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Buildable Luminous Summer Highlighters

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Buildable Luminous Summer Highlighters are your go-to for achieving a radiant, sun-kissed glow all season long. Perfect for layering or creating a subtle shimmer, these highlighters let you customize your look with ease. Whether you prefer a soft sheen or a more striking luminosity, discover options that enhance your natural beauty and complement every skin tone. Elevate your summer makeup routine with highlighters designed to keep you glowing from day to night.

PAT McGRATH LABSSkin Fetish Highlighter & Balm Duo

ITEM: 2111383

Color: Nude - pearlescent champagne

106 Reviews

$73.00

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I highly recommend also purchasing the trio pallet of matching highlighters to these highlighter sticks. They play well together and separately. ...Perfect Summer Highlighter...The balm is a great addition to this as it adds an extra touch of drama or used alone with a touch of the highlighter to create a natural, dewey look. This is perfect for summer and she released this just the perfect time!!

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.

HAUS LABS BY LADY GAGABio-Radiant Gel-Powder Illuminating Highlighter with Fermented Arnica

Size: 0.3 oz / 8.5 g·ITEM: 2572634

Color: Moonstone - light silver

751 Reviews

$57.00

I was very happy with the gold tones of this highlighter. Definitely one of my favorite highlighters this far....These are the best highlighters on the beauty market… PERIOD....The best highlighter that I’ve ever used!

What it is: An innovative, clean highlighting powder that melts onto skin imparting a pure, radiant glow that optically smooths and illuminates.

Highlighted Ingredients: 

- Fermented Arnica Oil: Rich in potent antioxidant and and anti-inflammatory properties.

- Silver Vine Extract: Brightens skin to promote a smooth complexion.

- Talc-Free

Ingredient Callouts:

Anastasia Beverly HillsIced Out Illuminating Powder Highlighter

Size: 0.39 oz/ 11 g·ITEM: 2411494

Color: Iced Out - icy white gold

571 Reviews

$46.00

I really liked this highlighter but it was different then their other highlighters, I found it to be more glittery. ...It’s you like the iced out highlighter look then you would definitely love this highlighter.

What it is: A universally flattering, illuminating highlighter that has the perfect combination of smooth finish and ultra-beam effects for a lit-from-within radiance.

Coverage: Medium

Finish:
Radiant

Formulation:
Pressed Powder

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

What Else You Need to Know: This highlighter delivers a multidimensional wet-effect shine, with the high reflectivity of a liquid and the weightlessness of a powder. It delivers buildable intensity, amplifying beautiful skin and taking you from subtle luminosity to a full, icy strobing effect.

Armani BeautyLuminous Silk Acqua Highlighter

Size: 0.4 oz / 12 mL·ITEM: 2799591

Color: 5 Sunset - warm copper

446 Reviews

$63.00

The Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk Acqua Highlighter stands out among luxury highlighters for its refined elegance and skin-friendly formula. ...The Luminous Silk Acqua Highlighter in Shade 3 Dawn stands out for its natural, radiant finish compared to other highlighters, which can feel heavy or too glittery.

What it is: A multipurpose, water-based highlighter that hydrates and illuminates your skin for a lit-from-within, pearly glow.

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Niacinamide 3%: Smooths and visibly brightens the skin over time.

What Else You Need to Know: This multiuse highlighter can be worn over foundation for a glass-skin highlight or as a bronzer for a sunkissed, bronzy glow. Its skincare-based formula has a cooling gel texture that absorbs quickly for a second-skin finish and hyper-reflective micro pearls that deliver up to 24 hours of radiance and hydration.

Iconic LondonRollaway Glow Highlighter

Size: 0.27 oz / 8 mL·ITEM: 2645174

Color: Rose Potion - rosy pink tone

121 Reviews

$39.50

This is currently my favorite highlighter. It goes on smooth, blends easily, and is buildable. ...It's my favorite for my summer every day routine....I applied directly on my skin and blended with a beauty blender. Its buildable, depending the look you want to create. I love it for the summer even without foundation for a natural beach look.

What it is: An instant illuminator, housed in a genius roll-on applicator, that seamlessly melts onto the skin.

Finish:
Radiant

Formulation:
Liquid

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Oleogel: Allows the pigments to glide seamlessly onto the skin.
- Adhesive Film Formers: Provide a smooth, soft-focus glossy finish.
- Pearlescent Pigments: Help deliver a luminous finish to the skin.

