Melt Cosmetics Radioactive Eyeshadow Stack
I wanted to share my Melt Cosmetics Radioactive Eyeshadow Stack with you. This is the new vegan eyeshadow stack from Melt. I purchased this recently and wanted to share my review and swatches, as well as some dupes with you too!
Melt Cosmetics Radioactive Eyeshadow Stack
Urban Decay Electric Palette press sample. Everything else purchased by me because I enjoy flinging money at beauty companies.
Where to Buy
Melt Cosmetics
Price
$48
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All swatches below applied with finger tips to back of my hand with no primer.
Radon (not approved for eye use)
This pressed pigment was inspired by a beautiful orange ribbon with pink reflects! Electrify your lipstick by adding a touch of this color on top!
This is a very pretty, very bright orange matte.
Neon
Brighten your eyes with this intense neon yellow with hints of gold specks!
This is one of the best yellow eyeshadow formuls that I’ve ever tried. It’s smooth and pigmented. The gold specks don’t really appear to be visible when worn on the lids. I think those specks make it a good formula that’s easier to work with than most yellows.
Xenon
This eye shadow packs an incredible electric lime punch!
Gorgeous! This is my favorite color in the stack. It’s a chartreuse yellow green with shimmer. It’s absolutely stunning!
Radioactive (not approved for eye use)
This pressed pigment is Hot! Hot! Hot! Pink! Try it on your lips for a powerful saturated pout!
A super bright hot pink.
I’ve also got several dupes and similar colors swatched for you on bare skin.
L to R – Sugarpill Dollipop – Radioactive – UD Savage – Viseart Hot Pink
To my naked eye, all of these hot pinks look the same. I think they all have good formulas too. Sugarpill Dollipop and Viseart Hot Pink are both eye safe. Radioactive and Savage are not approved for use in the eye area.
L to R – Sugarpill Flamepoint – Radon – UD Slowburn – Viseart Orange
None of the oranges are exact dupes for Radon. I think Flamepoint is more orange, whereas Radon has a touch more red. Slowburn and Orange are way more more red-toned, as well as being nearly identical to each other. I actually really love how Slowburn looks between all of these. Radon and Slowburn are not approved for use in the eye area. Flamepoint and Orange are eye safe.
L to R – Sugarpill Buttercupcake – Neon – Viseart Yellow
To me, all of the yellows look identical. I do think that Neon has the best formula of the 3 of them, though both Yellow and Buttercupcake are pretty good.
Row 1 – Viseart Light Green – Kat Von D Electric Warrior – Sugarpill Absinthe
Row 2 – Sugarpill Acidberry – Xenon – UD Thrash
To my eye, Xenon looks most similar to UD Thrash, though Kat Von D Electric Warrior is very similar, just much more shimmery. I love love love this color! Acidberry and Absinthe are more green-toned. Light Green is similar but more matte.
Some price breakdowns for you
- Melt Cosmetics Radioactive Stack – $48 for .327 oz (.082 oz each shade, 4 shades)($12 per eyeshadow)
- Viseart Editorial Brights Palette – $80 for .84 oz (.07 oz each shade, 12 shades)($6.66 per eyeshadow)
- Urban Decay Electric Palette – $49 for .4 oz (.04 oz each shade, 10 shades)($4.90 per eyeshadow)
- Sugarpill Loose Eyeshadow – $13 for .14 oz
- Sugarpill Pressed Shadow – $12 for .12 oz
- Kat Von D Electric Warrior – $21 for .10 oz
The Radioactive stack contains less product than the Love Sick or Dark Matter stacks. Those stacks are .125 oz per eyeshadow. A typical eyeshadow single is .05 oz and can range anywhere between $12-$22.
The Melt Cosmetics formula, in general, is really soft and powdery. The Radioactive formula is very powdery, more so than Love Sick or Dark Matter. However, I still think these are pretty. If you’re a fan of the Melt Cosmetics formula, you will love this stack. The one thing about the Melt formula is that because it’s so soft, it’s prone to flaking / chipping during shipping, which happened to my original stacks. (See my review here, though since my review, I’ve grown more accustomed to the formula and like it better)
If you already own the Urban Decay Electric Palette or the Viseart Editorial Brights Palette, you can probably skip the Radioactive stack, unless you can see nuances in the neons that I’m missing. If you love only one of the shades in the stack, you can probably skip and buy the single eyeshadows that are similar from either Sugarpill or Kat Von D.
