The long-running Unsung Heroes series here on makeup and appeal blog features some of our all-time favorite permanent collection products.
Like Jen, a lot of the appeal products I end up getting are things I’ve heard good things about from other bloggers and makeup lovers, and so they aren’t necessarily “unsung.” but I do find myself coming back over and over again to the Sephora brand products, because I feel like, in general, Sephora brand products are incredibly underrated. Like, everything is really good, but it’s just like when you go to Sephora, you’re overwhelmed by everything else, so I feel like the Sephora brand stuff just gets overlooked.
There’s actually a Sephora ideal across the street from my job, which is both amazing and horrible, LOL. So, one day on my lunch break, I was just going to the mall to walk around, and I go into Sephora like I normally do to pass the time and see what they have, and I see this little display of the Sephora brand Radiant Luminizing Drops. There’s a pink one, a gold one and maybe a bronzey-colored one ($14 each), and I did a little sample of the light pink one, Starlight, ideal then on my hand.
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Wow! It was incredibly pretty! It’s this liquid highlighter that’s pink…but it’s, like, warm enough that it actually shows up as pink, and I love pink. It’s my favorite color, especially when it pertains to makeup. Like, I’m drawn to anything pink and shimmery, but a lot of times on dark skin, pink, shimmery products appear white and incredibly harsh, so even though I love the color, when it pertains to liquid or even powder highlighter, when I see pink, I steer clear, because I think, “This is gonna look incredibly chalky and just crazy on my face.”
So when I checked this on my hand and saw a really pretty soft glowing pink, I thought, “You know what? I’mma just get this!” and I did! and I love it!
It has a really great texture, and even though it’s a liquid illuminator / liquid luminizer kind of product, it’s actually really light. It’s not heavy on the face or incredibly thick, and it doesn’t interfere with my foundation. a lot of of the time the way I wear it is I’ll put it all over my face, then I’ll put foundation over that, and it just creates the nicest soft glow.
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And pink is a good color for brightening (and maybe because of the shimmer, it also kind of blurs my pores), so often on the weekends, after I put on my moisturizer and sunscreen, I’ll just put this all over my face without foundation for an easy brightening glow. (Here’s it in action in my after gym makeup tutorial.)
I just love these drops, and I really haven’t seen any other bloggers talk about them. I think they’re awesome.
If you’re trying to find a luminizing liquid and don’t want to invest in something incredibly expensive, or even if you don’t mind something incredibly expensive, I think these Sephora brand Radiant Luminizing drops are amazing (and they’re only $14). I honestly could not recommend them more, and I absolutely plan to try some of the other colors.