Universal Highlighter Makeup

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Get ready to glow with our collection of Universal Highlighter Makeup. Whether you're a makeup enthusiast or a beauty beginner, these versatile highlighters are designed to enhance your natural radiance and give your complexion a luminous boost. From subtle shimmer to intense glow, our Universal Highlighter Makeup range offers a variety of shades and finishes to suit every skin tone and personal style. Illuminate your features and achieve that coveted lit-from-within look with these must-have bright makeup palettes that will take your makeup game to the next level.

REFYGloss Highlighter

Size: 0.67 oz/ 20 g·ITEM: 2473445

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

180 Reviews

$38.00

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So beautiful and highly pigmented! It is quite a universal shade and it makes the skin look so dewy and healthy!...Hands down my new favorite liquid highlighter.

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.

Westman AtelierSuper Loaded Tinted Cream Highlighter

Size: 0.14 oz/ 4g·ITEM: 2415065

Color: Peau de Peche - soft pearlized bronze suede

203 Reviews

$105.00

This is a pigmented cream based cheek color with a definite sheen, but I'm not sure I'd consider the color I received universal, or a highlighter. I have fair to light skin, and it applied more like a bronzer with low sheen. ...I never use highlighters. My skin has some texture and is far from perfect.

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.

Anastasia Beverly HillsGlow Seeker Champagne Gold Powder Highlighter

Size: 0.39 oz·ITEM: 2716785

Color: Sun Idol - champagne gold

1.4K Reviews

$54.00

I love this highlighter. It is a universal shade that works with any skin tone. ...I love how universal like shades looks too! Definitely recommend!

What it is: An illuminating powder for a lit-from-within radiance.

Finish:
Radiant

Formulation:
Pressed Powder

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens and contains less than one percent synthetic fragrance. It is also cruelty-free.

What Else You Need to Know: This multi-dimensional illuminating powder achieves the perfect glow and has an ultra-smooth formula for seamless blending and buildable intensity. The universal shade delivers single-sweep luminosity, while the ultra-reflective powder formula gives the effect of a liquid for lit from within radiance.

SEPHORA COLLECTIONSephora Colorful® Powder Luminizer

Size: 0.12 oz·ITEM: 2711729

Color: 05 Iced Pearl - golden champagne tone

317 Reviews

$19.00

Beautiful highlighter, but not much different for most other highlighters so not something I would recommend...I swatched this next to brown shade in the Dior Backstage palette (universal one) and it was the same. If anything, the sephora swatch was smoother.

What it is: An illuminating powder highlighter that instantly lights up the complexion and boosts its natural glow.

Coverage: Light

Finish:
Radiant

Formulation:
Powder

What Else You Need to Know: Meet the with luminizer with a gel-powder texture that boosts skin’s radiance. Its secret? Micro-pearls incorporated into a transparent gel-powder formula that lets their light shine through. Upon application, its hybrid texture combines the strength of a liquid highlighter with the lightness of a powder highlighter and leaves a sparkling film on the skin with a weightless finish. Want to achieve pearlescent, golden, rosy, or bronze highlights? This highlighter comes in six radiant shades that instantly enhance

$43.00

Favorite highlighter of all time!...I always switch up my products because I like trying new things, but I’m on my 4th tube of this if that tells you anything. Almost all highlighters I’ve tried have glitter in them, but this truly gives a glass skin glow with no detectable glitter. ...I love this product. Gives the perfect highlighter shine.

What it is: A sheer, creamy highlighting balm formulated with skin-loving ingredients for light-reflecting, natural radiance and a glass-skin effect.


Highlighted Ingredients: 
- Squalane: Moisturizes.

- Sodium Hyaluronate: Hydrates.

- Vitamin E: Contributes antioxidant benefits.


Ingredient Callouts: This product is vegan, gluten-free, and cruelty-free.

tarteshimmering light powder highlighter

Size: .14 oz/4.25 g·ITEM: 2545333

Color: Champagne Glow - champagne

27 Reviews

$44.00

This highlighter is average among the many highlighters available. ...Love this highlighter. Have repurchased many times.

