Rose
Natasha Denona Rose Mini Cream Blush & Highlighter Duo ($19.00 for 0.141 oz.) is a new, miniature-sized cream and highlighter duo. The highlighter is a shade found in the original Super Glow range, which is a long-time favorite formula of mine (for those who like shiny highlighters!). The cream blush was underwhelming; it had random gold sparkle, which just seemed misplaced, while the actual texture was drier and a little thick/firm, so it wasn’t the most spreadable formula.
Ingredients
Rose
PPermanent. $19.00.
Rose
Rose is a medium pink with subtle warm undertones and flecks of gold sparkle strewn over a more matte finish. The texture was dense, overly firm, and tookmore effort to pick up with a fingertip or a brush; a fingertip was more consistent as getting an even application of coverage and blending it out as the warmth helped to make the product more malleable. It applied best on top of something that was more emollient, e.g. not matte foundation. It lasted for eight and a half hours before fading a bit.
- Huda Beauty Caring Coral (02) (P, $21.00) is cooler (90% similar).
- Coloured Raine Damage Control (Blush) (LE, ) is darker, cooler (85% similar).
- Wayne Goss Sweetened (PiP, ) is less shimmery, lighter (85% similar).
- Tarte Decked Out (LE, $29.00) is less shimmery, brighter, warmer (85% similar).
- ColourPop Whistle While You Werk (LE, $8.00) is less shimmery, lighter, cooler (85% similar).
- ColourPop Swirled (PiP, $8.00) is lighter, cooler (85% similar).
- ColourPop Truffle Shuffle (LE, $8.00) is cooler (85% similar).
Ingredients
ISOSTEARYL NEOPENTANOATE, MICA, POLYURETHANE-44, COPERNICIA CERIFERA CERA (COPERNICIA CERIFERA (CARNAUBA) WAX), CANDELILLA CERA (EUPHORBIA CERIFERA (CANDELILLA) WAX), ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE, SILICA, DIMETHICONE, TRIETHOXYCAPRYLYLSILANE, SYNTHETIC FLUORPHLOGOPITE
+/- CI 77891 (TITANIUM DIOXIDE), CI 19140 (YELLOW 5 LAKE), CI 15850 (RED 7), CI 77491 (IRON OXIDES), CI 75470 (CARMINE), CI 42090 (BLUE 1 LAKE).
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Rose
PiPPermanent in Palette.
Light-Medium (02)
Light-Medium (02) is a light-medium gold with warmer undertones and a high-shine, luminous finish. It had semi-opaque, buildable color coverage with a smooth, moderately firm texture that picked up readily with a tapered highlighting brush. The powder applied evenly to bare skin and diffused well along the edges without emphasizing my skin’s natural texture. It wore well for nine hours before fading noticeably.
FURTHER READING:
Formula Overview
for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
- Anastasia Wish (LE, ) is more shimmery (90% similar).
- MAC Heaven in Your Smile (LE, ) is less shimmery (90% similar).
- theBalm Mary-Lou Manizer (PiP, $24.00) is darker, warmer (90% similar).
- Natasha Denona Light (01) (P, $38.00) is less shimmery (90% similar).
- Fenty Beauty Fire Crystal (PiP, $36.00) is darker (90% similar).
- ColourPop Double Down (LE, $8.00) is less shimmery (90% similar).
- NABLA Cosmetics Ozone (P, $26.00) is less shimmery (90% similar).
- Marc Jacobs Beauty Make a Sheen (LE, ) is less shimmery (90% similar).
- Anastasia Moonstone (LE, ) is lighter (90% similar).
- Tarte Authentic (LE, $28.00) is darker (90% similar).
Formula Overview
$38.00/0.35 oz. – $108.57 Per Ounce
The formula is supposed to be a “super-soft powder” that “mimics skin’s natural texture for a slick, seamless finish that won’t settle in fine lines” while creating a “multidimensional glow” and “glass-like sheen.” The powder has a denser consistency with slight slip and creaminess, but it definitely feels like a powder.
The three shades available had semi-opaque to opaque coverage in a single layer with a strong, metallic sheen and a lot of shine–more reflective and shiny than shimmer in texture, but it was a mega-watt kind of glow. It worked well with standard, tapered highlighting brushes without having to use a light or heavy hand with it. The highlighters applied evenly, blended out easily, and lasted for eight to nine hours on me.
Browse all of our Natasha Denona Super Glow Highlighter swatches.
Ingredients
MICA, DIMETHICONE, POLYMETHYLSILSESQUIOXANE, POLYSORBATE 20, ZINC STEARATE, DIISOSTEARYL MALATE, CAPRYLYL GLYCOL, PHENOXYETHANOL, SODIUM DEHYDROACETATE, POTASSIUM SORBATE, TIN OXIDE, HEXYLENE GLYCOL, RICINUS COMMUNIS SEED OIL, SODIUM HYALURONATE, HYDROGENATED CASTOR OIL [+/-] MAY CONTAIN CI 77891 (TITANIUM DIOXIDE), CI 77491 (IRON OXIDES), CI 77492 (IRON OXIDES), CI 77499 (IRON OXIDES)
Disclaimer: Ingredient lists are as available by the brand (or retailer)
at the time of publishing. Please always check product packaging, if it exists, for the ingredient list applicable
to the product you’re purchasing, or the brand or retailer’s website for the most up-to-date ingredient list.