Beauty Care: Rose Inc Brilliant Solar Radiance Cream Highlighter Review & Swatches

Brilliant

Rose Inc Brilliant Solar Radiance Hydrating Cream Highlighter ($36.00 for 0.17 oz.) is a very pale gold, almost veering into more of a warmer white, with a luminous sheen with very fine pearl that didn’t emphasize my skin’s natural texture.

Medium, buildable coverage (easy to sheer out, too)
Lightly creamy, more powder-like on skin, thin
Not tacky, applied evenly with brush or fingertip
Long-wearing (8 hours)

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

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Formula Overview

$36.00/0.17 oz. - $211.76 Per Ounce

It's supposed to have a "velvet-soft cream" formula that offers "sheer radiance" that doesn't "settle into pores or fine lines." The coverage is described as "buildable." It had medium, buildable coverage--though could be used with a lighter hand or diffused further for a sheerer effect with ease--paired with a lightweight, thin consistency that was emollient but not tacky or as thick compared to the brand's cream blushes.

The highlighter formula had more of a dry down that had radiance but wasn't dewy or tacky to the touch. I had no issues applying over bare skin or on top of foundation products, as it wasn't prone to emphasizing skin texture or lifting up base products. The formula worked well with a synthetic stippling brush as well as patted on the high points with a fingertip.

They lasted around eight to nine hours before shownig signs of fading (but no sliding).

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Ingredients

Water/Aqua/Eau, Hexyl Laurate, Glycerin, Pentylene Glycol, Octyldodecanol, Squalane, Tamarindus Indica Seed Gum, Jasminum Sambac Leaf Cell Extract, Mangostin, Acetyl Tetrapeptide-2, Sodium Hyaluronate, Tocopherol, Alcaligenes Polysaccharides, Disteardimonium Hectorite, Amodimethicone, Carbomer, Magnesium Chloride, Trisodium Ethylenediamine Disuccinate, Sodium Lauroyl Glutamate, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Propylene Carbonate, Aluminum Hydroxide, Glucose, Lysine, Caprylyl Glycol, Benzyl Alcohol, Sodium Hydroxide, Citric Acid, [+/-: Mica, Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Iron Oxides (CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499)]

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