ColourPop Billionaire, Stargaze, Duckling, Shiny Penny Jelly Much Shadows Reviews & Swatches
Billionaire
ColourPop Billionaire Jelly Much Eyeshadow ($9.00 for 0.23 oz.) is a vivid, light-medium lime green with moderate, warm golden undertones and a sparkling, metallic finish.
- Opaque pigmentation in one layer
- Wet and cool to touch, water-like
- Quickly started to set and applied more like a cream-to-powder eyeshadow
- Applied evenly and blended out well
- Long-wearing (10 hours)
* Note: There have been plenty of reports from readers that the packaging for this formula is not ideal and often leads to them drying out within six months, so keep that in mind. I have put all of these shades away and put it on my calendar to check them in six months! I’ve told CP multiple times that I’d love to see this formula in a tube 🙁
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- Moira Aurora (P, $7.50) is less shimmery, warmer (95% similar).
- Lethal Cosmetics Vertex (P, $6.00) is darker (95% similar).
- ColourPop Palm Palm (LE, $4.50) is less shimmery, darker (95% similar).
- Terra Moons Neutron Star (P, $8.50) is darker (95% similar).
- ColourPop Booked (LE, $4.50) is darker, warmer (90% similar).
- ColourPop Chemical X (LE, $4.50) is darker (90% similar).
- JD Glow Granny Smith (P, $7.50) is darker, warmer (90% similar).
- Viseart Blooming (PiP, ).
Formula Overview
$9.00/0.23 oz. - $39.13 Per Ounce
The formula is supposed to have "high impact" in a "single swipe" that's longwearing, "won't crease, fade or transfer" and "dries down to a powder finish with zero fall out." These are water-based, so they feel wet and cooling when initially applied, but the reality is that so little product is needed to get coverage on the lid that I didn't feel it was watery or thin when I actually patted it onto my lid with a brush.
I would recommend using less than you think you'll need, and while fingertips can be used to apply, I liked the control of flat, synthetic brushes gave me as fingertips (for me!) applied far more product than needed. If you over-apply, it can feel wet and take longer to dry down, and it ends up taking too long and can pull into creases/fine lines on the lid. If I used about what I needed (there was some wiggle room), it dried down quickly and set to a transfer-resistant/crease-resistant finish. It was harder to blend out once dry, though, and if I wasn't careful, more vigorous blending could disturb and cause the eyeshadow to flake slightly.
They are easier to use than they look, and I think they're quite good overall, though a couple of shades were less stellar. They have a high-shine finish, though I think the more metallic powder and cream eyeshadows give a similar look that I wasn't convinced that the finish on these was above and beyond products that might be easier to use/more user-friendly. I'm not sure that the pot was the best way to go, as the product dries out extremely quickly; to the point where I would advise closing the product after you've taken product out of it, don't let it sit open while you're applying the rest of your makeup--you will see and feel parts of it dry out.
I found the packaging to be rather messy, and I have bits of product along the edge of the jar, along the rim, and it's fiddly to move the stopper from the opening to the lid and back again. I wonder if a squeeze tube might be less messy and make it easier to control the amount of product picked up while also preventing the product from drying out too readily.
WARNING: This formula seems to dry out within months; some readers report a couple of months and others more like a six-month window. I don't keep the majority of cream-based products (since I don't return to most products after reviewing), including these, but of the few I still have, there is a definite change in consistency--slightly drier--after six months, sometimes more or less. I had a couple that were closer to the year mark, and one was still usable but the other was quite dried down.
Browse all of our ColourPop Jelly Much Eyeshadow swatches.
Billionaire
PPermanent. $9.00.
Stargaze
ColourPop Stargaze Jelly Much Eyeshadow ($9.00 for 0.23 oz.) is a bright, medium-dark blue with strong, cool undertones and flecks of pink and purple sparkle throughout.
