Golden Sand
Huda Beauty 3D Highlighter Palette
Huda Beauty Golden Sand is a limited edition cheek palette that retails for $45.00 and contains 1.1 oz.
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Huda Beauty Golden Sand 3D Highlighter Palette ($45.00 for 1.10 oz.) includes one cream highlighter and three powder highlighters housed in a slim, cardboard palette (no mirror). Each highlighter has quite a bit of product--it's a substantial size for a cheek palette. The brand released two versions (the other is Pink Sand), though I was surprised they weren't more dissimilar. The Pink Sand version is supposed to be lighter skin tones with the Golden Sand version for medium and dark skin tones.
The cream highlighter had more pigmentation than the average cream highlighter, but the formulation was incredibly dense, thick, and difficult to blend out or use; it was extremely challenging to use it over any base products as it caused it them to break down and move around a lot. The powder formula was smooth but dense, and they needed a heavier hand or a denser brush to get even coverage and color onto the skin.
The cream formula is described as a "pearlescent creamy formula" that will create a "flawless, lit-from-within canvas" and is ideal for layering with powders, though it can also be used "on its own for [a] dewy and natural" effect. The powder highlighters can be used alone or together and are merely described as "light-catching." The palette is designed so you can build the level of luminosity from subtle to over-the-top. I felt like the cream highlighter definitely gave a more natural sheen, but the three powder highlighters were all quite frosted to metallic and layering any over the cream base made them just as shimmery, if not more so.
Golden Sand
LELimited Edition. $45.00.
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Inspired by Huda Kattan’s hack of layering oil with powder highlighter to amplify her glow, this palette is packed with two different textures. The Melted Strobe, a pearlescent creamy formula enriched with karite butter, creates a flawless, lit-from-within canvas for layering powders. The three, light-catching pressed pearls are staggered in complimentary tones to give you sculpted, 3D radiance. With effortless blendability and layering power, this palette lets you build and sculpt your highlight to a desired level of radiance—from subtle, natural radiance to an all-over glow.
