Topaz should always win out in all makeup decisions!!! Although I think the products differ in how they look and wear just based of swatches and my personal experience with all things Topaz - Can you speak to this
@DILLIGAF since you have both? I'm curious and my Lou sisters won't arrive for 2-3 weeks.
Topaz melts into the skin. Only Moonstone and Opal feel like true highlighters to me. The others are more illuminators (I know some people don't really differentiate though) and the Lou-manizers are definitely traditional highlighters.
I actually want Cindy to be sheer. I was on the fence so long because the swatches I found showed a lot of color, favoring the opaqueness of a blush; I just want a nice, sheer pearlescent/iridescent pink highlight so I hope she fits the bill. All of them look to me to wear differently than the Becca powders, and Mary looks like she fits in-between Becca Moonstone and Opal as far as color goes. I can't wait to play with them.
Not trying to sell you on the Lou-manizers or anything, but did you try blending Mary Lou out? Becca Opal and Moonstone both look stark and frigid when they are swatched but wear beautifully and I am a shade darker than you.