OFRA SoHo Highlighter Review & Swatches
SoHo
OFRA SoHo Highlighter ($29.00 for 0.35 oz.) is a soft, peachy gold with warm, orange undertones and a bright, metallic sheen. While it was a more intense highlighter, it was smoothing rather than emphasizing–the shimmer was very finely-milled and definitely yielded a glow on my skin when applied and blended out. It had nearly opaque pigmentation that built up easily with a second layer.
The texture was soft, smooth, and cream-like with a denser, thicker feel to it when touched with a fingertip, so there was no powderiness at all, but I was able to pick it up fairly well with a brush. I would recommend using a moderately dense brush or a moderate-to-heavy hand (if using a very feathery brush) to pick up product evenly, though. The highlighter lasted beautifully for nine hours on me before I noticed fading.
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
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Formula Overview
$29.00/0.35 oz. - $82.86 Per Ounce
The formula is supposed to have a "liquid to baked technology" that has "unparalleled pigment payoff" that can be used as a highlighter as well as an eyeshadow or as a blush topper." It's a very pigmented formula with a high-shine, metallic finish that will be most suitable for someone who wants an intense highlighter.
The texture was denser but not dry or difficult to work with, so it seemed to melt onto the skin the more I buffed and blended the highlighter on. They lasted between eight and nine hours on me before fading noticeably.
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Ingredients
Mica, Zinc Stearate, Boron Nitride, Aluminum Starch Octenylsuccinate, Magnesium Aluminum Silicate, Silica, Trimethylsiloxysilicate, Dimethicone, Ethylene/ Acrylic Acid Copolymer, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin. May Contain: Ci 77891, Ci 77492,Ci 77491, Titanium Dioxide, Iron Oxides, Bismuth Oxychloride.
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SoHo is perfection! The peachiness makes it appear more “natural” instead of looking like many a true gold highlighter does in their harshness.
Covent Garden arrived yesterday! It is a stunner on my cheeks and about as icy a pink as I dare go. Love it tons!
It is a beautiful shade, but I would be wondering about the orangey kind of undertones.
I think I have this on today – or it might be Bali, I didn’t check too closely when I grabbed the compact.
Peachy golden goodness, right there!
These are so cute, but I can’t help but be reminded how Dupethat on Insta back in May pretty much blasted (with photo swatch evidence) how Ofra x Talia Mar’s Soho and Covent Garden collex were a repackaging of their collab in You Dew You and You Glow Girl, respectively. The only diff is Talia Mar’s collab has Ofra’s new baked formula (in the white square packaging). None of this is a biggie, as cosmetic company’s recycle colors….lol, but Talia Mar had made such a big deal of “formulating” and “working on” the colors. 😀 *dead* 😀 😀 😀 My interest was piqued at the time, bc I’d just gotten CG and already had You Glow Girl. It was totally true, they’re the exact shades, only the newer one, Talia Mar’s collab, was more metal-y. The new formula obvious and excellent. I’m not mad. *Kanye shrug*