Poem
ColourPop Poem 5-Pan Pressed Powder Palette ($10.00 for 0.15 oz.) is a cooler-toned, neutral color story that included three matte eyeshadows and two shimmer eyeshadows. The darkest matte shade was fairly powdery and more prone to sheering out/having fallout, while the other four shades applied decently to well.
This palette is one of five in a holiday vault, though ColourPop said they would be available individually when I asked, but they have not appeared individually on the site. It’s not realistic for me to review it as a set (takes much longer, but I also started testing them across sets already, and the system is better setup for a palette, not five palettes within a set, for readability!), so I decided to review them individually still.
Ingredients
8.5
Product
9.5
Pigmentation
8.5
Texture
8.5
Longevity
4.5
Application
Stanza
Stanza is a light peach with warmer undertones and a metallic finish. It had rich pigmentation in a single layer, which applied evenly to bare skin. It had a lightly emollient, moderately-dense texture that picked up evenly with a dry brush. It wore well for eight hours before fading a bit.
FURTHER READING:
Formula Overview
for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
- Urban Decay Angel Fire (PiP, $19.00) is more shimmery, darker, warmer (90% similar).
- Make Up For Ever D716 Crystalline Papaya (P, $17.00) is less shimmery, cooler (90% similar).
- Smashbox Opal Rose (LE, ) is darker, cooler (90% similar).
- ColourPop North Pole (LE, $4.50) is brighter (90% similar).
- ColourPop Play Hard (LE, $4.50) is brighter, warmer (90% similar).
- ColourPop 1 Luv (PiP, $4.50) is darker, cooler (90% similar).
- Dior Pink Glow #3 (PiP, ) is cooler (90% similar).
- ColourPop Sail Away (LE, $6.00) is more shimmery, darker, warmer (90% similar).
- MAC Every Day is Sunshine (P, $22.00) is more shimmery, darker, warmer (85% similar).
- ColourPop Falling Up (LE, $6.00) is more shimmery, darker (85% similar).
Formula Overview
$4.50/0.05 oz. – $90.00 Per Ounce
The new Pressed Powder Shadow formula is supposed to be “highly pigmented” with an “ultra-velvety and silky” texture that is “long-wearing” and “adheres easily to the eyes.” Most of the shades have semi-opaque to opaque pigmentation that applies well to bare skin, blends out without issue, and lasts for seven to eight hours.
The matte eyeshadows tend to be a little more powdery, though soft and finely-milled, in the pan, while the shimmers have a creamier, dense consistency. Occasionally, the more sparkly or metallic shades apply better with fingertips or a dampened brush.
Browse all of our ColourPop Pressed Powder Shadow swatches.
10
Pigmentation
8.5
Longevity
5
Application
Rhythm
Rhythm is a light, rosy taupe with neutral-to-warm undertones and a matte finish. It had opaque color payoff paired with a smooth, more velvety texture that had great adhesion to bare skin without sheering out too readily. It lasted well for eight hours before fading noticeably.
FURTHER READING:
Formula Overview
for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
- Pretty Vulgar Unruffled (PiP, ) is darker (90% similar).
- Ciate Toon Kisses (LE, ) is warmer (90% similar).
- Marc Jacobs Beauty Social (PiP, ) is darker, warmer (90% similar).
- Too Faced Sweet Fig (PiP, $16.00) is darker, warmer (90% similar).
- Viseart Embrace (PiP, ) is darker, warmer (85% similar).
- Urban Decay Laced (DC, $19.00) is warmer (80% similar).
- ColourPop Stone Age (PiP, $4.50) is darker, warmer (80% similar).
Formula Overview
$4.50/0.05 oz. – $90.00 Per Ounce
The new Pressed Powder Shadow formula is supposed to be “highly pigmented” with an “ultra-velvety and silky” texture that is “long-wearing” and “adheres easily to the eyes.” Most of the shades have semi-opaque to opaque pigmentation that applies well to bare skin, blends out without issue, and lasts for seven to eight hours.
The matte eyeshadows tend to be a little more powdery, though soft and finely-milled, in the pan, while the shimmers have a creamier, dense consistency. Occasionally, the more sparkly or metallic shades apply better with fingertips or a dampened brush.
Browse all of our ColourPop Pressed Powder Shadow swatches.
10
Pigmentation
8.5
Longevity
5
Application
Prosody
Prosody is a medium, rosy copper with moderate, warm undertones and a metallic finish. The eyeshadow had opaque color coverage that adhered well to bare skin with minimal fallout. The texture was slightly drier, though it still held together pretty well and wasn’t difficult to work with. It stayed on nicely for eight hours before fading a bit.
FURTHER READING:
Formula Overview
for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
- ColourPop Fishnets (LE, $4.50) is less shimmery, lighter (95% similar).
- LORAC Mirage (PiP, ) is more shimmery, lighter, warmer (95% similar).
- Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Day Eyes (Enhance) (LE, ) is less shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
- ColourPop Hoot N Holler (LE, $8.00) is lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- Charlotte Tilbury Walk of No Shame #3 (PiP, ) is less shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
- Charlotte Tilbury Copper Charge #3 (PiP, ) is less shimmery, lighter, warmer (85% similar).
- NARS Basic Instinct (LE, $19.00) is less shimmery, lighter (85% similar).
- ColourPop 1971 (LE, $4.50) is less shimmery, warmer (85% similar).
- Melt Cosmetics Prissy (LE, $19.00) is more shimmery, darker (85% similar).
- Sydney Grace Guardian Angels (DC, $5.00) is lighter, warmer (85% similar).
Formula Overview
$4.50/0.05 oz. – $90.00 Per Ounce
The new Pressed Powder Shadow formula is supposed to be “highly pigmented” with an “ultra-velvety and silky” texture that is “long-wearing” and “adheres easily to the eyes.” Most of the shades have semi-opaque to opaque pigmentation that applies well to bare skin, blends out without issue, and lasts for seven to eight hours.
The matte eyeshadows tend to be a little more powdery, though soft and finely-milled, in the pan, while the shimmers have a creamier, dense consistency. Occasionally, the more sparkly or metallic shades apply better with fingertips or a dampened brush.
Browse all of our ColourPop Pressed Powder Shadow swatches.
8.5
Product
10
Pigmentation
8.5
Texture
8.5
Longevity
5
Application
Sonnet
Sonnet is a light-medium taupe-brown with subtle, warm undertones and a matte finish. It had a smooth, blendable texture that was a smidgen on the powdery side, but I didn’t notice fallout during application. It had mostly opaque, buildable color payoff that wore well for eight hours before fading noticeably.
FURTHER READING:
Formula Overview
for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
- Sydney Grace San Diego (P, $5.00) is warmer (90% similar).
- ColourPop Easy Does It (PiP, $4.50) is warmer (90% similar).
- ColourPop Ironic (LE, $4.50) is warmer (90% similar).
- ColourPop You and I (PiP, $4.50) is warmer (90% similar).
- ColourPop Cruise (PiP, $4.50) is lighter, warmer (85% similar).
- LORAC Soft Taupe (PiP, ) is lighter, warmer (85% similar).
- Chanel Deep #1 (PiP, ) is more shimmery, warmer (85% similar).
Formula Overview
$4.50/0.05 oz. – $90.00 Per Ounce
The new Pressed Powder Shadow formula is supposed to be “highly pigmented” with an “ultra-velvety and silky” texture that is “long-wearing” and “adheres easily to the eyes.” Most of the shades have semi-opaque to opaque pigmentation that applies well to bare skin, blends out without issue, and lasts for seven to eight hours.
The matte eyeshadows tend to be a little more powdery, though soft and finely-milled, in the pan, while the shimmers have a creamier, dense consistency. Occasionally, the more sparkly or metallic shades apply better with fingertips or a dampened brush.
Browse all of our ColourPop Pressed Powder Shadow swatches.
9.5
Pigmentation
8.5
Longevity
5
Application
Fable
Fable is a medium-dark purplish-taupe with cool undertones and a matte finish. The texture was moderately powdery, slightly thin, and more prone to sheering out, so it was hard to achieve greater than medium coverage without a primer. It lasted for seven and a half hours before fading visibly.
FURTHER READING:
Formula Overview
for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
- Viseart Blushing (PiP, ) is lighter (90% similar).
- Fenty Beauty Wife It Up (PiP, ) is cooler (85% similar).
- ColourPop Mush Mush (LE, $4.50) is lighter (85% similar).
- Lethal Cosmetics Calcination (P, $6.00) is lighter, warmer (80% similar).
- Urban Decay Laredo (PiP, $19.00) is lighter, warmer (80% similar).
- MAC Quarry (P, $17.00) is lighter, warmer (80% similar).
- Chanel Douceur et Serenite #1 (LE, ) is lighter (80% similar).
- ColourPop Bould Type (PiP, $4.50) is lighter, warmer (80% similar).
- Tom Ford Beauty Supernouveau #3 (PiP, ) is more shimmery, lighter, warmer (80% similar).
Formula Overview
$4.50/0.05 oz. – $90.00 Per Ounce
The new Pressed Powder Shadow formula is supposed to be “highly pigmented” with an “ultra-velvety and silky” texture that is “long-wearing” and “adheres easily to the eyes.” Most of the shades have semi-opaque to opaque pigmentation that applies well to bare skin, blends out without issue, and lasts for seven to eight hours.
The matte eyeshadows tend to be a little more powdery, though soft and finely-milled, in the pan, while the shimmers have a creamier, dense consistency. Occasionally, the more sparkly or metallic shades apply better with fingertips or a dampened brush.
Browse all of our ColourPop Pressed Powder Shadow swatches.
8
Pigmentation
7.5
Texture
8
Longevity
4.5
Application
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