If you're looking for a way to highlight your cheekbones, nose, or Cupid's bow, a highlighter is the way to go. It's the perfect tool for adding a little glow to your face. Here are some great options for solid highlighters available today.
Size: 0.28 oz / 8 g·ITEM: 2520468
Color: Cookie - golden pearl
$52.00
I would say this is for people who prefer a solid reflective highlighter. 4 stars because I feel like this may not be entirely office appropriate if you are looking for something on a subtle glow from within finish. ...Beautiful Highlighter...One of my favourite highlighters! Very natural and not patchy at all!
What it is: A silky-soft, superfine powder highlighter.
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.
What Else You Need to Know: These powder highlighters feel featherlight, sweep on effortlessly, and build easily. Get Cookie for a warm, delicious golden shimmer. Go with Tickle for a perfectly tickled-pink, luminous look.
Size: 0.14 oz/ 4g·ITEM: 2415073
Color: Peau de Soleil - warm bronze gold
$105.00
Overall I think it’s a solid product but I’m not sure it justifies the price point for a highlighter. ...Super Loaded Cream Highlighter is like a lux clean version to Color Pop's Super Shock highlighters.
What it is: A clean, award-winning, multipurpose cream highlighter that gives skin a luminous glow in three universal shades.
Coverage: Medium
Finish: Radiant
Formulation: Cream
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Hyaluronic Acid: Boosts moisture.
- Jojoba Seed Oil: Improves hydration and strengthens skin’s moisture barrier.
- Caper Extract: Helps soothe, calm, and reduce the appearance of redness.
Ingredient Callouts: This product is gluten-free and cruelty-free.
Size: 0.24 oz / 7 g·ITEM: 2643336
Color: Rose Gold - true rose gold
$66.50
For the price, that’s annoying, but the quality of the actual makeup is very solid....Solid but nothing crazy...I do enjoy this highlighter but truthfully it isn't much different that other CT highlighters I've used.
What it is: A powder highlighter that glides on like a liquid to give skin an instant, skin-perfecting filter to highlight, sculpt, and lift.
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Silky Squalane: Glides onto the skin for an even glow; never patchy, dry, or cakey.
- Smoothing Emollients: Perfect and hydrate the skin for a satin-smooth texture.
Size: 0.39 oz/ 11 g·ITEM: 2411494
Color: Iced Out - icy white gold
$46.00
The packaging was very elegant! It's a nice heavy, solid compact with a good sizes mirror. The color is gorgeous, however I was disappointed and I felt like I had to use alot to achieve the right amount of highlight compared to my favorite highlighter....Wish more highlighters were like this one!...Most powder highlighters are powdery shimmers (when swatched you get a solid stripe of shimmery color.
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.
Size: 2 x 0.12 oz/ 3.5 g·ITEM: 2211084
Color: Ruby Richez - metallic brick red
$54.00
best highlighters to experiment with color...You will love this highlighters if you want to experiment with color you can do soft highlighter or very intense. ...Super pigmented too so you ca. go light for a highlighter or heavy for say eyeshadow.
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.
Size: 1.0 oz·ITEM: 2414035
Color: Sunglow - warm golden bronze
$43.00
solid glow...This gel highlighter is light on your skin and dries fairly quick. ...I am not a highlighter or illuminator person but I love this and bought after trying a sample.
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.
$33.00
I’ve been looking everywhere for a perfect highlighter and I finally found it....This liner goes on really easily, and has a solid intense payout with smooth application. I love that it has a smudger on the other end of the brush and I've used it when I accidentally go to low on the water line or to even it out.
What it is: A tug-proof gel eyeliner in a universally flattering nude and white highlighter shade.
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, phthalates, mineral oil, sulfates SLS & SLES, and triclosan. It is also cruelty-free.
What Else You Need to Know: This product is vegan, dermatologist and ophthalmologist tested, and is safe for contact lens wearers.
Size: .17 oz / 5 g·ITEM: 2690055
Color: H110 Anywhere Glimmer - champagne gold
$45.00
Incredible highlighter for a natural look. It makes your skin look glowy in an authentic way and does not leave a bumpy metallic stripe like most highlighters....Great highlighter...Overall, I think this is a solid pick.
What it is: A skin-fusing powder highlighter with a velvety texture that melts into skin for a natural, lit-from-within glow or high-impact shimmer effect.
Size: 0.67 oz/ 20 g·ITEM: 2473445
Color: Topaz - subtle golden undertones with a glass-like glow finish
$38.00
Still feeling out if I like a liquid based or solid base for highlighter. Pretty color...This highlighter... THIS HIGHLIGHTER!!! I have been using it every single day since I've bought it and I'm literally in love!
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.
$33.00
This highlighter is super pretty however I don’t really like it because it’s kind of chunky ana glowy and I like glowing highlighters better than chunky ones but that’s just a personal preference. ...It is not as pigmented as my other highlighters so I use it as like a “highlighter primer” to give a good base for my much stronger highlighter (benefit cookie highlighter) so I actually really like it for that purpose.
What it is: A clean, dewy cream highlighter stick with a nourishing formula that builds and blends seamlessly for a radiant, shimmery glow.
Ingredient Callouts: This product is vegan.
What Else You Need to Know: Packed with nourishing ingredients, this creamy, non-drying formula is lightweight and melts into skin for a luminous finish. It’s infused with micro-shimmer and hydrating ingredients like mango butter, peach nectar, and avocado oil, so you’ll glow with the good stuff. The compact size has 1,000+ swipes, so you get tons of wear with less packaging.
