Tarte Daygleam Amazonian Clay 12-Hour Highlighter Review, Photos, Swatches
Daygleam
Tarte Daygleam Amazonian Clay 12-Hour Highlighter ($29.00 for 0.20 oz.) is a light-medium copper with warm, rosy undertones and a metallic sheen. It had rich, opaque pigmentation in a single layer, though the texture was forgiving and a lighter hand (or less dense brush) could be used to achieve sheerer coverage if desired.
The formula is supposed to be “long-lasting” with “12-hour” wear that has a “buildable glow.” I would not describe it as a buildable glow; it was quite metallic regardless of sheer or opaque application. The more I blended it, the smoother the sheen became, but it did still accentuate the look of my skin’s texture at some angles when worn at medium or greater coverage. I think this shade would be particularly nice for someone who finds a lot of coppery highlighters to be too dark or red-toned, as this is one of the lighter ones I’ve come across (conversely, the lightness would be beautiful on deeper skin tones while only adding slight warmth). The consistency was smooth, dense but not stiff or too heavy to work with, and blended out with ease. It wore well for ten hours before turning a little patchy.
Top Dupes
- Charlotte Tilbury Gilded Glow (P, $48.00) is less shimmery, darker (95% similar).
- Huda Beauty Rich #2 (PiP, ) is warmer (95% similar).
- MAC Just Whitney (LE, $42.00) is warmer (95% similar).
- MAC Highlight the Truth (LE, $34.00) is darker (95% similar).
- Moira Fairy Gold (P, $14.00) is lighter (95% similar).
- Becca Rose Gold (LE, $38.00) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- Bobbi Brown Golden Bronze Glow (LE, $48.00) is darker (95% similar).
- Pat McGrath Venusian Nude (LE, $60.00) is more shimmery, warmer (95% similar).
- Flesh Beauty Promise (P, $28.00) is less shimmery (95% similar).
- MAC Pearl Sunshine (LE, $22.00) is cooler (95% similar).
Ingredients
It has a beautiful finish!
It does!
It’s really beautiful on! I’m thinking that it would be perfect for anyone out here who may have missed out on MAC’s Taraji P Henson “Highlight The Truth” MSF. My initial thoughts as soon as I saw the Swatch, was how close it looks to that LE one!
Definitely in the same vein!
I got this as part of a holiday duo, and I LOVE it! Works great as a highlight or blush topper on my fair-light skin. 🙂
Very nice!!
All my highlighters are too warm-toned. Are there any off the top of your head that are much more cool toned that will work better with pinks and lilacs? I know there was a post a year or two ago that was the best cool-toned highlighters but some of those were limited edition. Maybe something that has come out more recently that tested well?
Thanks very much!
I’ve done several posts that only featured permanent shades a few months ago, actually — http://www.temptalia.com/?s=best+highlighters
This is great, thanks!
The swatches look gorgeous! I’m a huge fan of this blush range so I’m all about this stunning highlighter!
The highlighter was lovely!
Might be too warm for me but very pretty!
It is a warm one!