18 best highlighters

Translated from English, Highlight means “highlight”, “highlight brightly”, “attach great importance”. A highlighter, respectively, is a tool that helps to highlight the desired facial features to the fore, making them more prominent. Such an illuminating cosmetic product can relieve the skin from fatigue and dullness that never hurts anyone.

More recently, this tool has been popular only among professional makeup artists in the fashion industry, but thanks to the popularization of skin-highlighting products by stars, today every girl can afford to buy this new-fashioned product, because they are produced both in the budget segment and in the luxury segment. Of course, a quality highlighter with a perfect texture cannot be cheap, however, decent products are found in the mass market.

Currently, the use of highlighters is really relevant and fashionable, and strobe is especially popular. Strobing is a technique of applying make-up in natural tones, in order to add volume to certain facial features and give them additional radiance, and the highlighter is usually applied under the eyebrow, into the inner corner of the eye, on the nose bridge, the tip of the nose, on the check mark above the lip, on the zygomatic bone and on the chin.

There are 3 types of finishing effect:

• Satin. It has very small sparkles that naturally highlight the skin as naturally as possible. Well suited for use in daily makeup;
• Schiemer. The shining particles are larger, but this does not turn the agent into ordinary glitter. It is better to apply for a bright evening make-up;
• HD effect. Radiant particles reflect light, as it were, scattering it. This result looks the most pronounced, but it is natural.

Also, the shade of the illuminating product is important:

• Champagne Universal for any color type and suitable for both day and evening makeup;
• Gold. Ideal for dark-skinned girls, perfectly fit into the range of evening makeup;
• Silver. Suitable for fair-skinned girls, good for daytime use.

Shining skin, of course, looks more rested, young and fresh, and to get such a result, you need to choose the right product, which in addition to the desired effect, can not harm the health of your skin, and perhaps even vice versa, nourishes with healthy trace elements.

Best liquid highlighters

4 L'Oreal Paris Lumi Magique Highlighter

The Lumi Magique concealer highlighter is an unusual two-in-one product. This corrector, which, besides masking, performs the function of highlighting the skin, it refreshes the look and makes it more open. The product is a sleek pencil with a soft brush that gently distributes the product to the face.The corrector copes with its task, but, unfortunately, does not hide strongly pronounced defects.

Speaking about the pros, you can notice the fact that the tool is very economical, has good durability and is a profitable acquisition, because, in fact, you get two products for the price of one in a compact bottle. The product does not emphasize peeling, mimic wrinkles and does not dry the skin, which is especially important for dry skin type. In the assortment of Russian cosmetic stores, only two basic shades are available to us: beige and light beige.

3 L'Oreal Paris Glow Mon Amour

Highlighter in drops of 15 ml is convenient to apply on the face with a pipette, which is also quite hygienic. Gentle liquid texture requires rapid distribution of the skin, as it can drain. L'Oreal Paris Glow Mon Amour fits favorably on the age of the skin, if you mix it with the foundation, - this technique will remove traces of fatigue. The highlighter gives no shine, but a natural, but noticeable highlight. A total of 2 shades are offered: Sparkling Love (light) and Loving Peach (for tanned skin).

As an advantage, many people note the presence in the composition of waste oils (shea and coconut), so the product must be shaken before use, because the oils tend to settle. In the reviews they write that the highlighter is enough for a long time, because its consumption is economical due to the watery consistency. The period of permissible use of illuminating drops after opening is 2 years.

2 Benefit High Beam

Benefit High Beam is a Benefit liquid highlighter that has a beautiful, satin, delicate shade. The product looks very unusual, because it is made in the form of a jar with varnish, which is a very convenient solution for liquid textures. By applying a tool, you get a magical glow of the skin, as if from the inside, which will highlight all your strengths and divert attention from shortcomings.

The product is suitable for both girls with oily skin, and dry, in addition, it is very easily and quickly shaded. It can be used for everyday makeup, and for the evening. The only drawback can be the price, but the highlighter is really worth its money and is spent very economically. Also, it can be difficult to find it in the Russian market, more often the product is purchased through online stores. This highlighter will definitely give your look romance, freshness, lightness and beauty.

