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Colorado-based Edison is known for their flawless blend of alternative and folk styles. Fronted by Sarah Slaton, the group has spent the past years tirelessly touring. They even performed an ultra-marathon 300+ shows over the last three years. According to a press release, the years of traveling gave time for the group to become frustrated with the industry and unfortunately made them realize it’s time for them to focus their energies elsewhere. On the bright side, the group does not plan on exiting the scene quietly. They have announced a final album, along with a final performance. The album Lion’s Heart is an EP filled with unreleased songs that the group has eagerly waited to show the public. Edison has already released a single “Take Me Home” so fans can have a taste of what is to come with the rest of the farewell album. The final performance is being held at Larimer Lounge this Thursday, August 30 supporting KOLARS. In a recent interview, when asked what the hardest part about breaking up is, Slaton said, “the hardest part for me is how much I’m going to miss playing the songs live. I’m going to miss those moments on stage when the crowd is singing with you.” She continued, “I’m also going to miss climbing on things.” Edison had a long journey through the music world, and their story bears testament to just how difficult it can be to make it as a band. Having spent years balancing touring with recording, all while trying to lock down a label, Edison had been overworked and they feel it is in all of their best interests to start some new projects and close this chapter. Slaton is taking this as an opportunity to co-write with other musicians in Nashville and Los Angeles — and to get caught up on some sleep — “I’m going to start with a really long nap,” she joked. Lion’s Heart comes out this week. When asked what track she’s most excited to share with her fans, Slaton said, “My favorite track is ‘Sideways.’ I love the feel of the song and where it pulls you sonically. I use my TC-Helicon vocal pedal on my voice to pay homage to Imogen Heap and her song “Hide and Seek” that inspired me in a huge way years ago.” In addition to the album release performance at Larimer Lounge, Edison is announcing a few other shows around the United States to give the band a proper goodbye. For more information on the band and tickets for their performance, check out their website. Additional reporting by Tyler Harvey.via https://303magazine.com/2018/08/edison-album-release-denver/
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In a surprising coup, bike shorts took over the Spring ’18 season during designer runway shows such as Dolce and Gabbana, Saint Laurent and Alexander Wang, but most recently, they’ve paved their way into an even more unexpected collection — fashion-forward Denver dwellers’ closets. These thigh-hugging and ultramodern shorts offer inventive ways when playing up wardrobes and simultaneously provide the benefit of being relaxed. When styled on the runways, designers paired these uncustomary shorts with distinguished pieces that heightened the overall outfits, like belt bags, studded blouses, crop tops, blazers and chunky sneakers. With such an overwhelming body of evidence, we wanted to investigate the bike short hype and tested the versatility of these faddish pieces in an everyday place that seemed fitting to show their many styling approaches — the Glendale Laundromat. CASUAL CHICThe Lowdown: Bike shorts — as seen on celebrities such as Gigi Hadid, Kendall Jenner and Kim Kardashian — are perfect casual staples when mixing and matching high fashion and affordable designs. To heighten the look, consider mixing fabrics, colors and textures. Layering a pastel suede biker jacket or raincoat over a patterned blouse creates serious tenor. When more than one texture is present, the styling creates depth and when depth is present, an outfit turns heads. Adding a cowboy inspired bootie, high heel or mule creates drama and brings the entire look together for a casual and chic appearance. DENIM FOR DAYSThe Lowdown: Denim, recently reinvented this year, took a positive turn in presenting itself as a more exciting, edgy and urbane staple. Jean jackets with distressed holes, cropped lengths, no hemlines and added fabrics are the ultimate addition to any outfit. In the case of biker shorts, denim plays a major role allowing for an updated and sleek item to give the overall outfit personality and purpose. This fall, denim jackets worn off the shoulder or buttoned up and showing some skin are the ultimate ways to bring sexy back. DATE NIGHTThe Lowdown: Date nights are meant to be sexy, fun and a little edgy. Keeping this continuity alive, bike shorts paired with a black leather jacket cause dramatic character when worn together. This updated biker jacket screams grunge, yet in a high fashion way. Paired with all black heels and limited accessories, this look is one that will make your date want to schedule another.
