Highlighting Foundation

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Achieve a radiant and flawless complexion with these highlighting foundations. Designed to provide a luminous glow, these foundations are perfect for those looking to enhance their natural beauty and create a dewy finish. Whether you prefer a subtle sheen or an intense shimmer, these foundations offer a variety of options to suit every skin tone and type.

Bobbi BrownVitamin Enriched Pressed Finishing Powder

Size: 0.282 oz / 8 g·ITEM: 2701779

Color: Yellow - soft, warm yellow

258 Reviews

$72.00

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This powder it’s super light, scentless and perfect finish. I love the little highlight that has and gives my makeup the perfect touch....I want one for bronzing and highlighting because it is that beautiful. It just melts into your skin and new looks cakey or powdery gifted by Bobbi brown

What it is: A multitasking finishing powder that hydrates, visibly refines skin tone, and absorbs oil all day for a balanced complexion with a fresh, healthy, and even-toned look.

Coverage: Light

Finish:
Natural

Formulation:
Powder

What Else You Need to Know: Powered by vitamin B5 and Hydro-Soft Powder Technology, this setting powder locks in moisture, boosting hydration over time, while delivering blurring benefits and all-day oil absorption with a silky-soft finish. It also visibly refines skin tone and flexes to suit a range of skin tones.

Clinical Results: In clinical testing on 25 women:
- The formula boosted hydration in 7 days

HUDA BEAUTYGloWish Lightweight Blurring Pressed Powder

Size: 0.35 oz/ 10g·ITEM: 2474674

Color: 13 Extra Rich - extra rich skin tones with red- neutral undertones

180 Reviews

$45.00

What it is: A clean, ultra-comfortable, blurring, luminous pressed powder that gives coverage without the cake while being lightweight and buildable.

Coverage: Medium

Finish:
Radiant

Formulation:
Pressed Powder

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Damascus Rose Oil: Is known to soothe, clarify complexion, and lock in extreme moisture, as well as for having a beautiful scent.
- Red Bell Pepper Extract: Known for its defense against the effects of digital pollution, including blue light emitted from urban technology which can cause visible signs of aging and dark spots.
- Vitamin E: Protects skin from free radicals to target damage and is also known for its moisturizing and calming properties.

Danessa Myricks BeautyYummy Skin Serum Foundation

Size: 0.85 oz/ 25mL·ITEM: 2575090

Color: 24W - deep skin with red undertones

340 Reviews

$46.00

Very hydrating, at the end of the day it does melt, that's why a lot of the reviewers are saying, but I don't mind, it's not a cakey kinda melt, it melts in and makes it look like your skin with highlights, I love it. Pic is 8 hours on my face without touch up....Best Foundation all YEAR...Incredible dewy, breathable, and weightless foundation. A little bit goes a long way and blends out tremendously well.

What it is: A skincare-hybrid foundation with medium, buildable coverage that effortlessly creates a natural-looking, skin-like glow.

Coverage: Medium

Finish:
Radiant

Formulation:
Liquid

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Jojoba Oil: Intensely moisturizes and softens skin.
- Hyaluronic Acid: Hydrates and plumps the look of fine lines and wrinkles.
- Olive-Derived Squalane: Known to balance oil production and diminish visible signs of aging.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, triclosan.

Laura MercierReal Flawless Luminous Perfecting Talc-Free Pressed Powder

Size: 0.24 oz / 7 g·ITEM: 2643112

Color: Translucent - for very fair to light medium skin tones

255 Reviews

$71.00

Excellent powder that provides natural highlights!...When you put it on your skin over foundation or by itself it does a great job of providing a light overall foundation. ...Nice highlight...I love this Real Flawless Luminous Perfecting Talc-Free Pressed Powder. It gives a nice highlight effect and is easy to apply in just the right areas.

What it is: A pressed finishing powder that enhances the look of skin and makeup with a natural, luminous finish, instantly adding dimension and enlivening skin.


Coverage: Light


Finish: 
Natural


Formulation: 
Pressed Powder


Highlighted Ingredients: 
- Chamomile Extract and Rose Oil: Provides all-day skin comfort that becomes one with skin.

- High Resolution Pigments and Custom-Pearl Blends: Enliven complexion, instantly lift sallowness and dullness.

- Auto-Balancing Technology: Helps balance moisture and control shine immediately and over time.

NARSLight Reflecting Pressed Setting Powder

Size: .35 oz/ 10 g·ITEM: 2268654

Color: Crystal - very light to light

863 Reviews

$57.00

Don’t care any more to have a matting foundation or other product. This powder just makes everything perfect right away and stays for a whole day

What it is: A bestselling pressed powder that locks makeup in place up to all day with a luminous, photo-ready finish.

