Highlighting is a great way to add some color and brightness to your face. It's also a great way to hide blemishes and dark spots. If you have olive skin, there are plenty of highlighters that can complement your skin tone well. Here are some of our favorites.

Size: 0.5 oz/ 15 mL·ITEM: 2484814
Color: Vintage Velour - platinum pink
$43.50
my fav highlighter!...Rihanna did an amazing job with creating these highlighters, it just gives you that beautiful wet/glassy shine without shimmer or sparkle. ...Liquid highlighter that lasts!...This liquid highlighter was beautiful on my light-medium skin but I was.mpst impressed with the staying power. normally I have to set liquid highlighters with a powder highlighter... but this lasted till I washed my face. and it was gorgeous too.
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: 1 oz/30 mL·ITEM: 2935518
Color: Vanilla Beam - soft warm champagne with shimmering gold and silver
$53.00
What it is: A multiuse, highlighting skin enhancer that can be worn alone or with makeup to smooth and illuminate skin’s appearance.
Ingredient Callouts: It is cruelty-free.
What Else You Need to Know: Formulated with 80 percent skin caring ingredients, its nourishing complex of 12 emollients smooths and illuminates skin’s appearance. The hydrating and nongreasy formula can be worn alone or with makeup, under foundation, mixed with foundation, or on top of skin as an all-over face and body highlighter.

Size: 0.34 fl oz/10.3 ml·ITEM: 2957074
Color: Mythic - Warm Bronze Gold
$54.00
What it is: A liquid highlighter that immediately hydrates to visibly lift and firm the appearance of cheeks, delivering up to 12 hours of buildable, radiant glow.
Formulation: Liquid
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Upcycled White Lupin Seed Extract: Visibly firms skin for a smooth look.
- Hyaluronic Acid: Attracts water to plump skin with hydration.
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, phthalates, mineral oil, and triclosan. It is also vegan and cruelty-free.
What Else You Need to Know: Infused with the Unreal Lifting Complex, this serum-like textured highlighter immediately hydrates, lifts, and firms for all-day, smoother-looking cheeks. The weightless texture blends seamlessly into the skin

Size: 0.4 oz / 12 mL·ITEM: 2799583
Color: 4 Sunrise - deep bronze
$63.00
I’ve only used pressed powder highlighters in the past, but I personally LOVE this highlighter. ...I found that the Sunrise shade is perfect for olive skin tones. The only downside is that it is not very long lasting and I had to reapply once or twice during the day.
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.

Size: 3 x 0.12 oz/ 3.5 g·ITEM: 2211092
Color: Penny4uthots - metallic burnt copper
$54.00
What it is: A weightless, long-wear, cream-powder hybrid highlighterin solos and duoswith a hyper-metallic finish, in a range of shades designed for all skin tones.
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens and phthalates. This product is also cruelty-free.
What Else You Need to Know: Killawatt Foil has the same creamy texture as the original, in a new, mega-reflective, foil-like finish. These buildable, color-rich luminizers come in rule-defying shades that look killer on all skin tones. The cream-powder hybrid melts into skin and blends with almost zero effort.

Size: 0.5 oz/15 mL·ITEM: 2884377
Color: Space Slippers - soft pink
$54.00
💕 This highlighter is everything you’d want for a radiant, natural glow. ...✨ Glow Goals: MAC Cosmetics Liquid Highlighter Rev...A stunning highlighter for everyday radiance.
What it is: A liquid highlighter with 24-hour hydration and long-lasting, lustrous color – wear alone, mix into base, or tap on high points for a refined gleam.
Formulation: Liquid
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, and phthalates.
What Else You Need to Know: This sheer, buildable liquid highlighter delivers 12-hour radiance and long-lasting glass-like finish. It’s powered glycerin, squalene, and coffee seed extract, with radiant pigments and pearlescent particles. Transfer-resistant and layers seamlessly.

Size: 0.13 oz / 3.8 mL·ITEM: 2856029
Color: Fair - light skin-tones with neutral/pink undertones
$64.00
The formula is thin and spreads easily and melts into the skin. The color Fair is a peachy/salmon shade. I'm a light-medium skin, so don't think that this shade would work for fair skins, but for a light skin tone it gives a nice brightening effect with light coverage that is fairly undetectable in person. ...The shade fair has an orangey-pink appearance on fair skin olive skin and it’s actually quite dark for a shade meant to be the lightest in the range.
What it is: An illuminating pen that effortlessly sculpts, lifts, and brightens your face in five key areas.
Coverage: Light
Finish: Radiant
Formulation: Liquid
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Caffeine: Energizes skin.
- Rejuvenating Marine Extract: Reduces the look of pigmentation and dullness.

$38.00
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: 1.0 oz·ITEM: 2414035
Color: Sunglow - warm golden bronze
$43.00
Well it doesn't show much on my olive skin tone I had to put quite a bit of product to get it to glow and highlight. ...I feel like this product barley show up on my face I have an olive skin tone and it may show up for few people.
What it is: This lightweight, non-comedogenic illuminator is your forever first step under makeup for a hydrated, glowy radiance.
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.

Size: 0.27 oz / 7.8 g·ITEM: 2794949
Color: Glint - soft champagne
$54.00
I am thoroughly impressed with most of Ilia's product line; this highlighter is no exception. I have difficulty finding both highlighter and bronzer - my light neutral olive skin tone does not bode well with typical shades. ...This highlighter is so pretty. This creamy lightweight formula blends effortlessly into the skin and provides the perfect healthy glow.
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









