Pur Quick Pro Glitters Kit for Holiday 2017

This is one of those posts I'd meant to put up a long time ago, and I've owed it to you.

Sorry for the detour, but let's get back to today's topic du jour- the Pur Quick Pro Glitters Kit ($39). I'll confess that I purchased this by total accident. Apparently I missed a sale on this by a couple of days and Ulta hadn't pulled the sign. I thought it was a lot cheaper. Normally I would've passed this by.

In retrospect, I'm happy that I've tried it, as I have a complicated relationship with this product. This is a huge improvement compared to the previous packaging (which included netting).

The holiday packaging is divine.

In this kit is five small, liquid glitters that made me think immediately of Stila Magnificent Metals Glitter and Glow eyeshadows. These have a teeny tiny plastic spatula. However, like the Stila shadows, I prefer tapping on the lid with a brush.

Let's delve into the individual shades, which weigh in at 0.19 fl oz/5.5ml.

Namaslay is a warm champagne. Pur/Ulta describe this as a "rose gold"- I don't see the rose.

This is that little plastic applicator I was referring to.

It's gorgeous both on the hand and in the eye. However, that's not the whole picture- which I'll get into after showing you all of the photos.

Lust is next up. It's a beautiful cranberry glitter that's perfect for the holidays.The brand describes this as "rust copper." OK.

I have to admit that I like this better than either of the red-toned Stila shadows for holiday looks. It does brighten the lid nicely.

Queenie is an icy blonde gold. When I saw the color and the shade name, I immediately thought "Queenie was a blonde..." Any theatre nerds? No? OK, moving on. The brand calls this "bright gold."

Queenie is a very light gold- think ABH 10K. I always wear a nude leaning white base with this.

OMG is the cool taupe of the bunch. It's a medium-depth shade. According to the brand, this is "bronze." What's up with these descriptions?

Do you see bronze? I see taupe!

Finally, we get to Midnight Diamond. This shade, black with suspended silver glitter, or "black" per the brand, exists in the Stila and Wet 'n Wild lines.

There's how thin the applicator is.

I think this is more sheeny than glittery, personally.

Performance: This is where I'm glad I've had the additional time to play with these. I'm honestly struggling and looking for help. Over Too Faced Glitter Glue and waiting five minutes to dry down they transferred throughout the day. Over MAC Paint Pot? Same thing. Over Kat Von D's primer? Same thing. Over a bare lid? Same thing. I'm not just talking fallout, I'm talking migration into the crease. These are beautiful and stunning and awesome. But I wore Lust to Thanksgiving dinner and was covered in glitter. I wish I knew of a base to pair with these because they're beautiful.

Bottom Line: These are a nice alternative to the Stila liquid glitters and offer much smaller glitter particles. If you're looking for a perfect Insta-look, these are for you. I'm still looking to find that right combination to keep these from transferring.

ColourPop Supernova Shadows in Moonlit and Walk of Shame

I'm sorry to be bringing you one of my big disappointments. I try to find the positive in most products (even if I pro/con them honestly), but these... they're better than the other liquid shadow that injured me, but that's a low bar.

After some mixed experiences with the Stila Glitter and Glows and loving the Wet n Wild liquid shadows, I (like half of the internet) pretty much fell over myself when ColourPop launched their new Supernova shadows ($7, 0.17oz/4.7g). I threw two of these into my most recent order.

Let's get into this.

Walk of Fame is a gorgeous nudey gold that has some serious bronze and silver sheen. It's rich and beautiful. I had all sorts of dreams on how to use it.

Here's a good look at the applicator on these. However, I don't use applicators with liquid shadows- I transfer the product to palettes and use little eye brushes.

Swatched, this looks stunning. I did these swatches before I tried them on the eye and I felt like this was promising.

I loved my testing look upon application, but I'll get into my issues with this product after showing you the other shade I picked up.



I'm a sucker for purples, despite being mentally scarred by another purple liquid shadow in the past.

Moonlit is a stunning, shiny warm purple. It reminds me of a certain other shade, without the p damage to my skin.

This is such a perfect color, in my opinion. I love how gorgeous it is, and it looked just like fall to me.

And here's both of these swatched together:

Now that we've all oohed and aahhhhed over just how beautiful these shadows are, let's talk about my experience with them.

I don't recommend them to anyone.

That pains me to say because I've been liking the ColourPop products that I've tried lately. And these are so beautiful. Here's what happened to me all of the times that I tried them, no matter the base. I've tried these on a bare lid, over a cream shadow, over a powder, and over Glitter Glue.

Across the board, these are flaky. Dangerously flaky in my opinion. Just don't mess with items that fall into your eyes- you have one set of eyes and taking care of them is incredibly important. It was such a mess every time that I wore it that I think it's the formula.