Kaja Beauty Prizm Mochi Glow Bouncy Blendable Highlighter Reviews & Swatches
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Kaja Prizm Mochi Glow Bouncy Blendable Highlighter ($19.00 for 0.15 oz.) has a more translucent, peach-tinged base with flecks of peach and pink micro-glitter and finer sparkle. It had sheerer coverage, which didn’t build up well; it was more of a layering highlighter, as it didn’t transform the underlying blush or bronzer much, just added shine and sparkle. The texture felt smooth when I ran my fingertip across the top of the surface, but it was also a little drier and thin, which made it harder to work with on top of base products, though it blended out decently over bare skin. The finish was barely-there, despite all that sparkle, so it ended up being rather subtle applied. It wore well for seven and a half hours on me before fading visibly.
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
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Formula Overview
$19.00/0.15 oz. - $126.67 Per Ounce
The formula is a "cream-to-powder highlighter" that "feels like a cream and finishes like a powder." It has "natural-looking radiance" designed to be applied with "fingertips." The highlighters had a smooth, denser consistency in the pot with a light sponginess if pressed firmly. They had subtle slip but felt more powder-like than cream-like, especially as soon as my finger swirled the product once or twice. The product applied well to bare skin and decently over base products, but I found the thinner, quick-dry texture didn't always play well with base products and could lift them up.
They were blendable and had "natural-looking radiance" as described. The pigmentation was more semi-sheer to medium, slightly buildable, while they were described as buildable, so it was mostly accurate. They lasted between seven and eight hours on me.
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Ingredients
Dimethicone, Mica (CI 77019), Talc, Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Triethylhexanoin, Calcium Aluminum Borosilicate, Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Silica, Diisostearyl Malate, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Pentylene Glycol, Iron Oxides (CI 77491), Dimethicone/PEG-10/15 Crosspolymer, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Tin Oxide (CI 77861), Lauroyl Lysine, Carmine (CI 75470), Aluminum Hydroxide.
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Depressing little highlighter, isn’t it? Looks like it should have been a winner, going by how it appears in the pan. Yet, it just kinda disappears! ?
I just think all of these look so pretty.
That’s a bit of a letdown, after the eyeshadows going so well.
Don’t know how I feel about this — the finish seems deliberate, just not the sort of thing I would go for.
The pink shimmer is pretty, but it just disappears on the face. Much too subtle for my tastes.