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Highlighting Powders

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Enhance your natural glow and add a touch of radiance to your complexion with our collection of highlighting powders. Whether you prefer a subtle highlight makeup shimmer or a bold, luminous finish, these versatile powders are designed to accentuate your best features and give you a lit-from-within glow. From soft champagne hues to golden undertones, our range of highlighting powders offers a variety of shades to suit every skin tone. Elevate your makeup look and achieve that coveted luminosity with these must-have beauty essentials.

MAC CosmeticsExtra Dimension Skinfinish Liquid-Powder High-Shine Highlighter

Size: 0.31 oz/ 9 g·ITEM: 2093516

Color: Superb - Patina bronze

44 Reviews

$56.00

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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.

HourglassAmbient® Strobe Lighting Powder

Size: 0.16 oz/ 4.53 g·ITEM: 1779982

Color: Incandescent

370 Reviews

$64.00

These are great for all over highlighting as it's very subtle and finely milled; if you do it dry, all over is very pretty, and with a wet brush you can mimic Becca highlight -- very versatile! ...beautiful powder...This powder is not for all over but for highlighting...a touch on cheekbones, bridge of nose, chin.

What it is:
A collection of illuminating strobing powders designed to sculpt the face with light, creating depth and dimension for a refined, natural-looking highlight.

What it does:
Ambient® Strobe Lighting Powders are formulated in a sheer base that’s infused with concentrated, ultra-fine mico-pearl particles in a number of sizes and refraction levels for natural-looking luminescence—without leaving a heavy metallic finish. Developed with Photoluminescent Technology it captures, diffuses, and softens surrounding light to refine the appearance of the skin.

What else you need to know:
Hourglass products are 100 percent cruelty-free.

MAC CosmeticsMineralize Skinfinish Sheer Coverage Luminous Highlighting Powder for Face and Body

Size: 0.35 oz/ 10 g·ITEM: 2093672

Color: Global Glow - mid-tone brown with gold pearl

30 Reviews

$56.00

Sometimes you don’t want too much highlight and blind your coworkers. I had this highlight for 3 years and still haven’t finished it since you only need a light touch.This product you can build to medium coverage for highlight, it has a nice warm bronzed highlight.

What it is:
A luxurious powder with M·A·C Multi-Mineral Complex that adds highlights to the face and body.

What it does:
This luxurious, slow-baked, velvety-soft, domed face powder offers a radiant finish. Strategically buff on to add highlights to the high points of the face, or blend all over for a sheer luminous polish to the skin. It features the M·A·C Multi-Mineral Complex and vitamin E.

What else you need to know:
This product is dermatologist and ophthalmologist tested and non-acnegenic. After adding product on your brush, mist brush with Prep + Prime Fix + and apply to high planes of face for a more intense, metallic highlight.

Fenty Beauty by RihannaKillawatt Foil Freestyle Highlighter

Size: 3 x 0.12 oz/ 3.5 g·ITEM: 2211092

Color: Penny4uthots - metallic burnt copper

614 Reviews

$54.00

What it is: A weightless, long-wear, cream-powder hybrid highlighter—in solos and duos—with 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.

Fenty Beauty by RihannaKillawatt Freestyle Highlighter

Size: 2 x 0.12 oz/ 3.5 g·ITEM: 2211076

Color: Afternoon Snack/Mo' Hunny - soft bronzed champagne sheen / supercharged bronzed champagne shimmer

3.8K Reviews

$54.00

This was my first time purchasing a powder highlighter from Fenty, I’ve tried the cream sticks but I definitely prefer these powders instead! ...(I recommend using a fluffy highlighting brush instead of a fan brush.)

What it is: A weightless, long-wear, cream-powder hybrid highlighter for the face and eyes in a range of shades, from subtle to supercharged, in solos and expertly-paired duos.

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

What Else You Need to Know: This long-wearing highlighter was born in a lineup of solos and duos for all skin tones. The cream-powder hybrid melts into skin and blends with almost zero effort. Loaded with superfine shimmer for an ultra-smooth, creamy texture, it’s your go-to for highlighting your face, eyes, and collarbone.

SmashboxSmashbox X BECCA Shimmering Skin Perfector™ Pressed Highlighter

Size: 0.24 oz/ 7 g·ITEM: 2504389

Color: Champagne Pop - a soft gold with pinky-peach pearl - recommended for all skintones

162 Reviews

$56.50

I think it’s one of the best powder highlight formulas that I have tried. It will definitely be a staple in my collection....It’s nice using a pressed powder over cream products to help them set without looking matte like a setting powder would.

