ColourPop 'Clay It Cool' Palette Review
This week, I am trying out the ColourPop “Clay It Cool” eyeshadow palette. It came out about a month ago. This palette caught my attention as a possible “dupe” for the Patrick Ta Major Dimensions II Rose Major Dimensions II Rose palette, or at least something with similar vibes, even if not an exact, shade-for-shade duplicate. The Major Dimensions II palette retails for $68 US, whereas Clay It Cool costs significantly less at $16 US. In addition, ColourPop runs sales much more often than Patrick Ta’s and Sephora’s websites, which is how I bought Clay It Cool for $11.20.
Looking at the two palettes side by side here, you can see some similarities. Even the layout is similar, and there is one cream shadow in the ColourPop palette (Knead U), as if they were trying to do something like the Patrick Ta palette, which contains two cream shadows. However, it's more obvious that Clay It Cool is much warmer leaning.
As a superfan of all shades pink and mauve, I have been coveting the Patrick Ta palette ever since it was released! However, the price is prohibitive for me right now. I know I don’t need it in any sense of the word and do have other rose-toned shades in my collection. When I saw this ColourPop palette, I waited because I didn’t need it, either, but I was still interested and went ahead and purchased it about a month after its release when it went on sale. (Don’t do what I do, kids!)
Upon getting the palette home and looking at it in person, I could immediately see how very, very warm-toned the shades are. I knew this would be a primarily warm-toned palette, despite the “Cool” in its name, but the pictures and reviews I had seen did not fully paint the picture of just how very warm this palette is! This palette is not “warm.” None of the shades have any pink or red in them at all. This is a straight-up ORANGE palette! Even the two shades that appear to have the strongest pink or red undertone to them, such as Mud Pot, Figurine, and Aphrodite, are still just orange shades!
The intense orange tone of all the shades became more apparent to me upon application. I did a lighter look and a more intense look using the deeper colors. For the first eye, I used High Fire, Motif, Earth Bae, Knead U, Body Talk, and Aphrodite. The shimmery shade “Motif” did not show up very well in my opinion, but the other colors were quite intense in both color and opacity.
For my second look, I used High Five, Biscuit, Mud Pot, Figurine, and Kiln It. Even though the tones are not my favorite, I likd this look more than the first as the shimmers were more intense and more flattering, I felt, despite the intense orange tone. They almost looked more bronze.
All the shades are intense in color and opacity except for Motif, which I had trouble building up. They look much more intense on the eye than they do on my arm swatches. It’s actually great quality, so it has that going for it. Anyone who loves oranges and is looking for a palette that won’t break the bank would likely love this one. However, if you’re looking for pinks and mauves with just a warm undertone, you will probably want to look elsewhere because this palette is not in any way rosy or pink! Although I do not have the Patrick Ta palette, I believe it has a mix of warm and cool rosy tones that this palette just does not.
That’s it for this week and thank you for reading!
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