- Nearly opaque pigmentation in one layer
- Wet and cool to touch, water-like
- Quickly started to set and applied more like a cream-to-powder eyeshadow
- Applied evenly and blended out well
- Long-wearing (10 hours)
* Note: There have been plenty of reports from readers that the packaging for this formula is not ideal and often leads to them drying out within six months, so keep that in mind. I have put all of these shades away and put it on my calendar to check them in six months! I’ve told CP multiple times that I’d love to see this formula in a tube 🙁
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- Urban Decay Vega (PiP, $20.00) is less shimmery (95% similar).
- Coloured Raine Blue Magic (DC, $6.99) is less shimmery, warmer (95% similar).
- Coloured Raine Opulence (LE, $6.99) is less shimmery, lighter (95% similar).
- Make Up For Ever I218 Indigo Blue (DC, $21.00) is less shimmery (95% similar).
- Anastasia Star Cobalt (P, $12.00) is lighter (95% similar).
- Too Faced Chill Out (LE, $16.00) is warmer (95% similar).
- ColourPop Quantum Sleep (P, $4.50) is less shimmery, darker (85% similar).
- ColourPop Rain Check (P, $8.00) is lighter, warmer (85% similar).
- Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Technoir (DC, $14.00).
- Tarina Tarantino Violet Storm #3 (DC, ).
- Chanel Swing (116) (P, $29.50).
- Sephora Aja (LE, ).
- NARS Cressida (P, $29.00).
Formula Overview
$9.00/0.23 oz. - $39.13 Per Ounce
The formula is supposed to have "high impact" in a "single swipe" that's longwearing, "won't crease, fade or transfer" and "dries down to a powder finish with zero fall out." These are water-based, so they feel wet and cooling when initially applied, but the reality is that so little product is needed to get coverage on the lid that I didn't feel it was watery or thin when I actually patted it onto my lid with a brush.
I would recommend using less than you think you'll need, and while fingertips can be used to apply, I liked the control of flat, synthetic brushes gave me as fingertips (for me!) applied far more product than needed. If you over-apply, it can feel wet and take longer to dry down, and it ends up taking too long and can pull into creases/fine lines on the lid. If I used about what I needed (there was some wiggle room), it dried down quickly and set to a transfer-resistant/crease-resistant finish. It was harder to blend out once dry, though, and if I wasn't careful, more vigorous blending could disturb and cause the eyeshadow to flake slightly.
They are easier to use than they look, and I think they're quite good overall, though a couple of shades were less stellar. They have a high-shine finish, though I think the more metallic powder and cream eyeshadows give a similar look that I wasn't convinced that the finish on these was above and beyond products that might be easier to use/more user-friendly. I'm not sure that the pot was the best way to go, as the product dries out extremely quickly; to the point where I would advise closing the product after you've taken product out of it, don't let it sit open while you're applying the rest of your makeup--you will see and feel parts of it dry out.
I found the packaging to be rather messy, and I have bits of product along the edge of the jar, along the rim, and it's fiddly to move the stopper from the opening to the lid and back again. I wonder if a squeeze tube might be less messy and make it easier to control the amount of product picked up while also preventing the product from drying out too readily.
WARNING: This formula seems to dry out within months; some readers report a couple of months and others more like a six-month window. I don't keep the majority of cream-based products (since I don't return to most products after reviewing), including these, but of the few I still have, there is a definite change in consistency--slightly drier--after six months, sometimes more or less. I had a couple that were closer to the year mark, and one was still usable but the other was quite dried down.
Browse all of our ColourPop Jelly Much Eyeshadow swatches.
Stargaze
PPermanent. $9.00.
Duckling
ColourPop Duckling Jelly Much Eyeshadow ($9.00 for 0.23 oz.) is a vivid, darker lavender with warm, pink undertones and blue-to-violet shifting sparkle throughout.
