Review/Swaches of Mary Lou Manizer
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| Review/Swaches of Mary Lou Manizer |
Hey beauties!! Although you will find mostly budget
finds on Elegant Eves, but sometimes we just cannot ignore some cult favourite products
which are famous worldwide, can we? So I decided to stretch my budget a bit
more and grab the highlighter which is claimed to be one of the best champagne gold
highlighters available worldwide. Yes, we are talking about Mary Lou Manizer from
The Balm Cosmetics. The Balm cosmetics have their range of famous “Manizer
sisters” which comprises of Mary Lou (Champagne Gold), Cindy Lou (Pinkish
Pearl), and Betty Lou (Bronze gold) highlighters which are available as single
pieces or as set of three as well. My majorly yellow toned skin does not pair
well with pink or silvery highlighters so I skipped Cindy Lou and Betty Lou was
darker for my skin. So yes, Mary Lou it was! Read on to find more
Product
Name:
Mary Lou-Manizer from The Balm Cosmetics
Price:
24$ USD for 8.5 gm (Various Instagram sellers will sell it
for Rs. 2200-2500 INR) I bought mine from Beauty Splurge run by my friend Niha
Sadath Khan because she was giving the best price (Rs.1950 INR) AND also
because I can trust her blindly for the authenticity of the products. (Yes,
Instagram is flooded with fakes of Mary Lou like the fake MAC Eyeshadow I
reviewed HERE
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Availability:
You
can buy The Balm Cosmetics products directly from their website (https://thebalm.com/) or you can buy from
Indian resellers. The ones I have faith on are Niha from Beauty Splurge (Click HERE) and Riti Narang from La Makeup Affaire (Click HERE)
Ingredients:
Please refer to image
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| Ingredients of Mary Lou Manizer |
Packaging:
Like all other Balm products, Mary Lou Manizer also comes in a quirky packaging
with a pan featuring “Mary” whose “crime” is being “too pretty” or “too popular”
:D You can even find fingerprints on the back of the outer carton like some
crime records they keep in police stations. The pan clicks shut nicely and that
makes it travel friendly. The mirror inside is of extremely good quality.
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| Review/Swaches of Mary Lou Manizer |
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| Review/Swaches of Mary Lou Manizer |
My
take:
It was a love at first sight for me: The powder is a gorgeous champagne gold
which does not look much shimmery on the pan (no gritty glitters). This shade
would suit warm toned skins beautifully and work across many complexions except
very pale cool toned complexion. A close friend of mine from Britain who has
pale skin says the gold is too much on her skin. But I see this shade suiting
most of the Indian complexions.
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| Review/Swaches of Mary Lou Manizer |
The texture
is buttery and there is no chalkiness. With just a single light swipe this
is how much product is picked up. So you have to be very careful while
application, or you might end up looking like a discoball. May Lou blends in beautifully and although you
can see shimmers while swatching, on application all you get is that pop of
glow! The warm gold complements Indian skins really well and it was not
disappointing like the MUA Luxe Strobe and Glow kit (read review HERE)
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| single swipe of Mary Lou Manizer |
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| Review/Swaches of Mary Lou Manizer |
There is no
fragrance and the highlighter stayed on my normal-dry face for the longest time
ever- 8 hours! (yes, I was wearing this highlighter the whole day which
explains the delay in posting this review). Have a look at the swatches.
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| swatches of Mary Lou Manizer |
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| Swaches of Mary Lou Manizer |
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| Blended swatch of Mary Lou Manizer |
Finally, here is how it looks on me. I have MAC Face and Body Foundation in shade C3 on my face, L.A Pro Concealers, NYX Dusty Rose Blush (Click on individual names to read reviews on them). Then I have applied
Mary Lou Manizer on my cheekbones, nose bridge, below eyebrows, chin and inner
corners of eyes. Please ignore the horrendous lip line, my liner has become
blunt and I could not find my sharpener anywhere this morning :(
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| FOTD of Mary Lou Manizer |
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| FOTD of Mary Lou Manizer |
If you want to try good champagne gold highlighters
ay lesser price, you may try Colorbar’s Illuminating pen which retails for
Rs.500 or try Inglot’s AMC Face and Body Illuminator (Although this one is pure
liquid gold) which retails for Rs.1450
I am also planning to do a comparison post between
original and fake Marylou Manizer. Are you guys interested? Then I will buy the
fake one as well :) Let me know in comments! :D See you soon with next review
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