Beauty Care: ColourPop Gold Mine Highlighter Reviews & Swatches

Gold Mine

ColourPop Gold Mine Pressed Powder Blush ($10.00 for 0.28 oz.) is a light, pink-leaning peach with warmer, contrasting peachy-gold pearl throughout. The pearl gave it a smooth, luminous sheen that wasn’t prone to emphasizing skin texture.

Semi-opaque, buildable pigmentation
Smooth, lightly emollient texture; no powderiness
Applied evenly and blended out easily
Long-wearing (8 hours before fading visibly)

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

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Sydney Grace Candied Peach (P, $8.00).
ColourPop In the Groove (LE, $7.00).
Dior Precious Rocks (001) (DC, $56.00).
Pretty Vulgar Glow Up (P, $32.00).
Melt Cosmetics Stargazer (P, $39.00).
Sydney Grace Peach Kisses (P, $9.00).
MAC Wrapped in Gold (LE, $44.00).
Morphe Spark (P, $14.00).
Pat McGrath Golden Nectar (P, $48.00).
Fenty Beauty Hu$tla Baby (PiP, $36.00).

Formula Overview

$12.00/0.21 oz. - $57.14 Per Ounce

The powder highlighter is supposed to have a "high-shine" finish with "high colour intensity." In general, ColourPop's pressed highlighter powders have a smooth, moderately dense texture that was soft enough to be picked up easily by a brush but not kick up any powder in the pan. The formula was semi-opaque to opaque but easily sheered out for less shine and coverage if desired. There were a few shades within the range that emphasized my skin's natural texture slightly but most did not. The wear ranged from seven and a half hours to nine hours.

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