Launch: ColourPop Mulan Collection

[Official ColourPop Email Promo]

Tomorrow, March 19-2020, ColourPop will launch it's Mulan collection in partner with the new live action film coming out by Disney. The movie was slated to come to theaters March-27, but due to COVID-19 and the shutdown of most movie theaters in America, Disney has since released a statement that the release date has been pushed back. That date is TBA, currently.

However, it looks like ColourPop is not going to hold back their launch and why should they? The movie is still going to come out, eventually, and shipping services are still active.

As always, the collection will launch at 10:00am PST online on their website: http://www.colourpop.com and will be a first come, first serve.

[Official Promo Image from ColourPop's Instagram]

The collection includes (see picture above):

• An eyeshadow palette that's a red-based neutral. The name is just "Mulan". 15 shades of mattes & shimmers. $22
• 2 powder blushes: "Matchmaker" & "Goodluck Charm". Both have a light gold pearl shimmer in them and are neutral warms. $12/each
• 1 Creme Lux Lipstick (regular lipstick): "Hua Mulan". $9
• 1 Lux Gloss (lipgloss): "Phoenix" which is a peachy-gold. $9
• 1 Lux Velvet Liquid Lipstick: "Strong Chi" which is red. $9

The collection also includes 2 DEBUTING products from ColourPop's sister brand: Fourth Ray.

• A gold lip mask (no name was given).
• Jasmine Face Milk that looks to arrive in a special limited edition Mulan bottle.

The full collection will be sold for $81. If you want the fancy PR box it's an extra $10, for a total of $99. The face bundle will be $17 and the lip trio will be $25.

My personal thoughts

I'm not overly excited about this collection. Yes, the packaging looks nice and has received very positive reviews, but I stopped buying make-up for the packaging a long time ago. Most of the time the art on the packaging is literally only on the actual box the product comes in, which I recycle asap, because who has room to store tiny, empty boxes? What little, if there is, any design on the actual products usually wears off in a month or less, because I am on-the-go so much. It's just not practical to me for so many reasons- storage, financially, waste.

For those in my life who will say: But you're Asian! Support! -Well, ColourPop is not an Asian company, so you're not really supporting the Asian community here. This is simply a matter of: do you want the make-up or not.

The only products I can see myself buying are the blushes. They will look good on my skintone and be good for spring, summer, and even into the warm fall we have in California. Plus, I am kind of in-need of blushes; my most recent trip led me to discovery this! And I do want the liquid lipstick, but do I really need another red liquid lipstick after I just bought 2?

The 1 thing I am curious about is the Jasmine Face Milk. I love Fourth Ray Face Milks and their White Tea is amazing! But having tried about 80% of them, I can tell you their not all made for everyone and there is very little information released on this Jasmine one, so I'll have to wait and see if it's something I even want.

General Statements

ColourPop has delivered on packaging as they always do with their Disney collabs. Honestly, I am really glad they have been gettting all the Disney licensing the last few years, because they just keep getting better and better! ColourPop quality is good too, so you really don't have to worry about that. The question is: Do you need more red? Do you need more neutral? - If reds and/or neutrals are your thing then go for it! This is for you! If you already have these or similar, there really isn't much special about these particular colors, in my opinion, so save your money if you have dupes. This collection reminds me of a lighter version of their Valentine's Day collection, and with back-to-back liquid red lipsticks being released by them (remember their Lunar New Year collection had 3 of them that all looked the same) it seems likely that this collection will sell more for nostalgia than anything else.

I personally will probably not buy anything on launch day, but rather wait until it gets a little discount as most ColourPop does. I really don't think this collection will sell out instantly like the Sailor Moon did or even as fast the Frozen 2 did. My only guess is the PR collection box will go within less than a week to collectors and maybe the lipsticks will sell out for packaging reasons, but the rest will probably be around for a while. The Jasmine Face Milk will also probably be permanent, but just won't have the Mulan bottle in the future, so no need to rush for that if the bottle isn't special to you. I will definitely be awaiting reviews and results on that though!

Let me know your thoughts in the comments and if you're going to pick anything up!

***Also, this article is being double posted on a new blog site that I'm testing out called HubPages. I would appreciate you checking out the article there too and letting me know if this format works better for you. I may be moving the blog completely to that site.

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