I live by the mantra - 'Glow Big or Go Home', so when I received this palette by NYX a couple of weeks ago, it was literally the highlight of my day (geddit geddit hahaha)! The first thing that came to my mind was - this is huge. There is no way anyone can finish using this.
There are a total of 7 different highlighting shades to give you the ideal illumination, and is designed to achieve the 'strobing' highlight look.
Price
It retails at 19USD on the NYX website, and will soon be available in Singapore at Sephora!
Swatches
Texture
The texture is a little drier than I imagined, and not as 'velvety-smooth' as described on their website.
Finishing
Most of the highlighters are quite pigmented, but not to the extend where you have to be really careful with it.
I LOVE using no.5 on my cheekbones, as I find that warm peachy/champagne highlighters are the best for my skin tone. On days where I really want my cheekbones and nose bridge to pop, I will add a dose of no.3 or no.2 (the lighter colours) on the highest points of my face.
No. 4 and no. 6 are too dark to be used as highlighters for me, but I find that mixing the two gives a really nice rose gold colour that's perfect to use as an eyeshadow!
My least favourite is no.1. The shimmers and pearls in this yellow-gold highlighter are too chunky, and the formula is not as pigmented as the rest of the colours.
Longevity
My skin isn't very oily, so highlighters pretty much last the entire day for me! If I know I will be out till late, I will usually spray on either the Urban Decay All Nighter, or the NYX matte finish setting spray. Both of them are pretty good at keeping my makeup on point, and just kinda eliminate any powdery look, and blend everything together.
While I was swatching all these colours, I couldn't help but notice that the particular shade at the bottom left corner (no.5) looks really similar to TheBalm Mary-Lou Manizer, so I did a comparison swatch below!
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| Left: TheBlam | Right: NYX |
The texture of the two highlighters are quite different. TheBalm Mary-Lou Manizer feels a lot softer than the NYX's one, and is more pigmented. You can see that NYX's highlighter is just slightly peachier than TheBalm.
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| Left: NYX | Right: TheBalm |
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| Left: NYX | Right: TheBalm |
On my face, however, both of them are identical! Pretty stoked that the NYX's palette has one that is such a close dupe for Mary-Lou Manizer!
Overall thoughts
There are quite a lot of product in this palette, and for the price and quality, I would say it's definitely worth keeping a lookout for! It's a cool palette for serious highlighter freaks like myself, as you can experiment different combinations to find your perfect highlight shade. The possibilities are endless.
It's not as buttery-soft as other higher-end highlighters, but again, the pigmentation and the soft-focus effect it gives makes up (pun not intended) for it.
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