Milani Bronze Splendore Baked Highlighter Review & Swatches
Bronze Splendore
Milani Bronze Splendore Baked Highlighter ($10.99 for 0.28 oz.) is a darker gold with strong, warm orange undertones and a metallic finish. It had nearly opaque pigmentation in a single layer, which wasn’t true to the “buildable” claim the brand made about this formula. The texture was smooth enough, but it was thin and firmer in the pan, so it required a heavier hand or a denser brush to pick up product evenly.
The powder applied fairly evenly and blended out without too much work, though it could have been more blendable overall. It lasted well for seven and a half hours before fading noticeably.
Top Dupes
- Dose of Colors Gold is the New Black (P, $28.00) is lighter (95% similar).
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- Catrice Warm Embrace (P, $6.99) is less shimmery, warmer (95% similar).
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Ingredients
Mica, Cetyl PEG/PPG-10/1 Dimethicone, Dimethicone, Isononyl Isononanoate, HDI/Trimethylol Hexyllactone Crosspolymer, Aluminum Starch Octenylsuccinate, Octyldodecanol, Magnesium Aluminum Silicate, Nylon-12, Caprylyl Glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/Beheneth-25 Methacrylate Crosspolymer, Polysorbate 20, Polyisoprene, Tin Oxide, Silica, Talc, BHT, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-di-t-butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate +/- May Contain: Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Iron Oxides (CI 77491)
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It’s “okay”, but I much prefer my MAC La Leyenda over this one.
Rich shade, but the formula lets it down.