WORK ITThe Lowdown: High necklines instantly make attire professional, and this picnic-inspired, blue-patterned blouse is no exception. The ruffles provide a trendy version of the otherwise basic top and allow for a refined approach to work style. To keep hands free, a belt bag is a paramount accessory to add, especially in this season where belt bags are all the rage. Keep the look professional by pairing heels, ballet flats or patterned mules to complete the look. Photography by Rebecca Grant. Styling by Cheyenne Dickerson. Model Jain Barrett. via https://303magazine.com/2018/08/four-ways-to-bring-bike-shorts-from-cyclist-style-to-urban-chic/ SunbasqueMAC Sunbasque Powder Blush ($24.00 for 0.21 oz.) is a medium copper with warm, rusty undertones and fine, gold and copper pearl. It had semi-sheer (as expected, based on the “Sheertone Shimmer” finish), buildable pigmentation–up to semi-opaque in three layers–with a drier, dustier texture that didn’t feel particularly promising by touch, but it applied better than anticipated! I remember it being smoother years ago, but memories get fuzzy when a decade passes (I think Sunbasque might have been my second blush purchase, pre-blog era!). The blush applied evenly to bare skin, blended out effortlessly, and sat well on my skin without emphasizing my skin’s texture but still producing a noticeable sheen–more shine than overt shimmer. It wore well for eight and a half hours on me before fading slightly. Top Dupes
Formula Overview$24.00/0.21 oz. - $114.29 Per Ounce Per the brand, the formula is supposed to "provide fantastic colour with ease and consistency" that "applies evenly, adheres lightly to skin." There are five distinct finishes within the range: Frost ("iridescent, lightly shimmering color"), Matte ("flat, matte finish... builds well"), Satin ("adds subtle highlights to the skin"), Sheertone ("sheer-on micro-refined powder ... that goes on faint"), and Sheertone Shimmer ("just enough shimmer to make light dance on your cheeks"). Their permanent blushes are available in compact form as well as pan-only (the latter will be cheaper). The following overview has been updated to reflect the most current iteration of the brand's permanent range (whether or not there's been any official change) as I repurchased the majority of the permanent shades as of June 2018. I make a point to say that because I felt that the textures of several shades, particularly the frost finish shades, was noticeably different; they were much smoother and had more slip but were less shimmery/frosted (on average) and seemed to be a bit weaker in pigmentation (but still buildable). Some of the mattes felt like I've encountered in the past (a little drier, pigmented, and fairly blendable), while some felt more velvety and finely-milled. MAC has a solid blush range but some shades are harder than others to blend out or diffuse, and as it does for most formulas (from any brand), it really comes down to some shades falling shy of expectations. The matte finish had a tendency to darken on my skin within five minutes of application; for most shades, I would recommend applying over a powdered face and/or avoiding applying on still-drying complexion products to make blending the easiest. The matte shades seemed to be semi-opaque to opaque, buildable, and long-wearing (about eight hours). Only a few of the shades in the permanent range seemed to be particularly frosted/metallic on the skin; most shades that had shimmer appeared more softly luminous or pearlescent on the skin to the point where there was little sheen/reflection captured by my camera (I did a double take for a few and re-did swatches only to find the same finish captured yet again!). The Sheertone Shimmer performed most consistently with this: very subtle sheen, more "my skin but better" with having a slightly more noticeable sheen than matte. There were a few shades that had a strong sheen on the skin (like Peachykeen), though. The Frost finish just seemed to have stronger, larger shimmer in it, but the effect on the skin ranged being subtle to moderate. The same was true with Satin--some were more satin-like and some seemed more like a Frost (like Modern Mandarin). Most shades were blendable, while pigmentation varied from sheer to opaque depending on the shade, but most had decent, builable coverage. The textures were firmer than the average powder blush of current times, but they don't have excess product kicked up in the pan at all. The wear ranged between seven and nine hours with deeper, intense mattes (like Fever or Film Noir) lasted longer. Browse all of our MAC Powder Blush swatches. IngredientsTalc, Octyldodecyl Stearoyl Stearate, Zinc Stearate, Isostearyl Neopentanoate, Tocopheryl Acetate, Caprylyl Glycol, Hexylene Glycol, Phenoxyethanol. May Contain: Silica, Mica, Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Iron Oxides (CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499), Bismuth Oxychloride (CI 77163), Blue 1 Lake (CI 42090), Carmine (CI 75470), Chromium Hydroxide Green (CI 77289), Chromium Oxide Greens (CI 77288), Ferric Ferrocyanide (CI 77510), Manganese Violet (CI 77742), Red 6 (CI 15850), Red 6 Lake (CI 15850), Red 7 Lake (CI 15850), Red 28 Lake (CI 45410), Red 30 Lake (CI 73360), Ultramarines (CI 77007), Yellow 5 Lake (CI 19140), Yellow 6 Lake (CI 15985).
