NYX Rose Quartz Away We Glow Liquid Highlighter Review, Photos, Swatches
Rose Quartz
NYX Rose Quartz Away We Glow Liquid Highlighter ($6.99 for 0.22 fl. oz.) is a medium-dark reddish copper with warm undertones and gold and copper pearl. It had sheer coverage, which was buildable to medium coverage–it looked a bit like a cheek stain on me, as it was translucent but provided some visible color (when layered). The texture was watery, thin, and spreadable across the skin, but it dried down and lasted 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
- Makeup Geek Ablaze (P, $20.00) is more shimmery (90% similar).
- ColourPop Non-Fiction (LE, $8.00) is more shimmery (90% similar).
- Bobbi Brown Suntan (P, $36.00) is less pigmented, warmer (90% similar).
- Laura Geller Ballerina (P, $26.00) is warmer (95% similar).
- Giorgio Armani No. 18 (P, $62.00) is darker, warmer (85% similar).
- ColourPop Bardot (P, $8.00) is more shimmery, darker (85% similar).
- Chanel Burnt Coral (390) (LE, $45.00).
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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This is pretty, would be a blush topper on me
It work well that way!
I can’t use this one but it would look stunning on medium to deeper skin tones as a highlighter more so than a blush. 😉
It would!
This one is really quite pretty! And does have a bit of a cheek stain effect on your cheeks, and in the arm swatches it looks far more complex and interesting than in its tube!
It is pretty on the cheeks!
Nice! I think this is would be more blush like on me, but worth a try for the price.
It could work as a blush!
Iv been eyeing colourpop bardot, so I think I’ll stick with that! But I do like this shade!
Bardot is a nice one!