bareMinerals Joy Endless Glow Highlighter Review & Swatches

Christine — Sun, 05 May 2019 14:00:00 +0000

Joy

bareMinerals Joy Endless Glow Highlighter ($29.00 for 0.35 oz.) is a light-medium, peachy-orange with warm undertones and a moderate sheen. It had opaque color coverage but had a lighter, more white-based sheen/finish, so it looked a bit lighter and brighter once applied and blended out on my skin tone. The consistency was soft, smooth, and blendable with a light slip to it that gave it a creamier feel to the touch. The powder seemed to smooth out my skin a bit, and it definitely didn’t emphasize my skin’s natural texture. It stayed on nicely for eight hours before fading slightly (which was exactly as long as the brand claimed!).

FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).

Top Dupes

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Clinique Golden Glow (P, $27.00) is less shimmery, darker (90% similar).
MAC Fairly Precious (LE, $42.00) is more shimmery (90% similar).
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Formula Overview

$29.00/0.35 oz. - $82.86 Per Ounce

It's supposed to be "long-lasting" with "8-hour wear" with a formula that "instantly minimizes the appearance of pores" while giving "lit-from-within luminosity." The shades I tried had good pigmentation with a smooth, lightly creamy texture that was slightly powdery but applied well to bare skin and blended out without issues. They had more of a moderate-level of luminosity--shimmery but not metallic. They wore for eight hours on me, which was as marketed, before fading noticeably.

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Ingredients

Mica, Dimethicone, Isododecane, Diisostearyl Malate, Polyethylene, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Cetyl Dimethicone, Palmitoyl Isoleucine, Caprylyl Glycol, Silica, Tin Oxide, Phenoxyethanol. May Contain (+/-): Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891), Iron Oxides (Ci 77491, Ci 77492, Ci 77499), Bismuth Oxychloride (Ci 77163), Carmine (Ci 75470), Red 30 Lake (Ci 73360), Yellow 5 Lake (Ci 19140).

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