Beauty Care: Haus Labs Raw Amber Bio-Radiant Highlighter Review & Swatches

Raw Amber

Haus Labs Raw Amber Bio-Radiant Highlighter ($40.00 for 0.42 oz.) is a medium-dark, rosy copper with moderate, warm undertones and lighter, copper sparkle and shimmer throughout. It seemed slightly drier compared to other shades in the range, though I wouldn’t actually describe it as legitimately dry as it applied similarly and did not look dry on my skin.

Mostly opaque, buildable coverage
Gel-powder formula: firm but not stiff, drier than other shades though
Picked up well with dry brush, blendable
Long-wearing (9-10 hours was typical)

FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).

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Formula Overview

$40.00/0.42 oz. - $95.24 Per Ounce

The formula is supposed to apply "seamlessly" with "radiant, next gen glow" that lasts for "up to 12 hours." It featured a gel-powder hybrid formula, so the feel of the powder was on the firmer side, but it wasn't stiff. There was no powderiness, and I had no issues picking up product with more feathery, less-dense fan brushes or more traditional tapered highlighting brushes.

The shades were typically semi-opaque to opaque in coverage and easily applied with a lighter hand. The powder sat well on bare skin as well as on top of foundation, and it had a "melted" look that helped the powder sit seamlessly. They wore nine to 10 hours on me, so not quite the 12-hours claimed but longer-wearing than average.

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Ingredients

Mica, Cetearyl Ethylhexanoate, Hdi/Trimethylol Hexyllactone Crosspolymer, Silica, Glycerin, Pseudozyma Epicola/Sunflower Seed Oil Ferment Extract Filtrate, Arnica Montana Flower Extract**, Squalane, Actinidia Polygama Fruit Extract, Tocopherol, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Tocopheryl Acetate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Gellen Gum, Caprylyl Glycol, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Calcium Chloride, Butylene Glycol, Dicalcium Phosphate, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-Di-T-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate, 1,2-Hexanediol, Polysorbate 20, Aqua (Water, Eau), Ci 77491 (Iron Oxides), Ci 77891 (Titanium Dioxide). **Fermented

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