NYX Gold Rush Away We Glow Liquid Highlighter Review, Photos, Swatches
Gold Rush
NYX Gold Rush Away We Glow Liquid Highlighter ($6.99 for 0.22 fl. oz.) is a muted, medium-dark coppery bronze with warm undertones and flecks of gold pearl and sparkle. This shade was one of the most shimmery (and deepest in visible color) within the range. It worked more as a highlighting bronzer on my skin tone, and I suspect it would be a beautiful highlighter on medium and darker complexions. It had semi-sheer to opaque, buildable pigmentation. The texture was thin, watery, and cool to the touch, but it spread evenly across the skin and blended well. It dried down and yielded a soft, glowing finish with a few bits of sparkle. It wore nicely for eight hours on me.
The Away We Glow formula is a liquid highlighter that has buildable coverage “from soft to intense.” The brand recommends to “dab and blend” on skin for “irresistible illumination.” There are nine shades available, and the shimmer varied from shade to shade: fine pearl to chunkier sparkle. The formula has a watery, thin feel from the tube, and I liked getting a bit on the back of my hand and then dabbing with fingertips or a stippling brush onto the cheeks and high planes of the face for highlighting. It did dry down after a minute or so, and the wear ranged from seven to eight hours.
Top Dupes
- ColourPop Parasol (LE, $8.00) is lighter (95% similar).
- Cover FX Candlelight (P, $34.00) is more shimmery, darker (95% similar).
- Dior #003 (LE, $53.00) is less shimmery (95% similar).
- The Estee Edit Beachy (LE, ) is more shimmery (90% similar).
- MAC Bronze Hero (LE, $21.00) is less shimmery, darker (90% similar).
- L'Oreal Rose (P, $12.99) is cooler (90% similar).
- Makeup Revolution Liquid Lustre Gold (P, $9.00) is less shimmery, cooler (90% similar).
- MAC Bronze FX (LE, $31.00) is lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- Dior #004 (LE, $53.00) is less shimmery, darker (90% similar).
- Fenty Beauty Rum (P, $25.00) is warmer (90% similar).
Ingredients
Water / Aqua / Eau, Octyldodecanol, Glycerin, Phenyl Trimethicone, Glyceryl Stearate, PEG-100 Stearate, Potassium Cetyl Phosphate, Butylene Glycol, Cetyl PEG / PPG-10 / 1 Dimethicone, Hydrogenated Polydecene, Tribehenin, Calcium Sodium Borosilicate, Caprylyl Glycol, Calcium Aluminum Borosilicate, Cetyl Alcohol, Polyacrylamide, Sorbitan Isostearate, Acrylates / C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, C13-14 Isoparaffin, Silica, Ethylhexylglycerin, Sodium Hydroxide, Sorbic Acid, Laureth-7, Disodium EDTA, PEG-30 Dipolyhydroxystearate, Trideceth-6, Tin Oxide, Myristyl Alcohol, Stearyl Alcohol, Tocopherol, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-di-t-butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate, Phenoxyethanol. May Contain: Mica, Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Iron Oxides (CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499), Carmine (CI 75470).
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Gold Rush
PPermanent. $6.99.
I can’t wait to pick up one of these, they look so nice on the skin and not too expensive. Plus the doe foot applicator is a bonus for me. 😀
I meant to say not expensive.
They are really lovely!
So summery looking!!
So true 😀
Probably too dark for me but really lovely!
Darn!
WOW!!!! This one looks fantastic as a shimmery bronzer on you! I very nearly bought this one last night (and the white shade that’s supposed to be prismatic?). But now, seeing that I do have EE Beachy, I guess I don’t actually need this one….but I still want it!
I applaud NYX for having so many great on trend highlighters in different forms, shades and tones at great price points!