If you don’t own the Electric or Editorial Brights palettes, this is a nice stack to add to your collection for brights and neons. If you’re a brights fan, you’ll probably love this stack.
Again, as a reminder, Radon (the orange) and Radioactive (the hot pink) are not recommended for use in the eye area, so that’s also something to take into consideration.
What do you think of the Melt Cosmetics Radioactive Eyeshadow Stack? How would you wear the neons?
See more!
- Urban Decay Electric Palette Dupes
- Urban Decay Electric Palette Review
- The Pale Girl’s Guide to Highlighting
- Urban Decay Spectrum Palette Review
I love Neons so thank you for letting me know about these. Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous!
Loved your video, like I said I’m adoring that chartreuse on you, that’s a color shade I could definitely see adding to my collection! And the other as blushes. You totally helped me up my game in mult-tasking, using blushes as eyeshadows, etc! I loved the survey too, I adore your blog so hard to find something to change, but it was great to put down what I loved. I tried to comment via your app, and it just said I was commenting as xustiysaoeauaeeuy some random thing even though it showed me as logged in through fb! Do you know why that could be? Also, is there a way to pin to pinterest from your app? XO Your skin is really looking gorgeous by the way!
Thanks so much for the dupe swatches! I was interested in this stack, but not sold since I have so many bright eyeshadows already. Looks like I have a close dupe for all 4 shades.
No problem! I thought that it might be helpful for people who didn’t want more dupes in their collection 🙂
I love how vibrant these are!
They’re so vibrant they’re blinding 🙂
Oh I love how bright these shades are! But I do have the Electric palette. I don’t own any Melt though – maybe I’ll check them out!
Unless you wear brights a ton, since you already have the Electric palette, you may want to skip Radioactive and go for the Love Sick stack.
The shades are completely beautiful! I can see me using the pink for a fun look for spring 🙂
They’re perfect for Spring!
wow, those shades can stop traffic for sure.
Yes, definitely eye catching brights!
I’m not sure my skintone can pull off neons but they are pretty to look at!
They’re definitely gorgeous!
Oh wow. Neons for sure
Haha, yes, super bright!
I’d go for more subdued colors but you know that!
You could wear a bright pink lip though 🙂
Oh my – wouldn’t you stand out in these colours! Really gorgeous.
Thanks Genevieve!
Ooh thanks for the comparison swatches! I love the bright colors.
No problem! I thought that would be helpful since I own so many brights!
I would not feel comfortable wearing these colors but I have to admit that they are gorgeous.
I think the green is probably the most universally wearable 🙂
WOW these are just bright and so beautiful.
Glad you like them Justina!
When Melt had their last sale, I picked up one of their stacks, and I’m eager to try it! I don’t think this one is quite for me, though. I can totally see you rocking it!
Can’t wait to see you do a look with the stack you grabbed!
I Just Adore these Gorgeous, Vivid Colors from Melt but I Have Always Like Fun, Bright, Funky Colors! I Just Think They are Really Fun to Play with and They Work Great as an Accent Color or as a Pop of Color with a Smoky Eye! These Colors Kind of Remind Me of the UD Electric Palette or the Lime Crime Eye Shadows! Thanks for Sharing Courtney! Hope You Enjoy the Rest of Your Day! – Jana
I like the idea of a bright smoky eye!
Oh Me Too Girl, Just Do a Smoky Eye then Put a Hint of Color in the Center of the Eyelid or in the Inner Rim!
Now those are brights! I love the stack ability of the Melts. Someday I want the neutral stack
Yeah the packaging is awesome
Wow, those colors look super cool!
They’re fun and bright, perfect for summer, Coachella, etc
Gorgeous, shadows. I wish UD Electric Palette had a yellow like that instead of that awful silver glitter.
“Everything else purchased by me because I enjoy flinging money at beauty companies” cracked me up.
Yeah that silver shade is not my favorite but the Electric Palette is still an amazing deal. Glad to make you laugh 🙂
really i love the silver glitter i use it as an inner corner highlight on my neon looks and it looks amazing