Shine your brightest and turn heads everywhere you go with these gorgeous highlighters.
From foundation to contour to blush, you can do everything, but your makeup will remain incomplete without a touch of highlight. A highlighter helps highlight and accentuate the high point of your face, so you glow everywhere you go. If you pick a shade that matches your skin, it can make your face look more lifted, better shaped, and more appealing and natural under bright lights, especially in photographs.
While some people prefer highlighters loaded with glitter, others like the ones that give a more natural, dewy finish. With the wide variety of highlighters available on the market, picking one can become quite the task. So, here is a list of our makeup expert’s top recommendations, just for you.
Top 6 Highlighters for You
1. Ultra-Reflective Cruelty-Free Highlighter for Glowing Skin
If you like to have a radiant finish on you face, the Wet n’ Wild Megaglo Highlighting Powder is perfect for you. Infused with micro-fine pearl pigments, it has ultra-reflective properties that make you shine every time the light hits your face. The highly pigmented formula of the baked powder ensures that the highlighter does not look chalky or white in the pictures, and creamy texture allows smooth blending for a seamless application. Available in two colours- Blossom Glow and Precious Petals, just one stroke of this highlight on your cheek bones, brow bone, and cupid’s bow is all you need through the day.
The powder highlighter comes infused with nylon for a silky-smooth texture and effortless blending.
2. 2 in 1 Baked Blush and Highlighter for Luminous Skin
Why buy a separate blush and a highlighter when you can get the benefits of both in one luxurious baked powder. The SWISS BEAUTY Baked Blusher and Highlighter is the one stop solution for all you face-sculpting needs. This silky powder formula illuminates your complexion, while lending a soft brilliance to it. Available as a single palette with four different colours that can be used as both highlighter and blusher, this palette is available in six different combinations. The long-lasting formula gives your face a sheer wash of shimmering colour, and conditions and softens you skin.
Constructed with highly pigmented lightweight colours, the powder feels almost weightless on the skin and gives you a lasting natural finish.
3. Sheer Highlighter for Effortless Shine
Looking for an effortless natural highlight for your no-makeup makeup look? The Lakme Face Sheer Highlighter is the one for you. Enriched with pigments that compliment your skin tone, this powder highlighter blends effortlessly to give you a subtle sheen. Available in two colours – Sun Kissed (a brown-nude shade for warm, daytime looks) and Desert Rose (a nude pink shade for a healthy, flushed look). Use it on your cheek bones, collar bones, and cupid’s bow for a muted highlight, or layer it on your face for a more glamorous partywear look.
The highlighter comes with a soft sponge applicator, which eliminates the need for carrying a brush, making it ideal for last-minute touchups.
4. Illuminating Highlighter and Bronzer for Lasting Matte Finish
Tired of layering heavy, creamy products on your face? Switch to a lightweight, buildable formula with the SUGAR Cosmetics Contour De Force Mini Highlighter. Easy to blend, even a little product gives you an unbeatable shine through the day. The ultimate combination of highlighter and bronzer, this product is unlike any other. Create the illusion of bigger lips by tapping a little on your cupid’s bow, or make your eyes stand out with this radiant matte formula.
Each of the four shades of the product is ideal for use on every skin tone while being highly pigmented and sparsely glittered.
5. Soft Powder Highlighter for Iridescent Skin
The Maybelline New York Face Studio Master Chrome Highlighter is a game-changer in the makeup industry. Meant to give you sun kissed brilliance through the day, these warm-toned highlighters are ideal for a seamless metallic finish. Available in two richly pigmented colours – Molten Gold and Rose Gold, these soft powder highlighters give you a luxurious wet look, as opposed to a chunky-glittered one.
These highlighters have a reflective chrome sheen, and their buildable formula allows you to use them for mild as well as high coverage.
6. Multicoloured Highlighter for Lightweight Radiance
If you’re one of those people who like to experiment with different makeup looks and want a lot of new products from time to time, the Swiss Beauty Brick Highlighter Palette is the money-saver your vanity needs. An assortment of 5 highly pigmented colours, this single palette will take care of all your highlighting needs. Created with a super-lightweight formula, these soft highlighters are easy to blend, and can be used liberally to give you a radiant, sculpted look. Pick out a new shade each day, or just swirl your brush over the palette for a dreamy, chrome highlight.
The rich, luminous formula and wide colour range allow you to use this highlighter as an eyeshadow as well.