DIVA DISH: beautyADDICTS glimmerSHEERS

For a product that is so EFFORTLESS to apply, it took me FOREVER to capture an angle that properly shows it off.

This, my friends and lovers, is beautyADDICTS glimmerSHEER ($28). It’s half shimmer (described by the brand as “a soft focus luminizing luster”) and half sheen (described as “a crystal clear balm that hydrates and enhances glowing skin”).

It’s a half and half deal and I whole heart love it.

Of the four shades, I was sent GLOW to review and to be honest, was a bit surprised upon opening it to find it was purple. I love a purple eye and lately I can get into purple lips – but purple as an all-over face product? Maybe not so much.

I first tested it on the top of my hand. Immediately I found the squishy jelly side to bounce back light gorgeously with just a dewy hint of lavender and the creamy highlighter side to pop as a fresh radiant pink-tinted violet. I hardly used any product to get the desired result. Pretty great payoff. In fact, just really pretty, period.

Unlike some indie products I’m sent, I couldn’t wait to get it on my face.

I applied it over a very basic base, made up of a drop of sheer foundation (YSL Le Teint Touche Èclat), a touch of brow pencil (Shobha) and a single coat of precision mascara (Katherine cosmetics). Using my fingers, I patted the shimmery side onto my eyelids from lashline to crease and over my lips. I used whatever was left and pressed it on my cheeks. Then I tapped the balmy side on my browbones, down the bridge of my nose, on top of my cheekbones and along my cupid’s bow.

The effect is subtle yet stunning.

I kept staring at it from all different angles. Which explains my unusual positioning in the picture. The glimmerSHEER really enhances features best as light reflects off them.

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