Haus Labs Sunstone Bio-Radiant Highlighter Review & Swatches
Sunstone
Haus Labs Sunstone Bio-Radiant Highlighter ($40.00 for 0.42 oz.) is a pale, pinky-peach base with warm undertones and a golden, sparkling sheen that made it look wet and shiny but was not emphasizing.
- Semi-opaque, buildable 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
- Charlotte Tilbury Champagne Glow (P, $48.00) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- Anastasia Regal (LE, ) is more shimmery, darker, warmer (90% similar).
- ColourPop Main Attraction (LE, $12.00) is more shimmery, warmer (90% similar).
- ColourPop Coastin' (LE, $10.00) is more shimmery, warmer (85% similar).
- MAC Fleur Sure (LE, $44.00) is darker, warmer (85% similar).
- Haus Labs Peach Quartz (P, $40.00) is more shimmery, warmer (85% similar).
- Becca Year of the Pig (LE, $38.00).
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- JD Glow Beyunce (P, $16.50).
- Dior Peach (LE, ).
- Marc Jacobs Beauty Tantalize Glo (Highlighter) (LE, ).
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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Oh man, even though I have MAC Double Gleam, which does look quite similar, this one is so freaking tempting! But, I think that Double Gleam fills that slot for me when I want a translucent, glass-like highlighter.
Ooh! I’m not much for highlighter, but that’s a very lovely “you but better” vibe with this shade. I’m tempted to try it.
See it’s the warm undertones that end up showing up on porcelain with pink undertones – you find that you have a stack of goldiness on your face at the end of the day and it’s not a good look.
Why I am having this little mini rant is because the shade colour is perfect for very pale tones – but just not pink undertones.
This is the one I have and I LOVE it. It is my go-to inner corner highlight (and cheekbone lately) when I’m not wearing any other makeup. I really am glad I got it.