Wet ‘n’ Wild Precious Petals & Crown of My Canopy MegaGlo Highlighting Powders Reviews, Photos, Swatches
Precious Petals
Wet ‘n’ Wild Precious Petals MegaGlo Highlighting Powder ($4.99 for 0.19 oz.) is a medium gold with warm, yellow undertones and a metallic sheen. It was a stronger, more obvious highlighter, so it would be best suited for someone who prefers intense highlighting over subtle highlighting. There was slight emphasis of my skin’s natural texture when worn at medium or higher coverage.
The formula is supposed to be “velvety-smooth” and give a “naturally luminous glow.” The powder was soft, blendable, and just a touch loose in the pan, but it was easy to apply to the high points of the face and diffuse the color. For a less intense sheen, I’d recommend using a fan brush or a very light hand and just lightly dusting on the skin instead. It wore well for eight hours on me before fading.
This is a fantastic option for anyone who has wanted some of the hyped-up, limited edition gold highlighters we’ve seen over the last six months, since it’s very, very similar to so many of them.
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- Urban Decay Viserion (LE, $26.00) is less shimmery (95% similar).
- Ciate Celestial (P, $32.00) is lighter (95% similar).
- Pretty Vulgar Sparkling Sass (P, $32.00) is lighter (95% similar).
- ILIA Starstruck (P, $34.00) is less shimmery (95% similar).
- Makeup Geek Nightlight (LE, $20.00) is less shimmery (95% similar).
- Colour Pop On the Loose (PiP, $8.00) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- Colour Pop Starflower (LE, $8.00) is lighter (95% similar).
- Wet 'n' Wild Holly Gold-head (LE, $4.99) is more shimmery (95% similar).
- Charlotte Tilbury Lovegasm Highlight (LE, ) is lighter (95% similar).
- NARS Salé (-, ) is warmer (95% similar).
Formula Overview
$4.99/0.19 oz. - $26.26 Per Ounce
The formula is supposed to be “highly pigmented” with a “silky smooth” texture that is “easy-to-blend.” The shades ranged from semi-opaque to opaque typically with smooth, denser textures that weren't stiff or difficult to work with. A couple of shades seemed a touch drier in the pan but did not appear dry on my skin usually. They blended out nicely and lasted around eight hours on average.
Browse all of our Wet 'n' Wild MegaGlo Highlighting Powder swatches.
Ingredients
Boron Nitride, Dimethicone, Octyldodecyl Stearoyl Stearate, Nylon-12, Ethyl Macadamiate, Polysorbate 20, Phytosteryl Macadamiate, Trimethylsiloxysilicate, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Phenoxyethanol, Sorbitan Stearate, Lauroyl Lysine, Caprylyl Glycol, Magnesium Aluminum Silicate, Hexylene Glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin, o-Cymen-5-ol, Polyacrylamide, Tocopheryl Acetate, C13-14 Isoparaffin, Laureth-7, [+/- (MAY CONTAIN/PEUT CONTENIR): Mica, Titanium Dioxide/CI 77891, Iron Oxides/CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499, Carmine/CI 75470]. - See more at: http://www.wetnwildbeauty.com/new/megaglotm-highlighting-powder.html#sm.0001blak47iyfd28s4e1dm32is08d
Precious Petals
LELimited Edition. $4.99.
Crown of my Canopy
Wet ‘n’ Wild Crown of My Canopy MegaGlo Highlighting Powder ($4.99 for 0.19 oz.) is a muted, medium-dark copper with warm, golden undertones and flecks of pink and gold micro-glitter and shimmer. This shade had more visible glitter on the skin compared to Precious Petals. The consistency was also less smooth, drier, and more prone to sheering out. What I found was that I could buff and blend out the color so that it appeared smooth on my cheekbones, and when I did that, there were very few glitters left. It wore well for eight hours on me before fading.
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- Fenty Beauty Cognac Candy (LE, $38.00) is less shimmery, less pigmented, warmer (90% similar).
- Too Faced Peach Honey (PiP, ) is less shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
- Laura Mercier Indiscretion (P, $45.00) is cooler (90% similar).
- Lancome Rose Twinkle #2 (LE, ) is darker, cooler (90% similar).
