Wet 'n' Wild Halo Walkers MegaGlo Highlighting Powder Review & Swatches
Halo Walkers
Wet ‘n’ Wild Halo Walkers MegaGlo Highlighting Powder ($4.99 for 0.19 oz.) is a light-medium blue with subtle, cool undertones and a sparkling, metallic finish. The texture was a bit looser with larger, chunkier sparkles, which were more visible on the skin (so you’ll want to love yourself some glitter in your highlight!). It had a sparkling, metallic sheen that didn’t emphasize my skin’s natural texture, and it read more icy white (cool, bluish white) than light-medium blue when applied and diffused on my cheekbones–very appropriate for the Ice theme of the launch. It applied fairly evenly and blended out without too much effort, but the formula wasn’t as good as some of the past MegaGlo Highlighters have been. It wore well for eight hours on me before it started to fade noticeably.
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
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Formula Overview
$4.99/0.19 oz. - $26.26 Per Ounce
The formula is supposed to be “highly pigmented” with a “silky smooth” texture that is “easy-to-blend.” The shades ranged from semi-opaque to opaque typically with smooth, denser textures that weren't stiff or difficult to work with. A couple of shades seemed a touch drier in the pan but did not appear dry on my skin usually. They blended out nicely and lasted around eight hours on average.
Browse all of our Wet 'n' Wild MegaGlo Highlighting Powder swatches.
Ingredients
Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Dimethicone, Boron Nitride, Trimethylsiloxysilicate, Octyldodecyl Stearoyl Stearate, Silica, Ethyl Macadamiate, Polysorbate 20, Phytosteryl Macadamiate, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Phenoxyethanol, Sorbitan Stearate, Caprylyl Glycol, Tin Oxide, Magnesium Aluminum Silicate, Hexylene Glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Water/Eau, o-Cymen-5-ol, Polyacrylamide, Tocopheryl Acetate, C13-14 Isoparaffin, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Laureth-7, Lauroyl Lysine, Tocopherol, [+/- (MAY CONTAIN/PEUT CONTENIR): Iron Oxides/CI 77499, Mica, Titanium Dioxide/CI 77891].
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I guess if you had the kind of skintone that would suit this shade, it would be a relevant purchase of this offering to see if it worked for you.
I like blue highlighters. This one is a bit more glittery than I expected, but I think it’s still pretty.
You ever see something that just looks so beautiful….in the pan? If I could get away with wearing this shade *somewhere*, I would! Sad to say, I don’t know that I could even do this as an eyeshadow. In the pan, I swear I’m seeing a purple flash of some sort… ?
I really wanted to like this. It’s so pretty in the pan and I thought just maybe it could work, but blue on the cheeks just doesn’t look right to me.
I posted about this highlighter in another thread, not realizing this was here. I finger-swatched this highlighter and also used it with a brush (inner corner of eye, cheekbones) and it’s two completely different animals with two different modes of application. I actually like both for different purposes.
It’s the perfect subtle icy highlight when applied with a loose, soft brush and buffed. Applied with a finger to moisturized skin, it’s very dimensional and liquid-looking, shifting between arctic ice blue and periwinkle.
FWIW, I get no visible sparkles when I do the brush and buff method (I’m using the smaller brush in the Japonesque Must Have Complexion Brush Duo set).