Phytosurgence Defiant Dahlia & Fractal Freesia Flash Florescence Reviews & Swatches
Defiant Dahlia
Phytosurgence Defiant Dahlia Flash Florescence Cream Shadow ($17.07 for 0.14 oz.) is a deep, choclaty brown with warm, reddish undertones and flecks of lighter gold sparkle over a more pearl-like sheen.
- Opaque coverage applied with fingertip
- More buildable coverage with a brush
- Lightweight, thin, emollient enough to spread but not settle into fine lines
- Long-wearing (10 hours without fading or creasing)
FURTHER READING:
Formula Overview
for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
- Sephora Antique Rose (PiP, ) is more shimmery (90% similar).
- Urban Decay Long Night (LE, $20.00) is more shimmery (85% similar).
- Viseart Bourbon (LE, ) is lighter, warmer (85% similar).
- Marc Jacobs Beauty On the Runway (LE, ) is warmer (85% similar).
- Too Faced Spiced Rum (LE, $16.00) is more shimmery, lighter, warmer (85% similar).
- MAC It’s a Texas Thing (LE, $17.00) is more shimmery, darker (85% similar).
- ColourPop Cherish (LE, $6.00) is more shimmery, lighter, warmer (80% similar).
Formula Overview
$17.07/0.14 oz. – $121.93 Per Ounce
The formula is supposed to dry down to a “budgetproof finish” that can be applied with “fingers or a brush” that can be used as an “accent colour” or “one and done” whether that’s at full coverage or diffused for a “wash of colour.”
They are pigmented in a single layer using a fingertip, but they can be built up with a fluffy brush or sheered out with fingertips or a fluffy brush for a sheerer wash of product if desired. The texture was a drier cream initially–very thin, lightweight, and had some emollience but didn’t feel wet to the touch. It had about 15 to 30 seconds of working time and then dried down to a powder-like finish that was transfer-resistant.
I found the formula easy to work with as the colors went on evenly, blended out nicely along the edges, and didn’t settle into fine lines/creases as they dried down. They wore eight to nine hours on me before creasing faintly.
Browse all of our Phytosurgence Flash Florescence Cream Shadow swatches.
Ingredients
Isododecane, Cyclopentasiloxane, Magnesium Myristate, Isododecane (and) Acrylates/Dimethicone Copolymer, Stearic Acid, Phenoxyethanol (and) Caprylyl Glycol. MAY CONTAIN/PEUT CONTENIR: Calcium Sodium Borosilicate, Titanium Dioxide (77891), Tin Oxide (77861), Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Silica, Mica (CI 77019), Iron Oxides (CI 77491, 77499, 77891), Ferric Ferrocyanide (ci 77510)
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.
Fractal Freesia
Phytosurgence Fractal Freesia Flash Florescence Cream Shadow ($17.07 for 0.14 oz.) is a medium, golden peach base with flecks of lighter gold sparkle that gave it a shiny, almost wet-looking, twinkle. It was described by the brand as having a “translucent base,” so the underlying sheerness was as claimed, and it was designed to be used as a “topper.”
- Semi-sheer, buildable coverage
- Lightweight, thin but emollient enough to spread evenly
- High-shine, wet-looking sparkle
- Long-wearing (10 hours without fading/creasing)
FURTHER READING:
Formula Overview
for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
- Too Faced Silk Teddy (PiP, $16.00) is lighter (95% similar).
- Huda Beauty Toffee Brown #2 (PiP, ) is warmer (95% similar).
- ColourPop Falling Up (LE, $6.00) is more shimmery, lighter, warmer (85% similar).
- Urban Decay Angel Fire (PiP, $19.00) is more shimmery, lighter, warmer (85% similar).
- ColourPop Mystical (LE, $8.00) is darker, warmer (85% similar).
- Kaja Champagne Cream (PiP, ) is more shimmery, warmer (85% similar).
- Bobbi Brown Oyster (LE, ) is more shimmery, darker, warmer (80% similar).
- Sephora Power (P, $10.00) is less shimmery, darker, warmer (80% similar).
- Wayne Goss Imperial Topaz #6 (PiP, ) is less shimmery, lighter, warmer (80% similar).
- Dominique Cosmetics Eternal Light (PiP, ) is more shimmery, darker, warmer (80% similar).
Formula Overview
$17.07/0.14 oz. – $121.93 Per Ounce
The formula is supposed to dry down to a “budgetproof finish” that can be applied with “fingers or a brush” that can be used as an “accent colour” or “one and done” whether that’s at full coverage or diffused for a “wash of colour.”
They are pigmented in a single layer using a fingertip, but they can be built up with a fluffy brush or sheered out with fingertips or a fluffy brush for a sheerer wash of product if desired. The texture was a drier cream initially–very thin, lightweight, and had some emollience but didn’t feel wet to the touch. It had about 15 to 30 seconds of working time and then dried down to a powder-like finish that was transfer-resistant.
I found the formula easy to work with as the colors went on evenly, blended out nicely along the edges, and didn’t settle into fine lines/creases as they dried down. They wore eight to nine hours on me before creasing faintly.
Browse all of our Phytosurgence Flash Florescence Cream Shadow swatches.
Ingredients
Isododecane, Cyclopentasiloxane, Magnesium Myristate, Isododecane (and) Acrylates/Dimethicone Copolymer, Stearic Acid, Phenoxyethanol (and) Caprylyl Glycol. MAY CONTAIN/PEUT CONTENIR: Calcium Sodium Borosilicate, Titanium Dioxide (77891), Tin Oxide (77861), Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Silica, Mica (CI 77019), Iron Oxides (CI 77491, 77499, 77891), Ferric Ferrocyanide (ci 77510)
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.