Haus Labs Chocolate Opal Bio-Radiant Highlighter Review & Swatches
Chocolate Opal
Haus Labs Chocolate Opal Bio-Radiant Highlighter ($40.00 for 0.42 oz.) is a rich, coppery brown with warm, red undertones and a smooth, luminous sheen.
- Opaque coverage
- Gel-powder formula: firm but not stiff
- Picked up well with dry brush, blendable
- Long-wearing (9-10 hours was typical)
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
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Formula Overview
$40.00/0.42 oz. - $95.24 Per Ounce
The formula is supposed to apply "seamlessly" with "radiant, next gen glow" that lasts for "up to 12 hours." It featured a gel-powder hybrid formula, so the feel of the powder was on the firmer side, but it wasn't stiff. There was no powderiness, and I had no issues picking up product with more feathery, less-dense fan brushes or more traditional tapered highlighting brushes.
The shades were typically semi-opaque to opaque in coverage and easily applied with a lighter hand. The powder sat well on bare skin as well as on top of foundation, and it had a "melted" look that helped the powder sit seamlessly. They wore nine to 10 hours on me, so not quite the 12-hours claimed but longer-wearing than average.
Browse all of our Haus Labs Bio-Radiant Highlighter swatches.
Ingredients
Mica, Cetearyl Ethylhexanoate, Hdi/Trimethylol Hexyllactone Crosspolymer, Silica, Glycerin, Pseudozyma Epicola/Sunflower Seed Oil Ferment Extract Filtrate, Arnica Montana Flower Extract**, Squalane, Actinidia Polygama Fruit Extract, Tocopherol, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Tocopheryl Acetate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Gellen Gum, Caprylyl Glycol, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Calcium Chloride, Butylene Glycol, Dicalcium Phosphate, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-Di-T-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate, 1,2-Hexanediol, Polysorbate 20, Aqua (Water, Eau), Ci 77491 (Iron Oxides), Ci 77891 (Titanium Dioxide). **Fermented
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Woah.
I’m still not purchasing anything from celebrity brands – especially the ones that feel very “the money men did all the work and now we just need you to sign the contracts and have your photo taken so we can pretend you were involved AT ALL during any part of the process”, with this brand being no exception.
However. That’s a luscious highlight that I’m dying to see on a deep skintone.
Especially since it was a financial decision to dump their ill-fated Amazon deal and partner with Sephora. This product is glorious. So many similar shades wind up looking dirty at the trailing edge., even with expert buffing. I think what you do. The celeb may approve and maybe even give suggestions. But the ultimate decision lies with R&D and the bottom line/margins. The same goes for perfumes. Arianna does not concoct and mix in a lab. A nose does. The finance guys come in, and if they say ok, AG can also say ok. I doubt that the celebs even have veto power. I cannot imagine that J Hill actually approved those dreadful/controversial lipsticks. Look what a hit her reputation took.
Even though I definitely realize that this was made to be a highlighter for those with richer skintones, I so want this one to use as a glowy bronzey-blush! It is absolutely gorgeous!
What a rich colour and so beautifully finished.
Sooo NICE! Hmm, on sale on day, a big maybe.