Okay, so ever since a friend of mine (Roomi :) ) told me to do an article on "strobing" I have been obsessing over it; going through YouTube videos, reading up online about it, reading reviews of different brands etc. I read a lot of brand reviews and watched a lot of videos (this one, this one, this one and this one as well). The last link and the point that Kim Kardashian said that "strobing is the new contouring" made me want to get the product her make up guy uses on her face :P In the process I discovered a lot of people I decided to follow (Deepica, Tati (lol), Stephanie Lange and Tamira Jarrel) :) It's good time pass for me when I am bored - I just open up Youtube and watch some random product review, make up tutorial etc ...
Anyway coming to the products. After watching the Kim Kardashian video I was like, I want to try that out - Watt's Up! cream Highlighter strobing stick. I was not sure where I would be able to find this in India, so I was like let me try some other brand. I went to Sephora (which opened recently in India - Forum has one and orion Mall has another outlet). The Koramangala outlet had such expensive shit !! 4k onwards, and I was like - no way am I spending that much money on this item, will live life without the "pearly dewy glow"... Then I was like, I work next to Orion, let me go check that outlet. Went to the Sephora there and THEY HAD THIS PRODUCT !!!!! I tried it on one cheek, and it looked fabulous. But then something inside me was like, you should try the M.A.C. highlighter as well before making a call. So I politely told the lady that I would come back if I did not like the MAC product.
I tried on the illuminators they had there (illuminator / highlighter / strobing products - are all EXACTLY the same thing, just called by different names). Those things did not look good on me, it greyed out my skin and added absolutely no glow; even the guy at the outlet was like you should go with the other product you have on. So, I went back to Sephora and was contemplating buying the product ... Then I realised that my birthday had just passed and friends that I had treated were clueless about what to get me and told me to choose something and that they would get it for me .. I mean, who gets treated for a friend's birthday and has the temerity to not give them something ?? Lol, so I suggested this What's Up highlighter and they were totally cool with the price and everything (it is 2.8k rupees).
I bought it !!! The packaging is so pretty and petite :)
The highlighter part is the end with the cap, and the other end is a small sponge like thing to brush out the product on to your face so that it doesn't look like it is too much or has been applied like a noob :) It is cute, isn't it :)
Anyway, I tried it on at home recently and it looks gorgeous. I do not apply all the make up that the women in the videos do - its a simple face wash, then cream with some primer and then eye make up and compact. This highlighter doesn't stand out and looks pretty-pretty on my face.
There is another product that I got which does something similar but not with this much intensity - it is the Revlon Photo Studio highlighter in peach shade.
As you can see, it does do something similar but is more soft on the skin and doesn't stand out too much. This one is liquid based and I generally take a small squeeze on the top of my hand and apply with my finger tips onto my cheek bones, nose bridge and upper brow.
Anyway coming to the products. After watching the Kim Kardashian video I was like, I want to try that out - Watt's Up! cream Highlighter strobing stick. I was not sure where I would be able to find this in India, so I was like let me try some other brand. I went to Sephora (which opened recently in India - Forum has one and orion Mall has another outlet). The Koramangala outlet had such expensive shit !! 4k onwards, and I was like - no way am I spending that much money on this item, will live life without the "pearly dewy glow"... Then I was like, I work next to Orion, let me go check that outlet. Went to the Sephora there and THEY HAD THIS PRODUCT !!!!! I tried it on one cheek, and it looked fabulous. But then something inside me was like, you should try the M.A.C. highlighter as well before making a call. So I politely told the lady that I would come back if I did not like the MAC product.
I tried on the illuminators they had there (illuminator / highlighter / strobing products - are all EXACTLY the same thing, just called by different names). Those things did not look good on me, it greyed out my skin and added absolutely no glow; even the guy at the outlet was like you should go with the other product you have on. So, I went back to Sephora and was contemplating buying the product ... Then I realised that my birthday had just passed and friends that I had treated were clueless about what to get me and told me to choose something and that they would get it for me .. I mean, who gets treated for a friend's birthday and has the temerity to not give them something ?? Lol, so I suggested this What's Up highlighter and they were totally cool with the price and everything (it is 2.8k rupees).
I bought it !!! The packaging is so pretty and petite :)
The highlighter part is the end with the cap, and the other end is a small sponge like thing to brush out the product on to your face so that it doesn't look like it is too much or has been applied like a noob :) It is cute, isn't it :)
There is another product that I got which does something similar but not with this much intensity - it is the Revlon Photo Studio highlighter in peach shade.
As you can see, it does do something similar but is more soft on the skin and doesn't stand out too much. This one is liquid based and I generally take a small squeeze on the top of my hand and apply with my finger tips onto my cheek bones, nose bridge and upper brow.
So, these are the two highlighters that I own and which I love :) Until later!
