Pat McGrath Venusian Nude Sublime Skin Highlighter Review & Swatches
Venusian Nude
Pat McGrath Venusian Nude Sublime Skin Highlighter ($60.00 for 0.42 oz.) is a richer, golden copper with warm, more orange undertones paired with lighter, rosy-copper sparkle and shimmer throughout.
- Semi-opaque, buildable pigmentation
- Moderately-dense, smooth feel, best with dense brush
- Applied evenly and blended out well, “melted” on skin a bit
- Long-wearing (8.5 hours)
Top Dupes
- MAC Dima's Glow (LE, $42.00) is less shimmery (95% similar).
- ColourPop Freak Like Me (DC, $12.00) is cooler (95% similar).
- Inglot J203 Luminous (LE, $23.00) is darker (95% similar).
- Milani Sunset Glow (P, $10.00) is less shimmery, cooler (95% similar).
- NARS Galet (LE, ) is less shimmery (95% similar).
- Tarte Candlelight (LE, ) is less shimmery (95% similar).
- bareMinerals Fierce (P, $29.00) is lighter (95% similar).
- Tarte Daygleam (P, $28.00) is less shimmery, cooler (95% similar).
- Coloured Raine My Day One (Highlighter) (LE, ) is cooler (95% similar).
- MAC Just Whitney (LE, $42.00) is less shimmery (95% similar).
Ingredients
Venusian Nude
LELimited Edition. $60.00.
A-
A-
9
Product
9
Pigmentation
9
Texture
9
Longevity
5
Application
91%
Total
I’m so glad I’m seeing this. Almost snagged it on sale, but it’s not quite the color I had imagined. Thank you!
Wow, that looks so beautiful on you, Christine. I thought – from how it looks in your cheeks – that it might be a shade I could wear but it really is too warm and deep for me as either a highlighter or a blush. But it is lovely.
Thank you, Mariella! 🙂
If you don’t mind me asking, how do you make a shade like this work for you? I say this because we have very similar skin tones and I found “Becca – Rose Gold” to be too deep for me to figure out a way to use it, but it’s listed as a dupe. This, however, looks absolutely stunning on you. Is it how light you are with your application or a specific type of brush? Tell me your secrets lol!
How are you trying to use it? Like it’s more of a blushy highlight – not fully blush but darker than a true highlight on my skin tone – for me, so wearing it as a blush and highlight tends to make it super easy to wear!
You can also use a fan brush and/or go back over the area gently with whatever’s left on your foundation/base tool to soften!
I appreciate your response! I didn’t think to apply it as a blushy highlighter. I would always use something like this solely as a highlighter (where I can admittedly be pretty heavyhanded) and end up with a pinkish streak on my cheeks. I really wanted to pick this up during the sale and now feel confident I would be able to use it!
Glad I could help, Dallas! 🙂
What a stunningly beautiful colour and gorgeous finish. I wish I could wear something like that.
I wish her highlighters weren’t glittery/sparkly. I was so excited when Lunar Allure launched because it was a shade that finally suited my skintone but I don’t wear it because it’s full of tiny iridescent micro-glitter.
Oh wow! What a BEAUTY! If I didn’t already have DoC Miramé and CP Butterfly Beach, then…nah, I’m probably still going to get it, 😂