Anastasia Bubbly Stick Highlighter Anastasia Bubbly Stick Highlighter ($ 34.00 for 0.28 ounces) is a light to medium gold with moderate, warm undertones and a soft sheen. It had medium buildable pigmentation that was marketed as that applied nicely to bare skin as it blended evenly and didn’t emphasize the natural texture of my skin.
When working with over-foundation, I didn’t like a brush as it tended to push the product around and lift base products, but I had no problem applying the product to the foundation with a fingertip. The texture was smooth, slightly emollient, and dried to a powdery finish that didn’t move as easily after drying. It took eight decent 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-gentle” consistency that “melts easily” on the skin. The opacity 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 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
Butylene glycol dicaprylate / dicaprate, dimethicone, isotridecyl isononanoate, polymethylsilsesquioxane, polyglyceryl-2-triisostearate, mica, calcium-aluminum-borosilicate, paraffin, synthetic fluorophlogopite, polyethylene, microcrystalline wax, sorbitol, sorbitol, sorbitol, sorbitol, sorbitol, sorbitol, alcohol, capifera, alcohol acetate, capifera-alcohol, capifera-alcohol / CAPRIC GLYCERIDE, 1,2-HEXANEDIOL, TITANIUM DIOXIDE (CI 77891), IRON OXIDE (CI 77491)
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