Anastasia Pink Diamond Stick Highlighter Anastasia Pink Diamond Stick Highlighter ($ 34.00 for 0.28 oz.) Is a very light, almost white pink with a very reflective, smooth sheen. It had medium buildable pigmentation, as marketed, that applied well to bare skin or with the tip of your finger when working over foundation. When I used a brush over the foundation, the formula set too quickly and resulted in light stains.
The texture was light, thin, and slightly emollient, but dried quickly to a powder-like finish that didn’t sag when it cured, so I would recommend working on just one area at a time. It lasted a good seven and a half hours before it faded noticeably.
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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-gentle” consistency that “melts easily” on the skin. The coverage was described as “buildable” which was true – most shades were medium to semi-opaque, but the more emollient nature of the product made it bleed slightly during practice so they were more buildable after applying them to my face.
The consistency was slightly softening, 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 paintbrush 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
CALCIUM aluminum borosilicate, butylene glycol dicaprylate / dicaprate, dimethicone, isotridecyl isononanoate, polyglyceryl 2-triisostearate, polymethylsilsesquioxane, MICA, paraffin, synthetic fluorophlogopite, polyethylene, microcrystalline sorbitan, sorbitan acetate, 1,2-crystalline wax -HEXANEDIOL, CAPRYL / CAPRIC GLYCERIDE, TITANIUM DIOXIDE (CI 77891), IRON OXIDE (CI 77491)
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