Beauty Care: Vieve Riches Nova Glow Highlighter Review & Swatches

Riches

Vieve Riches Nova Glow Highlighter ($37.50 for 0.42 oz.) is a medium-dark copper with warmer, more orange undertones and lighter, golden copper shimmer throughout. It had a more metallic finish that was somewhat emphasizing of my skin’s natural texture, so it wasn’t the most forgiving highlighting formula I’ve come across.

It was richly pigmented with a moderately-dense, slightly firmer texture that felt a touch on the dry side–almost like the shimmer was less blended with the base color, which may have attributed to the texture emphasis I experienced. I didn’t have any issues picking up product on my brush, and the powder did blend out well along the edges. It wore decently for eight hours on me before fading visibly.

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

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Formula Overview

$37.50/0.42 oz. - $89.29 Per Ounce

The powder highlighter formula is supposed to have "the texture of a powder but the finish of a cream" so it "blends seamlessly into skin." The powder was denser, slightly thicker, and more firmly-pressed into the pan, though I didn't have any issues picking up color with a traditional, tapered highlighting brush.

The highlighters had mostly opaque to opaque pigmentation with a more metallic finish that was slightly emphasizing of my skin's texture. I did not feel like it sat on my skin like a cream or "seamlessly." The formula was blendable, though, and lasted around eight hours on me.

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Ingredients

TALC, MICA, CALCIUM SODIUM BOROSILICATE, DIMETHICONE, MAGNESIUM STEARATE, OCTYLDODECYL STEAROYL STEARATE, CAPRYLIC/CAPRIC TRIGLYCERIDE, TOCOPHERYL ACETATE, MYRICA CERIFERA (BAYBERRY) FRUIT WAX, DIMETHICONOL, SODIUM DEHYDROACETATE, PHENOXYETHANOL, TROPOLONE, TIN OXIDE, TITANIUM DIOXIDE (CI 77891), IRON OXIDES (CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499)

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