What it is: A skin-perfecting pressed highlighter for a lit-from-within-looking glow.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of formaldehydes, phthalates, mineral oil, sulfates SLS & SLES, and triclosan. It is also vegan, gluten-free, and cruelty-free.

What Else You Need to Know: Microfine 3D pearls & pigments reflect pure light to add depth & dimension, while diffusing imperfections, butter-soft formula glides on smooth, buildable glow melts into skin for seamless blending that doesn't look glittery, and 2 universal shades for a warm or cool glow.

MAKEUP BY MARIOSoftSculpt® Transforming Skin Perfector

Size: 0.31 oz / 8.8 g·ITEM: 2577955

Color: Light Medium - warms light to light medium skin tones

256 Reviews

$49.00

I purchased the Medium, have tried EVERY high end bronzer, highlighter out there, This is my favorite! 3 products in one, highlighter is perfection, darker color is so blendable not orangey. ...It’s beautiful just don’t apply too much as it may emphasize pores like all highlighters do. Follow Mario’s tutorials. Very beautiful product.

What it is: A three-in-one powder to perfect, illuminate, and set makeup for a radiant glow with an airbrush effect on skin.


Coverage: Medium


Finish: 
Radiant


Formulation: 
Pressed Powder


Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, mineral oil, and contains less than one percent synthetic fragrance. It is also vegan and cruelty-free.

SaieGlowy Super Gel Lightweight Dewy Multipurpose Illuminator

Size: 1.0 oz·ITEM: 2414035

Color: Sunglow - warm golden bronze

3.9K Reviews

$43.00

My favorite highlighters right now!...And then to realize it is all recyclable - wow! This dewy highlighter has a slight honey smell to me. It is a little slick if you are used to wearing powder highlighters but I would say this is a good liquid one to start with.

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.

SaieMini Glowy Super Gel Lightweight Dewy Multipurpose Illuminator

Size: 0.5 oz / 15 mL·ITEM: 2834935

Color: Warmglow - universal soft warm gold

3K Reviews

$25.00

truly universal...I thought this would be like all those complexion products that claim to be universal only to leave you with a white cast. But this one doesn’t do that at all, it gives you that glow without tinting hour skin any specific shade....they meant it when they said the rose glow color is a universal color, because it is actually very flattering on my tan/brown skin!

What it is: A multi-purpose, water-based luminizer that hydrates and brightens face or body for a fresh dewy look.

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Plant-derived Glycerin: A powerful humectant that increases skin’s moisture level.
- Vitamin C: Brightens and refines the appearance of skin.
- Rosehip Seed Oil: Ultra-rich in antioxidants that visibly brighten and moisturize skin.

Ingredient Callouts: This product is vegan, cruelty-free, and comes in recyclable packaging.

What Else You Need to Know: Made of 75 percent water and skincare-packed ingredients, Glowy Super Gel’s lit-from-within glow gives the ultimate no-makeup makeup look. Its universal shades can be used as a dewy primer under makeup, a

$64.00

It’s the best glowy, highlighter I’ve tried. Well worth the money!

What it is: An illuminating, multi-use highlighting complexion drop that creates a radiant, healthy-looking glow for a result that lasts all day.
Coverage: Light

Finish:
Radiant

Formulation:
Liquid

What Else You Need to Know: Eclat de Beaute Multi Use Drops is the house’s first liquid face highlighter. Expertly blended with ultra-fine luminous pearls and black rose extract, this glowing formula cares for the skin as it provides all-day soothing and hydration. Available in one universal shade to flatter all skin tones.

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“I really love how this applied on my textured under eyes, but the lightest shade was too dark, so I’m returning sadly. Hopefully they will release some other shades in the future”
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“So I got the mini version of this in the refy brow gel and higlighter set and it is literarly the only liquid highlighter that does not look patchy on me even though I have tried rare beauty and charlotte tilbury highlighters nothing compare to how smoothly this goes on and how pigmented it is”
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“I have a warm, deep skin tone and found Shade 2, a yellow-toned champagne, to be very flattering. A little product goes a long way; I only need about half a pump to highlight the high points of my face”
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“omg wow did not know they had highlighters. This is so pretty.  I am definitely putting this in my cart. it’s such a pretty color and the packaging is so cute ”
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