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As someone who studied art education during her time at Colorado State Universtiy, she hopes her time in Denver will not only inspire herself but allow her to become more involved in creating communities and connections through her artwork. Denver, meet Lindee. 303 Magazine: Have you always been passionate about art or was there a certain age that you realized you were really drawn to it? Lindee Zimmer: I definitely have loved art my whole life. I think that’s why it was always a kind of a little bit of a struggle as far as when it became serious for me. I didn’t ever really think that there would be this clear path to becoming an artist. But I definitely did tons of art throughout my childhood. I went to an art focus middle school in Boulder, so they had an hour and a half dedicated every day to your specific interest. It was either like music, theater or visual arts and I chose actually did theater the first year, and then I did visual arts later. 303: How would describe your style as an artist? LZ: Honestly, most people would say that most of my work is very black and white with pops of bright rainbows. I’m definitely not a realist. I like making things that are powerful, meaningful and have a spiritual element to it, but also very mystical and magical at the same time. 303: Is there any specific messages you promote with your art? LZ: I’d say — now more than ever — that I really want to not only have my art inspire people but also I want to be making art which incorporates more people into the creative process and helps facilitate learning through the art that I already make, if that makes sense? I want to be working with youth and people who don’t have access to art or art supplies or have a background in art education. I want to create things that have strong powerful messages usually revolving around stewardship of our planet, and our connections with each other. We are in a really difficult time right now with how things are going in our country, and I think that art has a really great purpose and always will as far as inspiring people. But also it bringing up issues that are universal. Building community through art is my view on how we can get through this together. 303: What is your favorite medium to work with? LZ: If we’re going to be really silly. I love gold leaf. That’s actually my favorite thing. I mean — it’s not necessarily the actual act of using it, because that’s not fun— it’s just the effect that it has is really amazing. Something I struggled with for a long time was that I’ve always really wanted to get things as shiny as possible, and always found like gold paint to fall flat. I like creating work that’s multidimensional. So that when you look at it from another angle, it’s a little bit different than the first time you looked at it. 303: When did you paint your first serious mural? LZ: It was right after I moved back to Fort Collins, and I was working a bunch of odd jobs, but my friend who works at the family center was like, “Hey, we need a big mural. It’s interactive.” So then I painted a huge mural — I think it’s like 90 feet by 11 feet, so it’s big and wraps around this whole hallway, and it incorporates all the different facets of all the programs that they offer there. It’s really sweet, very colorful, but I learned a lot on that mural. Then that kind of just got my gears going. 303: Did that mural help spark the idea of the creating the Fort Collins Mural Project? LZ: Well, I had been painting murals [around Fort Collins], but I also wanted there to be more contemporary large-scale murals in Fort Collins. We have already a really cool facet of that here with the pianos and the electrical boxes. But then I just wanted it to be bigger than just that. Our motto for the mural project is every wall deserves art because the environment that we have built as humans isn’t very attractive. You know? We just made it, and we didn’t make everything that pretty and especially like alleys and forgotten spaces. But in my opinion, everything should be painted. 303: You’re pretty involved in Fort Collins, so why did you move to Denver? LZ: Just more opportunities. I mean honestly, in the past year — and I’ve lived here on and off for 10 years — I felt like I reached a point in my career and life where I needed to be in a new space to grow as a person, but also as an artist. I’ve been here. I know everybody. I’m very connected, but also I can’t paint any more walls, because I already have done so many. That is why I’m really looking forward to being in Denver. It’s a larger demographic. There are more walls. And while I’m not necessarily going to start another nonprofit, because there’s a lot of things going on already, but just plugging into the existing things that kind of match with my ethos. I really want to bridge the gap between art and education by involving more high school age students and even middle school or elementary to help create and plan murals. 303: Speaking of walls in Denver, can we expect to see you at CRUSH 2018? LZ: Yes! I’m really, really, really excited for that. I feel so fortunate for the opportunity. because I was about to fill up the form [for CRUSH] when the owner of the Ramble Hotel reached out to me. He wants it to be an interactive thing. So 25 of the hotel guests are going to come to a presentation/workshop during the week of CRUSH. I’ll do a little brief history on street art and murals and then talk about myself and my experiences. Then we’ll go outside and I’ll teach them some basic tips for spray painting, and then I’ll have them help fill some larger mapped out parts of the mural. It’s a massive wall, — I think it three-stories tall — so it’s going to be an interesting project! 303: Last question. This one is coming from our last interviewee, Latasha Dunston: What decade would you want to live in other than this one, and why? LZ: I would want to live in America during the 1300s before it was colonized. I would love to see this land before we forced people off and paved everything. I would also warn people what was coming. Maybe the world would look a lot different. Catch Lindee Zimmer’s first show in Denver this weekend on July 14 at Dateline at 7 p.m. She will have multiple pieces from her new series All Women to the Front on display. All pieces will be available for purchase for just $20. All photography by Heather Fairchild unless otherwise stated.
