BECCA Shimmering Skin Perfector Review

The first (and currently only) Becca Shimmering Skin Perfector I owned was the Limited Edition Parisian Lights shade. Shimmering skin perfector is just a fancy name for highlight. I got sent an email from a makeup store and saw it The Parisian lights shade advertised and decided I just couldn't live without it! It is a beautiful pinky peachy gold highlighter with Paris Scene of the Eiffel Tower and stars embossed into it. SO BEAUTIFUL! And I decided I needed to have it.

This is probably the best highlighter I own! It looks gorgeous in the pan and just as good on the skin. It comes in a sturdy, shiney silver compact with a mirror, very handy when on the run! The product itself is lovely and light. It picks up well on the brush without much kick back. It applies nice and light and leaves your skin with a beautiful, shimmerry highlight. The shimmer particles aren't too big, it's more soft and light leaving a beautiful natural look on the skin.

You can build this up really easily and it blends well. It also lasts all day or night! The only down side of this product is the price, it's certainly not cheap but it is definitely one of my favorites!

I purchased the glow to go highlight set from Sephora which included the powder and liquid version of the cult classic Opal. This is a mini version of the real thing with a plain rather than aluminium plated lid.

Becca are world famous for their beautifully fine milled highlighters and Opal is no exception. Its smooth, creamy and just melts into the skin.

The shade is a warm champagne with very fine shimmer. It is jam packed full of pigment, so apply lightly with a fan brush, unless you wanna go all out then just swish it all over your face! I find that in summer this looks great, but is perhaps a bit too warm in winter for my pale skin tone. Moonstone and pearl are apparently better suited to the super fair, and are on my wishlist!

Becca are super pricey, but are such amazing quality, so any highlighter from this brand are a worthy investment. I do think that The Balms Mary Lou is a wee bit more affordable option and is similar enough that you could call them dupes (although Becca's is a wee bit more finely milled and leaning more rose gold than champagne gold).

This little gem is not for the faint of heart! If you prefer a natural "lit from within glow" then this product might not be for you. I purchased this product in shade "opal" and it is the perfect in between champagne/bronze shade, it has a gold glow but is undetectable until it hits the light. I dont really like products with glitter but i find the more this powder is worked into the skin, the more glassy and less glittery is becomes. I also love applying this with a wet sponge on the very tips of the high points for a super blinding glow!!! Love, love, love!

I was super excited to get this because of all the hype around it, I ended up getting the shade Moonstone because I have more fair skin but I think I should have got Opal instead. The formula is nice enough but I was under the impression it would give more of a wet look, similar to the Mac Extra dimension skin finishes, but it ended up looking exactly like my TheBalm Mary Lou. There also isn't a lot of product in the pan either, you can see the bottom of the pan through the product because it's so thin. It's a great highlighter and gives a beautiful finish and a nice champagne colour but especially in NZ where you're paying $60 for it, it's definitely not worth it when there are plenty of other products that are similar out there that are way more afforable

This highlighter was not as blinding as I expected it to be. My skin tone is light-medium and this shade is suppose to be the second lightest highlighter.

Moonstone is very similar to The Balms Mary-Lou Manizer, but a bit more translucent and a bit more of a white-gold undertone.

I will continue using this, but it is not my favourite.