I've been using this for almost a year and it barely looks used. This was my first ever highlighter, and since I have expanded my highlighter collection, I would recommend this to a beginner.
If you lightly dust this on with a fan brush you get a gorgeous 'soft and gentle' glow (yes I did just do that) but you can build it up to make a very intense highlight.
This would be a great highlight for beginners. It looks beautiful on most skin tones. When using this product the pigmentation depends on how you put it on, and fix plus definitely makes it pop. The cost wasn't too bad for me as I'm a Macpro member but without it's probably an unnecessary cost with so many other highlighters out there. Love the packaging