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The ColourPop Lost In Love Palette is a limited edition Valentine’s Day palette for 2024. It mainly consists of various pinks and one true red but also has some peach/orange/coral and berry shades. There are 6 mattes, 4 shimmers, and 2 pressed glitters. As far as I can tell from the outside of the palette and the box, it doesn’t seem that any of the shades are pressed pigments. Some of the deepest mattes left a tiny bit of staining on the skin during swatching, but none of the shades left my eyelids stained after use.
The size of the palette is like the ColourPop Fairy Well Palette, which is slightly larger than some of their older 12-pan palettes (like the So Very Lovely Palette) and has larger 26mm pans. The pans are magnetic and removable but are shallower in depth than regular single shadows from ColourPop and other brands.
Price: $18
Availability: ColourPop exclusive
Swatches
Falling – Pale pink shimmer without much of a base color. Particles are larger than fine shimmer but not super chunky/large.
Ever & Ever – Matte pale peach.
Totally Smitten – Pressed multicolored glitter in a sheer, shimmery pink base.
Dibs – Cooler-toned matte light pink.
All My Heart – Bright tangerine orange shimmer with a mixture of fine shimmer and larger sparkle and a sheer pinky-coral base color.
So In Love – Medium warm pink shimmer with lots of large silver sparkle. Lots of fallout from this shade.
Cupid Called – Very bright medium pink with fine shimmer.
Better With U – Pressed multicolored glitter in a sheer, shimmery peachy-gold base.
Amorous – Vibrant, matte coral-orange.
Fave Texts – Intense tomato red with a matte finish. This is a warmer red that doesn’t turn pink as it is sheered out.
Just Us – Pinky raspberry red with a matte finish. Feels a bit drier and grittier than the previous two mattes.
Yours Truly – Deep berry pink with a matte finish. Same drier/gritter feel as Just Us.
The mattes have good color payoff in general, with Ever & Ever being the sheerest but still pigmented enough. They are slightly drier in feel than other matte shadows I have, especially the two deepest shades, which are also a bit gritty. They apply to the lid with plenty of intensity right off the bat but can be easy to brush away with blending or when placing the shimmers/glitters over them. Using a primer helped them to adhere better and reduced the amount of dusting away that happened. Whatever I wasn’t able to prevent, I just fixed at the end of the look I was doing by layering on a bit more of any shade that got sheered out. I noticed this more with the deeper mattes than with the lighter ones.
The 4 shimmers vary slightly in finish and they also vary in the amount of fallout I get from them. The hot pink Cupid Called is the only one with all fine shimmer and almost no fallout. The one with the worst fallout was So In Love. Compared to other shimmer formulas I have, these aren’t quite as “creamy” or “buttery smooth”, but they apply with reasonable ease. For some, I find it helpful to apply them with a dampened brush or a fingertip to get a bit more color payoff and opacity out of them.
The 2 pressed glitters have a waxy texture that adheres to the skin without the help of any other product. The larger particles in both shades seem like they are basically the same coloring and look like they are duo chrome or multi chrome. The majority of the glitter particles are gold/orange/warm green and fewer of them are indigo/violet. Better With U, the warmer one, also has a tiny bit of green in it. Both have smaller shimmer particles as well. Totally Smitten has light pink shimmer and Better With U has light gold shimmer. When used on the lid, I don’t see a whole lot of the shimmery base unless I apply it very heavily. For the most part, I get a sheer overspray of warm-ish multicolored glitter.
Pros and Cons
Things I like:
- Fills some gaps in my collection. I don’t have much pink eyeshadow in general.
- Good variety of textures and depths to use it as a standalone palette.
- The pinky/orange theme instead of strictly pink and red is a nice change for a Valentine’s collection.
- Color payoff is pretty good overall. The two very lightest shades in the top row are the sheerest but still show up on me.
- The pressed glitters are easy to use. They adhere to the skin well by themselves without needing help from any other product. I also feel that I’m able to move them around if I don’t quite place them where I want at first. Fallout is mostly minimal.
- None of the shades stained my eyelids.
