Highlighting trends have changed a bit and it has become more popular to have a natural glow instead of high shine metallic stripe. You can still rock anything you like, but I kind of dig this lighter version of highlighting every now and then. Probably much more now that hotter days are coming. I tend to quickly look too greasy as it's warmer outside. Today's Makeup Revolution Strobe Highlighter is yet another one of those products that gives you lovely sheen, but doesn't look too metallic.

It has a wavy imprint and in the pan it looks like a slightly yellow toned white shade. It feels like a baked formula as it has that dry texture to it. Because it's so dry, it has a lot of fallout. It's dusty once you touch it with a brush.

Pigmentation is good. If you apply it with a fluffier brush it gives more of shimmer and less of white base. If you swatch it with finger, it looks more white based and more pigmented. 

Ever Glow Lights is cool toned white. In the pan it looks slightly yellow toned, but it actually looks pretty much white on the skin. It does have more of a cool undertone instead of warm, but it's not that prominent. The white base is quite pigmented, but all in all looks like a more sheer highlighter. You can see small shimmer in it, but it doesn't look as intense or as metallic as with most of my other highlighters. The shimmer is very fine. Shade is perfect for pale skin tones, because the base is so white. I can still wear it, even though I'm not as pale. 

I also compared it to some of my other highlighters. Becca Shimmering Skin Perfector Pressed in Moonstone is yellow gold and has brighter and more shiny shimmer in it. Essence Soo Glow! in 10 Look On The Bright Side is slightly yellow toned compared to Ever Glow Lights. It has the same white base, but the shimmer in it gives it a more intense sheen and looks more golden white. theBalm Mary-Lou Manizer is the darkest of these and has more of a peachy golden tone. It's also more glowy like Moonstone and looks more obvious. 

If you apply it really lightly, you get more of those tiny shimmers and a little bit of white base. It looks sheerer on the skin and can look a bit more sparkly under the sunlight. The more you build it up, the more intense it looks. The base becomes even whiter and it gives more intense sheen. Under direct sunlight you can also spot shimmers sparkling here and there, but it looks more sheeny than shimmery in general. Which means it does looks more natural in that strobing kind of way. 

On the bottom photos I show you how my skin looks without the strobe highlighter, with light application and with heavier applications (from left to right).

It wears nicely. I still have it on my skin at the end of the day, but it does fade just a bit. It becomes less intense. On my skin this has a long wear time. 

I love highlighters and I love a good glow. As much as I love my metallic highlighters, I've grown to love this one just as much. It's for those days when you don't want highlighter to overpower your makeup or when you want your skin to look just a bit more natural. I like sheerer formula, but a pigmented base that still gives you that highlight. Shimmer is tiny and it looks somewhat more natural in that strobe way. Formula is dry, well pigmented and it lasts well on the skin. If you're sick of super shimmery metallic looking highlighters, but you still want it to have a glow on the skin, then this just might be for you. 

Hey Beauties!

A while ago Makeup Revolution Slovenija (Ličila.si) surprised us with some new products from Makeup Revolution. I've already reviewed their Contour Kit, which has quickly become one of my favorite products from Makeup Revolution. I also got their Pressed Powder in shade Translucent. I really like this one too. Read more to find out why.

Hey Beauties!

Today's review is actually more of an impulse buy. I did buy the brush earlier, because I had it in mind before, but the eyeshadow and lipstick were purely impulsive. Let's see if I can save you some money, haha :).

I bought Essence bloom me up eyeshadow in the shade 01 Bloomylicious, lipstick in the shade 01 Rose it up! and blush brush. 

I bought the blush brush, because I don't have any brush that looks like this. Lame, I know. I'm telling you, my purchases sometimes don't have any logical objectification. The brush is wooden, with metal top and the bristles are actually really soft. It's fairly small and the bristles are straight cut. I don't find it nice for applying blush, even though it's supposed to be blush brush. It also didn't do much for a cream blush, but I guess, it always seems better to blend those with fingers. I find it the best to be used as a foundation brush. It works good for that and the bristles are gentle, yet short enough to get pretty even application and blending on the entire face. I suppose it would also be good for mineral makeup. Also not the best for powder or bronzer. I just find it awkward because of the straight cut. 

I can't remember the exact price of it, it's something around 3€, I think.

I chose the lipstick, because the color of the packaging was so pretty. The standard packaging of Essence lipsticks. If the lipstick would look like the packaging, I would be over the moon. Sadly, not the case. The shade 01 Rose it up! looks like a really pale pink, but applies extremely sheer with a white tone to it.  The texture is extremely moisturizing ans shiny. Almost like a tinted lip balm, which I do love. But the shade shows up like a really sickly pale pink with a white undertone to it, which is just not flattering at all. It also has a very tiny shimmer, which makes it that more shinier. The smell.. my God, it just smells sooo good. I cant' put my finger on it...something like a sweet citrus. So delicious. Such a shame, if the shade would be a little more colorful it would be perfect, but I really dislike the shade. I'm sorry for this weird photo, because my lips are really dry now. I really wanted to make a photo of it on my lips, but it did stick to my dry patches. 

There's 4 grams of lipstick and costs 2.19€.

The eyeshadow is in the shade called 01 Bloomylicious. In this limited edition, there's also shimmer powder, but I decided that the eyeshadow is smaller and looks pretty much the same as the shimmer powder. Plus it's cheaper. So, I got it, because I wanted to use it as a highlighter for either cheeks or inner corners of the eye. In the plastic pot, it looks like a pink toned beige shade, but on the skin it looks like a very pale pink to white eyeshadow. The shimmer is really small, so I think this will easily go as an highlighter, because it's not to obvious. Other than that, nothing too special about it. 

There's 2.5 grams of product and costs 2.19€.

To be really honest, I don't think I needed any of these products and none has impressed me so far. Maybe I'll find a better use for my brush. I don't think you're missing anything with this particular products.

Have you gotten anything from the Essence Bloom Me Up?