natural highlighters

More of an “illuminator” than a highlighter. In my best explanation, it looks completely natural compared to bright, harsh, dramatic highlighters. ...I have tried a few highlighters including glossier and ilia with good results, but this one is the best by far.

What it is: A lightweight highlighter balm with golden, light-reflective minerals for a dewy glow in seconds.

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Baobab Seed Oil: Hydrates and nourishes skin.

Ingredient Callouts: This product is vegan, gluten-free, and cruelty-free.

What Else You Need to Know: Made in one universally flattering shade with a translucent base, this subtle highlighter gives your skin a dewy, natural-looking glow.

I'm so happy they brought this highlighter back! It's my favorite highlighter so far! ...Love this highlighter. It’s my new go-to. Just the right amount of shimmer and the packaging is perfect!

What it is: A shimmering loose powder highlighter that combines a harmony of pink and golden tones for an immediate radiant result.

Coverage: Buildable

Finish: Radiant

Formulation: Loose Powder

What Else You Need to Know:This soft ultrafine texture offers iridescent light that instantly illuminates the complexion to highlight, sculpt and lift. The lightweight formula is endlessly buildable to create either a subtle natural look or a showstopping glow for all skintones.

I was happy that the highlighter wasn’t red (it’s just a cute design that brushes right off). ...I wanted to love this because I think Baddie Winkle is amazing but sadly this highlighter is chalky. The color is an overspray which is good but the chalky highlight underneath leaves a gray/white cast to my face and I'm very pale.

What it is: A velvety-soft, pressed highlight palette that acts as a luminous veil—accentuating the natural contour of your face and body for bad, beaming skin.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens. This product is also cruelty-free.

What Else You Need to Know: This pressed highlighter is super-soft and highly pigmented to leave the skin with a healthy-looking glow.

Favorite Highlighter Ever...My go-to highlighter for sure....Gorgeous Luminizer/Highlighter...First of all I think the packaging is aesthetically pleasing, and I’m a SUCKER for beautiful packaging. The luminizer/highlighter itself is so soft and gives you a natural glow - NO glitters (I prefer highlighters WITHOUT glitters.)

What it is: A highlighter powder with a high-impact iridescent glow, giving skin an instant boost of radiance and comfort all day long.

Coverage: Medium

Finish: Radiant

Formulation: Pressed Powder

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Wild Pansy Extract: Protects skin’s natural hydration.

What Else You Need to Know: Composed of 95% natural-origin pigments, this highlighter is highly concentrated in shimmering pearlescent pigments, blending seamlessly for a radiant-looking complexion*. The formula is infused with wild pansy extract to hydrate the skin and provide lasting comfort, all housed in a Dior couture compact.

I don’t usually use many liquid highlighters and this one is easy to apply and has the best natural glow! ...Natural Glow...It’s not blinding like other highlighters can be so def be aware that this is more for the natural makeup, clean girl aesthetic look.

What it is: A lightweight, second-skin liquid highlighter for a customized or all-over natural glow for up to 24 hours.

Finish: Radiant

Formulation: Liquid

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Jasmine Flower Extract: Hydrates, sourced from Yves Saint Laurent’s Ourika Community Gardens.
- Vitamin E Antioxidants: Prevent free radical damage.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, mineral oil, and contains less than one percent synthetic fragrance.

What Else You Need to Know: This hydrating liquid highlighter is formulated with superfine, light-reflecting micropearls to give naturally radiant, glowing skin. It never creases or leaves skin feeling greasy.

Clinical Results: In a consu

This is such a beautiful highlighter with a natural luminescence that really makes my skin look radiant and glowy!...Beautiful highlighter...Very nice very subtle highlighter, I use it under my foundation or sometimes on top of it.

What it is: A multi-purpose liquid highlighter booster than can be used over, underneath or mixed with your foundation to give your skin an undeniable healthy-looking glow

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Myrciaria dubia Fruit Extract: Helps brighten the look of uneven skin tone and dark spots.
- Mangifera indica (Mango) Fruit Extract: Antioxidant benefits that help to soothe and replenish skin.
- Sodium Hyaluronate: Rich in vitamin A to visibly revitalize the look of skin.

Ingredient Callouts: This product is vegan, gluten-free, cruelty-free, and comes in recyclable packaging.

Most perfect, natural looking highlighter ever!! Bought 2 just incase it gets sold out!!...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.

Love this highlighter!...I usually don't like highlighters because I find most to feel too much for my preferred natural makeup look but like all other Saie's products, this highlighter works super well with my skin and enhances everything in a really beautiful way. ...I put this highlighter on over my tinted moisturizer and it makes my face look so fresh and glowy.

What it is: A water-based multipurpose illuminator that hydrates and brightens for a fresh, dewy look. Use it as glowy prep step, spot highlighter, or mix it with skincare or foundation. Can also be worn on arms and legs for a weightless, body shimmer!

Finish: Radiant

Formulation: Liquid

Highlighted Ingredients:

- Plant-Derived Glycerin: Powerful humectant known to increase skin’s natural moisture level.

- Olive-Derived Squalane: Locks in moisture and leaves skin quenched and visibly glowing.

Favorite highlighter ever!...This is my all time favorite highlighter! It’s so glow-y not but super sparkly. I use it every day and also on my daughter for her makeup for dance competitions. ...I’ve been tried lots of different brands but this one the Becca is Best highlighter ever gives me very natural look ! If you don’t like too much glitter

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.

natural luminescent glow...I LOVE this highlighter. You get a lot of bang for your buck, a little goes a long way! ...I love the natural glow this gives you! My face looks healthy and it’s glowing without looking fake.

What it is: A highlighter that drenches your skin with an emulsion of liquid pearl pigments to illuminate, hydrate, and add radiant dimension—because everything looks better wet.

Coverage: Light

Finish: Radiant

Formulation: Liquid

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens. It is also vegan and cruelty-free.

What Else You Need to Know: This lightweight liquid formula allows for a smooth application with a transfer-resistant finish. Wear it all over your face and body, mixed with foundation, or alone for a natural-looking glow.