Starlet Mosaic features a pink, peach, warm brown and frosty white. All shades have heavy shimmer. The effect reminds me very much of the Bobbi Brown shimmer bricks, though I found this to have better pigment and to not be as frosty.
Unfortunately like the shimmer bricks, whilst I find the shades nice as a wash on the eyes (though Starlet Mosaic is predominately too warm in tone for me) with the cheeks it looks too sheeny and is prone to highlights pores. I like more natural looking highlighters and when I first put this on it was just screaming at me so I had to really buff it in to tone it down. That is not to say I can't use this, but on the cheek area I do have to apply it with just the barest of touches.
All colours swiped together below:
In terms of feel and wear, I have no complaints as it feels very smooth and lasts extremely well.
Unless I saw a shimmer bloc that I wanted to use on the eyes only I would likely not buy one of these again, whilst I do like the warm illumination it adds to my complexion its just a bit too shimmery for me.
I bought this from John Lewis
I am rather obsessed with the Pink Tourmaline one that I have. It's definitely sheen-y and more obvious than some of the cream based highlighters I tend to favour but I like it for days when I feel like being less subtle ;).
ReplyDeletexx
Hi Jane,
DeleteThey are very pretty, if I could just have a slightly toned down version I'd be sorted as I liked the look of the other shades as well :) xx
so pretty... I just don't pull off shimmer very well :)
ReplyDeleteHi Lucy,
DeleteI am very picky with my shimmer levels as well, shame as I do really like the colour of this :)
Just pretty!! What I like about this palette is that you can choose the color that you want. I might use the pink to highlight my cheek and the beige to highlight my browbone. Gorgeous!!
ReplyDeletexx Meryl
Hi Meryl,
DeleteI do like that you can get differing colours depending on how you pair the shades :) xx