The dewy look is a popular trend in beauty at the moment, and a highlighter is one of the most important tools in your arsenal to do it. A dewy finish uses specific facial products to reflect light and create radiance.
Size: 0.17 oz/ 5 g·ITEM: 1972272
Color: Gleam - gold opal
$26.00
I liked the consistency of this highlighter and it did offer a dewy look. ...when swatched, it looks beautiful, but for some reason on the face it just doesn’t look as good. i prefer using this as a base for highlighter as it intensifies the dewy-ness of the look, but by itself it looks a little weird?
What it is:
A highlighting balm that adds a gorgeous wet dewy glow to any skintone.
What it does:
Instantly bring a lit-from-within-glow to your complexion with this low shimmer, dewy, wet-look illuminator. Formulated with murumuru butter and hyaluronic acid, this weightless, non-tacky balm provides natural, healthy-looking radiance on any skin. It’s the perfect finishing touch on bare skin or on top of makeup.
The balm’s unique formulation has been perfected to ensure maximum comfort and longevity. The convenient stick makes it easy to get a glow on the go with a brushless application.
$50.00
The balm looks like oil on my face, which is very natural; the highlighter end is just so beautiful! ...the most effortless highlighter...It goes onto the skin so easy and effortless, I can use my hands to blend it in. It looks so natural. I really love the balm, it gives me moisture and a dewy look.
What it is:
A cult-covetable backstage secret that delivers the ultimate in runway radiance for a scintillating glow that is truly otherworldly.
What it does:
This transformative highlighting duo glides on effortlessly, imparting a veil of sinfully sublime luminosity. The creamy highlighter reflects and refracts light, creating iconic illumination, while the transparent balm delivers dewy divinity. Formulated with aloe and argan oils, combined with hyaluronic acid, the balm delivers smooth control and softens the skin. Whether used solo or in combination, these two luxurious finishes can satisfy every highlighting desire. Take your glow to the fourth dimension and prepare for a legendary, lit-from-within gleam that is truly aliengelic.
$28.00
I went into the store looking for a liquid highlighter. This is super easy to use. The wand collects just the right amount of product and a few dabs create dewy skin in 20 seconds. ...So glowy, a small amount can make you look dewy. Very fine and natural looking sheen.
What it is: A luminous skin brightener and highlighter for eyes, cheeks, and lips that sets for all-day, waterproof wear.
Ingredient Callouts: Free of sulfates SLS and SLES, parabens, and phthalates. This product is also vegan, cruelty-free, and gluten-free.
What Else You Need to Know: This glimmering, metallic gel melts onto skin for a lightweight, skin-like, nude glow that layers to a strobe highlighter for eye-brightening, face-highlighting, and lip-foiling. The long-wearing, waterproof formula provides the perfect sheenfrom a candlelit glow to high-voltage foil effect.
Size: 0.25 oz/ 7.28 g·ITEM: 2317782
Color: 3 Stardust - clear with large silver pearls
$10.00
Very much a natural dewy skin look. It’s definitely a dupe for many expensive brands, such as Merit. ...It’s not glittery, just shiny. If you want that dewy look, definitely get it
What it is: A multi-use, highlighting stick that illuminates eyes, face, and lips for a dewy glow with non-stick texture that is comfortable on skin. This product is vegan, cruelty-free and suitable for sensitive skin.
Finish: Radiant
Formulation: Stick
Ingredient Callouts: This product is vegan and cruelty-free.
What Else You Need to Know: Enriched with guava extract plus glistening, multi-tonal pearls. Lightweight, solid-oil highlighting stick quickly illuminates any desired facial features. Melts into your skin for a dewy look and comfortable wear. Fragrance free.
Clean at Sephora
Clean at Sephora is formulated without a list of over 50 ingredients, including sulfates (SLS and SLES), para
Size: 0.05 oz/ 1.5 g·ITEM: 2389708
Color: Expensive - translucent
$22.00
Realistic dewy/glow highlight...I adore this one from Mario because finally there is a highlighter that will guarantee a clean realistic glowy/dewy highlight. ...Best Dewy Highlighter Ever !!!!!!!!...I am obsessed! I love a dewy look and this does it effortlessly, what I love the most is that it does not lift my makeup underneath.
What it is: A translucent balm that gives a dewy glass-like glow for the eyes and face in a nourishing, emollient formula.
Ingredient Callouts: This product is vegan, cruelty-free, and gluten-free.
What Else You Need to Know: With a balmy, hydrating texture, Master Secret Glow gives eyes, cheeks, and lips an alluring, glass-like effect. Apply to bare skin or tap over makeup as the final touch to your look. The lustrous formula melts onto the skin for a stunning, super dewy look that stays in place.