via https://303magazine.com/2018/08/hello-denver-my-name-is-lindee-zimmer/
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via https://www.temptalia.com/have-you-ever-repurchased-a-palette-if-not-is-there-one-youd-repurchase/ For the sixth year running, High Plains Comedy Festival delivered to Denver some outrageous and hilarious comedians. The Mile High City’s own comedic talent was showcased heavily — and with much appreciation — on South Broadway, but the headlining shows at the Paramount Theater on Friday and Saturday nights stole the show. Both David Cross and the group who records the podcast How Did This Get Made? packed the Paramount to the brim, with fans and newcomers laughing so hard it would be accurate to call it knee-slapping laughter. But the other shows throughout the weekend incited chuckles, groans, giggles and all-out-laugh-attacks that Denver has come to expect when High Plains comes around every year. We might still be nursing our sore abs — laughing is definitely a workout, we don’t care who says otherwise — but while we recover, read on to find out about our favorite shows of the absurdly funny weekend. Thursday, August 23Iron Comic at 3 Kings TavernClick to view slideshow.Hosted by Nato Green — a politically-charged writer and comedian from San Francisco — Iron Comic is Green’s own creation, where five stand-up comedians must write jokes in eight minutes based on suggestions from the audience. This iteration in Denver consisted of comedians Shane Torres, David Gborie, Baron Vaughn, Eliza Skinner and festival-founder Adam Cayton-Holland. Green started the show off by picking through the basket of audience-suggested topics and explaining why the ones he chose would not work as topics. Even though this process is a little like “housekeeping” before the actual show — i.e., explaining rules — Green can’t help but infuse his own humor. Some of the funnier rejected topics were “Trump and Trump and a basket of dildos,” “Motherhood, kids, back to school, end of summer,” (which sounds like an entire act, Green reminded the audience) “white liberal guilt” and “drunk Kanye West arguing with a reflection of himself.” With those out of the way, Green picked the first actual topic — the process of making whiskey. When the five competing comedians left the stage to write their jokes on the fly, Austin-based stand-up Vanessa Gonzalez took the stage to keep the crowd entertained. When the comedians returned with their rough jokes, most of them revolved around the Irish. The next round was decided upon after thunderous applause from an audience that contained noticeably more women than the last few years of the festival — “my first period.” The one female comedian competing, Skinner, could barely keep in her excitement, saying “I never get to do period jokes!” Unfortunately, the rest of the male competitors fell short on funny and relied upon the line “I don’t know enough about periods.” After another round of Iron Comic, Shane Torres was named the winner, based on judging from the audience’s applause. Pussy Bros at 3 Kings TavernClick to view slideshow.Pussy Bros. is a Denver comedy group who has been steadily gaining more traction is three women— and yes, according to them, that choice of name was a decision based on the male-dominated industry they’ve broken into. Before their show at 3 Kings on the first night of the festival, they played a short documentary-style video to the audience (which was delayed due to technical difficulties at first — a mistake that the Pussy Bros should have addressed with humor in their subsequent stand-up, but ignored instead). The video detailed the founding of Pussy Bros, including a short clip of their fourth member, the late Jordan Wieleba. Once the video ended, the three remaining members were welcomed onstage with the announcement “accepting the award for the best comedy troupe with a woman in it, the Pussy Bros!”, Christie Buchele, Janae Burris and Rachel Weeks took the stage with fancy dresses and tiaras, as if accepting an award. Weeks launched into an almost whiny voice, saying “oh, wow, this is so unexpected. Thank you so much, it feels so good that this happened, I didn’t even know it was an award show!” Burris added, “I would have dressed better.” For a few minutes, the three women took turns airing their grievances and obstacles in the way of becoming the comedians they are now. Burris said “I want to thank my ex for sucking up all my 20’s and sucking up all my skinniest years. It hardened me, it made me want to do comedy. It made me have to develop a personality.” Weeks added, “I’d like to thank my super weird family that made me too crazy