Pat McGrath Incandescent Gold 002 Sublime Skin Highlighter Review & Swatches
Incandescent Gold 002
Pat McGrath Incandescent Gold 002 Sublime Skin Highlighter ($60.00 for 0.42 oz.) is a pale white gold with muted, warm undertones and a fine, luminous pearl throughout. It had medium, buildable pigmentation that applied evenly to bare skin and blended out well without emphasizing my skin’s natural texture.
The powder was a gel-powder formula, so while it was denser and firmer to the touch, it “melted” once it was applied to bare skin. The trick is using a moderately-dense brush and/or heavier-handed approach to pick up product initially. This shade stayed on well for eight and a half hours before fading noticeably.
Top Dupes
- Tom Ford Beauty Nudelight (Top) (PiP, ) is less shimmery (95% similar).
- MAC Sky's the Limit (LE, $42.00) is cooler (95% similar).
- Burberry Silver Shimmer (LE, $68.00) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- Becca Citrine (LE, $38.00) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- Anastasia Iced Out (P, $34.00) is cooler (90% similar).
- Artist Couture Gold Digger (P, $27.00) is more shimmery, cooler (90% similar).
- Melt Cosmetics Ghostlight (P, $22.00) is warmer (90% similar).
- Dior Strobe Gold (Glitz) (LE, ) is more shimmery, cooler (90% similar).
- LORAC Star Reader (LE, $23.00) is more shimmery, cooler (90% similar).
- Dior Gold Pearl (LE, ) is less shimmery, lighter, cooler (90% similar).
Ingredients
Incandescent Gold 002
LELimited Edition. $60.00.
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9.5
Product
9
Pigmentation
9.5
Texture
9
Longevity
5
Application
93%
Total
That makes me feel better re:the formula! I def had to go back in a few times to build it up. It totally melts into the skin and is gorgeous!
Totally melty
So pretty. This would look gorgeous on skin with a cool undertone.
This one is a knockout! Even though it’s a lighter shade, I could definitely still get a gorgeous glow out of it, I believe. I mean, hey, if I can with her Fine Gold Highlighter and MAC Double Gleam, this one shouldn’t be a problem either.
A beautiful silicone-free powder highlight? Yes, please, and I don’t even own any of the dupes.
This looks lovely but it’s just a bit too warm/yellow for me and I’ve got Vanilla Quartz (90% similar) which is more flattering on me.
May I join the “Too warm” club?
I thought this one would be a good one for me, but as you said, too warm.
It is a lovely shade though and the formula sounds so good.
Plenty of room here on the “too warm sofa” for you, Helene. I’ll shove over and we can sit and chat!!!!
Yay!
I have this and I’m not sure that i would agree that it’s very warm. In the pan it’s seems quite unique in my collection. It has a cool base and I was worried that it would read ashy on me but it really is a neutral champagne-gold, and the ashiness that I feared didn’t materialize. That said, it was very expensive and I probably shouldn’t have bought it! (I would describe my skin tone as a fair neutral with very slightly pink undertones, if that helps)
It does look beautiful indeed and the formula sounds so nice. But I didn’t say it was “very warm” – just too warm for me. “champagne gold” is generally too warm for me. Vanilla Quartz seems just a hair cooler and that’s why it works on my skin tone.
This is a really subtle kind of gold highlighter – very pretty.
I love everything about it. It’s so pretty!