
About this product
A sheer liquid highlighter and complexion booster designed to add a luminous glow to the skin, available in multiple shades.
Full ingredients
Water (Aqua), Hydrogenated Didecene, Squalane, Propylene Glycol, Glycerin, Octyldodecanol, Cetyl PEG/PPG-10/1 Dimethicone, Dimethicone, Polyglyceryl-4 Isostearate, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Isoamyl Laurate, Hydrogenated Styrene/Isoprene Copolymer, Sodium Chloride, Phenoxyethanol, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Ethylhexyl Hydroxystearate, Disteardimonium Hectorite, Propylene Carbonate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Caprylyl Glycol, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Hydrolyzed Sodium Hyaluronate, Sodium Hyaluronate, Disodium EDTA, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Tocopherol, Polymethylsilsesquioxane, Calendula Officinalis Flower Extract, Tin Oxide, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-Di-T-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate, Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891), Yellow Iron Oxide (Ci 77492), Red Iron Oxide (Ci 77491), Black Iron Oxide (Ci 77499), Bismuth Oxychloride (Ci 77163)
Guru Score
Yay
9 experts · Strong agreementWhat they liked
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What the gurus are saying
This liquid filter adds a healthy, natural glow without glitter or a metallic sheen, and most gurus praise it as an affordable dupe for Charlotte Tilbury's Flawless Filter at roughly one-third the price. People use it as a base before foundation, mixed with moisturizer, or layered on top for a plumped, radiant finish that blurs redness and brings the skin to life. One catch worth knowing: shade zero reads quite orange and may need sheer blending if you have very fair skin, and a few gurus note it feels slightly less luminous than the Charlotte Tilbury original, though the trade-off in price and ease of use wins most over.
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Independent of what the gurus think, this is what the published research supports about the main active ingredients here.
Sun protection is the best evidenced way to slow visible ageing, and the filters are what does the work. Mineral and chemical filters both protect when a product is applied thickly enough and often enough, which is where most people fall short rather than on the choice of filter.
Source: DermNet
Ingredients like these draw water into the surface layers and slow how fast it leaves. The evidence is for comfort, softness and hydration rather than for changing the structure of the skin.
Source: DermNet
Vitamin E is an antioxidant, and it is often in a formula to keep the other ingredients stable rather than as the active itself. It pairs well with vitamin C, though on its own the evidence for visible change is limited.
A sheer liquid highlighter and complexion booster designed to add a luminous glow to the skin, available in multiple shades.
Mostly yes. 7 of the 9 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 79%.
e.l.f. Halo Glow Liquid Filter holds a Guru Score of 79%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 9 expert reviewers we have collected. At least one expert has named it a Top Pick in its category.
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