for friends in high school.” It would have been appropriate to replace all of their “thank yous” with “fuck yous.” After they performed together, the audience was given a chance to experience a set from each woman on her own, but before that, it started with a guest performance by Tennessee’s Lila Bear. Though Bear’s jokes about sexuality didn’t elicit as much of a response from the audience as she obviously expected, she nailed a few others relating to genitalia including one about vaginal discharge — “most days, it’s oatmeal. But sometimes it’s like cream of wheat.” Though the hour-and-a-half show focused heavily on female comedians, there were performances from Josh Blue and Eric Dadourian to prove that even though Pussy Bros. exists because of kick-ass females, they aren’t afraid to invite the other side on for a laugh or two. Friday, August 24Fortuna at Mutiny Information CafeOne of the best parts about High Plains is the shows that navigate away from the typical boundaries of stand-up comedy. One of the annual favorites is Cartoons & Comedy (a show we could not make it to this year, unfortunately) and usually, there are at least a few live-tapings of podcasts. But this year, Fortuna presented an even more weird, wonderful and raw way to experience comedy — with tarot card readings. Host Kristin Rand, based out of Atlanta, traveled to Mutiny Information Cafe to give a small group of comedians individual tarot card readings, with a twist. First, the comedians performed a small bit, most of which seemed unprepared or a rehashing of jokes heard at previous shows. Then, Rand would have them sit across from her at a small table and read their cards. Though the readings were pretty light-hearted, the knowledge Rand possessed of the tarot deck was impressive and her ability to mix in humor stole the show. She even joked about the visuals of the deck, explaining one as “all you need is a glass of water at the end of this fire ladder…” It was a clever way to give people who infamously don’t take anything seriously a serious piece of advice. The best part about watching each comedian was their level of discomfort, vulnerability and some unplanned emotions or reactions from what Rand divined. It was the kind of situation that exposed the comedians’ true personalities — instead of seeing their stylized and practiced personas. David Cross at Paramount TheaterClick to view slideshow.For the headlining show on Friday night of the festival, actor, writer, producer and comedian David Cross made a Denver stop on his “Oh Come On Tour.” Before Cross took the stage, Denver-based comedian and founding member of Pussy Bros. Christie Buchele performed a short opening set, warming up the audience for the absurdity that was Cross. Buchele has cerebral palsy and many of her jokes include that disability in some way. Her set at the Paramount didn’t shy away from that, and her ending joke about her funeral with “palsy bearers” for her casket made the audience both laugh and squirm — a mixture that kept up throughout Cross’ performance. Cross has been in the news recently for openly and unapologetically offending audiences, like his stop in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, with his Oh Come On jokes. But in Denver on Friday, there weren’t many outraged onlookers, even as Cross joked about a future (fictional) terrorist attack (“too soon?” he quipped after the joke) and about the origin of AIDS (“I heard that AIDS started by a monkey [Monkee]. I hope it wasn’t Mike Nesmith… too late?”) It never fails that visiting comedians joke about weed in Denver but sometimes the jokes are on point, like Cross’ short story about a hoaxy-sci-fi dispensary he visited, where after he left he thought to himself “what am I doing? I live in New York. I get this shit delivered to my apartment, tax-free. What am I so happy about? I got really sucked into the whole thing.” And all those jokes were before his actual set started — he reassured the audience after one of his tangents that he was just riffing with us. The Oh Come On set actually started with Cross telling everyone about his new daughter with Amber Tamblyn — an uncharacteristic subject for Cross’ stand-up routines, but one he managed to twist to fit his awkward and outrageous humor. “You can slap as many future-feminist onesies on an infant, it doesn’t mean shit,” he joked. And “it is a fascinating thing to watch and be a part of. When they’re first born they’re just nothing. And slowly they start to evolve and personality traits start to exhibit themselves. And I’m really looking forward to that big change that will happen, that big shift where you finally start