ABH Ultimate Glow

As you may know, I'm a huge fan of Anastasia Beverly Hills. The Ultimate Glow Kit was the first highlight palette I've purchased from ABH. I've been really wanting the Moonchild Glow Kit, but since I live in Canada, it ends up being too expensive with the exchange rate, taxes, shipping, and duty. The Ultimate Glow Kit I figured could tie me over until I find a way to get my hands on other Glow Kits. I purchased mine from Sephora.ca for $59 CAD. Yes, crazy expensive for a highlighter palette. But it comes with 6 different highlighters. The only other highlighter I use is Champagne Pop from BECCA Cosmetics. So I'll be comparing this palette to that highlighter even though they are entirely different.

Time for the product breakdown. They recommend using their brush #23, but I just use my Morphe M509 brush. Honestly, any brush you have will work that is small enough for careful placement. The top 3 highlights are what they describe as Shimmering Lustre, and these are Snow, White Sand, and Golden Dawn. The bottom row is what they call Metallic Pearl, and they include Sunray, Amber Gold, and Hot Sand. The technique to apply these different types of highlighters is different. For the Shimmering Luster finishes it is best to use these highlighters in a small area and just dust only where you want the highlight to be. So apply in small deliberate brush strokes. For the Metallic Pearl finishes, these you can use how you would apply any other highlight, they also work really nicely layered on top of the Shimmering Lustre highlighters.

I definitely didn't find these as smooth as the BECCA highlighters. There was also a lot of flakes of product everywhere which is something it claims not to do. The colours in the palette are still beautiful, and I'm always a sucker for a white highlight powder. They work beautifully alone or layered together. I would not recommend this if you're looking for a subtle highlight, these make your face GLOW. If you can get your hands on this palette, I would dish out the $59. If you can't BECCA Cosmetics Champagne Pop is a great alternative.

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