Clinique Golden Glow Uplighting Illuminating Powder Review, Photos, Swatches
Clinique Golden Glow Up-Lighting Illuminating Powder
Clinique Golden Glow Up-Lighting Illuminating Powder ($27.00 for 0.33 oz.) is a medium, peachy orange with warm undertones and a sparkling, gold shimmer-sheen finish. bareMinerals The Premiere (LE, $26.00) is lighter (95% similar). Colour Pop Yummy Cookies (LE, $8.00) is less shimmery, lighter (90% similar). Colour Pop Tock (LE, $8.00) is more shimmery (90% similar). bareMinerals Joy (P, $29.00) is more shimmery, lighter (90% similar). Chanel Warm Gold (20) (P, $58.00) is lighter (90% similar). Sydney Grace Pumpkin Spice Latte (P, $9.00) is lighter, brighter (90% similar). Cle de Peau Sand Beige (13) (P, $55.00) is more shimmery (90% similar). Colour Pop Morning After (PiP, $8.00) is more shimmery (90% similar). Milani Dayglow (P, $10.00) is more shimmery, lighter (90% similar). NARS Miss Liberty (P, $30.00) is less shimmery, darker (90% similar). Kevyn Aucoin Starlight (Sahara) (PiP, $44.00) is more shimmery, lighter (90% similar). Chanel Lumiere d'Artifices Beiges Illuminating Powder (LE, $65.00) is less shimmery, darker (90% similar). Colour Pop Zoom (LE, $8.00) is more shimmery, lighter (90% similar). Charlotte Tilbury Norman Parkinson (LE, $32.00) is lighter (90% similar). Guerlain Pause d'Ete (LE, $82.00) is darker (85% similar). Chantecaille Sunlight (LE, $45.00) is lighter (85% similar). Colour Pop Most Necessary (P, $8.00) is darker (85% similar). Colour Pop Fire (LE, $8.00) is lighter, warmer (85% similar). MAC Peaceful (LE, $22.00) is less shimmery, darker (85% similar). See comparison swatches / view dupes side-by-side.
The Up-Lighting Illuminating Powder is supposed to be a “sheer illuminating powder” that gives skin a “candle-lit, radiant glow” that can be used alone, as a finishing powder, or as a highlighter. While Nude Glow was subtle and sheer, this shade was not; it had semi-opaque coverage, which was buildable to full coverage with two layers, and it was noticeably shimmery on the skin–I can’t really imagine most wanting to use this as an all-over powder. If you’re looking for a soft, warming highlighter (or highlighting bronzer, perhaps) and like some sparkle, this might work on fair to medium-dark skin tones. The texture was soft enough that it was blendable on the skin, and it didn’t emphasize pores, but it is a little drier overall where some of the sparkle separates from the color itself. On my normal-to-dry skin, the color lasted just over eight hours before fading.
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Clinique Golden Glow Up-Lighting Illuminating Powder
Clinique Golden Glow Up-Lighting Illuminating Powder
Clinique Golden Glow Up-Lighting Illuminating Powder
Clinique Golden Glow Up-Lighting Illuminating Powder
Clinique Golden Glow Up-Lighting Illuminating Powder
Clinique Golden Glow Up-Lighting Illuminating Powder
Very peachy orange, would be a shimmery blush on me. Agree this wouldn’t make a good finishing powder
Definitely seems too shimmery for a finishing powder!
Leaves me feeling “meh”. There are much nicer looking iterations of this type of shade out here, like Nars Miss Liberty, Colourpop Most Necessary or Cle de Peau Sand Beige.
Seems like you’re not the only one – this post had surprisingly few comments!
In spite of the mediocre rating, this looks really pretty on you, Christine. Very flattering.
Thank you! 🙂
Strange that this one is so different from the other one… As a natural blush this looks good on you!
They seem VERY different!
I agree that while this makes for a nice highlighter, I’m not sure how it would fair as an all-over finishing powder.
Exactly 🙁
Blush, is that you?
What a lovely colour! I’m really starting to dig Clinique’s makeup products – they’re one of the most underated in the beauty industry!