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

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 was most excited about getting to review this product. Unfortunately it didn't live up to my expectations.

The colour is absolutely stunning. The formula is very creamy and hydrating to give a lovely glow. But that's where the positives stop...

It works well on its own as a base but as soon as you try to add it to foundation or use at a highlighter like recommended I ran into problems.

I found adding it to my foundation gave a beautiful glow yes but I had to use twice the amount of foundation to get the coverage I normally achieve.

And using as a highlighter...I only made the mistake once! I dropped a wee bit onto my cheekbone and went to blend to finish my look. It removed all products that were under it leaving weird marks on my face with no makeup. I tried to blend a different way on the other side thinking it may have been the way I did it, but no luck still having the same result.

Maybe it's the products I use not working well with it or how I tried to use it, I don't know but unfortunately it's a no go from me.

Firstly, I find the bottle strangely weird as the top or the dropper seemed to be off-cantered and slightly wonky, which makes it looks like a baby bottle’s teat, but not in a cute way. The dropper is also a bit pointless as it produces a massive blob of product - great if I want a lot of bling to mix with body lotions. Otherwise it’s way too much product, a smaller dropper would have worked better.

The highlighting drops has a pretty colour (01 Sparkling Love) with slightly sweet scent that I don’t mind. It has very runny consistency, more runny than what I expected. Messier than my expectation.

A little bit goes a long way, a super duper tiny drop size of it can cover a lot of areas. It gives a subtle sheen/sparkles on my décolletage and my shins. The effects can only be clearly seen under the sun/the light. Therefore must always apply it under good lighting, otherwise might ended up looking like a disco ball.

I was a bit worried of putting it on my face after reading on the ingredients list that it contains coconut oil - my face doesn’t like that particular acne-inducing ingredient. I tried using it as eyeshadow, didn’t work well as it creased on my lids. Very hard to spread it around properly and had to use much lesser amount.

I like the sparkly effects on my shin. Would use it more when summer weather is finally here.

Overall I would only use it on my body and limbs, not on my face. It doesn’t blow me over, I still prefer my powder highlighter that’s easier and quicker to use, with less mess.

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.

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.

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.

This product really confused me. I had to look it up on the L'Oréal site to understand how to use it. I applied it blended with make up, on top, underneath, and with a base of moisture only. None of the application techniques worked for me, I didn't see as much of a shimmer as I expected and was left with a oily feeling on my skin.

I don't think I would use this again on my face as the oil slick, wet shimmer result was just gross. However I will try it mixed with moisturiser on my body for a golden dawn glow and see how that works.

Love the bottle, super classy, and the dropper is a great idea as a little goes a long way.