Haus Labs Fire Opal Bio-Radiant Highlighter Review & Swatches
Fire Opal
Haus Labs Fire Opal Bio-Radiant Highlighter ($40.00 for 0.42 oz.) is a vivid, medium-dark pink base with moderate, warm undertones and contrasting, peachy-gold shimmer throughout that gave it a metallic finish.
- Opaque coverage
- Gel-powder formula: firm but not stiff
- Picked up well with dry brush, blendable
- Long-wearing (9-10 hours was typical)
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- Sol Body Wildflower Honey (LE, $12.00) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- Natasha Denona Vibrant Coral & Golden (PiP, $38.00) is more shimmery, warmer (90% similar).
- Melt Cosmetics Genesis (P, $39.00) is lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- Smith and Cult Universal Peach (P, $24.00) is less shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
- Melt Cosmetics Buzz (PiP, ) is lighter, warmer (85% similar).
- Milani Luminous (DC, ) is less shimmery, lighter, cooler (85% similar).
- ColourPop Drop of a Hat (LE, $8.00) is darker, warmer (85% similar).
- NABLA Cosmetics Elixir (PiP, ) is more shimmery, lighter, warmer (80% similar).
- JD Glow Serenity (P, $16.50) is more shimmery, lighter, warmer (80% similar).
- Tarte Extraordinary (LE, $29.00) is more shimmery, lighter, warmer (80% similar).
Formula Overview
$40.00/0.42 oz. - $95.24 Per Ounce
The formula is supposed to apply "seamlessly" with "radiant, next gen glow" that lasts for "up to 12 hours." It featured a gel-powder hybrid formula, so the feel of the powder was on the firmer side, but it wasn't stiff. There was no powderiness, and I had no issues picking up product with more feathery, less-dense fan brushes or more traditional tapered highlighting brushes.
The shades were typically semi-opaque to opaque in coverage and easily applied with a lighter hand. The powder sat well on bare skin as well as on top of foundation, and it had a "melted" look that helped the powder sit seamlessly. They wore nine to 10 hours on me, so not quite the 12-hours claimed but longer-wearing than average.
Browse all of our Haus Labs Bio-Radiant Highlighter swatches.
Ingredients
Mica, Cetearyl Ethylhexanoate, Hdi/Trimethylol Hexyllactone Crosspolymer, Silica, Glycerin, Pseudozyma Epicola/Sunflower Seed Oil Ferment Extract Filtrate, Arnica Montana Flower Extract**, Squalane, Actinidia Polygama Fruit Extract, Tocopherol, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Tocopheryl Acetate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Gellen Gum, Caprylyl Glycol, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Calcium Chloride, Butylene Glycol, Dicalcium Phosphate, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-Di-T-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate, 1,2-Hexanediol, Polysorbate 20, Aqua (Water, Eau), Ci 77491 (Iron Oxides), Ci 77891 (Titanium Dioxide). **Fermented
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*holding my breath* I don’t need it, I don’t need it, I don’t need it…..
This one. It may be listed as a highlighter, and it probably would be on deeper skintones, but even then it’s just a little too bright of a pink base for that type of usage. I’m definitely longing to get this one to use as a highlighting blush or blush topper!
Wow is that ever pretty and so much less orange than I thought it would be based on how it looks in the pan. I may actually decide to break down and buy this or at least swatch it in-store to see how it looks against my skin.
This is the color I was interested in buying.Love coral peach highlighters/blush toppers. I have a couple good dupes in Melt’s Genesis and Natasha Denona’s coral blush palette so maybe I’ll wait for a good sale later on before spending $40. Thank heavens for the dupe list!
Wiuld it work as an eyeshadow?
The brand says that it can be per their “pro tips”!
This is stunning! I would use it as a blush on my pale skintones – it looks gorgeous.
This is absolutely gorgeous on you. It’s not my typical shade but I may step out of the box for this one.