Cover FX Medium-Deep The Perfect Light Highlighting Palette Review, Photos, Swatches
Medium-Deep
CoverFX Medium-Deep The Perfect Light Highlighting Palette ($42.00 for 0.38 oz.) includes two powder highlighters and two cream highlighters housed in a cardboard palette. The cream formula is supposed to have a “dewy, radiant glow,” while the powder highlighters have a “silky, luminous finish.” The tones are definitely warm and run slightly redder overall, as three of the four shades have more of a brown/red mix of undertones than yellow. The cream highlighters could have worn longer, but if you like a dewy, subtle sheen, the formula might be up your alley. Both of the powder highlighters can be purchased individually, but should you prefer them in a palette, the colors are consistent but the quality is better in the individual versions for me.
Medium-Deep
LELimited Edition. $42.00.
Sunlight
Sunlight is a medium-dark gold with warm undertones and a pearly, dewy finish. It was richly pigmented with a creamy, smooth texture that wasn’t too tacky or too emollient, but it still had enough slip that it blended out nicely. This shade lasted for seven and a half hours on me.
Top Dupes
- Josie Maran Argan Enlightenment (Original) (P, $26.00) is lighter (95% similar).
- Natasha Denona Medium-Nude (PiP, ) is more shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
- Natasha Denona Bronze (PiP, ) is lighter (90% similar).
- Laura Geller Gilded Honey (P, $26.00) is more shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
- Becca Opal (DC, $38.00) is lighter (90% similar).
- Fenty Beauty Brown Sugar (LE, $60.00) is less shimmery, less pigmented (90% similar).
- Marc Jacobs Beauty Tantalize (54) (P, $45.00) is cooler (90% similar).
- Josie Maran Argan Enlightenment (Original) (P, $28.00) is less shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
- Marc Jacobs Beauty Dew You (P, $45.00) is lighter (90% similar).
- Tarte Fire (PiP, ) is more shimmery, lighter, warmer (95% similar).
Ingredients
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Mica, Diisostearyl Malate, Polyglyceryl-2Triisostearate, Silica, Synthetic Beeswax, Hydrogenated Polyisobutene, Copernicia Cerifera (Carnauba) Wax (Cera Carnauba, Cire de carnauba), Squalane,Neopentyl Glycol Dicaprate, Triacontanyl PVP, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, DehydRoacetic Acid, Tocopherol, Tribehenin, Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate, Bisabolol,Phytosphingosine, Ethyl Linoleate, Ethyl Linolenate, Ceramide NG, PEG-10 phytosterol, Ethyl Oleate, Palmitoyl Hexapeptide-12, Triethoxycaprylylsilane (+/-)Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Iron Oxides (CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499).
Disclaimer: Ingredient lists are as available by the brand (or retailer) at the time of publishing. Please always check product packaging, if it exists, for the ingredient list applicable to the product you're purchasing, or the brand or retailer's website for the most up-to-date ingredient list.
Sunlight
LELimited Edition.
Candlelight
Candlelight is a deep coppery brown with warm, reddish undertones and flecks of gold and copper shimmer. This yielded slight color on my skin tone with more of a natural, pearly sheen. The shimmer was more pronounced in this shade, but I did not feel like it translated to a metallic finish once blended and diffused on my cheekbones–but it was definitely dewier and more apparent compared to Sunlight. I also felt that it could have been a little easier to blend out overall. The cream highlighter stayed on for seven and a half hours on me.
Top Dupes
- Hourglass Bronze Flash (P, $42.00) is less shimmery, lighter (95% similar).
- Make Up For Ever 12 Copper (P, $21.00) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- Wayne Goss Golden Glow (PiP, ) is more shimmery, lighter (95% similar).
- The Estee Edit Ray (LE, ) is more shimmery, darker (95% similar).
- Cover FX Candlelight (P, $34.00) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- Viseart Highlight #3 (PiP, ) is less shimmery, lighter (95% similar).
- Bobbi Brown Bronze Glow (P, $48.00) is lighter (90% similar).
- Jouer Tan Lines (LE, $24.00) is less shimmery, darker, cooler (90% similar).
- Looxi Beauty Divine (P, $7.50) is cooler (90% similar).
- Fenty Beauty Rum (P, $25.00) is less shimmery (95% similar).
Ingredients
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Diisostearyl Malate,Polyglyceryl-2 Triisostearate, Mica, Silica, Synthetic Beeswax, Hydrogenated Polyisobutene, CoperniciaCerifera (Carnauba) Wax (Cera Carnauba, Cire de carnauba), Squalane, Neopentyl Glycol Dicaprate, Triacontanyl PVP, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, DehydRoaceticAcid, Tocopherol, Tribehenin, Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate, Bisabolol, Phytosphingosine, Ethyl Linoleate, Ethyl Linolenate, Ceramide NG, PEG-10 phytoSterol, Ethyl Oleate, Palmitoyl Hexapeptide-12, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Iron Oxides (CI 77491).
