bareMinerals Pink Glow Gen Nude Highlighter Review & Swatches
Pink Glow
bareMinerals Pink Glow Gen Nude Highlighting Blush ($26.00 for 0.11 oz.) is a light-medium pink with subtle, warm undertones paired with warmer, contrasting pale gold pearl that gave it a metallic sheen.
- Opaque pigmentation
- Smooth, slightly dense consistency with good glide
- Applied evenly, blended out well
- Long-wearing (8 hours)
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
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- ColourPop Forget Me Not (LE, $8.00).
- Giorgio Armani Euphoric (50) (P, $38.00).
- Becca Camellia (DC, $34.00).
Formula Overview
$26.00/0.11 oz. - $236.36 Per Ounce
The formula is described as having a "lit from within" glow that has the "rosiness of a blush." The finish seemed to indicate a "sheer glow" that helped to "blur" imperfections and pores. They're a more intense highlighter--high-shine, though the pearl/shimmer was finer in size, but still not what I'd consider subtle, sheer, or that blurring. I didn't find it emphasizing on my skin, but for those with more textured skin, it might emphasize slightly at higher coverage applications.
The consistency was smooth, dense without being thick or stiff in the pan, and it had good glide, which helped it pick up evenly with a brush and diffused well on bare skin. It softened slightly as it melded with my skin and its natural oils after a few minutes on my skin. The pigmentation was opaque in a single layer, though it could be used with a less-dense brush or lighter hand to achieve more buildable coverage if desired.
These lasted well for eight hours before showing signs of fading.
Browse all of our bareMinerals Gen Nude Highlighting Blush swatches.
Ingredients
Mica, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Bis-Diglyceryl Polyacyladipate-2, Diisostearyl Malate, Phenyl Trimethicone, Microcrystalline Cellulose, Dimethicone, Cucumis Sativus (Cucumber) Fruit Extract, Boron Nitride, Silica, Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Ethylhexylglycerin, Caprylyl Glycol, Caffeine, Borago Officinalis Seed Oil, Tin Oxide, Sodium Dehydroacetate. May Contain/Peut Contenir(+/-): Iron Oxides (Ci 77491, Ci 77492, Ci 77499), Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891), Red 7 Lake (Ci 15850), Manganese Violet ( Ci 77742).
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WOW – so pretty. I have Becca Camellia but this looks so much nicer and softer. I need a small blush to take to Japan when we go in the fall and I want something I can replace if it’s lost (very possible with how much we’re moving around) and this may just be perfect.
This looks wonderful on you, as I would imagine it would on those as light or lighter than you! However, I’ll have to stick with the pink/gold duochrome in my ND Love Cheek Duo or MJ Jet Girl, because olive 🫒 with pink can look disastrous!
This is so much like a blush on a fair toned complexion and on a warm day it would be sufficient to create a soft glow on your cheeks. Gorgeous colour!
Unrelated to the blush (which is of course gorgeous and going on my wish list), but what lip product are you wearing Christine? I’ve been looking for a colour similar to that for summer and not having the best of luck .
Urban Decay Text ‘Em!
This is a pretty blush or topper! bareMinerals Kiss of Pink is like this minus the shimmer, more of a satin finish. It’s what I’ve been using to set my eyes, I’ve more tan skin and it’s the prettiest whisper of pink nude.