Colourpop Short and Sweet

I can never resist a Colourpop lip value set, and the 'Short and Sweet' set isn't one I would usually go for, but I ended up picking it up during a free worldwide shipping sale. When shipping is free, how could I resist?! It's full of summery colours and bright shades that are just perfect for a sunny day.

The pack contains a mixture of different types of lip products, two ultra satins, two ultra mattes, and an ultra glossy. It's a mini size kit, so each product is 0.64g rather than the usual 3.2g. It's a lot less product, but I quite like getting mini size products because they fit in even the tiniest of handbags, and if you are experimenting with colour, it doesn't feel like such a waste of product if you don't like a colour. I usually give my Mum any shades that don't work for me! They come in a little cardboard box with their names printed on the back. It would be a really cute present for someone, even though the box is just a cardboard box.

Left to right - 

Love Muffin (ultra satin)

Sugar Lips (ultra glossy)

Schnookums (ultra satin)

Pooky Bear (ultra matte)

Honey Pie (ultra matte)

Love Muffin is a really cute pastel pink, it's a very wearable day to day colour for me. Sugar Lips is a bit of an 'iffy' one. I don't like lip gloss as a rule, and I struggled to get good coverage with it like the swatches on the Colourpop website show. However, I think it would be a really cute topper to add some glitter to a look. Schnookums is probably my favourite of all the shades, I love a rosy tone and I can see myself reaching for this one regularly. Pooky Bear is maybe a little bit too orange toned for me, I'll brave most lip colours, but me and orange do not get on. I knew it would be my least favourite colour when I ordered it, and I was right. Honey Pie is a really stunning red, just leaning into pink, with blue undertones. Exactly the sort of undertones I love in a red!

All the swatches are one swipe, excluding Sugar Lips, which was almost impossible to get a good swatch with. They dry down nice and quickly and don't budge unless you eat oily food. I always wear Colourpop's ultra satins and ultra mattes on nights out because I know I won't need to reapply.

Much love,
Kitty xxxx

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Colourpop Haul III

OK, so at this point I have to admit that I have a bit of a problem. Well, my name is Kitty and I am addicted to Colourpop. I've been doing my Christmas shopping and I couldn't resist a sneaky treat for me too, because I a have approximately no will power when it comes to lip products.

I ordered a few different types of lip products, two lippie stix, one holiday special ultra satin lips, one ultra matte lip, four ultra metallic lips, and one Hello Kitty ultra metallic lip. They had an offer on that meant the ultra metallic lips were free over Black Friday depending on how much you spent!

In the ultra metallics, from top to bottom, I got Man Eater, Zebra, Kween, Mug Shot and Surprise.

They look quite similar in the packaging, but once swatched all the nuances of the colours are much more obvious. Man Eater is a light bronze with gold tones, Zebra is a very cold toned brown with purple hints, Kween is a gold toned pinky colour, Mug Shot is a red toned bronze, and Surprise is a gorgeous red with gold tones. They don't dry down completely so aren't transfer proof, but they are so perfect for the holidays. Surprise in particular is the perfect Christmas colour!

Next up are the limited edition ultra satin in Wink, and the ultra matte in Are & Be. I am in love with the matte black holiday packaging, it's so different for Colourpop, but very to my taste. These look incredibly similar here, but I've swatched them side by side in the swatch coming up so you can see how different they are.

In the Lippie Stix I had to go with purple tones, my ultimate faves in lip colours. I got Back Up which is a matte X formula, and Leather in the matte formula. Having tried these the matte X is a new favourite of mine, the formula is so delicious and comfortable.

L- R Back Up, Leather, Wink & Are & Be.

You can see the differences between the two liquid lips here, Wink is much more pink toned, whereas Are & Be is more of an aubergine colour. Leather is a very classic bright purple, and Back Up is a lovely purple toned shade.

Here's all the colours swatched alongside each other. I am so in love with all the Colourpop lip products. I feel like I need them all!

Much love,

Kitty xxxx

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