to love them.” The stories about his daughter relied heavily on his own political leanings, including a joke about using pronouns (“I’m just going to have her refer to everyone as ‘they’ not so that she’s progressive about sexual and gender identity, but so that she’ll fail English”), and he especially focused on his dislike of Trump. It would actually be an understatement to say that Cross dislikes Trump — after the show on Friday night, it’s obvious that he despises Trump. From stories about explaining a laundry-list of negative things Trump and his administration have carried out to his young daughter while he feeds her to an explosive ending featuring a daydream where Cross shits on Trump’s chest, Cross did not care if he offended anyone or not. It was unapologetic, righteous and expertly written and performed. After the set ended to thunderous applause from a packed Paramount, Cross came back out for an encore joke, proving that he thought Denver appreciated his humor enough for more. If there’s one thing about Cross, it’s that he can sometimes take things too far — in his writing, acting and stand-up. But for us Coloradans living life on the edge, going too far is just the way we like it. Saturday, August 25How Did This Get Made?The comedy podcast How Did This Get Made? (HDTGM) came to Paramount Theater to headline the High Plains Comedy Festival for two shows Saturday evening, and hosts Paul Scheer, Jason Mantzoukas and June Diane Raphael got to dive headfirst into their comedic commentary on two really bad films — Look Who’s Talking Too and Swordfish, both starring John Travolta. Saturday night started with Look Who’s Talking Too, a movie with talking babies, that Scheer said “changed culture and showed us what babies really thought,” and man was it terrifying. Alamo Drafthouse in Sloan’s Lake sponsored the event and had a special showing of Look Who’s Talking and Look Who’s Talking Too earlier on Saturday that audience members could watch before they watched the HDTGM hosts dissect it all. The sequel, which was rated PG-13, should have been rated R according to Mantzoukas, for all the sexual innuendos, bad poop jokes and awkward scenes that will make both kids and parents squirm. “It’s rated no thanks for me,” Mantzoukas said. Audience members got to watch scenes of Bruce Willis who voices the toddler “Mikey” opposite his baby sister voiced by Roseanne Barr (who is currently barred from television) before hearing Raphael, Scheer and Mantzoukas chime in on everything wrong in this film and how they can’t believe the first movie made 300 million dollars, so Hollywood directors decided to make a sequel. Overall, there were a lot of questions when the night was over and some audience members got to even ask their own about the plot and awful characters. The main theme though, honestly, was how did this get made? – Marissa Kozma All photography courtesy of From the Hip Photo, unless otherwise noted.via https://303magazine.com/2018/08/high-plains-comedy-festival-david-cross/ DazzlepinkMAC Dazzlepink Dazzle Highlighter ($34.00 for 0.34 oz.) is a light-medium peach with pink-to-peach shifting glitter. As described, the base was transparent, but there was plenty of “coverage” in the form of sparkle and flecks of flatter glitter particles. This translated into a noticeably glittery, highly reflective finish that was sparkly but not dirt-like at some angles (an issue with some glitters) due to the flat shape. The powder felt smooth, dense and more cream-like, but it picked up well with a tapered, highlighting brush and adhered evenly to bare skin. It wore well for eight hours with minimal migration/movement of the glitter over time. Top Dupes
Formula Overview$34.00/0.34 oz. - $100.00 Per Ounce The formula is supposed to "reflect light with a shock of sparkle over translucent colour" with a "cream-powder" base that has "minimal fallout" and can be layered over "blush and eye shadow." It is supposed to wear for "8 hours." They had a dense, but smooth, consistency with lots of fleck-like sparkle and glitter--flatter but very reflective particles that adhered better to the skin and did, in fact, have "minimal fallout" and some travel/migration of sparkles over time but a lot of stayed in place over the eight hours it lasted for. The pigmentation was as described: lots of glitter and a transparent base, so it had "coverage" but in the form of sparkle and glitter. For all the reflective qualities of the finish, it didn't emphasize my skin's texture. They were easy to apply and blend out without losing the "coverage" or initial placement of the product. Browse all of our MAC Dazzle Highlighter swatches.
