elf Candlelit Halo Glow Blush Beauty Wand Review & Swatches
Candlelit
elf Candlelit Halo Glow Blush Beauty Wand ($9.00 for 0.33 oz.) is a medium, peachy copper base with fine pink and copper pearl throughout. It seemed slightly too spreadable/more prone to sheering out compared to other shades.
- Semi-sheer, buildable to medium coverage
- Gel-cream consistency, very spreadable
- Applied evenly and blended out well on bare skin & over foundation
- Long-wearing (8 hours before fading noticeably)
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- NARS Luster (P, $30.00) is warmer (90% similar).
- Sol Body Skinny Dippin' (LE, $12.00) is more shimmery (90% similar).
- ColourPop Extra Sprinkles (PiP, $12.00) is warmer (90% similar).
- ColourPop Parasol (LE, $10.00) is more shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
- Too Faced I Will Always Love You (P, $26.00) is darker (90% similar).
- MAC Pleasure Model (LE, $31.00) is darker, cooler (80% similar).
Formula Overview
$9.00/0.33 oz. - $27.27 Per Ounce
The formula is supposed to have a "buildable" formula ("kiss of color") that has a "flushed, luminous" finish. The consistency was lightweight, spreadable, and felt like a gel-cream texture that had an emollience to it but spread without lifting up base products. I had no trouble blending out the product using a fingertip or a brush, and it worked well over bare skin as well as on top of foundation.
It was quite spreadable, so while it might have seemed more medium coverage initially, it was semi-sheer in practice and did require layering to build to more medium coverage. This formula lasted well for eight hours on me before showing signs of fading.
Browse all of our elf Halo Glow Blush Beauty Wand swatches.
Ingredients
Water (Aqua), Hydrogenated Didecene, Isododecane, Glycerin, Propylene Glycol, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Mica, PEG-10 Dimethicone, Trimethylsiloxysilicate, Squalane, Cetyl PEG/PPG-10/1 Dimethicone, Dimethicone, Isoamyl Laurate, Hydrogenated Styrene/Isoprene Copolymer, Sodium Chloride, Synthetic Sapphire, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Polyglyceryl- 4 Isostearate, Propylene Carbonate, Disteardimonium Hectorite, Tocopherol, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Calendula Officinalis Flower Extract, Polymethylsilsesquioxane, Hydrolyzed Sodium Hyaluronate, Sodium Hyaluronate, Disodium EDTA, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Caprylyl Glycol, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-Di-T-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate, Tin Oxide. May Contain: Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Red Iron Oxide (CI 77491).
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Pretty, but I do have CP Parasol around here somewhere to fill that spot!