- Colour Pop Might Be (P, $8.00) is more shimmery, darker, cooler (90% similar).
- MAC Strange New Worlds (LE, $34.00) is less shimmery (90% similar).
- Laura Mercier Spellbound (LE, $45.00) is less shimmery (90% similar).
- Tom Ford Beauty Reflects Gilt (Bottom) (LE, ) is darker (90% similar).
- Becca Bronzed Amber (LE, $38.00) is less shimmery, darker (90% similar).
- Westman Atelier Peau de Peche (P, $75.00) is less shimmery (90% similar).
Formula Overview
$4.99/0.19 oz. - $26.26 Per Ounce
The formula is supposed to be “highly pigmented” with a “silky smooth” texture that is “easy-to-blend.” The shades ranged from semi-opaque to opaque typically with smooth, denser textures that weren't stiff or difficult to work with. A couple of shades seemed a touch drier in the pan but did not appear dry on my skin usually. They blended out nicely and lasted around eight hours on average.
Browse all of our Wet 'n' Wild MegaGlo Highlighting Powder swatches.
Ingredients
Boron Nitride, Dimethicone, Octyldodecyl Stearoyl Stearate, Nylon-12, Ethyl Macadamiate, Polysorbate 20, Phytosteryl Macadamiate, Trimethylsiloxysilicate, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Phenoxyethanol, Sorbitan Stearate, Lauroyl Lysine, Caprylyl Glycol, Magnesium Aluminum Silicate, Hexylene Glycol, Ethylhexylglycerin, o-Cymen-5-ol, Polyacrylamide, Tocopheryl Acetate, C13-14 Isoparaffin, Laureth-7, [+/- (MAY CONTAIN/PEUT CONTENIR): Mica, Titanium Dioxide/CI 77891, Iron Oxides/CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499, Carmine/CI 75470]. - See more at: http://www.wetnwildbeauty.com/new/megaglotm-highlighting-powder.html#sm.0001blak47iyfd28s4e1dm32is08d
Precious Petals was constantly sold out last year and now I can see why! Shame we don’t get WnW here in the UK.
I wish you guys got it in the UK!
Christine, these were LE, but they were so wildly popular, I believe Wet N Wild made them permanent this year, and they are available on their website. Interested readers can sign up for their emails, as they do occasionally offer free shipping with no $ 35 minimum. I got mine last year, and was stunned by how soft and silky Precious Petals was, the shimmer and finish is very refined, as good as any of my ME and HE highlighters. It’s very close to my Dior Glowing Gardens Nude highlighter, which costs about 12x more. As for Crown of my Canopies, mine is the same quality as Precious Petals, there’s no dryness or chunky glitter, but it’s too warm for by NC15-20 skin, but it makes a very pretty blush topper during the summer time. I highly recommend both products, great budget finds, and dupes for many ME and HE highlighters
Thank you for the heads up, Katherine!
I’m glad that both of yours are so nice!! I was surprised that mine weren’t the same in texture.
Having heard many rave about Precious Petals, I’m really glad to see it do so well! A great backup for when (if?) I ever use up all the gold highlighters in my possession.
Feeling VERY relieved and happy that I have Colourpop Might Be heading my way! Because Crown Of My Canopy, while pretty, just seems like a lot of trouble and effort is needed to get it to look as beautiful as it does in the face picture!
Might Be is gorgeous!!
They are both pretty, especially prescious petals, but both are so dark. I wish they’d released a couple more, so very fair and dark skin tones would have an option.
Fingers crossed that they do!
That first one is a BEAUT on you Christine!! you cheeks look BRIGHT.
I wish we had a better selection of wnw here in Canada!
Get with the program WNW!
Yeah their foundations…… We need the new foundations here as well as these. About all of the black label products are missing as well. Forget about the Fergie collection. lol
Love Precious Petals!
It’s gorgeous!
Precious Petals is fantastic value and it shows what a brand can do when it’s committed to quality.
Gotta love a budget-friendly highlighter option!
I’m surprised to see that the two shades rated so differently! I would get the Precious Petals one if it’s available here, but I doubt it. We have a really limited selection of WnW, it’s only the permanent items that have been around forever and unfortunately WnW doesn’t ship worldwide!
I was, too! I thought they’d both be slam dunks!
they look so pretty! x
They do!