L'Oreal Paris Wake Up and Glow Mon Amour Highlighting Drops Review

Wow! Turn on your high beams, ladies, this highlighter is not messing around. Highly pigmented and very glittery, a little goes a VERY long way.

For my first application I used it under a full face of foundation - I used a full drop swept mostly over my cheekbones and a little on my forehead, cupids bow, and nose and then applied my foundation over top - and it was still quite a punchy highlighter look. The rest of my applications were with a much lighter hand - just a tiny, tiny little brush of product on the same places and that worked nicely for a more subtle no-makeup look.

I'm not quite sure what they were thinking with the packaging - the dropper is very unnecessary, as you get more than enough product (and then some) on the outside of the dropper. Trying to apply drops without just getting the product that's clinging to the dropper everywhere seems pretty unlikely, not to mention that I don't think I'd ever want to use that much. There's also a big white sticker on the back of the label with a little 'peel here' arrow, but if you peel it then it never quite sticks back down properly, but if you try to take it off it unwinds to take the whole label off the entire bottle, leaving a tacky mess behind. Small details, but they did slightly cheapen the overall feel of the product.

It definitely requires a bit of care if you're wanting subtlety, but overall I'm very impressed with the product quality, blendability, and staying power. I'll definitely be using this regularly going forward.

If you are hoping that this will give you the similar "glowing" look of highlighter - think again. This might be your lazy option of foundation substitute over winter to go to supermarket, or to "thin out" your hard-formula foundation, but it's nothing more than that. I've tried this in four ways: as a base, mixed with my foundation, mixed with a concealer and as a liquid highlighter.

As a base - it was below average. I honestly didn't see much of dewiness, or glowing feeling from my face. I was hoping that this would cover my dull face in case I forget to do my skincare routine - but I still looked dull without my usual beauty regime. I applied my foundation over the base, but it was gone before lunchtime (in a cool workplace!?). I definitely wouldn't re-use this as a base.

Mixed with my foundation - for summer time, I don't think this was a great idea so will try this in winter time again. I have a combination skin where my skin outside is a bit oily but it's dry inside. Mixed with foundation, my base make up disappeared around lunchtime again.

Mixed with concealer - I've tried mixing this with my fav Nars concealer and only used the area that I wanted to "highlight." I applied with my usual brush and it wasn't so bad.

Liquid highlighter - I had my highest hope as it seemed very pigmented. It was average - it wasn't as pigmented as I hoped it to be on my face. But that being said, if you are looking for very natural highlighter (like barely-there sort of highlighter), then I guess this could work with you. You also don't need much as a liquid highlighter as you can't layer it up.

First off thanks so much BR for the opportunity to be part of this amazing trial. I have never used anything like this before so was very excited to try it out.

It comes in a stylish looking 15ml glass bottle with a dropper. I got the shade 01 sparkling love, a pale pinky/peachy colour. There is a label which you peel back and it has instructions on how to use.  Simply add a few drops to your skincare or add a drop on cheekbones.

It is a thin consistency, a little really does go a long way. While it is only 15ml it will last forever.  The dropper is a bit useless as the product seems to stick to it so I just get a tiny bit on my finger. My favourite way to use it is applying on my cheekbones then blending in with my fingertips.  It sits perfectly on top of my makeup and gives me a beautiful glow.

I was a bit worried it would make me look like an oil slick but it makes me look fresh and dewy. My skin is dry and can look dull so this really livens it up.

What an awesome wee product. I don't think I would ever have tried this if I wasn't part of this trial. I think $30 is a fantastic price and I would definitely purchase this when the bottle is eventually empty.

So, this is a product I've never tried before personally. While I've had makeup artists use highlighting products on me, I've never had any at home/used any myself. So I was excited to trial these.

The L'Oreal Paris Wake Up and Glow Mon Amour Highlighting Drops make for the perfect intro to this type of product. I love how versatile they are and played around with them a lot over the past few weeks. The product is quite thick - but not overly thick. Just seems a bit weird that there's a dropper. It seemed to cling to the dropper, rather than get sucked up it so to speak. But that's ok - I could still dispense drop by drop.

How you apply it is really up to you - it is heavily pigmented so you can really experiment. You can use your fingertips and use it direct to highlight your features, you can use a makeup blender, you can apply it direct or add it to other products, like your foundation, moisturiser or primer. I loved adding a drop to my BB cream for a subtle glow during the day, and applying it directly over foundation on targeted areas. It's a great way to get to know and understand highlighting, as you can slowly build up the intensity of it.