Ingredient Callouts: It is vegan and cruelty-free.

What Else You Need to Know: This liquid highlighter gives you a glowing look—anytime, anywhere. It adds a stunning, soft-focus sheen, radiance, and iconic dewiness to the skin in an instant with the new and ultramodern highlighter. There’s no glitter or shim

SEPHORA COLLECTIONGleam & Go Liquid Luminizer

Size: 0.23 oz/7 mL·ITEM: 2932564

Color: 02 On The Clock - warm gold shimmer

162 Reviews

$22.00

What it is: A long-lasting liquid highlighter with a built-in cushion applicator for an instant boost of radiance.

Finish:
Radiant

Formulation:
Liquid

What Else You Need to Know: This liquid highlighter captures the light naturally for radiant skin and can be used on the cheeks and eyes. It’s easy to blend and feels weightless on the skin. Long-lasting and transfer-proof, it stays fresh and glowing all day. Its cushion tip guarantees quick and mistake-proof application.

Clinical Results: In a clinical study on 31 people, after 28 days of use:
- 94% get a luminous glow with easy application

Benefit CosmeticsDandelion Twinkle Shimmer Finish Powder Highlighter

Size: 0.1 oz / 3 g·ITEM: 2520484

Color: Full Size - soft nude-pink

246 Reviews

$52.00

Most wearable highlighter...If you are looking for a daily highlighter or just wanted to try adding a highlighter, this is the one to try first....It’s super buildable and creates a really luminous look. I particularly like using it for my brow and cupids bow highlight.

What it is: A soft nude-pink, superfine powder highlighter with a shimmer finish.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, triclosan, and contains less than one percent synthetic fragrance.

What Else You Need to Know: This superfine baked powder highlighter gives a light-reflecting, luminous glow, a soft-focus blurring effect, and a shimmer finish. It builds effortlessly, blends seamlessly, and feels weightless.

Benefit CosmeticsCookie and Tickle Shimmer Finish Powder Highlighters

Size: 0.28 oz / 8 g·ITEM: 2520476

Color: Tickle - golden pink

1.2K Reviews

$52.00

best highlighter ever...genuinely one of the best highlighters i have ever used! a little bit goes a longggg way and it stays all day! ...Beautiful Highlighter...One of my favourite highlighters! Very natural and not patchy at all!

What it is: A silky-soft, superfine powder highlighter that feels featherlight, sweeps on effortlessly, and builds easily.


Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, triclosan, and contains less than one percent synthetic fragrance.


What Else You Need to Know: Get Cookie for a warm, golden pearl shimmer. Go with Tickle for a perfectly tickled-pink, luminous look.

Rare Beauty by Selena GomezPositive Light Liquid Luminizer Highlight

Size: 0.5 oz / 15 mL·ITEM: 2848349

Color: Reveal - Copper

3.3K Reviews

$39.00

Luminous shine all over...It makes me have a nice glow and doesn’t feel heavy and won’t come apart easily like the other highlights highlighters...I find my powder highlighters to be a faster application and more goof proof, however, this liquid highlighter gives you a beautiful lit from within glow that looks more natural than some of my more blinding highlighters.

What it is: A silky, second-skin liquid highlighter that creates a lasting, soft, and luminous finish.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of sulfates SLS and SLES, parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, triclosan, and triclocarban, and contains less than one percent of synthetic fragrances. This product is also vegan and cruelty-free.

What Else You Need to Know: Packed with light-reflecting pearl particles and a botanical blend of lotus, gardenia, and white waterlily, this multidimensional formula lends skin a dewy glow in seconds. Mix this weightless liquid highlighter with foundation or layer it across the high points of the face for instant radiance.

MAC CosmeticsExtra Dimension Skinfinish Liquid-Powder High-Shine Highlighter

Size: 0.31 oz/ 9 g·ITEM: 2093508

Color: Oh Darling! - metallic gold

44 Reviews

$56.00

What it is:
A liquid-powder highlighter that gives a luminous, well-defined finish.

What does:
Extra Dimension Skinfinish adds the perfect glow to skin. The liquid-powder highlighter with prismatic reflections is designed to sculpt and highlight your face, leaving a luminous, well-defined finish. The creamy powder formula lasts up to ten hours.

What else you need to know:
This product is non-acnegenic, dermatologist tested, ophthalmologist tested, and suitable for all skin types.

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