Anastasia Beverly Hills Nicole Guerriero Glow Kit

In February, Anastasia Beverly Hills released a limited edition highlighter palette in collaboration with beauty vlogger, Nicole Guerriero. The Nicole Guerriero Glow Kit is described as "a palette with six, metallic powder highlighters for intense luminosity. Each highlighter has an ultra-fine formula that won't leave behind shimmer particles. Just layer these shades together or wear them separately on your face, eyes, and body. Complementing shades can be layered together to brighten cheekbones and collarbones, or worn separately over eyelids, brow bones, and inner corners of the eyes." The six shades are housed in a slim peach-coloured cardboard case. Each Glow Kit contains a total of 27 grams of product (4.5 g per shade), and retails for $52. It is available online and in store at Sephora and Anastasia Beverly Hills.
Kitty Kat, Forever Young, and Daydream

Kitty Kat is a light warm shell pink with platinum reflects in a metallic pearlized finish. This is a new and limited edition shade. It has a soft, finely-milled, almost buttery texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It is slightly warmer than Anastasia Beverly Hills Forever Young, darker than Anastasia Beverly Hills Crushed Pearl, more pink than MAC Soft and Gentle, lighter than MAC Superb, lighter and more pink than Becca Opal, and more pink and more metallic than Too Faced Blinded by the Light.

Forever Young is a light neutral pinked pearl with silver reflects in a metallic pearlized finish. This is a new and limited edition shade. It has a soft, finely-milled, almost buttery texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It is slightly cooler than Anastasia Beverly Hills Kitty Kat, darker than Anastasia Beverly Hills Crushed Pearl, slightly more pink than MAC Soft and Gentle, lighter than MAC Superb, lighter and cooler than Becca Opal, and more pink and more metallic than Too Faced Blinded by the Light.

Daydream is a light-medium warm gilded peach with silver and gold reflects in a metallic pearlized finish. This is a new and limited edition shade. It has a soft, finely-milled, almost buttery texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It is slightly lighter and more golden than Anastasia Beverly Hills Peach Nectar, slightly cooler than Anastasia Beverly Hills Mimosa, brighter and more orange than Anastasia Beverly Hills Hard Candy, lighter and more orange than MAC Fairly Precious, lighter and more orange than Becca Rose Gold, and more orange and more metallic than Too Faced Ray of Light. 

Forever Lit, Glo Getter, and 143

Forever Lit is a pale cool platinum with lavender-silver reflects in a metallic pearlized finish. This is a new and limited edition shade. It has a soft, finely-milled, almost buttery texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It is lighter and cooler than Anastasia Beverly Hills Moonstone, brighter and more white than MAC Soft Frost, cooler than Jeffree Star Ice Cold, brighter and cooler than Becca Pearl, and lighter and brighter than Becca Prismatic Amethyst.

Glo Getter is a light-medium warm golden opal with rose reflects in a metallic pearlized finish. This is a new and limited edition shade. It has a soft, finely-milled, almost buttery texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It is slightly lighter and more golden than Anastasia Beverly Hills 143, slightly more pink than MAC Soft and Gentle, lighter and more pink than MAC Global Glow, lighter and warmer than MAC Superb, slightly lighter than Becca Opal, and warmer and more metallic than Too Faced Ray of Light.

143 is a light-medium warm rose gold with bronze reflects in a metallic pearlized finish. This is a new and limited edition shade. It has a soft, finely-milled, almost buttery texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It is slightly darker and more bronze than Glo Getter, darker and more bronze than MAC Soft and Gentle, more pink than MAC Global Glow, warmer and more bronze than MAC Superb, slightly more bronze than Becca Opal, lighter and more gold than Becca Rose Gold, and more orange and more metallic than Too Faced Ray of Light. 

I had debated whether or not to post this because by the time I had tested all the shades and took pictures (and actually had time to blog), this palette was already sold out everywhere. And as a limited edition product, it wasn't expected to come back. But Anastasia Beverly Hills decided to be smart and re-stock all Sephora locations this this week, including online at Sephora and on their own website, so that's why this post is going up — nearly three months after I originally bought it. I don't really know who Nicole Guerriero is, nor do I follow her on any social media platform, but she did a phenomenal job with ABH on this palette because it's not only my favourite Glow Kit that has been released, but my favourite highlighter palette ever. I think I used this palette exclusively for about a month straight without ever feeling the need to stray from it. (Which is really saying something 'cause, as you know, I'm a highlighter fiend.)

The colours here are well-rounded and widely flattering, working on many skintones from fair to deep dark, and the formula for all six shades is phenomenal. After the dip in quality with ABH's Ultimate Glow Kit, which featured gritty textures with sheerer colour pay-off and tremendous fall-out, ABH definitely redeemed themselves with the Nicole Guerriero palette, in which each shade is smooth, buttery, and beautifully pigmented. It also seems like there are more pearl pigments in these shades than even the original Glow Kits (Gleam, That Glow, and Sun Dipped), so they come out more vibrant and reflective. The only thing about this Glow Kit as compared to the older ones is that the shades don't pop out of the palette. If you're someone who likes customizing their own palettes (say, for travel or if you're a makeup artist working out of a kit), the Nicole Guerriero Glow Kit doesn't offer that. But it's a very minor detail for such a gorgeous, well-edited palette. And for $52, it's also one of the most reasonably priced highlighting products out there (by weight, it's cheaper than MAC, Becca, Jeffree Star Cosmetics, Kat Von D, etc.). So if you even remotely like highlighting, this is a must-have. Don't even think twice about it. Just get it.