Laura Mercier Matte Radiance Baked Powder in Highlight 01 comes with 7.5g or 0.26oz of product. On the skin it's a warmish champaign colour which adds a little drama to your everyday highlight. It's very finely milled and applies beautifully with a finger or brush.

The Sleek Face Contour Kit in Light comes with a highlight and contour. The highlight is the one I use more. It's the most intense highlighter out of these four, and probably the least finely milled. It's also the most affordable of the four, and is very close to the Laura Mercier one except more intense and on the white-pinkish side. This product comes with 14g of product (highlight+contour).

MAC MSF in Perfect Topping was a limited edition shade. The veining in the product makes each one unique. Perfect Topping is the warmest of the four with a peachy undertone which works well as an everyday highlighter. Similar shades in the range include Lightscapade, which is lighter and whiter, and Soft and Gentle, which is more of a golden champagne.

MAC MSF comes with  10 g or 0.35 oz of product. 

Hourglass recently launched their Ambient Strobing Lighting powders and I was delighted to see Incandescent light among them. (shown above in the middle of the Ambient Lighting Palette). When this palette first launched this shade immediately became a favourite, though I had to use it sparingly as the palette itself cost $67 CAD at the time and each shade of powder inside was only 3.3g. This powder is my favourite for every day. It's one of those highlighting shades that has little to no sparkle, but just brightens up the skin. It's definitely appropriate for wearing at work, even in the most conservative of offices.

Above and below are some swatches, from top to bottom: Laura Mercier Matte Radiance, Hourglass Ambient Strobe Lighting powder in Incandescent, Sleek Contour highlight in Light, and MAC Mineralized Skinfinish in Perfect Topping

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