- Semi-opaque pigmentation in one layer
- Wet and cool to touch, water-like
- Quickly started to set and applied more like a cream-to-powder eyeshadow
- Applied evenly and blended out well
- Long-wearing (10 hours)
* Note: There have been plenty of reports from readers that the packaging for this formula is not ideal and often leads to them drying out within six months, so keep that in mind. I have put all of these shades away and put it on my calendar to check them in six months! I’ve told CP multiple times that I’d love to see this formula in a tube 🙁
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- ColourPop Party Party (LE, ) is less shimmery, lighter, warmer (95% similar).
- Pat McGrath Electron (LE, $25.00) is less shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
- Huda Beauty Amethyst #9 (LE, ) is less shimmery, warmer (90% similar).
- ColourPop Milky Way (LE, $6.00) is less shimmery, warmer (90% similar).
- Glaminatrix Bubblegum (P, $8.77) is less shimmery, warmer (90% similar).
- ColourPop Ivy League (P, $4.50) is less shimmery, lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- ColourPop Do or Dough (PiP, $4.50) is less shimmery, lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- BH Cosmetics Club Tropicana #28 (LE, ) is less shimmery, warmer (90% similar).
- ColourPop Friendsters (LE, $4.50) is less shimmery, lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- Give Me Glow Jellyfish (P, $7.00) is less shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
Formula Overview
$9.00/0.23 oz. - $39.13 Per Ounce
The formula is supposed to have "high impact" in a "single swipe" that's longwearing, "won't crease, fade or transfer" and "dries down to a powder finish with zero fall out." These are water-based, so they feel wet and cooling when initially applied, but the reality is that so little product is needed to get coverage on the lid that I didn't feel it was watery or thin when I actually patted it onto my lid with a brush.
I would recommend using less than you think you'll need, and while fingertips can be used to apply, I liked the control of flat, synthetic brushes gave me as fingertips (for me!) applied far more product than needed. If you over-apply, it can feel wet and take longer to dry down, and it ends up taking too long and can pull into creases/fine lines on the lid. If I used about what I needed (there was some wiggle room), it dried down quickly and set to a transfer-resistant/crease-resistant finish. It was harder to blend out once dry, though, and if I wasn't careful, more vigorous blending could disturb and cause the eyeshadow to flake slightly.
They are easier to use than they look, and I think they're quite good overall, though a couple of shades were less stellar. They have a high-shine finish, though I think the more metallic powder and cream eyeshadows give a similar look that I wasn't convinced that the finish on these was above and beyond products that might be easier to use/more user-friendly. I'm not sure that the pot was the best way to go, as the product dries out extremely quickly; to the point where I would advise closing the product after you've taken product out of it, don't let it sit open while you're applying the rest of your makeup--you will see and feel parts of it dry out.
I found the packaging to be rather messy, and I have bits of product along the edge of the jar, along the rim, and it's fiddly to move the stopper from the opening to the lid and back again. I wonder if a squeeze tube might be less messy and make it easier to control the amount of product picked up while also preventing the product from drying out too readily.
WARNING: This formula seems to dry out within months; some readers report a couple of months and others more like a six-month window. I don't keep the majority of cream-based products (since I don't return to most products after reviewing), including these, but of the few I still have, there is a definite change in consistency--slightly drier--after six months, sometimes more or less. I had a couple that were closer to the year mark, and one was still usable but the other was quite dried down.
Browse all of our ColourPop Jelly Much Eyeshadow swatches.
Duckling
PPermanent. $9.00.
Shiny Penny
ColourPop Shiny Penny Jelly Much Eyeshadow ($9.00 for 0.23 oz.) has a reddish-brown base with warm undertones and a green-to-teal shifting shimmer that gave it a smooth, metallic sheen.
- Opaque pigmentation in one layer
- Wet and cool to touch, water-like
- Quickly started to set and applied more like a cream-to-powder eyeshadow
- Applied evenly and blended out well
- Long-wearing (10 hours)
* Note: There have been plenty of reports from readers that the packaging for this formula is not ideal and often leads to them drying out within six months, so keep that in mind. I have put all of these shades away and put it on my calendar to check them in six months! I’ve told CP multiple times that I’d love to see this formula in a tube 🙁
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- JD Glow Unexpected (P, $7.50) is lighter, cooler (90% similar).
