L'Oreal Paris Wake Up and Glow Mon Amour Highlighting Drops Review

Wow! Turn on your high beams, ladies, this highlighter is not messing around. Highly pigmented and very glittery, a little goes a VERY long way.

For my first application I used it under a full face of foundation - I used a full drop swept mostly over my cheekbones and a little on my forehead, cupids bow, and nose and then applied my foundation over top - and it was still quite a punchy highlighter look. The rest of my applications were with a much lighter hand - just a tiny, tiny little brush of product on the same places and that worked nicely for a more subtle no-makeup look.

I'm not quite sure what they were thinking with the packaging - the dropper is very unnecessary, as you get more than enough product (and then some) on the outside of the dropper. Trying to apply drops without just getting the product that's clinging to the dropper everywhere seems pretty unlikely, not to mention that I don't think I'd ever want to use that much. There's also a big white sticker on the back of the label with a little 'peel here' arrow, but if you peel it then it never quite sticks back down properly, but if you try to take it off it unwinds to take the whole label off the entire bottle, leaving a tacky mess behind. Small details, but they did slightly cheapen the overall feel of the product.

It definitely requires a bit of care if you're wanting subtlety, but overall I'm very impressed with the product quality, blendability, and staying power. I'll definitely be using this regularly going forward.

These highlighting drops come in a glass bottle with a pretty rose gold lid and white dropper. Not too sure of the purpose of the dropper as the highlighting liquid is overflowing in the bottle and all up the sides of the dropper. All I needed to do was put the tip of the dropper on my cheekbones and I had more than enough product to work with ... I wouldn't dare squeeze the dropper! Putting the dropper back into the bottle it pushes all the highlighting liquid up and I was worried it would overflow but thankfully it didn't.

I trialed 01 Sparkling Love and it sparkled and I loved it. The end result was so subtly sparkly - it did exactly what a highlighter should and I was very impressed. I imagine the bottle would last a very long time cause you only need to use the tiniest amount which makes it great value for money.

I use a powder mineral foundation most days so I would tap it on my cheekbones after applying my foundation. But on the days I use my tinted moisturiser I would mix the two together for a lovely glowing end result. I am slightly addicted to having a shimmer now.

I have quite sensitive skin that can feel like its on fire with some products but not this one ... my skin didn't react at all and if not for the beautiful metallic shimmer I wouldn't have known I was wearing it.

This incredibly pretty pot of pearl shimmer evokes those nail polish editorials- those glossy pages with enticing pools of lacquer that give you a rush on sight.

I was concerned with dropper delivery system that I would look like a trophy on application but this formula was weightless and subtle, like all the best gems. Like Chanel's use of costume jewelry, this economical beauty bling ($29.99) looks golden but without the high cost.

I used the fruity-fragranced drops, infused with coconut oil (!), as a highlighter over my medium-neutral cheekbones and down my nose's ascent. You could use it as a base, under foundation or alone, or you could mix it into a more matte foundation to add warmth.

I decided that what better way to get a review for a product than to share it with 8 other women as we got ready for our Christmas party. I had already been using it a few days to highlight my cheeks for work and it absolutely does what it says - gives you a glow. Everyone loved it with the biggest attractions being it was so easy to apply and you needed very, very little of it - a couple of drops each side was plenty. Great value for money. It is a very liquid consistency so you don't really need the dropper as there is plenty of liquid on the outside of the dropper itself. Its a very cool twist on old fashioned blusher.

I was most excited about getting to review this product. Unfortunately it didn't live up to my expectations.

The colour is absolutely stunning. The formula is very creamy and hydrating to give a lovely glow. But that's where the positives stop...

It works well on its own as a base but as soon as you try to add it to foundation or use at a highlighter like recommended I ran into problems.

I found adding it to my foundation gave a beautiful glow yes but I had to use twice the amount of foundation to get the coverage I normally achieve.

And using as a highlighter...I only made the mistake once! I dropped a wee bit onto my cheekbone and went to blend to finish my look. It removed all products that were under it leaving weird marks on my face with no makeup. I tried to blend a different way on the other side thinking it may have been the way I did it, but no luck still having the same result.

Maybe it's the products I use not working well with it or how I tried to use it, I don't know but unfortunately it's a no go from me.

I received this product in the shade 01 Spairking Love as part of a BR trial. I really enjoyed using this product- the dropper-like bottle meant I could control how much product I used, the glitter was very fine and the product applied smoothly onto the skin. The glitter was concentrated but not overly shiny, when I applied directly to the corner of my eyes it brightened the eye area without having conspicuous shiny flakes. When I mixed this with my foundation, my skin looked more radiant than usual. Overall, this is the best illuminating product I have used (and I have tried a few) and I am looking forward to mixing this into my skincare or other foundations year round to subtly brighten my face.

Firstly, I find the bottle strangely weird as the top or the dropper seemed to be off-cantered and slightly wonky, which makes it looks like a baby bottle’s teat, but not in a cute way. The dropper is also a bit pointless as it produces a massive blob of product - great if I want a lot of bling to mix with body lotions. Otherwise it’s way too much product, a smaller dropper would have worked better.

The highlighting drops has a pretty colour (01 Sparkling Love) with slightly sweet scent that I don’t mind. It has very runny consistency, more runny than what I expected. Messier than my expectation.

A little bit goes a long way, a super duper tiny drop size of it can cover a lot of areas. It gives a subtle sheen/sparkles on my décolletage and my shins. The effects can only be clearly seen under the sun/the light. Therefore must always apply it under good lighting, otherwise might ended up looking like a disco ball.

I was a bit worried of putting it on my face after reading on the ingredients list that it contains coconut oil - my face doesn’t like that particular acne-inducing ingredient. I tried using it as eyeshadow, didn’t work well as it creased on my lids. Very hard to spread it around properly and had to use much lesser amount.

I like the sparkly effects on my shin. Would use it more when summer weather is finally here.

Overall I would only use it on my body and limbs, not on my face. It doesn’t blow me over, I still prefer my powder highlighter that’s easier and quicker to use, with less mess.

I really like using this as a highlighter on my cheekbones, but didn't like this as a base under or mixed with foundation.

When I used this under foundation I found that my foundation and makeup on top didn't look very nice on top of it. I tried using next to no product and tried using more product and tried using it mixed with foundation, without, all over my face, only on some parts, and no matter how I used it I didn't like it used like that. When used with a fuller coverage foundation you couldn't see the highlighter, which kind of defeated the point of using it. When used with a lighter to more medium coverage foundation, I found it made my makeup last a shorter amount of time than usual and I just didn't like how it made my skin look.

I did really like this used as a highlighter after my foundation, though. Once blended out, it looks very subtle, and makes my skin look glowy and fresh. I got sent the shade 01 Sparkling Love. It looks very gold in the bottle, but once applied it's a gorgeous champagne colour. It looks good used by itself, but I've also tried using it with a powder highlighter on top when I want extra shine. I found powder highlighter sits nicely on top of it and sets it well.

I don't like the packaging of this and find the dropper applicator more annoying than anything. I think the dropper works when applying as a base, but I don't trust using it straight on my face when using it just on a specific area. I apply it first on the back of my hand, then use a sponge to blend it onto my face.

the colour of this is beautiful and does give you a nice highlight glow.

However the formula, when i tried to blend into my skin, it started to pull off the makeup underneath. it started to "gum up" and rather than blend in cause little flakes of foundation and highlighter.

Also the bottle, the dropper is huge and gives you WAY to much product, so wouldn't recommend dropping straight onto face, put onto hand then apply so you can control product better.