Pat McGrath Venusian Nude Sublime Skin Highlighter Review & Swatches
Venusian Nude
Pat McGrath Venusian Nude Sublime Skin Highlighter ($60.00 for 0.42 oz.) is a richer, golden copper with warm, more orange undertones paired with lighter, rosy-copper sparkle and shimmer throughout.
- Semi-opaque, buildable pigmentation
- Moderately-dense, smooth feel, best with dense brush
- Applied evenly and blended out well, “melted” on skin a bit
- Long-wearing (8.5 hours)
Top Dupes
- Tarte Daygleam (P, $28.00) is less shimmery, cooler (95% similar).
- Coloured Raine My Day One (Highlighter) (LE, ) is cooler (95% similar).
- MAC Just Whitney (LE, $42.00) is less shimmery (95% similar).
- Huda Beauty Rich #2 (PiP, ) is less shimmery, cooler (95% similar).
- MAC Dima's Glow (LE, $42.00) is less shimmery (95% similar).
- ColourPop Freak Like Me (DC, $12.00) is cooler (95% similar).
- Inglot J203 Luminous (LE, $23.00) is darker (95% similar).
- Milani Sunset Glow (P, $10.00) is less shimmery, cooler (95% similar).
- NARS Galet (LE, ) is less shimmery (95% similar).
- Tarte Candlelight (LE, ) is less shimmery (95% similar).
Ingredients
Venusian Nude
LELimited Edition. $60.00.
A-
A-
9
Product
9
Pigmentation
9
Texture
9
Longevity
5
Application
91%
Total
Pat McGrath Venusian Nude Sublime Skin Highlighter
Pat McGrath Venusian Nude Sublime Skin Highlighter
Pat McGrath Venusian Nude Sublime Skin Highlighter
Pat McGrath Venusian Nude Sublime Skin Highlighter
Pat McGrath Venusian Nude Sublime Skin Highlighter
Pat McGrath Venusian Nude Sublime Skin Highlighter
Pat McGrath Venusian Nude Sublime Skin Highlighter
Pat McGrath Venusian Nude Sublime Skin Highlighter
Pat McGrath Venusian Nude Sublime Skin Highlighter
Pat McGrath Venusian Nude Sublime Skin Highlighter
I’m so glad I’m seeing this. Almost snagged it on sale, but it’s not quite the color I had imagined. Thank you!
Wow, that looks so beautiful on you, Christine. I thought – from how it looks in your cheeks – that it might be a shade I could wear but it really is too warm and deep for me as either a highlighter or a blush. But it is lovely.
Thank you, Mariella! 🙂
If you don’t mind me asking, how do you make a shade like this work for you? I say this because we have very similar skin tones and I found “Becca – Rose Gold” to be too deep for me to figure out a way to use it, but it’s listed as a dupe. This, however, looks absolutely stunning on you. Is it how light you are with your application or a specific type of brush? Tell me your secrets lol!
How are you trying to use it? Like it’s more of a blushy highlight – not fully blush but darker than a true highlight on my skin tone – for me, so wearing it as a blush and highlight tends to make it super easy to wear!
You can also use a fan brush and/or go back over the area gently with whatever’s left on your foundation/base tool to soften!
I appreciate your response! I didn’t think to apply it as a blushy highlighter. I would always use something like this solely as a highlighter (where I can admittedly be pretty heavyhanded) and end up with a pinkish streak on my cheeks. I really wanted to pick this up during the sale and now feel confident I would be able to use it!
Glad I could help, Dallas! 🙂
What a stunningly beautiful colour and gorgeous finish. I wish I could wear something like that.
I wish her highlighters weren’t glittery/sparkly. I was so excited when Lunar Allure launched because it was a shade that finally suited my skintone but I don’t wear it because it’s full of tiny iridescent micro-glitter.
Oh wow! What a BEAUTY! If I didn’t already have DoC Miramé and CP Butterfly Beach, then…nah, I’m probably still going to get it, 😂