The texture was light, thin, and a bit emollient, but dried quickly and half dried to a powdery finish as soon as it came in contact with my skin. I would recommend using your fingertips to apply, especially over the foundation when the base products are being brushed up, and working one area at a time to ensure even application of the highlighter. 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-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, calcium aluminum borosilicate, dimethicone, isotridecyl isononanoate, polymethylsilsesquioxane, polyglyceryl-2-triisostearate, mica, paraffin, polyethylene, microcrystalline wax, synthetic fluorophlogopite, glycericaXHERicaXherryl ACC 1,2-HEXANEDIOL, TITANIUM DIOXIDE (CI 77891), IRON OXIDE (CI 77491)
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