#Hocus focus highlighter skin#
#Hocus focus highlighter full#

Whether or not I will repurchase remains to be seen as IвЂ™m more of a matte-finish than a dewy-finish gal when it comes to my skin, but it is definitely a great fun product.ДЇor me, my powder is just as important as my foundation. I have mainly used this on my cheeks and undereye area, and you can be more liberal with it than you would be with a powder highlighter for example because as I mentioned the highlighting effect is quite subtle. I impulse bought it, ВЈ11, whilst trying to make the most of a 3 for 2 offer on Soap & Glory cosmetics in Boots (IвЂ™m a terrible sucker for their offers), and so far IвЂ™m loving it! Hocus Focus is an illuminator, not a product IвЂ™ve ever considered to be an essential in my make-up routine before, however experimenting with it so far I have found that it gives a great dewy effect and highlights very subtly and I think it could serve as a 2-in-1 primer/highlighter if I found myself without a primer or powder highlighter.

#Hocus focus highlighter skin#

The reason I prefer Double Wear, and if I had to choose just one I would choose Double Wear, is that when worn all over Shade 2 of Skin Base can look a little ghostly, it takes much more buffing to achieve a flawless finish, and isnвЂ™t great if you have dry patches.ДЇinally, I have also included Soap & Glory Hocus Focus in the photo (swatch number 2), despite only having purchased it a few days ago. Skin Base is now quite pricey at ВЈ32 (although last time I purchased it it was still ВЈ27!), but is currently still available on ASOS in selected shades (including shade 2) for ВЈ27 here. Shade 2 is very, very light but also quite neutral in tone, which I prefer to the very pink or very yellow undertones you tend to find in pale foundations. Illamasqua Skin Base is also a fantastic foundation in my opinion, and the range of pale colours is second to none (Skin Base is also available in a pure white, which you could mix with any foundation to lighten).

I donвЂ™t always mix the two together before applying (partly due to laziness), but usually use Skin Base on areas of my face I want to highlight and around my jawline so that blending my Double Wear into my neck looks more natural. To combat the slight colour difference, I usually combine my Double Wear with Illamasqua Skin Base in Shade 2 (swatch number 3).

As you can see from the swatch below (number 4), Shell is still slightly warmer than my skin, however the colour difference is only slight and I like that it gives me a little bit of colour. The shade I use is вЂShellвЂ™, which as far as IвЂ™m aware is the palest they do. The only downside is the annoying glass bottle, which means that youвЂ™re often left with product towards the end of a bottle which is difficult to get out.

#Hocus focus highlighter full#

It provides flawless full coverage, is very easy to apply, lasts all day without being cakey and is just generally fabulous. The seemingly endless search for the perfect product is made even more difficult when you have particularly pale skin! My favourite foundation at the moment is Estee Lauder Double Wear (ВЈ28.50).