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.

Bobbi BrownHighlighter Powder

Size: 0.28 oz/ 8 g·ITEM: 2028074

Color: Sunset Glow - a pink with gold shimmer

806 Reviews

$76.00

Perfect shimmering glow highlighting powder!...I highly recommend the Bobbi Brown Highlighting Powder, Afternoon Glow for that perfect natural shimmery glow!...This highlighting powder has a dewy and balmy texture giving me a beautiful glow.

What it is: A cult-favorite highlighter powder creates a light-reflecting, shimmering pearl radiance for perfectly luminous cheeks and eyes.

What Else You Need to Know: A silky gel-powder hybrid highlighter that glides onto skin with a cushiony bounce to smooth, brighten, and deliver a sheer, lit-from-within glow. Formulated with a clear base and highly reflective pearl pigments to impart a naturally translucent radiance.

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

This is an interesting highlight. The pattern on the powder is beautiful and fun to look at. ...I would recommend this powder highlight. It lasts all day.

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.

Fenty Beauty by RihannaDiamond Bomb All-Over Diamond Veil

Size: 0.28 oz/ 8 g·ITEM: 2385169

Color: Rosé Rave - pure pink & gold sparkle

2K Reviews

$58.50

the most beautiful glittery wet looking highlight...Gives you the wet look while being powder-y and set in place. Absolutely beautiful....You could layer it over a Becca moonstone for the wet highlight look.

What it is: A diamond-dusted highlighter that delivers a 3D glittering veil of pure sparkle for face and body.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of sulfates SLS and SLES, parabens, and phthalates. This product is also gluten-free and cruelty-free.

What Else You Need to Know: Diamond Bomb has a 3D formula that’ll leave your face and body crystal-coated. It features a unique jelly-powder formula that’s cool to the touch, melts into skin, and creates an all-glitz-no-grit finish for all skin tones. Plus, it comes in a jewel-like compact you’ll never want to put down.

$106.00

Nice powder palette...I loved the highlighting and radiance powders in this palette. However I am fairly light skinned and found the finishing powder to be a bit too dark for me. ...At first I thought they were just highlighting powders but they are actually more of a finishing powder.

What it is:
A palette featuring three shades of Ambient Lighting Powder, the high-tech, soft-focus finishing powder that recreates the most exquisitely flattering types of light. .

What it does:
Ambient Lighting Powder is a groundbreaking collection of finishing powders that capture, diffuse, and soften the way light reflects on your skin. Unlike traditional powders, which merely cloak imperfections, Ambient Lighting Powder utilizes photoluminescent technology to filter out harsh light and refine the appearance of the complexion. The powders deliver a multidimensional luminescence to every skin tone, making it appear softer and lit from within.

What else you need to know:
Hourglass products are 100 percent cruelty-free.

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“First, I love the design of this compact powder. The gold metallic outer casing looks very luxurious, feels lightweight, and is quite sturdy. ”
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“The Sephora Colorful Contour Matte Powder has great pigmentation! It has a silky matte finish, which allows for natural-looking contouring without appearing patchy or overly dramatic”
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“I will definitely continue to use this in my makeup routine! It has a subtle sparkle that looks quite natural compared to other stick and powder highlighters I’ve used, it’s much more creamy”
Body Highlighter
“I've been using it on my body because it's a bit too oily for my face, but wow, what a glow it imparts to my body”
Pink Powders
“I paired this with my Dior forever concealer and my undereye lasted 9 1/2 hours before creasing, so I did really enjoy this powder BUT the pink is so dark????!!!!! Like why is this pink not like other pink powders”
Universal Highlighter Makeup
“I love this highlighter. It is a universal shade that works with any skin tone”
Highlighting Balm
“If you are looking for a super glittery or pigmented fuller coverage kind of highlighter, this isnt for you”
Pigmented Highlighter Makeup
“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”
White Highlighter Makeup
“[I received this product in exchange for my honest review] It’s a nice highlighter, but I have others I like better. It looks more champagne colored in the pan but it reads more white on my skin”
Highlighter Palettes
“It’s a great every day palette, but not sure if I will reach for it often since I have similar palettes”

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