Disney's Dare To Dream Pocahontas Luminizer Review & Swatches

The Disney Dare to Dream collection arrived at Walgreens stores recently, and I was lucky enough to spot them at my local store. Similar to the ELF princess collections that have shown up previously, this collection features Pocahontas, Mulan, and Ariel. Each princess has their own beauty book filled with eyeshadows, lip products, blush, etc. but then they each have separate products as well. 

Pocahontas has a bronzer and luminizers, while Ariel has eyeshadow quads and Mulan has lip glosses. I didn't realize at first, but these are actually made by Markwins, which owns Wet N Wild, Physicians Formula and Bonne Bell so I figured the quality should be pretty good! I purchased a bunch of different items but I wanted to start with one of my favorites...the Pocahontas Retractable Luminizers ($3 each)! Let's take a look...

Disney Dare To Dream Pocahontas Retractable Luminizers

These cream highlighters come in three shades, and I picked up two of them to try, Great Spirit (champagne) and Free Spirit (gold). The third shade, Wild Spirit is bronze and it was out of stock at my local Walgreens so I'm sorry I don't have it to swatch for you guys.

These are very similar to other cream luminizers/highlighters such as Benefit's Watts Up!, Sonia Kashuk Luminosity Highlighting Stick, or the Nars Multiple except for one important point...these are $3! And this does not equate to a crappy product either, I'm very happy to say. These are creamy, and go on smooth with no chunky glitter at all. The shimmer is very refined, and just adds a beautiful glow to your skin, similar to Benefit's Watts Up highlighter (I compare them in the swatches below).

The one area where you can definitely tell these are a $3 item is the packaging. It feels very lightweight and is made of a cheapo plastic, but it's not going to fall apart or anything so I feel like as long as the product inside is good quality, that's all that matters! My one major gripe with the packaging here is that these don't twist all the way down into the tube so you have to be really careful replacing the cap or you'll take a chunk out of these.

When swatching these, I was really impressed with the pigmentation and creaminess of these. They don't drag on the skin and the amount of shimmer is just right. Free Spirit is a warm golden shade, while Great Spirit is a cooler champagne.

These reminded me so much of Benefit's Watts Up! that I wanted to swatch them side-by-side. Watts Up! is very close in color to Great Spirit, almost enough to be a dupe, but it has a little more of a peachy/bronzy tone to it. But you can see how alike the formulas are, and how they swatch very similarly. Watts Up! is a little more pigmented as you swipe it, but other than that, they give the same effect!

Here, I'm wearing Great Spirit on my cheekbones...I love the way it catches the light! When you're pale skinned like I am, it's sometimes hard to find a good highlight that actually shows up (especially in photos!). A lot of the time, highlighters are darker than I am, haha. 

Overall, these are a great buy at only $3! Head on over to your local Walgreens before they're gone! If you don't immediately see them in the front section where the beauty stuff is, take a look around the store. I found these all the way in the back on an endcap by the pharmacy section, so they might be hiding on you! 

I wish I had some links for you to buy these online, but it appears that these are in-store only. Fingers crossed your Walgreens has these too!