ColourPop x Hello Kitty Island Shine Blush Review & Swatches

Island Shine

ColourPop Island Shine Pressed Powder Blush ($8.00 for 0.13 oz.) is a bright, medium-dark pink with subtle, warm undertones and a mostly matte finish. The texture was somewhat powdery, though very finely-milled and smooth to the touch.

It had medium, buildable pigmentation, which was more in line with how the formula was marketed, that applied evenly to bare skin and blended out without difficulty. It lasted well for eight and a half hours before showing signs of fading.

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

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Formula Overview

$8.00/0.13 oz. - $61.54 Per Ounce

The formula is supposed to go on "smoothly" and have a "natural and healthy flush" that has "long wear" and "can be layered to your desired intensity." It is a lightly to moderately powdery powder blush with semi-sheer to semi-opaque, buildable color payoff. The consistency has a drier, thinner feel and though it feels silky to the touch, I found it the type of powder blush can be tricky to blend out evenly on the skin, depending on one's skin type or base preferences. The drier the skin/base, the better the formula would blend, but any natural oils or slip caused the blush to go on unevenly and was difficult to blend out. The wear was between seven and eight hours on me on average.

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Ingredients

talc, hdi/trimethylol hexyllactone crosspolymer , boron nitride, polydiethylsiloxane, nylon-12, magnesium myristate, phenoxyethanol, silica, caprylyl glycol, octocrylene, ethylhexylglycerin, hexylene glycol, triethoxycaprylylsilane, alumina, dimethicone. may contain: aluminum powder (ci 77000), bismuth oxychloride (ci 77163), black 2 (ci 77266), blue 1 (ci 42090), bronze powder (ci 77400), carmine (ci 75470), chromium hydroxide green (ci 77289), chromium oxide greens (ci 77288), copper powder (ci 77400), ferric ammonium ferrocyanide (ci 77510), 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 (ci 45410), 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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