1 Cover Fx Custom Enhancer Drops

Highlight from the American brand Cover Fx has received many recommendations and the best reviews from beauty bloggers. It is sold in glass vials with a pipette with a volume of 15 ml (full version) and 2.8 ml (miniature). Cover Fx Custom Enhancer Drops is a fairly concentrated highlighter, and a pipette will allow you to accurately dose the product, while maintaining the sterility of the contents of the bottle, because now there is no need to come into contact with it directly.

The tool has a rich palette - as many as 9 shades: from the brightest, - Celestial, - to the darkest - Candlelight.The highlighter is easily and evenly distributed, does not “tighten” the foundation, gives the skin a moist glow and stays on it for up to 12 hours without losing its freshness. A big advantage would be the absence of parabens, oils and sulfates. Illuminating drops can be added to the tonal framework to give a person a rested and healthy look.

Top Cream Highlighters

3 Maybelline Master Strobing Stick Highlighter

Cosmetics Maybelline famous for high-quality, but at the same time very inexpensive cosmetics. The brand has a wonderful cream stick-highlighter with a huge number of microscopic glitters in the composition - Master Strobing Stick. The brand provides customers with 2 tones: “Beige Champagne” (golden beige) and “Light Mother of Pearl”(rose silver).

The product has a lot of advantages: convenient and laconic packaging, reasonable price, delicate and brilliant result. He perfectly emphasizes the protruding facial features and highlights them with sparkling light, as if from the inside. Of course, as with any highlighter, it is easy to overdo it when applied, getting an unnatural shine; just make a couple of movements with a stick, and then it will look harmonious on your face.

2 Holika Holika Peko Chan Melti Jelly

If many highlighters on light skin give yellow, pink or whitish tint, then Holika Holika Peko Chan Melti Jelly Highlighter has become the best product for many snowdogs, because it has a neutral light tone. It is noteworthy that the highlighter perfectly adapts to dark skin. Despite the creamy consistency of the product, in the hot season it does not drain from the places of application and stably holds all day without creating the effect of oily skin.

The ultra-light, sweet-smelling texture seems to melt upon distribution, giving a pearl shine, but leaving no clear boundaries of the transition. Often, Holika Holika Peko Chan Melti Jelly is used as a primer, which creates the effect of young skin. And although this is a decorative cosmetics, the manufacturer took care of the leaving properties of the product, adding to the composition moisturizing and nourishing jojoba oil. Special attention should be paid to the cute packaging in the Holika Holika corporate style.

1 Becca Shimmering Skin Perfector Poured Highlighter

Shimmering Skin Perfector Poured Highlighter is a very rich and bright cream highlighter. The brand produces a product in a wide range of shades: pearl, rose-golden, golden, soft golden, in the transition from pink-golden to pink and others. Although they are universal, such a variety of ebbs and tones gives the buyer the opportunity to choose his own tone, creating the desired effect.

Pigment-rich soft cream texture allows for very smooth transitions and provides comfortable feathering. The highlighter does not contain parabens and is not tested on animals, which is also important. The tool ideally emphasizes protruding facial features and does not allow you to stay in the shade! It can be used as a cream shade, because it magically shimmers in the light, and as a base under the shade, because the product will not allow other textures to roll, perfectly emphasizing all their properties.

Top Powder Highlighters

4 Saemmul Luminous Multi Highlighter

Saemmul Luminous Multi Highlighter consists not of one shade, but of more than three, it looks like a mosaic, which is quite original. Unusual multi-highlighter allows you to create a huge number of different effects. It can be used by spotting one of the shades or mixing several colors at once into a single color to obtain an immeasurable amount of overflow, which will also look very nice and look good.

The highlighting product is presented in two universal and suitable for all shades: Pink White and Gold Beige. The consistency and composition of the multi-highlighter makes it possible not only to apply it quickly and easily, but also to nourish the skin of the face at the expense of natural mineral components.In the end, you get the magical effect of thousands of iridescent, glow and, of course, the solemn flicker on your face.

