Lovegasm

Charlotte Tilbury Lovegasm Glowgasm Face Palette ($75.00 for 0.52 oz.) is a new, limited edition quartet of pressed powders that are primarily designed for cheeks but can also be used on eyes. The palette includes a highlighter, highlighting blush ("Multi-Glow"), bronzer, and blush. The pigmentation ranged from semi-opaque (and buildable) to opaque, while the texture was smooth to the touch, blendable on my skin, and none of them emphasized my skin's natural texture. They wore between eight and nine hours on me.

If you're someone who likes the more gel-powder hybrid formulas, then this is likely to have more appeal; I think that the powders are, on average, a smidgen firmer than is typical for gel-powder formulas, which there are many at this point! They perform best with moderately dense brushes and a moderate hand, but very feathery or barely-there touches aren't going to yield much pigment. If you haven't tried this type of formula, you might mull over why it is good, but the asset is in the lack of powderiness and that smoother, but firmer, texture--they tend to sit particularly well on skin and blended out more easily (in my experience) with more of a "melted" look on skin.

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