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Formula Overview$8.00/0.23 oz. - $34.78 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. Browse all of our Colour Pop Jelly Much Eyeshadow swatches. IngredientsWater, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Butylene Glycol, Sorbeth-30 Tetraisostearate, Silica, Dipropylene Glycol, Benzyl Alcohol, Sorbitan Sesquiisostearate, Acrylates/Beheneth-25 Methacrylate Copolymer, Ppg-8 Ceteth-20, Chlorphenesin, Tin Oxide, Dehydroacetic Acid, Sodium Hydroxide 18%, Phenoxyethanol, Iron Oxides (CI 77491), Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891). Short CircuitColour Pop Short Circuit Jelly Much Eyeshadow ($8.00 for 0.23 oz.) is a deep, reddish copper with subtle, warm undertones and a pearly sheen. It had opaque color coverage in a single layer, though it wasn’t nearly as metallic as I expected–it even seemed to soften further after it set on me. The consistency was smooth, thin, and definitely felt water-based as the product felt cool on my skin but did dry down quickly (about 10-15 seconds) and set to a transfer- and crease-resistant finish that lasted for over 10 hours. Top Dupes
Formula Overview$8.00/0.23 oz. - $34.78 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. Browse all of our Colour Pop Jelly Much Eyeshadow swatches. IngredientsWater, Butylene Glycol, Sorbeth-30 Tetraisostearate, Silica, Dipropylene Glycol, Benzyl Alcohol, Sorbitan Sesquiisostearate, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Acrylates/Beheneth-25 Methacrylate Copolymer, Ppg-8 Ceteth-20, Chlorphenesin, Dehydroacetic Acid, Sodium Hydroxide 18%, Phenoxyethanol, Tin Oxide, Bronze Powder (CI 77400), Iron Oxides (CI 77491, CI 77499), Mica (CI 77019), Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891).
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VenturaColour Pop Ventura Jelly Much Eyeshadow ($8.00 for 0.23 oz.) is a pale, iridescent lavender with cool undertones and a sparkling sheen. It had medium to semi-opaque pigmentation, but it seemed to have a chalkier, almost white base that was most present after it had dried down. The texture was wet to the touch and yielded a cooling sensation on my skin, but it dried down and set within 15 seconds. Once set, the eyeshadow stayed on well for 10 hours without moving or creasing. Top Dupes
Formula Overview$8.00/0.23 oz. - $34.78 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. Browse all of our Colour Pop Jelly Much Eyeshadow swatches. IngredientsWater, Calcium Sodium Borosilicate, Silica, Butylene Glycol, Sorbeth-30 Tetraisostearate, Dipropylene Glycol, Benzyl Alcohol, Sorbitan Sesquiisostearate, Acrylates/Beheneth-25 Methacrylate Copolymer, Ppg-8 Ceteth-20, Chlorphenesin, Dehydroacetic Acid, Tin Oxide, Sodium Hydroxide 18%, Phenoxyethanol, Mica (CI 77019), Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891). We Jammin'Colour Pop We Jammin’ Jelly Much Eyeshadow ($8.00 for 0.23 oz.) is a pale, white gold with subtle, warm undertones and a sparkling, metallic finish. It had one of the most reflective finishes within the shades released in the formula, and it was extremely brightening (and possibly too intense for brow bone highlighting for most preferences but lovely on the lid and inner tearduct!). The pigmentation was fantastic and applied evenly without sheering out or becoming patchy when blended along the edges–just make sure to do your blending as it’s drying down (about 10-15 seconds). It wore well for 10 hours without fading or creasing on me. Top Dupes
Formula Overview$8.00/0.23 oz. - $34.78 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. Browse all of our Colour Pop Jelly Much Eyeshadow swatches. IngredientsWater, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Silica, Butylene Glycol, Sorbeth-30 Tetraisostearate, Dipropylene Glycol, Benzyl Alcohol, Sorbitan Sesquiisostearate, Acrylates/Beheneth-25 Methacrylate Copolymer, Ppg-8 Ceteth-20, Chlorphenesin, Dehydroacetic Acid, Sodium Hydroxide 18%, Chromium Oxide Greens (CI 77288), Iron Oxides (CI 77499), Mica (CI 77019), Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891).
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BeccaThey seem to be a brand that really stays in their lane; they don’t go too far outside of their comfort zone, which is good in the sense that it seems authentic and on-brand, but at the same time, their offerings can feel rather repetitive over time. I really love that they’ve been particularly inclusive in advertising and shade ranges for a very, very long time. — Christine via https://www.temptalia.com/rant-rave-becca-2/ |
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