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

This product really confused me. I had to look it up on the L'Oréal site to understand how to use it. I applied it blended with make up, on top, underneath, and with a base of moisture only. None of the application techniques worked for me, I didn't see as much of a shimmer as I expected and was left with a oily feeling on my skin.

I don't think I would use this again on my face as the oil slick, wet shimmer result was just gross. However I will try it mixed with moisturiser on my body for a golden dawn glow and see how that works.

Love the bottle, super classy, and the dropper is a great idea as a little goes a long way.

I don't use liquid highlighters, and have never tried to get a glowy look. However, I received this product in a trial so I decided to give it a go.

I put a drop on under my liquid foundation and left my skin lovely, dewy and glowy. I did look slightly more oily than usual so I had to blot with powder to ensure I wasn't too shiny. I noticed throughout the day that the high points of my face did look shiny and highlighted.

I have trialled this product strictly as a highlighter so far, and found good points and not so good points.

I was super excited to try the dropper style application, but unfortunately I found with this product that the dropper was quite chunky which made it a bit clumsy. It also meant that one drop of product was way more product than I needed directly onto the face, so I would definitely recommend dropping the product onto a brush or palette and using that amount for more than one area.

The liquid was a soft, smooth texture and did blend very easily into the skin. So this was definitely a delivery on the promise of a product that blends seamlessly.

The colour (01 Sparkling Love) was beautiful and quite natural with my skin tone. The shimmer factor is definitely dialled up. So for me I would definitely use this more as a feature highlighter on small areas rather than an all over base or mixed into foundation. Very eye catching and certainly gives you a shimmery glow.

If you love a bit of sparkle and a good highlight then this product is definitely for you. Overall I am a fan, but will definitely use this in more of my evening make up routine rather than a ‘wake up and glow’ product for day time at work.

If you are hoping that this will give you the similar "glowing" look of highlighter - think again. This might be your lazy option of foundation substitute over winter to go to supermarket, or to "thin out" your hard-formula foundation, but it's nothing more than that. I've tried this in four ways: as a base, mixed with my foundation, mixed with a concealer and as a liquid highlighter.

As a base - it was below average. I honestly didn't see much of dewiness, or glowing feeling from my face. I was hoping that this would cover my dull face in case I forget to do my skincare routine - but I still looked dull without my usual beauty regime. I applied my foundation over the base, but it was gone before lunchtime (in a cool workplace!?). I definitely wouldn't re-use this as a base.

Mixed with my foundation - for summer time, I don't think this was a great idea so will try this in winter time again. I have a combination skin where my skin outside is a bit oily but it's dry inside. Mixed with foundation, my base make up disappeared around lunchtime again.

Mixed with concealer - I've tried mixing this with my fav Nars concealer and only used the area that I wanted to "highlight." I applied with my usual brush and it wasn't so bad.

Liquid highlighter - I had my highest hope as it seemed very pigmented. It was average - it wasn't as pigmented as I hoped it to be on my face. But that being said, if you are looking for very natural highlighter (like barely-there sort of highlighter), then I guess this could work with you. You also don't need much as a liquid highlighter as you can't layer it up.

This is a lovely product to use. It works perfectly mixed into your foundation to give a soft, glow from within type look. Also, if you tap it on the high points of your cheeks and blend it in, it makes for a blinding, gorgeous gold highlight! It's nice and easy to use with the dropper bottle and a little certainly goes a long way!

In the past, I have not been the biggest fan of liquid highlighter and would rather opt for powder. This, however, was a great product to push me out of my comfort zone and I am now converted to the liquid highlighter way of life.

I decided to try these out in a few different ways. I added them to my primer to create a glowy base before foundation and this gave me a subtle glow throughout the day.

The next day I added them to my Fenty foundation for more of a glow. I was really happy it did not change the way the foundation applied and wore throughout the day. This is something I was most worried about. My partner even commented on how nice my make up looked on this day too!

Next, I used them as a traditional highlighter across the tops of my cheeks. A tiny amount on my damp beauty blender created a stunning glow that blended in seamlessly with my blush. By using the beauty blender I avoided that striped look that some times happen.

This a beautiful product that can be used as a variety of ways. It's a little messy if you are not careful so have a facecloth or makeup wipe on hand.

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.

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.