22/05/2014

Sheer Sheen

If there's one thing I love besides blush on the cheeks, it's a good highlight. Though, what much else goes on the cheeks? Haha, but I do love me some glow on the cheeks, mainly because I love looking a bit healthier and more dewy. I also barely have any cheekbones, so I'll take anything I can get to make 'them' more prominent! Today I've got the Arbonne Sheer Glow Highlighter*, one thing of which I can say for sure - it lives up to its name.


















































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The highlighter is packaged in a slim, long tube with a nozzle. The nozzle makes it easy to control how much product you squeeze out.While I like the simple, sleek and clean branding and packaging, I feel like the packaging could feel more luxe to reflect its price ($56). Perhaps a bottle with a pump? 

The texture of this highlighter is quite thin and very lightweight feeling. The actual feel is a bit harder to describe. It's not creamy per se, but it does have a slippy, sheeny feel to it (if that makes sense). Before squeezing out the product, I'd recommend shaking the tube as I find it can separate a bit. Like I said, it lives up to its name. This product is very sheer. I hope you can tell the nature of this highlighter from the photos I've taken. When blended out fully-ish (last photo), you can see it doesn't give off a crazy amount of shimmer or sheen and that was using quite a liberal amount of product. Due to its sheerness, it doesn't multitask like a lot of other liquid highlighters. Where with others you could mix in with your foundation, or apply like a primer, with this one, it's much too sheer to really have much of an effect. The sheen is too subtle and is covered/overpowered by the foundation rendering it pointless. My favourite way of using this product is dotted and tapped onto the cheekbones with my fingers. I don't rub too much as I find tapping to glean the most shine from it while still blending it. That is what I love about its texture, it's so blendable and really looks seamless on the skin. You could also apply/blend with a stippling brush but then again it sheers it out.

Arbonne states that it suits all skintones and I would tend to agree, mainly because it's so sheer it doesn't give off much colour. You can see on my hand though that it gives off the slightest pinky-silver tinge. Like I said, there's really no shimmer or glitter to be found and really, it's just pure sheen. I think its redeeming quality is that it looks so natural and dewy and pretty. It really looks like you've got nothing on but that natural glow. I really do like using this on a lot of areas of my face: cheekbones, bridge of the nose, between the brows, chin. It's so subtly beautiful and natural looking which is why I think its sheerness can be forgiven.

Now this product ain't cheap, and it really depends on what sort of person you are. I only really use this for a singular purpose and while it fulfills that purpose beautifully, I'm not sure that I could justify that much money on a single product. It's definitely a nice-to-have item. If it's the au naturel glow you're after, and you can afford to splurge, then maybe this is the highlighter to check out!

*Product was sent for consideration.

18 comments:

  1. I would pretty much do anything to create the illusion of some beautiful cheekbones! Why I wasn't blessed with them naturally like my mother I'll never know but for now I stick with highlighting products as well! At the moment I use The Balm Mary Lo Manizer as a highlighter though a liquid one seems like a lovely alternative. This product looks divine for that, great post!

    Chantalle x
    ceceandgrace.blogspot.com.au

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    1. Me too haha! Well Asians are not typically blessed with good bone structure :( I love the Mary Lou Manizer - it's so gorgeous! Thanks!

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  2. It's a damn beautiful looking product but I don't know if I could fork out that money for this! I'm not the biggest fan of highlighting products so I'm very happy with the one that I have! Thanks for sharing!

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    1. I know right! It is very expensive so I'm so grateful to have been sent it.

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  3. Ooh~this product really gives a nice natural glow! And the packaging looks really simple but sleek which I really love, although a pump would be great since I have other products that are REALLY runny and the lid area gets so messy! I really want to try this product even though it's quite a splurge!

    Yige || Yet Another Makeup Blog.

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    1. This product isn't extremely liquidy, but I do think a pump would make it so much more luxe feeling! It is quite a splurge, though if you really like the idea of it, I think it will be worth it!

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  4. This gives such a beautiful, natural glow! Reminds me a bit of my RMS Living Luminizer, which is my all-time favourite highlighter :)

    -Jen

    www.vibrantbeautyblog.com

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    1. Ooh, I really want to try some RMS products, they sound amazing!

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  5. Definitely a gorgeous looking highlighter! Not something I would splurge on however but still want to try out, haha. Great review :)

    Deb | Debra Bros Blog

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    1. I agree, I will thoroughly enjoy using it though I don't think I would repurchase because it's so expensive!

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  6. Very nice glow that isn't super shimmery! I don't use highlighter a lot, maybe because I've been trying to cut down on the amount of product on my face but also because I haven't quite mastered the art of highlighting.

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    1. Yeah, I really like that it's not glittery or shimmery. I'm sure you'll get the hang of it with practice!

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  7. My jaw nearly dropped when I saw the price...DAMN they need to work on that packaging! This highlighter IS super pretty though, though I do have a tendency to use a stippling brush with my highlighters anyways. Highlight + blush = OTP OTP OTP

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    1. Yeah! It could defs be more luxe. I don't mind it with a stippling brush, but it's extremely subtle. OTP INDEED.

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  8. That's a bit expensive for my tastes. I still feel bad spending much on makeup when I get clothes that are cheaper... But boy does it look lovely. I'm a big fan of natural glow-typed highlighters over glittery ones. I'm just not a huge glitter fan.

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    bespectacled

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    1. I feel that, I really dislike chunky, or even vaguely obvious shimmer bits on the face.

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  9. Looks and sounds great, except for the price maybe, but on me this would just look awful and I know it. I have bad skin. Large pores, overactive oil glands but at the same time thirsty skin, acne, redness... this would just emphasize all that :-(

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  10. I can definitely imagine this underneath my make up! I'd imagine it'd give off that very natural dewy glow that is difficult to perfet! But the price is way too high, considering the amount of product you're getting. I personally don't think highlighters are something worth splurging on either!

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