Drawbacks to consider:
- Some of the matte shades feel like they dust away easily during blending or when adding shimmers over top. Using a primer helped them stick to the lid better. After applying shimmer, I also would go and layer on a bit more of any matte shades that seemed to sheer out.
- The only shade with a lot of fallout was So In Love. The rest either had little to no fallout or a small/tolerable amount of fallout.
- The glitters take more effort to remove than the rest of the shades. When doing some of the glitter heavy looks, I felt the need to use an extra makeup remover wipe to make sure I got all the glitter off.
Worth Buying?
I think the price for this palette is actually really good for all that you get. Even if you don’t like the entire palette by itself, if there are enough shades in here you think you would like to have and use with other stuff you already own, it might be a good one to pick up. If you are someone that is very picky about quality and already have lots of stuff from indie brands, this is probably not going to do it for you quality-wise. Everything in here works well enough but you might just not really love it. Personally, I think it’s a fun little palette and worth the $18.
Looks
Look 1:
- ColourPop Party Proof Eyeshadow Primer
- Ever & Ever – Crease, lower lashline
- Falling – All over lid (dry brush/finger)
- Sydney Grace Snow Queen + Makeup Geek Vanilla Bean single shadows – Brow bone, inner corner
- Make Up For Ever Infinite Sand Liner – Waterline
- Winky Lux Detail Oriented Mascara – Upper and lower lashes
The lighter matte turned out lighter / pinker toned than I was expecting based on how it swatched. It has pretty good color payoff but I did build it up a little. Very easy blending, didn’t dust away easily, didn’t look chalky for being a lighter shade. The shimmer photographed nice and has kind of a unique light pink sparkle/reflect. It adhered decently well but I did use my finger to apply it more heavily for better payoff. There was a notable amount of fallout that I had to clean up but I don’t feel it was annoyingly excessive. Particles are larger than fine shimmer but not super chunky/large.
Look 2:
- ColourPop Party Proof Eyeshadow Primer
- Makeup Geek Vanilla Bean single shadow – Brow bone, inner corner
- Dibs – Above crease, center part of lower lashline
- Yours Truly – Liner, outer lower lashline
- Better With U – All over lid, layered over mattes along lower lashline
- Falling – Inner corner, brow bone
- Winky Lux Detail Oriented Mascara – Lower lashes
- Elf Lash Xtndr Mascara – Upper lashes
- Make Up For Ever Boundless Bisque Liner – Waterline
I used one of the pressed glitters here. On the upper lid, I mainly kept it on a bare part of the lid so I could see what kind of base color there was in it (not much really) and on the lower lashline I used it over some of the matte shades. I like the glitter better over something a little deeper to help it pop more. It has a waxy feel and it picks up and transfers easily to the lid with a flat brush. I got a few specks of fallout from it, but it mostly stays well on the lid and is pretty easy to move around if I don’t place it exactly how I want at first. I have no idea how it might lift deeper eyeshadow underneath or how it might affect wear time. Previous pressed glitters I’ve used from ColourPop have caused creasing quickly on me. Short take on the glitter: I like it.
I also used Falling again and I can see by how I used it, it’s one of those shimmers that has a more muted/tamped down reflect. It’s not super shiny but more glowy. I used it with a dry brush only and it adhered perfectly fine with not a ton of fallout. I think this shade has more fallout when I apply it with a finger.
Look 3:
- No primer, used whatever small amount of leftover concealer was still on my brush to pat over the lid
- Ever & Ever – Inner transition, inner lower lashline
- Dibs – Outer transition, outer lower lashline
- Yours Truly – Outer lid
- Amorous – Inner lid
- All My Heart – Center of lid (dry brush)
- Totally Smitten – Inner corner
- Winky Lux Detail Oriented Mascara – Upper and lower lashes
- Makeup Geek Vanilla Bean single shadow – Inner corner, brow bone
I applied the lighter mattes first and then went in with the deeper mattes, finding they didn’t want to adhere very well. I think it may be better to go the opposite way with the mattes in this palette. They were easy to brush away when blending or adding the shimmer over top. They don’t feel dry or thin though. I only used a dry brush to apply the shimmer on the center of the lid but I did spend some time layering it. I was tempted to use a setting spray but decided not to, to see how it would look in photos. It didn’t get much fallout and it ended up looking nice in the photos.