3 Etude House Secret Beam Highlighter

Etude House Secret Beam Highlighter - Highlighter from the Korean brand of decorative cosmetics. This product looks expensive and unusual, because it is a mosaic of 5 different colors. The illuminant is implemented in two shades: Gold & Beige Mix and Pink & White Mix. Each of them is unusual and beautiful in its own way. The concept of this mosaic is to create new images every day by using only one product.

It is quite difficult to apply an excessive amount of the product, since it always retains the same effect of overflows, which makes it an excellent option for the first experience with the highlighter. The composition contains a large number of different vitamins and beneficial trace elements that nourish and protect your skin. Using this multi-highlighter, you can emphasize facial features, reaching freshness, radiance and youthful skin.

2 It's SkinBabyface Petit Highlighter

It's SkinBabyface Petit Highlighter is a Korean-made highlighter that, in addition to its excellent highlighting properties, has a beautiful and pretty design. The composition of the product is the smallest diamond powder, which creates a perfect even tone, by hiding flaws and eliminating all traces of fatigue. The product is characterized by good durability, guaranteeing its owner a flickering effect that does not come down from the face all day long.

The company released it in two beautiful and basic shades: Pink Satin and Gold Satin. Both shades are universal and can suit any color type. Also, besides the most shining product, you get a comfortable, incredibly soft, powder puff, which allows you not to buy brushes in addition. In reviews, it is often noticed that the tool tends to become dusty when used due to its soft and crumbly texture, but this can be fixed by simply removing the excess with any powder brush. As a result, for a small amount you will receive a product that can refresh makeup and attract the views of others.

1 The Balm Mary-Lou Manizer

Mary-Lou Manizer is the legendary highlighter from the American brand The Balm. This product is very popular among girls and has a huge number of positive reviews around the world. The design of the tool is made in the style of pin-up, which looks very original and unusual. Highlighter has a beautiful soft golden hue and the brightest shimmer, for which he was loved not only by girls who use it in make-up, but also by professionals in the make-up environment.

This product is universal and consumed quite economically. Due to the delicate texture, it is applied very easily and well shaded. In the reviews, among the many positive responses, you can find comments indicating that the highlighter emphasizes the unevenness of the skin, but this can be easily corrected by applying a base and a more dense layer of foundation. You will get perfect facial features thanks to this wonderful product.

Top palette highlighters

3 Sleek MakeUP Highlighting Palette Solstice

The Sleek MakeUP Highlighting Palette Solstice is an elegant palette of highlighters that come in 4 different shades and 2 different textures. This is a real Masthev for any girl, because he has a huge number of advantages and many positive reviews. Externally, the palette is very beautiful, it is made with high quality and soundly.

Inside you can see two cream and two powdery highlighter. The first, creamy shade of pale pink color, suitable absolutely for any girl. The second, shimmering light purple color, which looks, definitely, unusual and modern. The third, basic cream shade, which has a huge number of microscopic sparkles, which give a special festive look to your image. And the fourth, amazing beauty, peach color, which gives the face freshness and brightness.You have the opportunity, using any of these colors, to choose your best image for any event.

2 MAC Hyper Real Glow

MAC Hyper Real Glow gives an opportunity to find the best hue of a highlighter for girls of any skin color type, because there are 3 refills (each of 4.5 g) of different subtones inside the palette. In addition, on sale you can find as many as 4 palette options: Flash + Awe, Get Lit, Get It Glowin ’, Shimmy Peach. The product has a very dense structure, but not pronounced pigmentation. Many in the reviews say that the highlighter has a slight polishing and leveling effect on the skin.

The product is absolutely not dusty when it is set, because it has a creamy-powdery texture. If you apply a highlighter with a brush, it will lay down with a light veil with a delicate glow; the distribution of the fingertips will give iridescent mirror effect. Also, the manufacturer offers to test the application of the wet method (ideal for photo shoots), after moistening the brush with thermal water. The palette is realized in a black case on magnets, covered with matte black cardboard, with a wide mirror inside.

