Dose of Colors Gold is the New Black Supreme Glow Highlighter Review, Photos, Swatches
Gold is the New Black
Dose of Colors Gold is the New Black Supreme Glow Highlighter ($28.00 for 0.25 oz.) is a medium gold with warm undertones and a metallic sheen. It had nearly opaque pigmentation in a single layer and a lighter touch could get sheerer coverage if desired. The consistency was soft to the touch, almost powdery in a way, but it was also denser and more substantial without being firmly packed in the pan. I found that I had better luck applying and blending out the powder with a blush brush than a tapered highlighting brush, which did not seem dense enough for this texture. Once on the skin, the highlighter lasted for eight hours before fading.
The brand could really use a more informative description of the formula, as all I have to share with you is that it’s supposed to “apply weightlessly, creating an illuminated look.” I bought two shades (there are six available) to try and may eventually purchase the other shades but for now, I just have two (this and Melonade). The consistency (based on the two I have) is soft but powdery with a denser feel, almost like a part-powder, part-cream texture. I found that it did not apply as evenly as I expected and that typical highlighting brushes did not diffuse or buff the color in as well, and the formula worked a lot better with a dense blush brush. Once I switched up the tool, I found them easy to apply, but they are definitely denser and “thicker” compared to the average powder highlighter.
Top Dupes
- Makeup Revolution Gold Addict (P, $6.00) is less shimmery (95% similar).
- Melt Cosmetics Gold Ore (P, $39.00) is less shimmery, lighter (95% similar).
- BH Cosmetics Carli Bybel Deluxe Edition #17 (LE, ) is more shimmery, darker (95% similar).
- MAC Rosy Cheer (LE, ) (95% similar).
- Rare Beauty Exhilarate (P, $25.00) is less shimmery (95% similar).
- Dior Transatlantique (LE, $58.00) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- Estee Lauder Solar Crush (LE, $47.00) is more shimmery, more muted, cooler (95% similar).
- L'Oreal Golden (P, $12.99) is darker (95% similar).
- Estee Lauder Heat Wave (LE, $47.00) is cooler (95% similar).
- ColourPop On the Loose (PiP, $12.00) is lighter (95% similar).
Ingredients
Mica, Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Alumina, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Zinc Stearate Copernicia Cerifera (Carnauba) Wax, Iron Oxides (CI 77491), Dimethicone Silica, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Phenoxyethanol, Tin Oxide, Hydrogenated Lecithin.
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This is so pretty! I could see this getting a lot of use in the summer.
Summer glow! 😀
Isn’t it funny how back when MAC first came out with Whisper Of Gilt many of us medium and darker folks were over the moon because we finally had a perfect highlighter, but how now there are dupes galore? Including this one!
There are sooo many golds now!
It has a very nice glow, but it would be too gold-y for me, I think. It would be a lovely eyeshadow though.
I could see that – definitely a true gold!
I ADORE THIS!!!! ?. So so pretty!
Yayyy!
Wow, this is stunning!!! I would grab, but I already have a dupe, the Too Faced One
It has a lovely sheen!
Pretty but way too yellow for me!