I applied the glitter way too heavily on the inner corner. It was pretty easy to move around but I couldn’t really go back and sheer it out after I applied too much. It has somewhat of a light shimmery pink base color behind the larger sparkles.
Look 4:
- No primer
- Anastasia Beverly Hills Baby Cakes single shadow – Brow bone, inner corner
- Just Us – All over lid/crease
- Amorous – Transition above outer crease
- So In Love – Center of lid (dry brush only)
- All My Heart – Lower lashine
- Winky Lux Detail Oriented Mascara – Upper and lower lashes
- Elf Lash Xtndr Mascara – Layered a bit over previous mascara on upper lashes for more volume
I went darker to lighter this time with the mattes and didn’t have as much of an issue with adherence. The shimmer on the lid has more chunky sparkle than All My Heart and I had much more fallout with it. It also felt a bit crumbly as I picked it up to use it on the lid. Shimmer on the lower lashline applied without any problems. Blending in general was easy but I did see a tiny bit of dusting away as I tried to use the orange above the crease, so I built the pinky-red shade up a bit once again afterward.
Look 5:
- ColourPop Party Proof Eyeshadow Primer
- Makeup Geek Vanilla Bean + Anastasia Beverly Hills Baby Cakes single shadows – Brow bone, inner corner
- Yours Truly – All over lid, crease
- Dibs – Lower lashline
- Better With U – Center of lid
- Totally Smitten – Center of lower lashline
- Winky Lux Detail Oriented Mascara – Lower lashes
- Elf Lash Xtndr Mascara – Upper lashes
Yours Truly did better applied this way without any other shadows preventing from adhering. I still had to pack it on a second time in some areas after using the glitter though. The glitter lifted the color a bit. I used a pencil brush to do all the blending around the edges. I usually use a flat shader but the only one I really like has white bristles and I don’t want to stain them with this color. Generally felt okay about the quality of most of this. I got kind of a lot of fallout from the glitter I used on the lower lashline. The other glitter didn’t have as much.
Look 6:
- ColourPop Party Proof Eyeshadow Primer
- Sydney Grace Snow Queen – Brow bone, inner corner
- Amorous – All over lid/crease
- Ever & Ever – Transition above crease
- All My Heart – Center of lid (wet brush)
- Amorous + Ever & Ever mixed – Base color for lower lashline
- Better With U – Layered over mattes on lower lashline
- Winky Lux Detail Oriented Mascara – Lower lashes
- Elf Lash Xtndr Mascara – Upper lashes
All My Heart went on much better with a wet brush but possibly looked a bit thick. Didn’t have much fallout from the glitter on the lower lashline. This looked more neon in photos than in person.
Look 7:
- ColourPop Party Proof Eyeshadow Primer
- Dibs – All over lid/crease
- Falling – Inner corner/brow bone (dry brush only)
- Totally Smitten – Center of lid
- So In Love – Lower lashline
- Winky Lux Detail Oriented Mascara – Lower lashes
- Elf Lash Xtndr Mascara – Upper lashes
Dibs performed like the darker mattes where it was easy to dust away and lift with the glitter, except that being lighter, it wasn’t as easy to notice this. I packed on some more toward to end to get it looking good again. None of the shimmer/sparkle/glitter shades had much fallout. Adherence was decent all around except for the issue with the matte.
Look 8:
- Don’t remember if I used primer here
- Ever & Ever – Inner lid/crease
- Fave Texts – Outer lid/crease, somewhat winged out
- Cupid Called – Lower lashline
- Make Up For Ever Boundless Bisque Liner – Waterline
- Danessa Myricks Tourmaline velvet pomade (from the Defining Neutrals Palette) – Smudged into upper lashes and winged out slightly
This last look was me trying to use the remaining 2 shades I hadn’t used yet. I wouldn’t have normally chosen to pair them together but that’s what I ended up with.