The product lasted the day and didn't feel heavy or clogging on my skin. It came off simply with Micellar water, and didn't cause any irritation on my sensitive skin. The simple drop dispenser means this will last quite some time too. A great product I'll be adding to my routine!

In the past, I have not been the biggest fan of liquid highlighter and would rather opt for powder. This, however, was a great product to push me out of my comfort zone and I am now converted to the liquid highlighter way of life.

I decided to try these out in a few different ways. I added them to my primer to create a glowy base before foundation and this gave me a subtle glow throughout the day.

The next day I added them to my Fenty foundation for more of a glow. I was really happy it did not change the way the foundation applied and wore throughout the day. This is something I was most worried about. My partner even commented on how nice my make up looked on this day too!

Next, I used them as a traditional highlighter across the tops of my cheeks. A tiny amount on my damp beauty blender created a stunning glow that blended in seamlessly with my blush. By using the beauty blender I avoided that striped look that some times happen.

This a beautiful product that can be used as a variety of ways. It's a little messy if you are not careful so have a facecloth or makeup wipe on hand.

These highlighting drops come in a glass bottle with a pretty rose gold lid and white dropper. Not too sure of the purpose of the dropper as the highlighting liquid is overflowing in the bottle and all up the sides of the dropper. All I needed to do was put the tip of the dropper on my cheekbones and I had more than enough product to work with ... I wouldn't dare squeeze the dropper! Putting the dropper back into the bottle it pushes all the highlighting liquid up and I was worried it would overflow but thankfully it didn't.

I trialed 01 Sparkling Love and it sparkled and I loved it. The end result was so subtly sparkly - it did exactly what a highlighter should and I was very impressed. I imagine the bottle would last a very long time cause you only need to use the tiniest amount which makes it great value for money.

I use a powder mineral foundation most days so I would tap it on my cheekbones after applying my foundation. But on the days I use my tinted moisturiser I would mix the two together for a lovely glowing end result. I am slightly addicted to having a shimmer now.

I have quite sensitive skin that can feel like its on fire with some products but not this one ... my skin didn't react at all and if not for the beautiful metallic shimmer I wouldn't have known I was wearing it.

I really like using this as a highlighter on my cheekbones, but didn't like this as a base under or mixed with foundation.

When I used this under foundation I found that my foundation and makeup on top didn't look very nice on top of it. I tried using next to no product and tried using more product and tried using it mixed with foundation, without, all over my face, only on some parts, and no matter how I used it I didn't like it used like that. When used with a fuller coverage foundation you couldn't see the highlighter, which kind of defeated the point of using it. When used with a lighter to more medium coverage foundation, I found it made my makeup last a shorter amount of time than usual and I just didn't like how it made my skin look.

I did really like this used as a highlighter after my foundation, though. Once blended out, it looks very subtle, and makes my skin look glowy and fresh. I got sent the shade 01 Sparkling Love. It looks very gold in the bottle, but once applied it's a gorgeous champagne colour. It looks good used by itself, but I've also tried using it with a powder highlighter on top when I want extra shine. I found powder highlighter sits nicely on top of it and sets it well.

I don't like the packaging of this and find the dropper applicator more annoying than anything. I think the dropper works when applying as a base, but I don't trust using it straight on my face when using it just on a specific area. I apply it first on the back of my hand, then use a sponge to blend it onto my face.

I have trialled this product strictly as a highlighter so far, and found good points and not so good points.

I was super excited to try the dropper style application, but unfortunately I found with this product that the dropper was quite chunky which made it a bit clumsy. It also meant that one drop of product was way more product than I needed directly onto the face, so I would definitely recommend dropping the product onto a brush or palette and using that amount for more than one area.

The liquid was a soft, smooth texture and did blend very easily into the skin. So this was definitely a delivery on the promise of a product that blends seamlessly.

The colour (01 Sparkling Love) was beautiful and quite natural with my skin tone. The shimmer factor is definitely dialled up. So for me I would definitely use this more as a feature highlighter on small areas rather than an all over base or mixed into foundation. Very eye catching and certainly gives you a shimmery glow.

If you love a bit of sparkle and a good highlight then this product is definitely for you. Overall I am a fan, but will definitely use this in more of my evening make up routine rather than a ‘wake up and glow’ product for day time at work.

the colour of this is beautiful and does give you a nice highlight glow.

However the formula, when i tried to blend into my skin, it started to pull off the makeup underneath. it started to "gum up" and rather than blend in cause little flakes of foundation and highlighter.

Also the bottle, the dropper is huge and gives you WAY to much product, so wouldn't recommend dropping straight onto face, put onto hand then apply so you can control product better.