Becca Light Year (4) Light Shifter Dewing TintBecca Light Year (4) Light Shifter Dewing Tint ($ 30.00 for 1 ounce.) Is a lighter, warm brown with warmer, yellow undertones paired with a bright, moderately moist finish – it was both bright and very subtle pearlescent. Most of the product dried out, although it was not completely transfer-safe, so it retained a somewhat “wet” gloss and did not appear excessively shimmering when used on all sides or as a more targeted highlighter.
The texture was light, spreadable, and easy to blend to use anywhere or apply to cheekbones – both bare skin and base products. It felt more like a gel-cream that I’ve always found to be the most versatile to spread, but definitely falls off noticeably. It had sheer coverage when applied to all of my skin, while I had a semi-transparent, buildable (to about medium) coverage when patted on my cheeks as a glowing bronzer (based on my skin tone). It stayed a good eight and a half hours as a highlighter and nine hours as the basic product.
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Formula overview
$ 30.00 / 1 oz. – – $ 30.00 per ounce
It is described as a “pure tinted moisturizer” so the shades are “flexible” while also giving an “ultra-moist finish”. When I saw the promotional video and looked through the ingredients list, it was very reminiscent of other tinted bulb products that are often billed more as luminizers than tinted moisturizers. I initially bought the three shades that are closer to my skin tone in case they are actually more tinted moisturizers than luminizers, but I would definitely say they are tinted luminizers.
The brand states it can be used on the “highlights” for “targeted radiance” or “all over the face for maximum moisture”. Wearing it all would give a very glossy, glowing finish that would probably be “too much” for some (although it is certainly perfect for some). I think it’s cheap compared to other bulbs to be used as highlighter, mixed with moisturizer / primer, or used anywhere, like Charlotte Tilbury Hollywood Flawless Filter (which has a thinner consistency and higher amount of pearls) or AURIC Glow Lust (which has a thick consistency, shiny rather than moist).
The consistency was like a light gel cream – not too runny, but not too thick or too heavy, so it spread lightly over the face for full coverage, but on the highlights of the foundation (over bare skin or on) could be tapped on top of the foundation) without inclining to lift it.
The cover was almost to half sheer when I tried applying it all over my face as it spread quite well, and I was able to achieve a half sheer buildable cover if I patted it on the highlights of my face with a fingertip. It was plain when it was expected to be mixed with basic products. However, it is most flexible when used mixed with something, and you should adjust more closely to the undertone than the depth for overall use.
It was worn for eight to nine hours before it looked worn and faded when used on its own or as a standalone highlighter (on cheekbones, bare skin).
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ingredients
Water / Aqua / Eau, hydrogenated didecene, glycerine, propanediol, isoamyl laurate, squalane, cetyl-PEG / PPG-10/1-dimethicone, soybean glycerides, hydrogenated styrene / isoprene copolymer, polyglyceryl-4-isostearate, sodium chloride, butyper) Not saponified Substances, disteardimonium hectorite, caprylylglycol, 1,2-hexanediol, disodium EDTA, sodium hyaluronate, glycyrrhiza glabra (liquorice) root extract, camellia sinensis leaf extract, ascorbyl palmitate, pentaerythrityl, phenyl acetate, oxyacetyl acetate, phenyl acetate hydroxide hydroxide, BHThrityl-tetra-hydroxide [+/- Mica, Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Bismuth Oxychloride (CI 77163), Iron Oxides (CI 77492), Iron Oxides (CI 77491), Iron Oxides (CI 77499)].
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