Natural Highlighters

Sephora customers often prefer the following products when searching for Natural Highlighters.

A highlighter is a must-have for almost any beauty lover. It can be used to highlight and contour, adding definition to your face and making you look radiant. They're an easy way to add shine or a pop of color to your face. Here are some of our favorites.

Ami ColéLight-Catching Highlighter Balm

Size: 0.14 oz / 4 g·ITEM: 2631695

Color: Glaze - clear with golden light-reflective minerals

20 Reviews

$30.00

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More of an “illuminator” than a highlighter. In my best explanation, it looks completely natural compared to bright, harsh, dramatic highlighters. ...I have tried a few highlighters including glossier and ilia with good results, but this one is the best by far.

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.

REFYGloss Highlighter

Size: 0.67 oz/ 20 g·ITEM: 2473445

Color: Topaz - subtle golden undertones with a glass-like glow finish

172 Reviews

$35.50

Most perfect, natural looking highlighter ever!! Bought 2 just incase it gets sold out!!...LITERAL GLASS SKIN HIGHLIGHTER...I have probably tried ALL liquid and powder highlighters… THIS is literally a gloss highlighter that looks like glass.

What it is: A nonstick universal formula that can be used on top of makeup or as a primer base, giving you the perfect glass-like glow.

Coverage: Light

Finish:
Radiant

Formulation:
Liquid

Highlighted Ingredients:
- VITAOILS PLUS: Deeply nourishes and visibly smooths the epidermis.
- dl-α-Tocopheryl Acetate: Antioxidant vitamin E.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens. It is also vegan, cruelty-free, and comes in recyclable packaging.

What Else You Need to Know: REFY's Gloss Highlighter can be used on cheekbones, eyelids, and under brows, or on the cupid's bow, lips, and collarbones.

$34.00

Love this highlighter. I’m a chocolate girl but I love to look really really natural. ...The most natural glow you can imagine!...I’m obsessed with these highlighters! The formula is so buttery and melts into the skin beautifully.

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.

Live TintedHueglow Liquid Highlighter Drops

Size: 0.4 oz·ITEM: 2765048

Color: Moonlight - Opal

152 Reviews

$30.00

Just got this highlighter and I like it! I’m not used to using liquid highlighters, I typically reach for powder but this one is super blendable and lightweight! ...Must have highlighters for any occasion...Its a must for part or event places the highlighter drops works really well and feels luxurious not a cheap imitation.

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.

ILIALightshift Weightless Silky Cream Highlighter with 12-hour Wear

Size: 0.27 oz / 7.8 g·ITEM: 2794949

Color: Glint - soft champagne

311 Reviews

$52.00

I love the dewy appearance. I also love the natural ingredients. I've tried lots of different highlighters but I think I've actually found my favorite....It gives a healthy glow and looks somewhat natural. Overall, I like this highlighter better than other highlighters that I have used. ...Good cream highlighter

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

GUERLAINTerracotta Luminizer Highlighter Powder

Size: 0.24 oz / 7 g·ITEM: 2664126

Color: 00 IVORY - cool ivory

7 Reviews

$81.00

Beautiful Highlighter...Another beautiful product from Guerlain. Very natural, subtle highlighter that melts into the skin. ...Soft and natural sheen...Beautiful easy highlighter that blends easily into the skin for a natural shine or can be built up as well.

What it is: A highlighter powder with a light, second-skin, buildable texture that gives skin a natural, long-lasting, shimmering, golden glow.

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Argan Oil: Delivers long-lasting wear and comfort.
- Gemtone: Adapts to skin's true tone for a natural finish.

Ingredient Callouts: It is also cruelty-free.

What Else You Need to Know: This highlighting powder mirrors the distinctive light of the golden hour for a radiant and sensual glow. Infused with natural argan oil with moisturizing properties, the powder offers long-lasting wear and absolute comfort all day long.

$62.00

What it is: A highlighter enriched with vitamins and oils that offers light, glowing coverage for up to 24 hours.

Finish:
Radiant

Formulation:
Pressed Powder

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Vitamin C Derivative: Supports collagen and visibly brightens.
- Vitamin E: Moisturizes and cares for skin.
- Moringa Oil: Nourishes and rejuvenates.

What Else You Need to Know: Lancôme's Teint Idole Ultra Wear Highlighter, infused with vitamin C, E, and natural oils, offers up to 24 hours of coverage with a breathable, light-reflecting formula. It enhances the complexion with a multidimensional glow and hydrates for a flawless makeup base.

MILK MAKEUPBionic Glow Illuminating Liquid Highlighter with Hyaluronic Acid

Size: 0.91 oz/ 26.8 ml·ITEM: 2511707

Color: Virtual - luminous peach

150 Reviews

$49.00

First time trying liquid highlighter...It’s perfect as daily highlighter to achieve a natural look. I recommend this product to anyone who also loves natural makeup look like me!...great highlighter not glittery gives a rly natural glow

What it is: A liquid illuminator with skincare benefits that can be worn on your face and body or mixed with moisturizer or foundation for a natural-looking glow.

Coverage: Light

Finish:
Radiant

Formulation:
Liquid

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“This is an incredibly cool product! Of all the highlighters I use, this is the coolest! leaves a beautiful glow on your skin. does not crumble”
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“This Ilia cream highlighter goes on the skin beautifully! It melts into the skin immediately without leaving a strip behind like some highlighters do”
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“Love using this product all over my body ! It’s l similar to body shimmer oils but you are able to control where it goes, so the shimmer doesn’t get on your clothes”
Intense Highlighters
“These is by far the best loose highlighter ever. It’s intense but but glittery it just looks glowing and wet”
Purple Highlighters
“This highlighter is absolutely gorgeous!! It doesn’t really give off a purple color, but maybe that’s because I’m so pale”
Quick Highlighter
“This is exactly what I needed for a quick, easy highlight that wasn't too over the top sparkly”
Solid Highlighter
“I needed a new highlighter because all of my highlighters are old now, and this is so much better than my old ones”
Yellow Undertone Highlighter
“I used this product as a blush and works great for my light/medium skintone with golden undertone. It is creamy and dense formula, so I used dense blending brush instead of my finger and it worked great”
Highlighters For Fair Skin
“I’m pretty fair now so I use it as a blush topper and also picked up the champagne chic color as a true highlight, both are extremely gorgeous and high shine, but can be toned down patted onto the skin”

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