Sephora High Noon Golden Hour Highlighting Powder Review, Photos, Swatches
High Noon
Sephora High Noon Golden Hour Highlighting Powder ($16.00 for 0.28 oz.) is a medium copper with golden shimmer and a more frosted sheen when swatched. On the skin, it had a more luminous finish that was glowing but not metallic.
The formula is supposed to have a “soft, luminous glow with a sheer wash of color” that can be “worn alone or layered.” It had medium coverage, which was buildable to semi-opaque coverage. The texture was smooth, velvety, and almost cream-like as it was denser but very, very smooth. I found it needed a denser brush to pickup product, so a light hand or a more feathery brush might not yield much product at all. It was easy to blend out on the skin, and the shimmer finish did not emphasize my skin’s natural texture. The highlighter lasted for eight hours on me.
Top Dupes
- Charlotte Tilbury Gilded Glow (P, $48.00) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- MAC Stride of Pride (LE, $34.00) is darker (95% similar).
- MAC Any Wonder (LE, ) is less shimmery (95% similar).
- Rare Beauty Flaunt (P, $25.00) is warmer (95% similar).
- Chanel Or Rose (LE, $120.00) is lighter (95% similar).
- Morphe Mirage (P, $14.00) is darker (95% similar).
- Huda Beauty Malibu (LE, ) is lighter (95% similar).
- Physicians Formula Rose Gold (P, $10.99) is more shimmery, darker, cooler (90% similar).
- ColourPop Acting Up (P, $10.00) is less shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
- Flesh Beauty Promise (P, $28.00) is lighter, cooler (90% similar).
Ingredients
Talc, Mica, Ci 77891 (Titanium Dioxide), Nylon-12, Alumina, Octyldodecyl Stearoyl Stearate, Dimethicone, Zinc Stearate, Ci 77491 (Iron Oxides), Polybutene, Caprylyl Glycol, Phenoxyethanol, Tin Oxide, Hexylene Glycol, Tocopheryl Acetate.
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This looks gorgeous on you. I am glad it rated so well, especially considering the price and also how well it compared to several much pricier products. Will you be reviewing Twilight and also Dusk?
Twilight will be next!
Oh good – I’ll be eager to see it. It will either be too odd and lavender for me or I’ll be driving up to Sephora ASAP to grab it.
Ooops – I see you’ve already reviewed Dusk! I thought it was the Dawn shade that you reviewed previously. Sorry – I get SO confused!
Don’t worry, I get confused, too. I am actually pretty sure that I somehow managed to switch the two when initially labeling the posts, LOL.
I could so see using High Noon with UD Jawbone for a *perfect* been to the beach for the day type of effect! Having ABH Glo Better, I will see if I can get that effect. ?
What brush would you suggest to apply this with?