Review : Benefit Cosmetics Watt's Up Highlighter

Product Description
Any complexion can achieve a luminous sheen with this smooth applicator. A soft focus highlighter, it creates a long-lasting and well-defined appearance. Apply this on its own or over your makeup to doll yourself up even more. You can also use this versatile makeup to sculpt your cheeks and brow bone.

I received a 2.5g travel sized Benefit Cosmetics Watt's Up Highlighter as a birthday gift from Sephora some time back. It is small, portable and travel-friendly. I brought it along for my travels, so that I can look "glowy" in photos or for that no-makeup makeup look. The mini size does not come with the sponge applicator as shown above but it lasts for quite a long while, since I only use it on my cheeks.

Benefit Cosmetics recommendation : 
Apply the highlighter on your cheek and chin and blend.
Repeat the process under the eyes, above the brows and on the brow bone to brighten your look.

Creamy in texture with a golden champagne colour, it suits well on my fair skin. There is no glitter or greasy look, but a subtle pearly sheen that makes my skin look better than it actually is. It is sheer and so natural-looking that you can even wear it to school without anyone realizing it.

I usually like to apply Watt's Up Highlighter on those bare make-up look days where I only had BB Cream and Loose Powder for that soft dewy glow effect. I will glide the highlighter on the top of my cheeks and use my fingers to blend.

I also use it on days where I will apply blusher, and the highlighter would be the last step for that well-defined sculpted cheeks appearance.

Where To Purchase : Shopee | Amazon.
Benefit Cosmetics Watt's Up Highlighter
Benefit Cosmetics Watt's Up Highlighter ( mini size )
Benefit Cosmetics Watt's Up Highlighter ( Shopee )

Benefit Cosmetics Watt's Up Highlighter scored 4 from 276 users on Makeupalley.

Review : The Body Shop Radiant Highlighter

Product Description
To enhance skin's natural radiance and create glowing accents for healthy-looking skin.

What it is designed to do:

• Contains light-reflective particles to help reduce the appearance of imperfections and fine lines
• Vitamin E complex and Community Trade aloe vera to help soothe the skin.
• Panthenol smoothes, softens and conditions skin.

I purchased the The Body Shop Radiant Highlighter at a The Body Shop sale some time back. A little goes a long way, so the 10ml size actually lasts me for quite a long while.

The highlighter has a lovely lightweight creamy texture that dispenses easily from the handy and portable tube. Pink-toned with very light-reflective particles, it imparts a natural and subtle glow and I like to use it on the cheekbones to get that soft luminous glow.

One of my favourite celebrity make-up artist, Lisa Eldridge recommends this highlighter as well. Watch the video below, to know more about highlighting the face.

The Body Shop Radiant Highlighter scores 3.1 from 22 users on Makeupalley.

Source : TBS

Review : Guerlain Metorites Travel Touch Voyage Powder Mythic

Product Description

All the know-how of Météorites concentrated in an evanescent and extremely light loose powder in an adorable powder case... With its soft mini powder puff, Météorites Travel Touch slips into any handbag and goes anywhere, while keeping the powder protected. Stardust that delights women on the go who love freedom and adventure.

The complexion is luminous and translucent, as if enwrapped in a silken veil. It glows with freshness, as if you just took a walk in a fabulous countryside. The one shade, Mythic, offers universal radiance and a naturally illuminated complexion.

I bought the Guerlain Meteorites Miniature Travel Touch $88 at DFS Changi Airport sometime back. Considered as a limited edition, it consists of 2x5g of Mythic 01 and Golden Shimmer 04.

I don't really splurge on high-end make-up as good skincare is my No. 1 concern so this is actually my very first Guerlain product and I really like how it looks on my skin.

A travel-ready compact, it is a silky-soft loose powder version of the iconic Météorites Pearls that provides a glowing, translucent finish. It helps erase shine, leaving a matte texture to the skin, while concealing imperfections. It is said that the 01 Mythic color blend offers correction and natural illumination for your complexion.

As shown in the picture above, the packaging comes as a loose powder container/jar, with a built-in sponge applicator. I feel that the applicator picks up a lot of the powder and it is recommended to tap it on the back of your hands before applying on the face. I prefer to use a kabuki brush to pick up some of the powder from its built-in sponge application and then brush it all over my face, as a finishing powder.

On its own as a loose powder, it doesn't conceal or provide any coverage because the powder is so sheer, so I prefer to use it as a last touch to give my face an all-over radiance. It blurs imperfections and provides that radiance with a diffused luminosity glow. It doesn't oxidise and seems to work better with time. In fact, my skin looks even better at the end of the day.

Unfortunately, I can't say the same for its packaging. Considering the brand and the price as well as how infrequent I use it, I am dismayed that the sponge tore and crumbles making the jar looks like such a mess. When I pulled out the sponge applicator from the container/jar, I have to find something to cover the hole where the powder comes from. There isn't any replacement jar for it, so I just have to decant it to another jar.

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Review : Benefit High Beam

Product Description
Our satiny pink liquid highlighter accents cheek and brow bones for a radiant glow. Use as a spot highlighter or delicately blend all over your complexion. Looks perfectly radiant on all skintones. It's the "supermodel in a bottle"!

How To Apply :
- Dot and blend over makeup on to cheek and brow bones, or anywhere you want a glance to linger.
- To add soft definition to your nose, apply high beam down the bridge of your nose and blend

Benefit High Beam is the celebrity makeup artist's secret... it is a satiny pink highlighter that creates a young, radiant, fresh complexion on all skin tones. You can use it as a spot highlighter or blend it all over your complexion. This soft-focus sheen is enticing and sexy!
# Voted "best luminising lotion/cream" by In Style magazine
# Voted "best face illuminator" by Women's Health and Fitness magazine

I owned a miniature sized High Beam, as part of a palatte which I bought from USA sometime back. I always find Benefits' product names zany, fun and cheeky.
This liquid highlighter is one of my favourites. I do not use it on a daily basis, just on weekends or when I remember it.

I am no highlighter expert, in fact while I like the idea of using highlighter, I don't quite see the WOW effect on me generally, than how I see it on others.
However, using this liquid highlighter has been easy-peasy. Simply dot 3 dots on the high points of your cheekbones and on your brow bones and viola!, you looked radiant instantly.
Alternatively, you can also mix it in with your favourite moisturiser for an all over face glow.

I love how this highlighter imparts a subtle luminous glow to the skin with just a few dots on the cheekbones and brow bones. I don't use it as an all over face glow, in order to reduce the likelihood of bringing attention to my imperfect areas.
The colour is a lovely light pink with a pearly glow and there is no glitter involved, just some slight shimmers. The texture is concentrated and thick so don't overdose on it and note that you need to do the blending quickly because once it dries up, the end-result may look patchy and unnatural.

The bottle comes with a brush on the applicator but I usually use it to dab on my fingertips before applying it bit by bit to my face using my fingers.
It scored 4.1 from 1109 users on Makeupalley

While I really like the highlighter, I can't say it suits me well, because I have slight pigmentation on the cheeks and this product tends to highlight it which is perfectly logical since its a highlighter in its own right. And I cannot use it on the bridge of the nose since I have combination skin, and it may accentuate the oiliness.
So what I usually do, is to use it sparingly, slightly away from my pigmentation, on the high points of my cheeks as well as on the brow bones.

Source : Benefit , adorebeauty