I had high, high hopes for the Hard Candy Sheer Envy Prismatic Highlighter! It’s billed as an iridescent pearl powder that is intended to catch the light and give you good lighting no matter where you go.

The product itself retails for $6 USD at Walmart and contains 12 grams of product, which is not only a great price point, but also a ton of product. However… the goodness stops there. (And this pains me, because I do really enjoy Hard Candy.)

Swatched on the skin, you get a white, chunky, speckled-glitter mess. As someone who is IN LOVE with glitter, I was even astonished with just how much I did not like this. The powder has a bit of a purple/pink cast, but none of that is displayed on the skin. All you get is a white chalky mess with glitter thrown in.

Like, can you even see it on my cheekbones? Because I applied it very heavily. Let’s zoom in.

Oh there we go. Now you can see it. You can see the stuck-in-my-pores type glitter mess it’s created too.

Final Thoughts

Hard, HARD pass on the Hard Candy Prismatic Highlighter. I was so eager to try out a drugstore highlighter that would potentially compare to the higher end highlighters that are on the market right now, but this doesn’t even do anything but create a mess on your face. After writing my review I went to the internet to find other reviews and I had to laugh/cry at all the one star ratings I was seeing. I am definitely not the only person who felt this product was a total dud! Yikes.

My recommendation? Pass on the Prismatic Highlighter and get Hard Candy‘s Tiki highlighter instead. It’s insanely beautiful and actually worth your money.

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