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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

$59.00

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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.

MAKE UP FOR EVERArtist Face Color Highlight, Sculpt and Blush Powder

Size: 0.17 oz/ 5 g·ITEM: 1972934

Color: B200 - shimmery opal pink highlight

751 Reviews

$30.00

However, after trying this product I have to say that I am now a firm believer and will always highlight. The shades that I received were perfect matches for my skin highlight(H102), sculpting powder (S310), and blush (B204). ...These powders go on smoothly, have great pigmentation and blend easily!

What it is:
A unique pressed powder formula in a refillable palette—providing intense color payoff in highlight, sculpt, and blush shades.

What it does:
Reveal your inner artist and create endless looks with Artist Face Color. Choose your palette size, then customize to your needs by mixing and matching your favorite. Artist Face Color’s unique formula features atomized pigments, which provide intense color payoff

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

29 Reviews

$59.00

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: 2 x 0.12 oz/ 3.5 g·ITEM: 2211084

Color: Ruby Richez - metallic brick red

611 Reviews

$54.00

I use it as eyeshadow, body highlighting and fun party looks. This is probably my favorite FENTY product besides the lipgloss (fingers crossed she makes a luminous/dewy version of the foundation for ya dry skinned ladies).

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.

Bobbi BrownHighlighter Powder

Size: 0.23 oz/ 8 g·ITEM: 1786698

Color: Pink Glow - a soft pink shimmer

806 Reviews

$77.00

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.

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.

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

New favorite shimmer powder!...I have bought a lot of highlighter creams and powders and this one is my new fave....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.

Fenty Beauty by RihannaKillawatt Freestyle Highlighter

Size: 2 x 0.12 oz/ 3.5 g·ITEM: 1925890

Color: Lightning Dust/Fire Crystal - soft pearlescent sheen / supercharged pearlescent shimmer

3.8K Reviews

$54.00

Love this highlighter so much I use a fan brush when I want to to be mild highlight but when I use Rihanna’s highlighting brush it becomes such an intense highlight!!!...bomb highlight...works great with the fenty highlighting 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.

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“Overall a great product, one of the best “trending products” I own actually. Although I did deduct a star due to at the end of the day it does crease and separate quite a lot”
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“♥️ this powder ... hourglass powders are simply the best”
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“I have probably tried ALL liquid and powder highlighters… THIS is literally a gloss highlighter that looks like glass”
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“If you are looking for a super glittery or pigmented fuller coverage kind of highlighter, this isnt for you”
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“I have always loved Becca's highlighters, it's a shame the company discontinued, but a little goes a long way with this highlighter, it's beautiful and lasts all night, especially with the help of a setting spray”
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“This isn’t the type of palette I normally go for. I tend to wear very neutral makeup and usually prefer Korean brands over Western ones, but I got this, thinking it would be fun to play with”
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