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
$51.00
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: 0.39 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....Most powder highlighters are powdery shimmers (when swatched you get a solid stripe of shimmery color. ...Wish more highlighters were like this one!
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
This is the best highlighter. I use it a lot. Very versatile....My got to and absolute favorite highlighter. Very pigmented so watch how much you use haha.
What it is: A weightless, long-wear, cream-powder hybrid highlighterin solos and duoswith 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
$42.00
solid glow...This gel highlighter is light on your skin and dries fairly quick. ...Great gel highlighter...It can be a little gel-ly/sticky for my taste on some days, but it's a solid product
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.
Size: 0.67 oz/ 20 g·ITEM: 2473445
Color: Topaz - subtle golden undertones with a glass-like glow finish
$35.50
Still feeling out if I like a liquid based or solid base for highlighter. Pretty color...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.
Size: .17 oz / 5 g·ITEM: 2690071
Color: H130 Wherever Pearl - pale gold with light pink shimmer
$43.50
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: 0.27 oz / 7.8 g·ITEM: 2794931
Color: Daze - warm copper
$52.00
I love this product! Excellent daytime highlighter! This will be on my go to for highlighters....Solid option...I tried this highlighter in the "arc" shade, which is a peachy gold shade.
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