I’ve been loving on Kaleidos Space Age Highlighter in the shades Mars Melter for a few years now and I realized I never reviewed it. Today we redeem that! Let’s chat, swatch, and review this gorgeous highlighter and see what you think of it!
Kaleidos is a Chinese brand that had a viral moment a few years ago and one of the first items I had purchased from them was the Kaleidos Mars Melter Space Age Highlighter. This is unusual for me as I’m not a big highlighter kind of girl but I LOVE all shades peach, coral, or orange and this was a beautiful sparkly peachy coral shade that I had to have. It sort of has a pink orangey shift in the sun! It’s stunning! Since that original purchase I hit pan on my Mars Melter and I’m now on my third pot. Again, unheard of for me! It is one of my favorite highlighters but also, I use it as an eyeshadow from time to time as well.
If you hate sparkle, glitter, etc…this isn’t for! Skip the review. But if you love it, well, grab a chair and sit down let’s chat. This is such sparkly joy. It’s def not your traditional highlighter formula as it’s essential a powdery glitter bomb. It comes housed in a tin compact with no mirror and it holds 0.10 oz of highlighter. A few years ago these were around $14 but they’ll set you back around $24 now but they are on sale with 15% off at yesstyle.com with code SANTA24.
The formula is quite thin and has a semi-sheer pay off which means you sadly, can’t use it as a blush. I’d love it so much more if it worked as a blush but sadly it’s a bit too sheer and a bit too sparkly to do so. I would recommend using it with a cream blush, liquid blush, or a stain but you can of course, use it with a powder. You want to make sure whatever blush you use is matte in finish though as this has plenty of sparkle all its own. It applies fairly easily and my skin isn’t textured so it does have a smooth finish but users beware it will accentuate dryness and textured skin. Prep well before application for the smoothest finish. The thing I like most about it is the fact it gives this wet, glistening effect which sadly you can’t see in my photos. I think the swatch looks really uneventful as well but it’s way prettier in person. It almost has that just misted makeup setting spray on my face look. It’s a beautiful shimmery wet sheen. It wears nicely for about seven hours but the sparkle does fade off a little as time passes. As I mentioned above I do use it as an eyeshadow from time to time as well. Typically I’ll apply a powder and use this on top as a little shimmery topcoat. It looks super pretty on top of orange, peach, or even brown or gold shadows!
Kaleidos Space Age Highlighter is a rather unique little highlighter! It’s not for everyone but if you love sparkly makeup you’ll adore this.
Kaleidos Space Age Highlighter is available now.
Where to buy
Kaleidos Space Age Highlighter is a sparkly highlighter available in eight shade selections which are 0.10 oz in size and around $20-$24 dollar per shade. This is a soft, thin powder highlighter with a sheer highly sparkly finish that will apply smoothly when skin is prepped well. It could be an issue for more textured skin or drier skin if you aren’t using a good primer pre-application. It has a wet, glistening sheen on skin that gives it a sparkly glow. It wears for around seven hours with the sparkle of the highlighter fading and dropping off as the wear continues. It can easily be used as an eyeshadow topper as well to add some cute sparkle to gold, brown, orange, peach, or nude eyeshadows.
- Beautiful glistening wet sheen finish.
- Adds gorgeous sparkle and glow to your face.
- Can be used as an eyeshadow topper.
Kaleidos Space Age Highlighter is a must have for shimmery makeup lovers.