- ColourPop Barrel (LE, $9.00) is darker (90% similar).
- Pat McGrath Provocatrix (LE, $25.00) is darker, warmer (85% similar).
- Make Up For Ever 109 Golden (P, $26.00) is darker, warmer (85% similar).
- Anastasia Sponsored (LE, $12.00) is darker, cooler (80% similar).
- Urban Decay Thunderclap (LE, $19.00) is less shimmery, darker, cooler (80% similar).
Formula Overview
$9.00/0.23 oz. - $39.13 Per Ounce
The formula is supposed to have "high impact" in a "single swipe" that's longwearing, "won't crease, fade or transfer" and "dries down to a powder finish with zero fall out." These are water-based, so they feel wet and cooling when initially applied, but the reality is that so little product is needed to get coverage on the lid that I didn't feel it was watery or thin when I actually patted it onto my lid with a brush.
I would recommend using less than you think you'll need, and while fingertips can be used to apply, I liked the control of flat, synthetic brushes gave me as fingertips (for me!) applied far more product than needed. If you over-apply, it can feel wet and take longer to dry down, and it ends up taking too long and can pull into creases/fine lines on the lid. If I used about what I needed (there was some wiggle room), it dried down quickly and set to a transfer-resistant/crease-resistant finish. It was harder to blend out once dry, though, and if I wasn't careful, more vigorous blending could disturb and cause the eyeshadow to flake slightly.
They are easier to use than they look, and I think they're quite good overall, though a couple of shades were less stellar. They have a high-shine finish, though I think the more metallic powder and cream eyeshadows give a similar look that I wasn't convinced that the finish on these was above and beyond products that might be easier to use/more user-friendly. I'm not sure that the pot was the best way to go, as the product dries out extremely quickly; to the point where I would advise closing the product after you've taken product out of it, don't let it sit open while you're applying the rest of your makeup--you will see and feel parts of it dry out.
I found the packaging to be rather messy, and I have bits of product along the edge of the jar, along the rim, and it's fiddly to move the stopper from the opening to the lid and back again. I wonder if a squeeze tube might be less messy and make it easier to control the amount of product picked up while also preventing the product from drying out too readily.
WARNING: This formula seems to dry out within months; some readers report a couple of months and others more like a six-month window. I don't keep the majority of cream-based products (since I don't return to most products after reviewing), including these, but of the few I still have, there is a definite change in consistency--slightly drier--after six months, sometimes more or less. I had a couple that were closer to the year mark, and one was still usable but the other was quite dried down.
Browse all of our ColourPop Jelly Much Eyeshadow swatches.
A great bunch of colours and excellent results too. CP has done these very well – now we just have to get them to change the packaging….
Due to plastic or is it the pot form you think could be better as something else?
Duh, missed Christine’s comment about a tube, I figure that you were agreeing with her. 😉
These do dry up but you are supposed to be able to add water to them and revive them now. I did that with my Hocus pocus ones and they were able to be used.
Didn’t know, thanks since I have two and wondered if I should just throw them out (even though they were barely used and that with clean brushes).
I love your idea of tube packaging! In my experience, 6 months is a generous expectation for how long these might last before drying out. I’ve bought several Jelly Much shadows and none of them retained their moisture for more than 1-2 months. I’ve also written CP saying I can’t in good conscience purchase these any longer knowing they will almost immediately be going to waste. I otherwise love these shadows.
Here’s hoping they take the feedback and make the needed changes. I’ll happily throw money their way for them should that day come. 🙂
Don’t need Billionaire, but it’s might pretty! And Shiny Penny looks like the type of color I could use for a one-swipe-and-go eyeshadow and have a fresh look as a mature woman. Thoughts? If I head to the US anytime soon, I think I give ColourPop products a visit while there. are they in Ulta stores there?