Makeup Geek Highlighters in Lit, Psychedelic, Midnight Sun, Daybreak, Luster, and Rekindle

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Thursday, July 27, 2017

American indie brand Makeup Geek came out with a range of individual highlighters last fall after the success of the highlighter palette they created in collaboration with Kathleen Lights (which is still available here). The range includes a total of 13 shades, with six of them coming in a duochrome finish and seven coming in their original luminous metallic finish. 12 of the shades are available in bundles of three, which are curated by skin tone. (I had gotten the Medium bundle for my birthday last year, and then I bought myself the Fair bundle for Christmas. Because you can never have too many highlighters. And yes, I am aware it took me well over six months to post about these. I kinda forgot that I had gotten them because so many new releases were out at the time, but I'm slowly making my way through my makeup stashes.) These highlighters are described as having a "super-smooth and incredibly pigmented formula [that] provides a reflective luminosity that ranges from subtle to extreme — use a light hand for a natural, lit-from-within glow or pack it on for an intense, strobed effect." They are housed in metallic gunmetal square mirrored compacts with the Makeup Geek logo engraved on the lid, and the actual powders are embossed with a chevron design. Each highlighter contains 7 grams of product, and retails for $20 USD. They are available online only at Makeup Geek and Beauty Bay.

Lit, Psychedelic, and Midnight Sun

In daylight: Lit, Psychedelic, and Midnight Sun

In direct sunlight: Lit, Psychedelic, and Midnight Sun

Lit is a light warm beige with a peachy-pink duochrome reflects in a luminous pearl finish. This is a permanent shade. It has a soft, finely-milled texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has medium pigmentation and semi-sheer to semi-opaque buildable colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is more white than Makeup Geek Psychedelic, slightly more peach than Becca Pearl, and lighter and more beige than Anastasia Beverly Hills Eclipse (Aurora).
Psychedelic is a light warm peach with pink duochrome reflects in a luminous pearl finish. This is a permanent shade. It has a soft, finely-milled texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has medium pigmentation and semi-sheer to semi-opaque buildable colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is more peach than Makeup Geek Lit, more peach than MAC Double-Gleam, and similar but slightly less metallic than Anastasia Beverly Hills Eclipse (Aurora).
Midnight Sun is a light warm golden champagne in a luminous metallic finish. This is a permanent shade. It has a soft, finely-milled texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is less yellow than MAC Oh Darling, more yellow than Becca Champagne Pop, and slightly more peach than Becca Prosecco Pop.

Daybreak, Luster, and Rekindle

In daylight: Daybreak, Luster, and Rekindle

In direct sunlight: Daybreak, Luster, and Rekindle

Daybreak is a light-medium soft coppery peach in a luminous metallic finish. This is a permanent shade. It has a soft, finely-milled texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is more peach than Makeup Geek Rekindle, darker and more peach than Makeup Geek Midnight Sun, and slightly lighter and more peach than MAC Global Glow.
Luster is a light-medium warm rosy beige in a luminous metallic finish. This is a permanent shade. It has a soft, finely-milled texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is lighter than Makeup Geek Starlight, slightly more pink than MAC Soft and Gentle, and lighter than MAC Superb.
Rekindle is a medium warm rose gold in a luminous metallic finish. This is a permanent shade. It has a soft, finely-milled texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is darker than Makeup Geek Luster, more tan than Makeup Geek Starlight, and similar to MAC Superb.

It's really too bad that Makeup Geek's highlighters haven't gotten as much fanfare as very similar (but much more expensive) ones by Becca, Anastasia Beverly Hills, or MAC. It's probably due to Makeup Geek relying strictly on e-commerce and very little marketing outside of social media, but I've always maintained that the quality of their products is just as good, if not better, than many more expensive or prestige brands. (Their eyeshadow formula has always been one of my favourites.) These highlighting powders are super silky and finely-milled, apply smooth like butter, and are beautifully pigmented with fantastic colour pay-off. The duochrome finish ones are more sheer than the signature formula ones (and for good reason, because duochrome finishes can look ridiculous — almost alien-like? — if they're too pigmented on the face), but they all have a gorgeous pearlized, luminous, beaming finish. My only "complaint" with these is the shade overlap — for example, Rekindle and Starlight look almost identical, as does Ignite and Sunlight, and Lit and Psychedelic. The range is impressive and I really appreciate that they included shades for all skin tones, but you definitely won't need to buy all of these (honestly, they probably could have cut four to five shades from the final line-up). That having been said, any of them are totally worth getting, but you'll definitely be getting more bang for your buck with their bundle deals, which are $48 USD for three full-sized highlighters that are curated by skin tone.
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