Halo Glow Liquid Filter review
What it is
A sheer, luminous complexion product that sits somewhere between a primer, a skin tint and a liquid highlighter. It is unambiguously modelled on a well-known $49 product, and it gets most of the way there for a third of the price.
Three ways to use it
- Alone on a no-makeup day: sheer coverage, visible glow, nothing that reads as foundation.
- Under foundation as a luminous base — this is where it performs best, and where the effect survives a full day.
- Over foundation, pressed onto cheekbones and the bridge of the nose, as a soft highlighter.
Where it disappoints
Shade range is only eight, which is thin for a product this tinted — noticeably behind e.l.f.'s own Camo concealer range and far behind Fenty. Deeper skin tones are underserved.
The glow can tip into shine on oily skin by mid-afternoon. Set the T-zone, or keep it off the centre of the face entirely.
It is not a foundation. Coverage is genuinely sheer; if you want to cover redness or blemishes you need something underneath it.
The value case
At $16 against a $49 original, the arithmetic is hard to argue with. The finish is close, the wear is shorter, and nobody will be able to tell from more than a metre away.
