Kat Von D Beauty has begun to offer smaller, more travel friendly versions for some of their products, including today's spotlighted highlighter [the pan is about the size of a 50p coin]. I already know that I really enjoy the brand's highlighting products, so picking this up was a easy-win in my mind...
Was it a safe-bet, or do I need to rethink things?
Aquamarine is a highlighter with a sheer tinted aqua base and with fine specks of silver microglitter throughout the formula. It wore well on me, lasting the full day with and without setting spray.
The powder is very finely milled and is translucent when applied. The aqua glow only shines through in select lighting, but is quite vivid when it does. The microglitter specks are fine and space, so it is easy to buff them deep in the formula as not to be too detectable [see photos], so if you're not a fan of glittery highlight the fact that this formula contains a light dusting of them needn't be a deterrent, since it is fairly subtle.
At first I was confused by how Aquamarine was released under the Alchemist line rather than the Metal Crush line, since the Alchemist highlighters don't contain any shimmer/glitter and the Metal Crush ones do, but I quickly realized that it does belong under the Alchemist umbrella as it shares the same kind of sheer base, not the stronger more poppy bases of the heavy Metal ones. It's my idea of a perfect highlighter; it's not a visible strip of colour on the skin, so is both subtle and eyecatching, in the way the base shade hides and catches the light vividly.
The Aquamarine highlight is £10.
Kat Von D Beauty is exclusive to Debenhams. Larger stores stock the brand, and it is sold through their site.
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