e.l.f.

e.l.f. Halo Glow Contour Wand.

Blush & Bronzer

About this product

A cream contour and bronzer stick with a sponge applicator designed for precise blending on cheekbones, nose, and jawline.

Full ingredients

Water (Aqua), Hydrogenated Didecene, Isododecane, Glycerin, Propylene Glycol, Dimethicone, Cetyl PEG/PPG-10/1 Dimethicone, Trimethylsiloxysilicate, Squalane, Mica, Isoamyl Laurate, PEG-10 Dimethicone, Hydrogenated Styrene/Isoprene Copolymer, Sodium Chloride, Polyglyceryl-4 Isostearate, Disteardimonium Hectorite, Synthetic Sapphire, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Propylene Carbonate, Tocopherol, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Calendula Officinalis Flower Extract, Polymethylsilsesquioxane, Hydrolyzed Sodium Hyaluronate, Sodium Hyaluronate, Disodium EDTA, Caprylyl Glycol, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Aluminum Hydroxide, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-Di-T-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate, Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891), Iron Oxides (Ci 77491, Ci 77492, Ci 77499)

Guru Score

89%

Yay

3 experts · Moderate agreement

What the gurus are saying

The sponge applicator delivers precision and control without mess, letting people place bronzer exactly where they want it on cheekbones, nose, and jawline. It blends out beautifully and earned praise for being user-friendly and easy to work with, even from someone who typically dislikes puffball applicators. Only a handful of gurus have weighed in so far, so there's not a ton of data yet, but what's there is enthusiastic.

Synthesized from 3 expert reviews · most recent take June 2024

What they liked

Spongy applicator gives precise control
Blends out beautifully
Not messy to apply

What they flagged

Nothing. None of the experts who reviewed it raised a problem.

Type

Blush & BronzerStick & roll-on

Key actives

Hyaluronic acidVitamin ESqualane

Formula notes

Fragrance-freeNo drying alcohol

Where to buy

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What the gurus are saying.

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Allie Glines

829k subs

✓Yay

"Since we're going glam tonight, we're going to do the e.l.f. Halo Glow Beauty Wand, this is their Contour Wand in the shade Fair Light. I'm just wanting to add a bit of this to the face to really sculpt everything today. I'll do some on the side of the nose and even sculpt around the lip a little. Then I'm just going to take my brush and blend all of that out and under the cheekbones. I'm blending upward so that it lifts the face. I think this is looking really nice."

HotandFlashy

1.23M subs

✓Yay

"I love the size of it. I love that it's not messy to use. You just squeeze a little bit up in there and then because of the size of this applicator you can get the bronzer exactly where you want it. This gives me so much precision and so much control over where I'm putting my bronzer and it blends out so beautifully. I'm wearing this one today up here on cheekbones, nose, jawbone. I mean it is just so user friendly is what I love most about it, and the color is great as well."

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"The Holy Grail Contour, I just discovered this you guys like two weeks ago in a trying all new makeup video. It's the elf Halo Glow Contour Wand and I have it in the shade light medium. It has a little spongy applicator so you just squeeze until you see it coming up there."

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"I'm really in love with this e.l.f. Halo Glow Contour Wand. I love the shade on it, I love how easy it is to use and apply, and I love how it looks and how it wore all day. This is a real big winner for the video."

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Alexandra Anele

1.44M subs

✓Yay

"I'm gonna go in with the e.l.f. Halo Glow Contour Wand in Light Medium, which is just like a little bit warmer if you compare to Fair. You want to make sure that your bronzer is going to be like way too orange otherwise this look is just not going to look right. You also want to make sure that you're warming up your skin enough otherwise it will also not look great. I'm going to bring my bronzer up a little higher than where my contour was and I'm going to warm up just this area."

What the evidence says.

Independent of what the gurus think, this is what the published research supports about the main active ingredients here.

Sunscreen filters

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

Humectants and emollients

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

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.

Source: NIH, National Library of Medicine

Frequently asked.

What is e.l.f. Halo Glow Contour Wand?

A cream contour and bronzer stick with a sponge applicator designed for precise blending on cheekbones, nose, and jawline.

Is e.l.f. Halo Glow Contour Wand worth it?

Yes. All 3 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 89%.

What is e.l.f. Halo Glow Contour Wand's Guru Score?

e.l.f. Halo Glow Contour Wand holds a Guru Score of 89%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 3 expert reviewers we have collected. At least one expert has named it a Top Pick in its category.