Coverage: Light

Finish:
Radiant

Formulation:
Pressed Powder

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Micro-fine Mineral Powders: Glycerin and vitamin E guard against dryness and keep skin comfortable.
- Light Reflecting Complex™: Visibly restores skin’s youthful radiance.
- Photochromic Technology: No-flashback formula makes skin look perfect in person and on camera.

ONE/SIZE by Patrick StarrrTurn Up the Base Full Beat Waterproof Liquid Foundation

Size: 1 oz / 30 mL·ITEM: 2801066

Color: Light 20 N - light, neutral undertones

618 Reviews

$59.50

I wore it through a full day and an evening out, and it held up beautifully without needing any touch-ups. The foundation also plays well with other products—my blush and highlight went on perfectly over it. ...Skin prep is important but honestly it’s a beautiful professional foundation . You can’t cake this on. Use gently....It’s a quality foundation!...New go to foundation

What it is: A long-wear, waterproof, sweatproof foundation formulated with only 16 ingredients that gives full coverage and maximum comfort to visibly blur and smooth without clogging pores.

Coverage: Full

Finish:
Matte

Formulation:
Liquid

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Lauryl Lysine: An amino acid that prevents makeup breakdown and provides water and sweat resistance.
- Alkane Complex: 100 percent plant-derived emollients replace silicone for a smooth feel.
- Rice Silk Powder: Blurs skin with a soft-focus effect.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS

ONE/SIZE by Patrick StarrrTurn Up The Base Versatile Powder Foundation

Size: 0.28 oz/ 8 g·ITEM: 2426948

Color: Medium Dark 1 (NG) - medium tan, neutral golden undertones

775 Reviews

$51.50

It can add really nice coverage or a pretty highlight if you work in light layers but be careful because more than a few will look cakey/heavy on the skin. ...Best powder foundation...Love this powder! I hate heavy foundations and still want decent coverage and this one is perfect!

What it is: A buttery-smooth, buildable, medium- to full-coverage powder foundation with a multiuse formula, a soft-matte finish and up to 12 hours of wear.

Coverage: Medium

Finish:
Matte

Formulation:
Pressed Powder

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Texturizers and Microspheres: Visibly blur pores, fine lines, wrinkles, and texture with a soft-focus effect.
- Rice Silk Powder: Helps create a soft-focus appearance.
- Triple-Milled Micronized Purest Pigments: Create undetectable, seamless, true-color coverage that lasts for up to 12 hours.

Yves Saint LaurentAll Hours Foundation

Size: .85 oz / 25 mL·ITEM: 2656619

Color: MW9 - Medium Warm 9

406 Reviews

$81.00

The price point is higher compared to other foundations but I would highly recommend this foundation to others because the formula is incredible. ...I would recommend this foundation if it’s within your budget.

What it is: A breathable liquid foundation that delivers up to 24 hours of coverage with a weightless feel and luminous matte finish.

Coverage: Full

Finish:
Matte

Formulation:
Liquid

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Hyaluronic Acid: Provides all-day hydration.
- Jasmine Petals from the YSL Beauty Ourika Community Gardens for its dullness-free properties.
- Vegetal Taurine: for its anti-fatigue properties .

Ingredient Callouts: Free of sulfates SLS & SLES.

What Else You Need to Know: This innovative formula glides on seamlessly for full, luminous matte coverage that feels bare. It is transfer-proof, waterproof, and heat resistant and is infused with hyaluronic acid and jasmine peta

Fashion FairIconic Pressed Setting Powder

Size: 0.3 oz/ 8.6 g·ITEM: 2477016

Color: Rich Copper - tan to deep with neutral cool undertones

36 Reviews

$47.50

It’s not overly golden which as a freelance makeup artist, this powder will work amazingly on my dark tan to deep clients as a highlight. I recommend this powder. It’s light to medium coverage and it did not oil up on me....Not too heavy on the skin and did not alter the color of my foundation. It doesn’t keep me matte but that is not a problem for me a I only powder in able to be able to blend on other colored powder products.

What it is: An ultra-lightweight, oil-absorbing powder that instantly sets—or refreshes—makeup at home and on the go.

MorpheLightform Extended Hydration Foundation

Size: 1 oz·ITEM: 2755320

Color: Deep 36N - (deepest with neutral undertones)

32 Reviews

$28.00

This is one of the few foundations I have that can go under the eyes as well. ...This is one of the best foundations i’ve used. Not only does it work well with my skincare but it also helps hydrate my skin further.

What it is: A buildable medium-coverage foundation that’s clinically shown to improve skin’s natural radiance, hydration, and barrier function in as little as one week.

Coverage: Medium

Finish:
Radiant

Formulation:
Liquid

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Hyaluronic Acid: Improves radiance, hydration, and barrier function in as little as one week.
- Biomimetic HydroRelief Complex of Natural Moisturizing Sugars
-Natural Moisturizing Humectants: Moisturizing.

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