Victoria's Secret Hypnotic Beauty Luminous Blush/Highlighter in "Desert Sand"

With the Victoria's Secret Hypnotic Beauty collection released near the tail end of 2010, it was this compact that caught my eye the most. It is touted as a blush and a highlighter in one and as I am a sucker for both, I could not resist. The cherry on top though, was the $10 price tag. Here in Canada this is originally $20 but I recently found this in the sale rack for 50% off, so hurry to your Victoria's Secret store if you've been eyeing this as well.

The powder design is undeniably gorgeous, however the compact itself isn't of the best quality. It is plastic and does not feel as luxe as it looks. The product itself I love - while it is too frosty and light to use as a blush for me, it is the most beautiful, understated pale pink highlighter. The powder is very soft and provides good colour payoff, it is not extremely pigmented but I wouldn't want my highlighters to be very bold anyway.

For 10g/0.35oz of product, this is quite a bit of highlighter that is sure to last a long time. I imagine that once you flatten out the powder more (you can see that the beige shapes stick out), it would be easier to pick up the pink colour and use as a blush. However, I have definitely not had this long enough to get to that point! If you are very pale this could potentially work as a blush right off the bat.

Overall I'd pick this up if you see it for 50% off, but the fact that it cannot be used as a blush for most skintones and that the packaging is plastic, it is not worth the full $20 price tag, as for a few dollars more I could pick up something high-end at Sephora. For $10, though, I have no complaints!