A wet-look highlighter is a type of makeup that gives the illusion of having a wet surface. This can be done by using a water-based or oil-based liquid highlighter and then adding a clear top coat. The process is similar to that of a dry-brush highlight, but instead of using a brush, you use your fingers to apply the highlight. Here are some of our favorites.
$28.50
this product in this specific color is absolutely amazing as a face highlighter! It gives a super intense wet look to your skin. ...they all have that glittery look. this stuff gives you the wet look. I never touch any of my other highlighters...they just can't compare.
What it is: An ultra-fine shimmering powder that catches light to accent eyes, lips, and cheeks.
What Else You Need to Know: Perfect on the eyes, cheeks, and lips, this multifaceted, ultra-fine, loose highlighter powder includes pure mother of pearl pigments to add light-catching color and shine. Unique technology enables wet or dry application for a customized finish across all 18 shades.
Size: 0.67 oz/ 20 g·ITEM: 2473445
Color: Topaz - subtle golden undertones with a glass-like glow finish
$35.50
Refy is slowly becoming one of my favorite brands. This highlighter is so simple yet beautiful. It gives you a wet look, so beware that a little goes a long way....Love it, gives the wet look! Definitely will be buying again. Only comes in one color but it blends in well.
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: 0.16 oz/ 4.5 mL·ITEM: 2457166
Color: Bronze - luminous bronze infused with copper that flatters medium-dark to deep skin tones
$46.00
Not glittery- looks wet on the skin! And best part it doesn’t enhance texture super similar to Dior’s backstage highlighter quad...Best highlighter for dry skin...BEST powder highlighter for dry skin. It looks like wet skin (even without setting spray), so smooth, not too glittery, doesn’t accentuate texture.
What it is: A creamy, weightless highlighter that illuminates and visibly smooths the appearance of skin, for a healthy, effortless, back-from-the beach glow.
What Else You Need to Know: This ultra-silky, soft-focus powder melts onto the skin and blends effortlessly. It is a transparent blend of microspheres and light-refracted pearls that leaves no visible powdery effects.
$52.00
This highlighter looks cute, the compact is so pretty + mirror is decent sized, and works well. ...But if you're looking for an E-girl esque strong highlighter to give an alien ethereal look, it's awesome.
What it is: A next generation, second-skin, glossy-glow highlighter that gives a wet look finish.
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens and mineral oil. It is also gluten-free and cruelty-free.
What Else You Need to Know: This easy-to-use powder formula leaves a radiant and luminous shimmer for a moonlit luminescence that’s out of this world. Plus, it smells like fresh crisp apples.
Size: 0.32 oz / 9 g·ITEM: 2604072
Color: Sweet Water - coral
$33.00
By far my fave dew wet balm shade! It looks so pretty as a blush. Gives an amazing wet look shine. ...Product is super creamy. Gives a subtle wet look to the skin. Doesnt lift my foundation.
What it is: A highlighting, hydrating face and body balm that creates a buildable wash of shimmer.
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Jojoba Oil: Moisturizing antioxidant that targets sebum production.
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 vegan and gluten-free.
$40.00
Apply it dry with a fan or highlighter brush for a subtle sheer look or wet with a beauty blender for intense highlight...(To get the wet look, I use a dry brush and get some product on the brush, spray a bit of Urban Decay's All Night setting spray and then applying it to the cheek bones).
What it is:
A travel-size Ambient® Strobe Lighting Powder—an illuminating strobing powder designed to sculpt the face with light-creating depth and dimension for a refined highlight.
What it does:
Perfectly sized for travel, each mini compact of strobe lighting powder is formulated in a sheer base with concentrated ultra-fine micro pearl particles in varying sizes and refraction levels to give off a naturally luminescent highlight to the skin without a heavy metallic finish.
Size: 0.14 oz / 4 g·ITEM: 2631695
Color: Glaze - clear with golden light-reflective minerals
$30.00
More of an “illuminator” than a highlighter. In my best explanation, it looks completely natural compared to bright, harsh, dramatic highlighters. ...perfect for glowy glass skin looks...i also like using this over top of my eyelids. i have dry skin so anything that makes my skin look wet i love.
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.
Size: 0.35 oz/ 10 g·ITEM: 2093680
Color: Gold Deposit - soft reflective golden-bronze
$59.00
Best Highlighter on the Market...Best highlighter ever. (And most slept on?) Looks beautiful and natural, and it can be used wet for a more a more intense glow. ...Soft & Gentle- my all time favourite highlighter!!...It blends out beautifully and is my all time favourite highlighter! If my house burnt down I would grab this single product out of all my other highlighters and highlighter pallets.
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.