1 Dior Backstage Glow Face Palette

In the compact palette of the Dior Backstage Glow Face Palette are 4 of the best pigmented highlighter shades. Strobe White is the brightest highlighter that is recommended to be applied to the corners of the eyes and under the eyebrow; it can also be mixed with other highlighters for new shades. Golden Strobe Gold is applied over the cheekbone; Looks expensive and suitable for girls with any skin color. The hue of Blush Pink is positioned by the manufacturer as a rouge, but many in the reviews say that it is too bright, besides, shimmer; It is better to mix it with other highlighters to give them a warm subtone. And the universal Blush Bronze - it will be an excellent bronzer; can also be used as a shadow.

An interesting fact: Megan Markle's makeup for the wedding ceremony with Prince Harry was created with products from the Dors line of Backstage, including using this palette of highlighters.

Best budget highlighters

4 E.L.F. Baked Highlighter

An illuminant from one of the most cost-effective but high-quality brands of E.L.F. It has a very compact size, but the product is many - 5 g, especially since it is a baked highlighter, which makes consumption minimal. Powdery structure with light-reflecting particles of fine grinding is not dusty and does not peel off. Gives not very bright shine, as close as possible to the natural radiance of healthy and young skin.

The choice of the manufacturer offers 4 shades: Apricot Glow, Moonlight Pearls, Pink Diamonds, Blush Gems. To get a natural face highlighting, the highlighter should be applied with finger pads, and for a mirror-like effect with a wet brush. The highlighter absolutely does not clog or emphasize pores and inflammation, moreover, contains vitamin E, extract of jojoba, grapes, almonds and sunflower. A big advantage will be the fact that the product is not tested on animals.

3 Makeup Revolution Pro Illuminate

Makeup Revolution Pro Illuminate is a budget highlighter that is not inferior in its quality to more expensive counterparts of competitors. The product looks beautiful both on the face and, despite the practical design, in the package, which, by the way, is quite large. Highlighter, the color of gold champagne, gracefully and not deliberately can shine for long hours on your face, due to flickering microparticles.

The tool does not have large spangles in the composition, which allows its use in everyday make-up. Highlighter has become a real bestseller for Makeup Revolution and has a large number of enthusiastic reviews that do not make you doubt the quality of this product. Thanks to this illuminating product, you will get the effect of pronounced cheekbones and a radiant healthy glow sparkling in the light of the face.

2 Catrice High Glow Mineral

Catrice High Glow Mineral is a baked highlighter with a huge amount of positive ratings from customers and one of the best tools among budget highlighters. A wonderful mineral product gives radiance and a healthy look to your skin thanks to the light reflecting particles in its composition.

It is so light and delicate that it can be applied both on the whole face as a base, and only on prominent facial features. The product is a bit dusty when applied, but it's not at all scary, because the sparkles are very small and natural, which can be easily brushed away with a single movement of the brush. When it shimmers in the light, the tool looks very gentle and feminine, as if it gives you lightness and romance.

1 BelorDesign Smart Girl Highlighter Incredible Hollywood

BelorDesign Smart Girl Highlighter Incredible Hollywood has become an excellent budget solution for every girl who wants to achieve the effect of fresh and natural radiance of the face. This baked highlighter will give your skin a delicate shine and even even out its relief. It contains natural extracts of jojoba and macadamia, which provide nourishment, hydration and protection from direct sunlight.

In the network you can find a lot of positive feedback about this tool. A big plus will be the ability to use the highlighter as shimmer bright shadows. Highlighter is suitable for girls with both oily and dry and combination skin, which is another advantage of this product. Makeup artists advise applying it on the cheekbones, chin, above the lip and under the eyebrows, as well as on the eyelids.

Popular vote - who is the best producer of highlighters?
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Benefit

L'oreal

Becca

The balm

It's skin

Sleek makeUP

Etude house

Maybelline

Belordesign

Saemmul

Catrice

Makeup Revolution

Cover fx

Holika holika

Dior

MAC

E.L.F.

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