Size: 0.33 oz/ 10 mL·ITEM: 2414159
Color: Bronze Nectar - it’s like golden hour all the time
$18.00
I love this highlighter! It's a beautiful color and it makes for a dewy look. ...So pretty for the perfect dewy look! It goes on very naturally and I have even used it as an eye shadow which also looks great.
What it is: A bouncy cream highlighter that adds dewy illumination and leaves skin looking plump, soft, and hydrated.
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Hyaluronic Acid: Found naturally in skin, it helps retain moisture and plump the look of skin from within.
- Marshmallow Root Extract: Calms visible redness and maintains moisture.
- Nourishing Fatty Acids: Jojoba esters, olive oil, and sunflower seed oil help hydrate and visibly plump skin.
Ingredient Callouts: This product is gluten-free, cruelty-free, and comes in recyclable packaging.
What Else You Need to Know: This cream highlighter is bouncy and cushiony with feel-good moisturizers and illuminators (hyaluronic acid and marshmallow root).
Size: 18 mL·ITEM: 2424844
Color: 11 - golden bronze
$38.00
I could see this as being a good product to mix into body lotion and used on legs. For the face it looks out of place and odd....It makes me looked slightly bronzed and flushed, but in the most natural way. I dont look made up, I just look good. I love using this alone over tinted sunscreen and calling it a day.
What it is: A multipurpose liquid highlighter, bronzer, and blush with a lightweight, sheer-coverage formula that delivers a radiant, dewy makeup look.
What Else You Need to Know: This easy-to-apply liquid illuminator provides a lightweight, sheer veil of color for a more radiant-looking skin. Available in shades that highlight, bronze, and add a natural flush, this glow enhancer delivers a customized, natural-looking glow.
Size: 0.67 oz/ 20 g·ITEM: 2473445
Color: Topaz - subtle golden undertones with a glass-like glow finish
$26.00
A little dark but doesn’t make you look orange. Gives your skin a dewy/glass-like look! ...LITERAL GLASS SKIN HIGHLIGHTER...I have probably tried ALL liquid and powder highlighters… THIS is literally a gloss highlighter that looks like glass.
What it is: A nonstick universal formula that can be used on top of makeup or as a primer base, giving you the perfect glass-like glow.
Coverage: Light
Finish: Radiant
Formulation: Liquid
Highlighted Ingredients:
- VITAOILS PLUS: Deeply nourishes and visibly smooths the epidermis.
- dl-α-Tocopheryl Acetate: Antioxidant vitamin E.
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens. It is also vegan, cruelty-free, and comes in recyclable packaging.
What Else You Need to Know: REFY's Gloss Highlighter can be used on cheekbones, eyelids, and under brows, or on the cupid's bow, lips, and collarbones.
Size: 0.5 oz/ 15 mL·ITEM: 2484822
Color: Sidechick - white gold with gold shimmer
$28.00
best liquid highlighter!...I actually really love this highlighter! I saw a low or reviews about people saying the highlight looks like glitter, but I didn’t have that problem at all. ...Using a little gives you a powder highlight look, whereas if you use more, it gives you a glowing look but not dewy.
What it is: A super-fine liquid highlighter with an effortlessly buildable, skin-nourishing formula that leaves a fresh, ultra-modern shine.
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens and phthalates. It is also cruelty-free.
What Else You Need to Know: Killawatt Freestyle Highlighter is now a liquid formula. Its next-level glow has super-fine shimmer that can build from a sheer veil to a showstopping, visible radiance. And its light-as-air radiance is transfer-resistant and dries down quickly. Plus, it comes in a range of shades for all skin tones.
Size: 0.24 oz/ 7 g·ITEM: 2504389
Color: Champagne Pop - a soft gold with pinky-peach pearl - recommended for all skintones
$38.00
I always come back to it, always get compliments, always wears long. it looks like you have natural, youthful, juicy skin, glow from within baby ❤...It’s hard to describe and capture in photos but noticeable in person when you compare the two. With the Becca one on skin looks dewy and you can’t really see the glitter specs vs you can tell you have highlighter on with the Smashbox.
What it is: A most-loved highlighter from BECCA finds a new home at Smashbox—it's the same ultra-creamy formula you know and love for a natural, luminous glow.
Coverage: Medium
Finish: Radiant
Formulations: Pressed Powder
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Ultra-Fine Multidimensional Pearls: Reflects and refracts light from every angle for a buildable, luminous glow.
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, phthalates, mineral oil, coal tar, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, and triclosan. It is also cruelty-free.