Disclaimer: Ingredient lists are as available by the brand (or retailer) at the time of publishing. Please always check product packaging, if it exists, for the ingredient list applicable to the product you're purchasing, or the brand or retailer's website for the most up-to-date ingredient list.
Candlelight
LELimited Edition.
Sunlight
Sunlight is a soft gold with warm, yellow undertones and a pearly sheen. The permanent version had a warmer, more orange undertone with more apparent shimmer, and the texture was also softer and more blendable. The texture of the powder in the palette was denser, firmer, and almost a little stiff, which resulted in less coverage in one layer. This shade wore well for seven and a half hours on me.
Top Dupes
- Becca Champagne Pop (LE, $42.00) is less shimmery, warmer (95% similar).
- Guerlain Electric Light (LE, $56.00) is darker, warmer (95% similar).
- NARS Gold Leash (LE, $30.00) is more shimmery, warmer (95% similar).
- ColourPop Fine Line (PiP, $12.00) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- Zoeva Liquid Clock (PiP, ) is less shimmery (95% similar).
- Too Faced Happy Face (P, $30.00) is lighter (95% similar).
- Tom Ford Beauty Luna (LE, $68.00) is less shimmery, lighter (95% similar).
- Natasha Denona Light (PiP, ) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- NYX Moonbeam (P, $6.99) is less shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
- Dior Golden Frisson (310) (LE, $48.00) is less shimmery, cooler (90% similar).
Ingredients
Mica, Boron Nitride, Zinc Stearate,Octyldodecyl Stearoyl Stearate, Isodecyl Neopentanoate, Lauroyl Lysine, Silica, Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Stearoyl Glutamic Acid,Camellia Sinensis Leaf Powder, Dehydroacetic Acid, Glycerin, Lycopodium Clavatum Extract, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate, Tocopherol,Imperata Cylindrica Root Extract, Phytosphingosine, Ethyl Linoleate, Ethyl Linolenate, Ethyl Oleate (+/-) Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Iron Oxides (CI 77491, CI77492, CI 77499).
Disclaimer: Ingredient lists are as available by the brand (or retailer) at the time of publishing. Please always check product packaging, if it exists, for the ingredient list applicable to the product you're purchasing, or the brand or retailer's website for the most up-to-date ingredient list.
Sunlight
PPermanent. $34.00.
Candlelight
Candlelight is a deep, coppery brown with warm, red undertones and a soft, frosted sheen. It was richly pigmented, and it was easy to blend and diffuse on the cheekbones. The consistency was a touch dry, but it did not kick up too much excess product in the pan and did not appear dry applied. The highlighter started to fade after eight hours of wear.
Top Dupes
- BH Cosmetics Carli Bybel Deluxe Edition #20 (LE, ) is more shimmery, lighter (95% similar).
- Cover FX Candlelight (LE, ) is less shimmery (95% similar).
- Anastasia Bronzed (LE, ) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- NYX Gold Rush (P, $6.99) is less shimmery, lighter (95% similar).
- Coloured Raine Your Treat (P, $25.00) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- Makeup Geek Sunlight (LE, $20.00) is more shimmery, lighter (95% similar).
- Jouer Tan Lines (LE, $24.00) is cooler (95% similar).
- Makeup Geek Ignite (P, $20.00) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- MAC Bronze Hero (LE, $21.00) is less shimmery (95% similar).
- ColourPop Glo Up (LE, $8.00) is less shimmery (95% similar).
Ingredients
Mica, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, BoronNitride, Zinc Stearate, Octyldodecyl Stearoyl Stearate, Isodecyl Neopentanoate, Lauroyl Lysine, Silica, Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer,Stearoyl Glutamic Acid, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Powder, Dehydroacetic Acid, Glycerin, Lycopodium Clavatum Extract, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, TetrahexyldecylAscorbate, Tocopherol, Imperata Cylindrica Root Extract, Phytosphingosine, Ethyl Linoleate, Ethyl Linolenate, Ethyl Oleate, Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), IronOxides (CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499).
Disclaimer: Ingredient lists are as available by the brand (or retailer) at the time of publishing. Please always check product packaging, if it exists, for the ingredient list applicable to the product you're purchasing, or the brand or retailer's website for the most up-to-date ingredient list.
Happy sigh!!
I’m putting this on my immediate purchase wish list!! And I’ll 100% be getting this!!
Thank you so much Christine!!
Always my pleasure, Shannon! 🙂
Love the colour selection in this palette!!
Yayy!!