Laura Geller Gilded Honey Baked Gelato Swirl Illuminator Review, Photos, Swatches
Laura Geller Gilded Honey Baked Gelato Swirl Illuminator
Laura Geller Gilded Honey Baked Gelato Swirl Illuminator ($26.00 for 0.16 oz.) is a brightened, light-medium yellow gold with a luminous sheen. Josie Maran Argan Enlightenment (Original) (P, $28.00) is less shimmery. Bobbi Brown 24 Karat (P, $42.00) is more shimmery. Becca Opal (P, $38.00) is lighter. Becca Opal (P, $38.00) is darker, more muted. Dior Transatlantique (LE, $58.00) is darker. MAC Whisper of Gilt (LE) is slightly darker, more shimmery, sheerer. See comparison swatches / compare dupes side-by-side.
The texture was soft, smooth, and blendable on the skin, and despite looking nearly metallic when swatched, the finish is really more of a luminous sheen or glow applied to the cheeks. The formula is supposed to be sheer, but my experience showed it to be more of a medium coverage product that could be applied more sheer if you used a feathery brush/light touch, but it tended to apply with semi-opaque or greater pigmentation with most brushes. It does an excellent job at illuminating and reflecting light on the high points of the face, and the highlighter wore well for eight and a half hours on me before fading slightly.
Gilded Honey
PPermanent. $26.00.
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Laura Geller Gilded Honey Baked Gelato Swirl Illuminator
Laura Geller Gilded Honey Baked Gelato Swirl Illuminator
Laura Geller Gilded Honey Baked Gelato Swirl Illuminator
Laura Geller Gilded Honey Baked Gelato Swirl Illuminator
Laura Geller Gilded Honey Baked Gelato Swirl Illuminator
Laura Geller Gilded Honey Baked Gelato Swirl Illuminator
Laura Geller Gilded Honey Baked Gelato Swirl Illuminator
You’re killing me by posting looks from that TF Pink Glow palette… I was not able to snag it before it sold out! LOL
Awww! 🙁
Hi Christine! Lovely! I’m so glad to see more of Laura Gellar here! Her blushes were and are still one of my HG products. Since she first arrived & I bought one the kits based around a color no longer sold, I was hooked! (This was before I was banned from shopping on HSN. Yes, it happened.) But all of the face highlights and blushes are actually really great! Products are trustworthy and generous! All Good! But I have an off topic question: If ColourPop had been around before you discovered MAC Pigments, and then MAC pigments arrived… And you could only choose to collect one, let’s say they cost the same, which would you choose? 😀 Happy Thursday! 😛
I really couldn’t choose – they’re not really comparable products, from application to texture to finish, they’re just really quite different!
They really are! I think that’s part of what makes them so fun! 😀
This looks so pretty!
It is so luminous!
I can’t pull off this color or amount of shimmer, but it is so gorgeous-looking!
I love the sheen!
This would make me look so jauntastic..
At least there is Ballerina 🙂
so true and exactly my thoughts 😀
Same here! You coined a great new word; jauntastic!!!
$20? Just tell me where, cause at Ulta is $26.
I have no idea why I put $20, but it is $26!
I got excited for a second thinking maybe they changed the price!
Beauty.com had it on sale at the time I purchased it. But that site is constantly having sales/discounts. You may want to check out that site.
Gorgeous! This is on my to-buy list!
Yay!
Shipra, you will not be disappointed! And it will look stunning on your skin tone, which is similar to mine! Or maybe I’m just biased?
Pretty!
I recently have been looking for an alternative to my champagne highlighters this maybe what I have been looking for!
Fingers crossed 😀
I have Ballerina. I remember swatching this one when I picked it up and thinking it would be great for summer. My highlighter stash is running aplenty with my recent colourPop hauls. But, I can’t seem to not say I don’t like a good luminizer! I don’t know what it is about them. This looks really nice with the Tom Ford eye and cheek products (which I own) ..ooh now I really want this! Lol. Man, I need a 20% off Ulta coupon! 🙂
LOL! I love highlighters, too 😀
Ooooo, that is *pretty*.
It is!
Very pretty!
Agreed!
Nice review. I’m in the minority I think, but I found this to be terribly disappointing because it was discoballish. I’m a Becca fan, just for reference. But I think it’s just me. What you said, though, about the fact that it’s fairly opaque is one of the reasons I didn’t care for it. I couldn’t imagine going out in the light of day.
That is interesting, Liz — between the two, I found this so much subtler than Becca (on me, of course). Sorry that you didn’t like it, though 🙁
Liz, I love that word: Discoballish. Now in my vocab! xoxo, K
Lovely!
It gives such a glow!
This is quite pretty, but I think I’m more taken by the Ballerina shade! I could definitely see wearing this with the classic red lip, pin-up look though!
Ballerina is my fave, too!
Is it terrible of me that despite the fact I own and love Becca’s Opal that I still want to buy this? I own a lot of Laura Gellar and love her baked eye colors….and I love gold higlighters. I can’t help myself!
Not at all 🙂
This looks so pretty! Looks amazing on you!
Thanks, Vania!
Thanks for your review! I finally ordered it recently and am excited to get it in my grabby hands soon. There’s been a lot of hype around this product lately, saying that it’s a good dupe for MAC’s Whisper of Gilt- do you personally think the two are almost the same?
They’re similar! Whisper of Gilt has a more noticeable shimmer to it and is less pigmented.
It looks beautiful! <3 I'm pretty sure I can't wear this though. I wonder if I could use it as a cream eyeshadow…
I bet you could wear it, pfft.
Hey!
Do you find this similar to MAC’s Whisper of Gilt?
They’re similar! Whisper of Gilt has a more noticeable shimmer to it and is less pigmented.
This came in a kit I purchased a few months back, but it’s been stashed in a drawer because I wasn’t sure how to wear it. It shows up very gold and almost opaque on my skin. I’ll have to try again with a fan brush. I usually use the elf small tapered brush for highlighting. I love Laura Geller French Vanilla highlighter. It’s very subtle.
yes! Try it with a fan brush 😀
I should have said I bought this and returned it because I found it too opaque and too much, not from your pictures or review. Looks pretty on you. Curious what anyone else thinks about it for daytime because I couldn’t.
I can definitely see the color being too intense for some skin tones/preferences!
Omg….I have never purchased ANY Laura Gellar products, nor really seen any reviews or YouTube raves about Laura Gellar. But I had an opportunity to purchase this on discount, so I thought, why not? I always reached for TheBalm’s Mary Lou-Manizer, but holy cow! This Gelato Swirl Illuminator is UH-MAZING! it takes so little, but it is absolutely stunning! (Understatement!) I have neutral tan, Hawaiian skin, and it is gorgeous after application. It looks beautiful on your skin, as well, Christine. I then proceeded to purchase Laura Gellar’s gelato swirl blush in Papaya. I have found some new favorites! Kevyn Aucoin’s Celestial Powder Illuminator is another gorgeous highlighter. Check it out if you haven’t already!
I really want to try the blushes next! 🙂
So pretty. I try not to read about the brands I can’t get, but the photo just dragged me in. I doubt I could use it, a bit too sheen-y for me, but then I love looking at the pretty swirl, so I’d just like to have it as eye-candy.
It really has such a pretty sheen. I hope the brand will launch a cooler white and pink!
Ooh! So pretty. I saw a few YouTube gurus gush about this product. 8 don’t know if I’d wear a product like this often but I could see it being fun for a night out. In the comparison swatches you can see its way more pigmented than the others.
It’s definitely not as buildable as described!