Dior Golden Glow (003) Diorskin Nude Luminizer Review & Swatches

Golden Glow (003)

Dior Golden Glow (003) DiorSkin Nude Luminizer ($48.00 for 0.21 oz.) is a medium gold with warm undertones and a luminous sheen. It had opaque pigmentation with a smooth, dense consistency that was firm to the touch (no powderiness!) and was best used with a moderately dense highlighting brush (I used a slew of tapered ones with the formula just fine). The highlighter applied evenly and smoothly to bare skin, blended out with ease, and didn’t emphasize my skin’s natural texture. It seemed a smidgen lighter than the shade in the previous formula, but on my skin, it was hard to tell. This shade lasted well for eight hours on me before fading noticeably.

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Charlotte Tilbury Highlighting Glow (LE, ) is less shimmery (95% similar).
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Too Faced Blessed (LE, ) is lighter (90% similar).
MAC Get It Glowin' (LE, ) is more shimmery (90% similar).
Make Up For Ever #02 (P, $39.00) is darker (90% similar).
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Huda Beauty Seychelles (LE, ) is lighter (90% similar).
Morphe Extra (P, $14.00) is less shimmery (90% similar).
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Formula Overview

$48.00/0.21 oz. - $228.57 Per Ounce

It's a new line of powder highlighters that are supposed to give the "face a multidimensional glow" with a "high concentration of shimmering pigments." It's an update on their previous Luminizers but with lighter-weight packaging (and no included brush, which wasn't anything to write home about anyway!) and a lower price. The ingredient list seemed to be the same, and by touch, they seemed to be nearly the same--I felt like the updated version seemed a smidgen drier/more firmly pressed but it was barely noticeable and a couple were a little lighter/darker swatched but may simply have reflected more or less light in the particular shot as there was little difference on my skin. They had medium to opaque color coverage that applied well, lasted for eight hours, and blended out easily. The texture was denser, smooth to the touch, but firmer (so no powderiness) but require a moderately dense brush and/or medium hand to pick up product.

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