Each display unit only holds two of the highlighters so you can imagine my struggle trying to get ahold of one of these. It seemed like every store I went to either didn't have the display up yet or if they did, the highlighters were the only thing missing. Arrgh!
Then the other day I went to NY to visit my parents and I remembered that I was about to pass a Rite Aid on the way. I almost didn't stop because I was just over it at that point, but I ended up going in anyway. Good thing I did because they were literally just putting the display up and it was full! So I was able to get one to review and swatch for you guys.
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| This display was already missing the Gold Bars...they sit to the right of the Lip Glosses. |
I also saw someone post a photo on Instagram that she found hers at Five Below, so that's another place to check. I haven't seen this in any Walgreens stores yet and I have six of them near me (yes, I checked them all, haha!), so I guess they're either not getting this collection or are just putting it out a little later.
Anyway enough rambling from me, let's take a closer look!
When I first saw this highlighter in person, I was surprised by how chunky the packaging was...it's thick like a bar of gold would actually be. Then I realized that it has a mirror that slides out from the side of the packaging...so cute! It's not the most useful mirror because it's pretty small, but I thought it was a nice touch.
The powder inside is a pure golden shade with an peachy pink star at the top for an accent color.
When I started working on swatches, I decided to swatch the bottom half of the highlighter first and then I swatched the top half, running my finger across the peach star and into the gold a little bit so I could get both colors. The peach warms up the gold and takes it from pure gold to a warmer golden peach. The formula is soft and finely milled, just like Wet n Wild's other highlighters in Precious Petals and Crown of my Canopy. There's no glitter...it's just a beautiful reflective shimmer.
Next, I decided to swatch two higher-end highlighters in my collection that I thought could potentially be dupes for the Gold Bar.
First, I compared Laura Geller's Gilded Honey next to the Gold Wet n Wild swatch...they're honestly very close and on the cheeks, you can't even notice a difference.
The same goes for the peachy part of the Gold Bar next to Becca's Champagne Pop...they're really close in color!
Finally, I wanted to compare the Gold Bar to the previous two Wet n Wild highlighters so you can see how they differ. Precious Petals and Crown of My Canopy definitely have more pink in them.
Overall, if you're a highlighter junkie, you definitely don't want to pass up the Wet n Wild Gold Bar highlighter if you can find it! It's amazing quality for $3.99 and is even a pretty close dupe for two higher-end highlighters.