Anastasia Dream Glow Kit Review, Photos, Swatches

Dream

Anastasia Dream Glow Kit ($40.00 for 0.96 oz.) includes six, sparkling highlighters, which were described as a “buildable, metallic-lustre formula” that has “multi-dimensional sparkle.” If you do not like glitter or sparkle, this will not be the palette for you as all six shades are chocked full of it! On the other hand, if you like duochromes and sparkles, then this palette may be right up your alley. They have stronger, more metallic finishes and sparkles and flecks of glitter that are visible on the skin.

It’s a fun set of shades, but I think creating trios or duos of these shades would have been more useful. Most of the shades were semi-opaque or greater in “coverage,” which sometimes came from a mix of base color and sparkle and others were more concentrated in the form of sparkles/sheen. I definitely saw that they did not have any strong white base that some duochrome highlighters have, which the brand worked to minimize in order to make the shades more workable across more skin tones.

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Wish

Wish is a soft peach with warm, yellow undertones paired with pink and gold sparkle over a metallic finish. The consistency was soft, smooth, and lightly creamy with good adhesion and blendability on my cheeks. It had good pigmentation, and if one wanted to build it up, they’d need a lighter touch or less-dense brush (I used a tapered highlighter brush with it for photos). The highlighter wore well for nine hours with minimal fallout over time.

Unicorn

Unicorn is a bright, pinky-lavender with warm undertones and a sparkling finish. The shimmer shifted between pink and lavender, and it often appeared like a slightly cool-toned lavender on my cheeks. It had medium, buildable coverage, and the more I applied, the more sparkly and intense the finish became as well. The powder had a denser consistency, but I didn’t have any issues picking up product and getting it to adhere to my skin. It stayed on nicely for eight and a half hours with little fallout/movement from the sparkles.

Magic

Magic is a cool, beige base with pink and gold sparkles. I found that it looked very similar to Ethereal applied to the face just less violet-based; deeper skin tones may see the shift and difference in color tones more. The texture was smooth to the touch, more densely packed in the pan, and I felt like a denser brush worked best for picking up a good amount of product and dispersing it evenly on my cheekbones. This particular shade didn’t emphasize my skin’s natural texture and had more sparkle than shine in its finish. It wore well for eight and a half hours with minimal shimmer migration over time.

Ethereal

Ethereal is a pale, lavender base with cool undertones paired with lavender-to-blue shifting sparkle. It had a metallic shine and a sparkly finish on the skin, though it was one of the least sparkly shades in the palette. The consistency was denser without any fall out, but I needed a denser brush to pickup product evenly for good transfer to my cheeks. It applied well and blended out with little effort. This shade lasted for eight and a half hours on me with very minimal shimmer migration over time.

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Sunshine

Sunshine is a bright, light gold with warm, yellow undertones and a sparkling, metallic finish. It had nearly opaque pigmentation that applied evenly to bare skin and blended out with little effort. The texture was dense but lightly creamy and was easier to work with than most of the other shades in the palette with more feathery brushes or a lighter touch. Though it was quite metallic, it stopped just shy of emphasizing my skin’s natural texture. This shade stayed on well for almost nine hours with little sparkle migration.

Regal

Regal is a soft peach with warm, yellow undertones and gold and pink sparkle. It had a stronger, more metallic sheen due to the base color having greater pigmentation. It accentuated my skin’s natural texture slightly, though I felt like it was hard to detect in person as the light reflected so strongly off the area. The texture was soft, smooth, and blendable but still would work best with a slightly denser brush or heavier hand for even pick up of product. It lasted well for nine hours and had just a little bit of migration of the sparkles over time.

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