Beauty Care: Moira Fairy Gold Sun Glow Face and Body Highlighter Review & Swatches

Fairy Gold

Moira Fairy Gold Sun Glow Face and Body Highlighter ($14.00 for 0.53 oz.) is a light copper with moderate, warm undertones–balanced between red and orange–paired with a sparkling, metallic finish.

Mostly opaque color payoff
Soft, velvety texture, not stiff but not powdery
Applied evenly and blended out with little effort
More prone to emphasizing skin texture
Long-wearing (8 hours before fading)

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

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Formula Overview

$14.00/0.53 oz. - $26.42 Per Ounce

The Sun Glow Highlighter formula is supposed to have a "creamy powder" texture and "ultra-fine pearl" formula to give "glowing skin." It had a noticeable coconut scent when the commpact is open, though I did not get much scent when I wore the products.

The consistency was smooth, more velvety with good glide/slip, though they still felt like a powder product. The coverage was semi-opaque to opaque and buildable to boot, while the finish was less pearly as it was quite sparkly--if you don't like "glittery" highlighters, you won't like these. On the other hand, if you like high-shine, sparkle, and glow, then these delivered on all three.

I felt like they were a bit more prone to emphasizing skin texture as a result, since they start at a mega-level of glow. They wore eight hours on me before showing signs of fading.

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Ingredients

Mica, Calcium Aluminum Borosilicate, Silica, Isononyl Isononanoate, Petrolatum, Polyisobutene, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil, Tocopheryl Acetate, Dimethicone, Phenoxyethanol, Fragrance, Polyethylene, Tin Oxide, Methyl Hydrogenated Rosinate, Ethylhexylglycerin, MAY CONTAIN/PEUT CONTENIR/ PUEDE CONTENER (+/-): Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891).

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