I have tried both and I daresay the qualities are almost similar and both apply totally the same. The only significant difference I notice is the smell from Kylie's liquid lipsticks, which are heavily scented. ColourPop ones don't have that much of a strong scent.

If you're interested in trying out ColourPop's products but you don't want to spend so much money on ordering online (that shipping fee though, sigh), you can perhaps purchase one or two from local Instagram sellers and give it a whirl. There are tons of sellers who carry ColourPop products. Ultra matte and satin lips often range within BND15 to BND20 while lippie stix's range within BND10 to BND15. I haven't seen that much of the blushers and highlighters but you can always ask the sellers on their prices.

I hope this blog post has helped you in a way or two! Thank you for reading and have a grrrreat weekend!

Gladyator signing' out.

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✧ Mini haul: ColourPop. ✧

I think it's a little obvious that I really like ColourPop's products! I have blogged about a few of their lippie stix sets, namely Sundays In Silverlake and Back To Cool, as well as their Strobing II set. You can jump straight ahead to the aforementioned blogposts by clicking on the word "here!" below 😊. You can find swatches of a total of fifteen lippie stix and three super shock cheeks in those three blogposts!

Sundays In Silverlake ⟿ here! 

Back To Cool ⟿ here!

Strobing II ⟿ here!

Knowing that ColourPop's products are of really good quality and affordable price, I ordered a few more stuff from TwixBN (Instagram page here!) again, as I did previously did for three sets/purchases above. Before this (most recent ColourPop purchase), I'd already gotten my hands on four ultra matte lips (Instigator, Tulle, Bumble, Chilly Chili), which I regrettably have yet to make a blogpost about. Reason being, I wanted to have more in my ultra matte lipstick collection first, before writing about it. 

And, now is the perfect timing as I have just purchased another four in my latest order (StingRAYE, Kae, Chi, Lumière 2)! My most recent ColourPop purchase from TwixBN includes some inneresting products! Other than these four ultra matte lips, I took the liberty to also get two collaboration  eyeshadow quads, which are Kathleen Lights' Where The Night Is and Karrueche's Kaepop. The ultra matte lipsticks cost BND13 (= BND15-10%) and each of the eyeshadow quad costs BND36 (=BND40-10%).

Here are some pictures I took today! 😊

⬇︎ ColourPop box that includes all items purchased most recently ⬇︎

▶︎ which excludes my four, older ultra matte lipsticks ◀︎

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⬇︎ ColourPop ⨰ Kathleen Lights Where The Night Is eyeshadow quad ⬇︎

▶︎ (L-R) Glow, Cornelious, Porter, KathleenLights ◀︎

↬ Glow - a matte, creamy white shade.

↬ Cornelious - a matte, medium-toned caramel shade.

↬ Porter - a metallic, bronze shade with a hint of gold.

↬ KathleenLights - a pearlised golden, copper shade.

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⬇︎ ColourPop ⨰ Karrueche Kaepop eyeshadow quad ⬇︎

▶︎ (L-R) Wilshire, Sunset Blvd., Crenshaw, Beverly ◀︎

↬ Wilshire - a matte, medium-toned peach shade.

↬ Sunset Blvd. - a pearlised, light golden champagne shade.

↬ Crenshaw - a matte, medium-toned brown shade.

↬ Beverly - a matte raspberry, wine-y shade.

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⬇︎ Ultra matte lips ⬇︎

▶︎ which includes all that I have to date ◀︎

↬ Lumière 2 (ColourPop ⨰ Kathleen Lights) ⇉ a muted, mauve shade which reminds me of the colour of an eggplant... 🍆

↬ Instigator ⇉ a medium-toned, peachy nude shade.

↬ Chi (ColourPop ⨰ Karrueche) ⇉ a muted, light brown shade, which looks better under flash IMHO.

↬ Bumble ⇉ a medium-toned, dusty terracota shade. 

↬ Tulle ⇉ a mid-to-dark, plum shade with a bit of red undertone.

↬ StingRAYE (ColourPop ⨰ ItsMyRayeRaye) ⇉ a muted, plum shade, that looks a bit like  Lumière 2 under flash.

↬ Chilly Chili ⇉ a dark plum shade with a red undertone.

↬ Kae (ColourPop ⨰ Karrueche) ⇉ a basic, dark brown, chocolate shade.

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 ☃ A little round up.. ☃

The eyeshadow payoff is amazing. Each shade applies beautifully and is creamy, too! I think that these eyeshadows are best applied with your fingers, rather than using brushes, because of their mousse-y consistency. You can first apply using your ringers then blend accordingly using a fluffy brush! But of course, you can do it in any way, using any method you like. 

As for the ultra matte lips, I feel that the shades tend to look much lighter from the tube, than they actually do when swatched or applied on lips. It's rather baffling because you might not know how a particular shade looks on you by just looking at the tube itself. You can only know exactly when you apply it. So I think it's a hit or a miss sort of thing. They really do look different from the tube and more so different on many skin tones. But to give more assurance, you can perhaps Google the images of ultra matte lips swatches. For me and my skin tone, I do feel that these ultra matte lips are not that accurate in terms of how it looks when you look at it versus how it applies on the lips. Does this happen to any of you too? Leave a comment down below if you share the same sentiment!

This is where I'll end my post on ColourPop for now! Thank you for making it this far down. I hope this blogpost has helped you if you happen to be interested in any of their products, since this brand is rather accessible here in Brunei as many local Instagram sellers carry this brand.

Have a great day!

Gladyator signing out.

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