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If there’s a beauty brand to hit the radar in the last couple of years that listens and relates to real women, it’s been Glossier
. Founded by creator of mega-beauty blog, Emily Weiss of Into The Gloss, it’s truly been a #girlboss labor of love. Anything built from the ground-up by a smart and savvy woman like Emily is worth my attention so I started my collection of Glossier with their flagship product – Perfecting Skin Tint – and have since raved about other additions on Brighter, Darling along the way.
Expanding from a beauty blog to a fully fledged beauty brand, Glossier includes a core line up of basic yet effective skincare and no-makeup makeup products – including super sheer Skin Tint, subtly enhancing Boy Brow, Stretch Concealer and Generation G Lip Balm/Stain hybrid. They’ve JUST launched their Haloscope
Let’s get into the full review and giveaway deets…
I had to share some snippets of Glossier’s philosophy about skin care and beauty for those who may be totally new to the brand. I pulled these snapshots straight off of Glossier.com. I hope you start to see why I’m totally a fan and admire everything they launch:
I LOVE that their branding is just so authentic. I respect that they’re embracing the naturally enhanced look. Don’t get me wrong, girlfranddd loves her makeup, but I also love that fresh-faced, healthy natural look that everyone strives to have… #iwokeuplike this, right? Just search hashtag #Glossier and #NoFilterJustGlossier and you’ll see what I mean.
Haloscope
I received both shades to try because although Quartz is definitely more of a brightening highlighter, Topaz brings a healthy warmth and can even be used as a glowy bronzer stick for those more fair to light. In trying these highlighters, I was a bit worried the solid oil core would make me look like a greaseball. However, once I found the right application technique, this was completely irrelevant and it’s actually one of the very few highlighters I can pull off without looking shiny or greasy. The first day I tried Haloscope, I had a full-blown conversation with the cashier at my local Walgreens because she loved how healthy and glowy my skin looked!
If you don’t usually use a full face of makeup on a day-to-day basis or just use a lightweight skin tint/BB cream without a setting powder, apply Haloscope straight from the tube to your cheekbones, bridge of the nose and upper lip/cupid’s bow for a gorgeous I-drink-organic-green-juice-daily-and-sleep-10-hours glow. Dab/blend with fingers very lightly.
If you use foundation or any sort of powder all over your face AND/OR you’re more oily, you’ll want to apply Haloscope a little differently. I made the mistake of swiping Haloscope over my set-with-powder foundation and it smudged it a bit. Apply Haloscope onto your fingertips after you have done all of your makeup, including any setting powders. Tap-tap-tap onto the high points of your cheekbones, bridge of the nose and cupid’s bow. Take a dampened beauty blender/beauty sponge (like Real Techniques), to blend out the edges and absorb any excess product.
Personally, I like to apply Topaz first to give a slight warmth to my more medium/olive complexion and then top it off with a layer of Quartz for that pop of glow! Oh, also, Haloscope is hypoallergenic, dermatologist-tested, paraben free, fragrance free and not tested on animals.
Because I’ve been such a loyal fan of Glossier, their team is giving me two (2) sets of Haloscope
Good luck to all who enter and happy glowing,
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-Steffanie