Prairie Beauty: highlighters

I realize that I'm pretty late to the game with this review, but I have to admit that I didn't pick this up before now because I wasn't really sure how many of the shades were going to work for me and I didn't want to buy a palette that I wasn't sure I'd use. I was actually lucky enough to win the NYX Strobe Of Genius Illuminating Palette in a blog giveaway recently and I was really excited to finally get to try it out. I'd heard mixed reviews about the palette and was eager to form my own opinion - especially since I've finally jumped on the highlighter bangwagon only recently. I know this palette has been out for over a year - but I still wanted to review it from my perspective since I'm sure there are a lot of people who, like me, aren't quite sure if it's worth it for them.

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You guys may or may not know this, but one of my biggest makeup related regrets is not picking up the Anastasia Beverly Hills Gleam Glow Kit before it disappeared. Honestly, I had every intention of picking it up, but I just never got around to it and then it was discontinued and I was very, very disappointed. Recently, while perusing the makeup section at my local Winners, the w7 Strobe Time Highlighting Palette in It's Glow Time caught my eye and I couldn't help thinking it reminded me a heck of a lot of the Gleam palette I'm still mourning the lack of. So, of course, I picked it up. Now, this review obviously won't be a dupe comparison since I don't have Gleam to compare it to, but I wanted to give you my thoughts on it anyway!

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As highlighter has become the thing that everyone in the beauty world seems to be obsessed with, there's still been quite a lack of good highlighters in the drugstore. Honestly, I feel like there have been one or two stand outs, but everything else seems to pale in comparison to its higher end counterparts. However, with the release of the Wet N Wild Megaglo Highlighting Powders, everyone seemed to go mad with excitement and I was absolutely dying to get my hands on them - or at least on the lighter shade, Precious Petals. FINALLY, with the help of a reader who gave me a heads up that I could find this shade at Rexall, I managed to get my hands on it and the excitement was oh so real!

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There are a lot of products that I've had my eye on for a long time but haven't yet gotten around to picking up. One of those products that I've been lusting after for literally years is theBalm's Mary Lumanizer, which I think has basically reached cult status at this point. During Holiday 2016, when theBalm released The Manizer Sisters Luminizing Collection palette, which contains Mary along with Cindy and Betty, I waffled a little bit but still wanted it. So when I saw it on sale at my local Rexall for 50% recently, I instantly picked it up. I mean... I had to, right?

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Last year, one of the most surprising and exciting products that I found in the drugstore was the essence Pure Nude Highlighter, which I still use consistently and you may recall got featured in my 2016 Favorite Cheek Products. When I saw that they had released the essence Light Up Your Face Luminizer Palette, I was 100% on board to get it into my hot little hand and ordered it with my big Cyber Monday Haul. I've finally been putting it to the test and I'm ready to review it for you guys, so keep reading to see how it worked out for me!

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Hey guys! I know it's been a minute since I've posted over here, but I took a little bit of time away from blogging to really enjoy the holidays with friends and family... and then I basically got hit by a big truck of illness and have spent the last few days in bed pretty much unable to function. HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Anyway, I had a few different posts planned to start off 2017, but I decided to go a slightly lazy route since I'm still recovering and come in with a haul for you guys! And, trust me, this haul is LONG time coming. I made this order on Cyber Monday (Nov. 28) and received it yesterday (Jan. 3). Yup. It took 3 weeks for them to process my order. At 24 days after I ordered, they sent me a message telling me that a limited edition product I ordered had gone out of stock. And finally after 5 weeks of waiting, my order arrived. I still love essence products, guys, but I have to be honest and tell you I'm never ordering from their website again. Not only is their Canadian shipping absolutely offensive, but the delivery time for my order was unacceptable.

However, like I said, I still love their products and am pretty happy with almost everything that I picked up, so keep reading to see the haul!

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Sometimes when I go into Winners, I'm tempted by good prices to try things that I might not otherwise have picked up. I'm actually not a big fan of highlighter palettes because I feel like there's probably only a shade or two in each palette that I'll be able to use. Of course, for $6.99, I'm not too worried about whether or not I'm going to get use out of all of the shades and it seems like it's worth a try. So, recently I picked up this ProFusion Studio Highlight Palette in hopes that there might be a shade or two in here that I can make work for my skin. I've been testing it out and I'm ready to give you guys my review!

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As I'm starting to think about writing this post, I've gotta tell you... My highlighter collection is weird, and I think that's because I have kind of a weird relationship with highlighter in general. It's only really recently that highlighter has been a part of my routine - weird that my collection is this big, right? - and I've struggle to find highlighters that don't call a ton of attention to the texture on my skin. Because I've never really gotten hugely into highlighters, most of the ones in my collection are at a drugstore price point. Anyway, I'm actually surprised that I didn't declutter more of my highlighters, but I have reasons for all of the ones that I kept!

So if you're interested in seeing my collection as well as what I'm ousting, keep reading!

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Recently, I was lucky enough to win some of the new products from Wet N Wild and I pretty much lost my mind. As affordable brands go, Wet N Wild is one of my absolute favorites because I always feel like they can be counted on to bring gorgeous pigmentation and texture to their powder products at an amazing price. For me, it can actually be a little bit hard to get my hands on Wet N Wild products (which will make the brand pretty high on my shopping list when I head to the States this summer for holiday, since it's so accessible there) so I was really excited to get to try all of these out and I'm definitely excited to give you guys my thoughts on them!

There's a pretty wide selection of products here, so keep reading for my first impressions on all of them!

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Sometimes I see a product in a store and I just WANT it, but I don't buy it because I've never heard anything about it and don't know if it'll be any good. But then I go back to the store and I see it again and I WANT it, but again I stop myself. I swear, with this highlighter I did that about 10 times before I finally just grabbed the Measurable Difference Face & Body Highlighter in the shade Glow off the shelf one day at Winners and decided to give it a try. I love baked cheek products, and more and more I'm finding myself gravitating in that direction. The thing that drew me about this particular product was how much it reminded me of some very high end baked highlighting products that I've been coveting and I thought... Could this be as good as those?

How's that for a long story about how this came to reside in my collection? I'll stop doing some much adoing and get to the review now, so keep reading!

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I saw a review of this product last night on Youtube and I have to say that I was really surprised at how the Youtuber felt about it because it was actually quite different to how I feel about it. You guys know that I have a special affection for Hard Candy. I don't love everything that they do and I definitely feel like there are some duds in their collection, but I've definitely found some real gems that I use pretty consistently. One of those is the limited edition Baked Highlighter and Bronzer hearts that they put out over the summer, so when I saw these new Baked Illuminating Duos on the shelf recently, I knew I had to grab one to try. I chose the lighter, less shimmery appearing of the two options and I've been using it pretty consistently since I picked it up. Interested in my thoughts on this product? Keep reading for more...

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