the highlighter chronicles: becca afterglow

Ever since Becca launched their Afterglow palette, I’ve been fighting the urge to snap it up. I already own individual pans of the Moonstone and Rose Gold highlighters, so it seemed really pointless to buy a palette for only 3/5 unique shades…

But then I left Moonstone in Singapore, and suddenly I had 1/5 more of a reason to buy this! Ok not really, but just work with me here.

The palette packaging is much prettier than their standard round compacts, and far less bulky which makes this ideal for travel. It includes 3 highlighters – Moonstone, Rose Gold and Topaz – as well as Wild Honey and Flower Girl, both classified as blushes but in reality more like a bronzer/blush respectively.

One of the biggest draws for me was that I could use this as an all-in-one travel palette. Rose Gold and Topaz are too dark for me to use as highlighters, but I told myself I’d use them as eyeshadows.

I put that to the test with this look and used the whole palette to do my eyeshadow, contour, highlight and blush.

I was already familiar with texture and finish of Becca’s pressed Shimmering Skin Perfecters when I purchased this, so I’m happy to be able to confirm that the quality of this palette is exactly the same as their regular-sized highlighters. Which is to say, excellent.

It was my first time trying their blushes, but I thought they were great too: not powdery or hard, and pigmented without being so OTT that I had to worry about clown-face.

Overall, I’m extremely pleased with my purchase and have already worked this into my regular rotation. I love palettes that have highligher, blush contour all in one place…but even if I had to dig around my vanity for individual pans of this stuff, I would.

I mean, that glow though.

Face: Make Up For Ever Ultra HD Liquid Foundation, Cle de Peau Concealer, Koh Gen Do Loose Powder // Cheeks: BECCA Afterglow Palette // Eyes: Becca Afterglow Palette, Bobbi Brown Gel Liner in Caviar Ink, Lancome Hypnose Drama Mascara // Brows: MAC Mystery, ELF Clear Brow & Lash Mascara // Lips: Fresh Sugar Lip Treatment in Nude, NARS Lip Gloss in Turkish Delight

P.S. For all my Singapore peeps who have asked,  BECCA Afterglow is carried at Sephora Singapore! Woohoo!

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