Hey Guys, Today's post is all about Smashbox's collaboration with make up artist Vlada Haggerty who has created a gorgeous rose gold collection, from highlighters to eyeshadow palettes & liquid lipsticks. Me being obsessed with highlighters I had to grab one from the collection and I went with Gilded Rose. The highlighter is available from Smashbox's website & Boots. Retailing for £30. The packaging for this collection is one of the best I have seen. The highlighter is absolutely beautiful, it's a metallic rose gold metal and really does catch your eye. It's truly beautiful, probably the best packaged highlighter I have ever owned! The weight of this product is quite hefty, feels very luxurious and high quality. Not only is the packaging out of this world beautiful but the actual highlighter itself is pressed into a rose to match the outside. I almost didn't want to ruin it by using it! On to the actual formula and performance of the highlighter. The formula of the highlighter is a gel to powder formula which gives it a really smooth and soft texture. The formula was very flattering and impressive, it didn't emphasis any imperfections on the skin but rather blended into the skin perfectly. The shade I purchased was Gilded Rose; which is a subtle gold with champagne reflects, giving off a slightly pink sheen as it reflects the light. Now although I really do like this highlighter to me it was slightly underwhelming at first, I was expecting to be blinding to the gods but instead when I first applied it definitely is a more natural/day time kind of glow. Once I played around with it and layered it a few times it gave me more of a glow that I was looking for. It is still quite a conservative highlight and much more subtle than I usually wear. However I have found myself going to it everyday for day time make up, its always good to have a more subtle highlight in the collection right?! You can also make it more intense by wetting your brush with some setting powder before picking up the highlighter, or use the end of a damp beauty blender for an even more intense pick up. The above picture is a swatch of the highlighter both with a flash (top picture) and without the flash (bottom picture). So my final thoughts, the packaging is absolutely beautiful and really luxurious. I think I'll use it as a compact mirror when the highlighter is finished! The inside was just as gorgeous. The formula makes this one of the softest I have tried, it applies like a dream, it sits so naturally on my skin, it just blends so perfectly. No texture is visible and it catches the light beautifully, lasting all day perfectly. It is a subtle highlighter but if that's what you want or what you go for then you'll love this. If subtle highlighters aren't your thing then I would give this one a miss. Although I was a little underwhelmed to start with once I accepted it was a more subtle highlighter I fell in love with it and have used it for daytime make up non stop! So all in all I would give it a 7/10 but I'm definitely glad I have added it to my collection! Until Next Time,
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