If you have oily skin, you know that the right face makeup can make all the difference. A highlighter is a cream, powder, or liquid that is used to illuminate the face and give it a more radiant appearance. Here are some of our favorites.
Size: 1.0 oz/ 30 mL·ITEM: 2116051
Color: 5 - Tan - Golden peach for tan skin tones
$66.50
It never gets greasy or separates on my oily skin....I have oily skin and this gives me the glow I’ve always wanted while not looking greasy.
What it is:
A complexion booster that blurs, smooths, and illuminates for a real-life filter effect. Customize your glow with four ways to apply.
Coverage: Light
Finish: Radiant
Formulation: Liquid
Best for Skin Type: Normal, Oily, Dry, and Combination
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Finely Milled Powders: Blurs lines and pores for a smoother, soft-focus look.
- Porcelain Flower Extract: Thai flower derivative that visibly brightens and moisturizes skin.
Size: 0.14 oz / 4 g·ITEM: 2631695
Color: Glaze - clear with golden light-reflective minerals
$30.00
Incredible balm highlighter. In the winter I use it on top of foundation or just on no make up days to make my skin pop and look hydrated/fresh (mostly cheek bones or center of my nose). ...More of an “illuminator” than a highlighter. In my best explanation, it looks completely natural compared to bright, harsh, dramatic highlighters.
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.
Size: 0.4 oz/ 12 mL·ITEM: 2034767
Color: 50 - golden copper
$39.50
Subtle hightlight and great for oily skin. I like to apply it on my arms and chest as well. ...Not sure how it'd do on dry patches though since i have combo/oily skin.
What it is:
A unique, sparkle-free liquid highlighter that works to give your complexion a glowing luminosity as well as soft, subtle sheen.
What does:
Finally, a highlighter that actually looks and feels the way you want it tonever sparkly or sticky, just pure luminescence. Created with mother-of-pearl to exude that ever-coveted, natural, lit-from-within glow, this liquid formula glides onto skin seamlessly for a second skin effect. Complexion looks not only radiant, but perfected as Soft Light blurs and smooths the look of skin texture. Use it directly on skin to enhance features like your cheekbones or Cupid’s bow, or swirl it into foundation for an all-over, alluring glow.
Size: 0.16 oz/ 4.5 mL·ITEM: 2449767
Color: Golden - luminous soft gold that flatters medium skin tones
$46.00
I typically don’t use highlighters because I have textured skin and anything frosty makes my skin look awful. ...Kind of makes me break out a bit. I have oily skin with random dry patches.
What it is: A creamy, weightless highlighter that illuminates and visibly smooths the appearance of skin, for a healthy, effortless, back-from-the beach glow.
What Else You Need to Know: This ultra-silky, soft-focus powder melts onto the skin and blends effortlessly. It is a transparent blend of microspheres and light-refracted pearls that leaves no visible powdery effects.
Size: .17 oz / 5 g·ITEM: 2690089
Color: H150 Major Gold - metallic yellow gold
$43.50
Incredible highlighter for a natural look. It makes your skin look glowy in an authentic way and does not leave a bumpy metallic stripe like most highlighters....highlighter...omg wow did not know they had highlighters. This is so pretty.  I am definitely putting this in my cart. it’s such a pretty color and the packaging is so cute 
What it is: A skin-fusing powder highlighter with a velvety texture that melts into skin for a natural, lit-from-within glow or high-impact shimmer effect.
Size: 0.21 oz·ITEM: 2774388
Color: Off The Grid - cinnamon red
$34.00
I love the texture of Yummy Skin Blurring Balm Powder Lowlighter. It’s creamy but sets to a smooth powdery finish, which is perfect for my oily skin. ...It’s a staple in my everyday no makeup look. I have oily skin and it hasn’t failed me yet!
What it is: A new generation of tinted, light-reflecting balm-to-powder skin-transforming illuminators that blur and add a soft, lit-from-within glow all over the face.
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Upsalite: Absorbs excess oil and sweat.
- Vegan Squalane: Blurs and retains moisture.
- Hyaluronic Acid: Hydrates.
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. It is also gluten-free, cruelty-free, and comes in recyclable packaging.
$30.00
The only downside is the product is a bit oily, and it separates if it sits too long. The oilyness makes it hydrating which is ideal for dry to normal skin types but maybe not for oily to combination skin types....I have oily skin but have never had this excessive oil face.
What it is: These squalane-powered glow drops give skin the yummiest natural glow with every single drop.
Coverage: Light
Finish: Radiant
Formulation: Liquid
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Squalane: Prevents moisture loss and restores visible suppleness to skin.
- Sunflower Seed Oil: Helps to replenish, strengthen, and soothe skin.
- Hyaluronic Acid: Holds up to 1,000 times its weight in moisture for advanced hydration.
Ingredient Callouts: It is cruelty-free.
$35.00
One of my favorite highlighters...I love this highlighter so much and it gives such a nice glow! I definitely recommend it!...BEST LIQUID HIGHLIGHTER...This highlighter is fantastic. Usually liquid highlighters are terrible for me because the either are too much or not enough.
What it is: A satiny-pink liquid highlighter that accents cheek and brow bones for a dewy glow.
What Else You Need to Know: Benefit Cosmetics’ new doe foot applicator glides on easily for soft rose-gold radiance. This long-lasting formula can be used as a spot highlighter over makeup or wear under complexion favorites for a subtle glow.
Size: 0.27 oz / 7.8 g·ITEM: 2794931
Color: Daze - warm copper
$52.00
This highlighter is so pretty. This creamy lightweight formula blends effortlessly into the skin and provides the perfect healthy glow. ...First, I got the shade Glint (for some reason it still says Arc) and it is a very pretty champagne gold color that I have to use a light hand with. I have very oily skin but this cream highlighter isn’t greasy at all.
What it is: A luminous, ultra-blendable highlighter that shifts from silky cream to weightless powder, delivering natural radiance with up to 12-hour wear.
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Green Tea and Microalgae: Powerful skin superfoods that help shield skin from pollution.
- Plant-Based Squalane: Seals in moisture and boosts the look of elasticity without clogging pores.
- Skin Shift Technology: Emollient-powder blend that shifts from a cream to a weightless veil.
Ingredient Callouts: This product is vegan, gluten-free, cruelty-free, and comes in recyclable packaging.
What Else You Need to Know: This featherweight formula melts in