This meme reminded me of a funny story of some time ago.
The highlighter trend was just on the rise and I had bought my first highlighter to wear to a party. It was the Benefit's Girl meets PEarl which is a subtle pink-gold highlight. At the end of the party, a friend comes up to say; "Oh! You're wearing glitter. I didn't notice it all evening."
All I could say was "Huh?"
Sigh! It does hurt when your highlight ain't appreciated...^_^
So, Nyx cosmetics finally updated their cosmetics range in Dubai to include their latest releases, which includes their liquid illuminators and the NYX Strobe of Genius Highlighter Palette. Thank you for finally remembering us here in Dubai, NYX.
Strobing is mostly a fancy name for highlighting. Every brand has jumped onto the bandwagon and has been releasing their highlighters.
Nyx describes their highlight palette as:
Introducing the Strobe of Genius Palette, our incredible new collection of must have illuminators designed to give you everything needed to achieve today's most buzzed about highlighting trend: Strobing. This breakthrough palette features seven velvety-smooth shades that will enhance your features with serious levels of illumination.
The Nyx highlighters come in a simple black plastic compact with a clear cover. Containing seven highlighting powders, the top row contains four shades each 0.07oz, while the bottom row has three bigger ones which are 0.14 oz each.
The highlighters range from warm yellow golds and champagne to cool toned pinks and lavenders. My personal favourites are the pinks and lavenders, highlight shades which are usually not easy to find. The lavender colour corrects and counteracts dullness as well. Therefore, this is one versatile palette which is extremely convenient for travel as you can use it for a variety of looks, and won't need to pack different products with you.
All shades can be easily used by those with either warm or cool toned skin.
2- Cool toned light pink shimmer.
3- Lavender shimmer.
4- Mauvy pink with gold shimmer.
5- Gold with peach undertones.
6- Bronze with warm undertones.
7- Champagne shimmer.
The illuminators are incredibly smooth and velvety. The powder is finely milled, so there is no obvious glitter and very little fallout from the compact or from the brush.
The highlighters blended out very easily and could easily be layered on each other , giving a strong highlight.
Though this is a drugstore product, effect is highly comparable to high end highlighters. The highlight simply makes your skin glow and cheekbones pop.
The illuminators can also be used as eye shadows and lasted for around six hours. The champagne colour is perfect for the inner eye corner highlight and the bronze and warm pink can be even used as blushes.
The palette in priced around AED 110 in Dubai, and though the price is slightly steep for a drugstore product, it is totally worth it when you consider you are getting seven awesome quality illuminators.
However, a word of advice, if you have textured skin, I would advice you to go easier on the highlighting, and if possible use a liquid highlighter as, all illuminators, whether high-end or drugstore, do emphasize un-even skin and pores. An effect, which I found is less noticeable with a liquid illuminator.
Pros:
- Seven illuminators in one palette.
- High quality and super blendable.
-Give a strong highlight with little effort.
- Long lasting.
Cons:
- Slightly pricey for a highend product.
Overall, this is a great palette, especially if you are just starting with the highlighting trend, or don't want to be burdened with multiple products at home or travelling. The highlighters are easy to use
and layered over each other. Can be used as an illuminator or as eyeshadows.
I got mine from CentrePoint in Dubai for AED 110.
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