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Nothing glams up a look more than a fabulous highlighter. I have fallen head over heels for the ILIA Beauty Illuminator called Polka Dots & Moonbeams. Quite a funny name for a gorgeous product. ILIA Beauty is a brand that creates natural and organic beauty products because our skin is our largest organ and it absorbs anything we put on it so the products should be the most natural possible.
“The secret to younger looking skin is all in the Illuminators. Polka Dots & Moonbeams works as a subtle highlighter, adding dimension and vitality to the skin. Organic ingredients are combined with healing properties of Rose Hip Oil to bring out your best features. Apply to cheekbones, brow bones, inner corner of eyes, bridge of nose and pout of lower lip for a fresh, dewy glow.” – ILIA Beauty
ILIA Beauty houses their cream products in a recycled aluminum tube that is as gorgeous as the product inside. Sleek and shiny is always good and they nailed it!
The Illuminator is in a stick form that twists up. It is quite firm and dry and I prefer to warm up the product by rubbing my finger over it, it really helps it to transfer onto the skin easily. I enjoy stick illuminators because they are so easy to apply and you don’t even need an extra tool!
The color of Polka Dots & Moonbeams is neutral-beige-pearl. The luminization it leaves behind is so subtle that it looks like you have a natural glow. If you find that one coat is too subtle you can always layer on more. I have used it everyday for a week and I have found it impossible to overdo it. In fact, I went there — I tried to over apply the illuminator to see if it was possible and it never looked like too much. Sometimes highlighters can leave you looking wet or oily and that doesn’t happen when I use this baby.
My biggest pet-peeve with illuminators is that they usually travel and can sometimes disrupt the makeup under it. Not the case here and I am going to attribute that to the drier formula. This one stays in place all day. I would consider it a long-wearing product for sure.
This high-quality, ethical Illuminator makes me want to convert completely to natural and organic products. ILIA Beauty Illuminator in Polka Dots & Moonbeams ($34) is the perfect highlight for me and it could work on so many skin tones. The brand also has two other shades called Sway and Cosmo Dancer. The one I am showing you today is their best-seller and I can see why!
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