Review/Swaches of Mary Lou Manizer

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Review/Swaches of Mary Lou Manizer
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

Review/Swaches of Mary Lou Manizer
Review/Swaches of Mary Lou Manizer
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
Review/Swaches of Mary Lou Manizer
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.

Review/Swaches of Mary Lou Manizer

Review/Swaches of Mary Lou Manizer

Review/Swaches of Mary Lou Manizer
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.
Review/Swaches of Mary Lou Manizer
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)

Review/Swaches of Mary Lou Manizer
single swipe of Mary Lou Manizer


Review/Swaches of Mary Lou Manizer
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.

swatches of Mary Lou Manizer

Swaches of Mary Lou Manizer n Indian Skin
Swaches of Mary Lou Manizer

Swaches of Mary Lou Manizer
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 :(
Swaches of Mary Lou Manizer
FOTD of Mary Lou Manizer

Swaches of Mary Lou Manizer
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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