NABLA Cosmetics Ozone Skin Glazing Highlighter Review & Swatches
Ozone
NABLA Cosmetics Ozone Skin Glazing Highlighter Powder ($26.00 for 0.23 oz.) is a pale champagne beige with moderate, warm undertones and a luminous sheen. It was one of the lightest shades in the six-piece line-up.
It had nearly opaque pigmentation in a single layer, which was buildable to full coverage with less than half of a layer more. The texture was smooth to the touch, firmly-pressed into the pan but not stiff, so a moderate brush worked best to pick up product evenly but the powder applied evenly and blended out effortlessly. The finish had a noticeable glow but didn’t emphasize my skin’s natural texture. It wore well for eight and a half hours before fading visibly.
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
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Formula Overview
$26.00/0.23 oz. - $113.04 Per Ounce
The formula is supposed have a "mirror effect" and "unexpected brilliance." They have more of a gel-powder base, where it has a slightly drier, firmer feel but not in a bad way, so the product will pick up best with a moderately dense brush (as opposed to something like a fan brush) but have no powderiness.
The range was very pigmented but easy to pick up less product for a sheerer, more buildable effect. They were easy to apply, blended out nicely, and yielded a moderate glow that was smooth and not prone to emphasizing skin texture.
Browse all of our NABLA Cosmetics Skin Glazing Highlighter Powder swatches.
Ingredients
mica, cetearyl ethylhexanoate, hdi/trimethylol hexyllactone crosspolymer, squalane, octyldodecyl stearoyl stearate, glycerin, polysorbate 20, caprylyl glycol, ethylhexylglycerin, 1,2-hexanediol, carrageenan, pentaerythrityl tetra-di-t-butyl hydroxyhydrocinnamate, silica, dicalcium phosphate, synthetic fluorphlogopite. +/− (may contain / peut contenir): ci 77891 (titanium dioxide), ci 77491 (iron oxides).
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I’m loving how it has sheen, yet isn’t over the top with any glitter or being overly metallic. This is something I’d wear for a daytime shade. Unfortunately I have dupes (who’s surprised?!). UD Now’s The Time and CP Lunch Money cover this territory in my stash.
That’s a beautiful highlighting shade. Very pretty.
I really like the looks of these highlighters.. esp the dark copper shade which would be very unique to my stash. I was going to pick it up with an e/s palette (Dreamy), but I have Poison Garden, Soul Blooming and Mother’s new Rose palette and I may have Dreamy entirely duped out. Does anyone here have any thoughts on the Nabla Dreamy palette?
Lazybones did her own research.. I’m heavily duped on the Dreamy palette.
Very pretty and not so over the top that it wouldn’t work for daily use. I don’t wear highlighter on the daily and I have a ton of them so not going to pick this up. I have also noticed that gold based highlighter just doesn’t look that good on me and I tend to need something a little more “white or pink” based. That doesn’t mean I don’t wear them but just not often enough to warrant the number that I have!!