Anastasia Cognac Diamond Stick Highlighter Anastasia Cognac Diamond Stick Highlighter ($ 34.00 for 0.28 oz.) Is a dark, coppery brown with subtle, warm red undertones and lighter, gold pearls and micro-glitters that gave it a sparkling, satined sheen. It had less luminosity because of the random glitter particles showing up, so it wasn’t as flattering as other highlighters or even those within the range of the formula.
The consistency was slightly emollient at first, but turned into a powdery finish very quickly that doesn’t blend very well once it’s set, so you’ll want to work one cheek at a time. It had a semi-opaque, buildable pigmentation that inherently tended to peel something off during application. This shade did not harmonize as well as others in the range. When I applied it with my fingertips, I had no problem lifting the base products, but when I used a brush it was more likely to upset my foundation. It wore well for seven and a half hours before it visibly faded.
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Formula overview
$ 34.00 / 0.28 oz. – $ 121.43 per ounce
The formula is said to have an “adjustable glow” with an “ultra-smooth” consistency that “melts easily” on the skin. The coverage was described as “buildable” which was true – most of the shades tended to be medium to semi-opaque, but the more emollient nature of the product made it bleed slightly as I practiced, so they built up better once I started applying them in my face.
The consistency was slightly emollient, thin, and glides well, but dried quickly and had a powdery finish. It looked a little drier and wasn’t as flattering on my normal to dry skin as other cream-to-powder formulas, so it may be better for oilier skin types. I had no issues with the product lifting the foundation, so it worked fine on both bare skin and complexion products – as long as I used my fingertips to apply and blend.
Because of the fast drying time, I found fingertips to be the most flexible and easiest to apply the product. Using a brush made job more prone to unevenly, bunching up, or lifting base products. The formula lasted between seven and eight hours for me.
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ingredients
BUTYLEN GLYCOL DICAPRYLATE / DICAPRATE, DIMETHICON, ISOTRIDECYL ISONONANOATE, POLYMETHYLSILSESQUIOXANE, POLYGLYCERYL-2 TRIISOSTEARATE, CALCIUM ALUMINUM BORIOONTILICATE, HORIOHZYLATE, HORIOONTILICATE, HORIZYLATE, HORONTOSILICATE, SILICA, GLIMMER, HORONOSILICATE, PARAHORIZLATE, HORONONTILICATE, HORIOH -CANAL HEXANEDIOL, CAPRYL / CAPRIC GLYCERIDE, IRON OXIDE (CI 77491), TITANIUM DIOXIDE (CI 77891), IRON OXIDE (CI 77499)
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