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Facial Highlighters

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

If you're looking for a way to add some sparkle to your day, try highlighters. It's a subtlety that can make all the difference in your look. Whether you're going for a natural glow or want to add some shine to your face, a highlighter is an easy way to get it done. Here are some of the best facial highlighters available today.

Westman AtelierLit Up Glassy Gel Highlighter Stick

Size: 0.17 oz / 5 g·ITEM: 2434173

Color: Brûlée - glassy bronze gold

542 Reviews

$65.00

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Influenster and Westman Atelier sent me this highlighter stick free for my opinion. I have tried a variety of highlighters, but I haven’t heard of this brand until I received this product. ...Highlighter holy grail!...I have tried many a powder/pressed highlighter and a few cream highlighters as well, but this is the finish line for me.

What it is: A clean, multitasking gel highlighter that delivers a facial-fresh, glow to instantly perk up dull skin. Translucent, glassy sheen.


Coverage: Light


Finish: Radiant


Formulation: Stick


Highlighted Ingredients: 

- Vitus Vita Fruit Extract: Visibly firms skin and boosts moisture.

- Emollient oil blend: Helps with smooth application + softens skin.

- Special Effect Pigments: Boosts radiance.

MAC CosmeticsSkinfinish Lightstruck Hydrating, Radiant Glow Liquid Highlighter

Size: 0.5 oz/15 mL·ITEM: 2884377

Color: Space Slippers - soft pink

455 Reviews

$54.00

MAC Cosmetics Skinfinish Liquid Highlighter in Bubbled Over delivers a radiant, dewy glow with a smooth, blendable formula. ...✨ Glow Goals: MAC Cosmetics Liquid Highlighter Rev...💕 This highlighter is everything you’d want for a radiant, natural glow.

What it is: A liquid highlighter with 24-hour hydration and long-lasting, lustrous color – wear alone, mix into base, or tap on high points for a refined gleam.


Formulation: 
Liquid


Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, and phthalates.


What Else You Need to Know: This sheer, buildable liquid highlighter delivers 12-hour radiance and long-lasting glass-like finish. It’s powered glycerin, squalene, and coffee seed extract, with radiant pigments and pearlescent particles. Transfer-resistant and layers seamlessly.

Too FacedBorn This Way Super Glow Multi-Use Highlighting Skin Enhancer

Size: 1 oz/30 mL·ITEM: 2935443

Color: Golden Mocha - warm bronze-brown with radiant golden shimmer

416 Reviews

$53.00

What it is: A multiuse, highlighting skin enhancer that can be worn alone or with makeup to smooth and illuminate skin’s appearance.

Ingredient Callouts: It is cruelty-free.

What Else You Need to Know: Formulated with 80 percent skin caring ingredients, its nourishing complex of 12 emollients smooths and illuminates skin’s appearance. The hydrating and nongreasy formula can be worn alone or with makeup, under foundation, mixed with foundation, or on top of skin as an all-over face and body highlighter.

Armani BeautyLuminous Silk Acqua Highlighter

Size: 0.4 oz / 12 mL·ITEM: 2799583

Color: 4 Sunrise - deep bronze

444 Reviews

$63.00

The Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk Acqua Highlighter stands out among luxury highlighters for its refined elegance and skin-friendly formula. ...I’ve only used pressed powder highlighters in the past, but I personally LOVE this highlighter.

What it is: A multipurpose, water-based highlighter that hydrates and illuminates your skin for a lit-from-within, pearly glow.

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Niacinamide 3%: Smooths and visibly brightens the skin over time.

What Else You Need to Know: This multiuse highlighter can be worn over foundation for a glass-skin highlight or as a bronzer for a sunkissed, bronzy glow. Its skincare-based formula has a cooling gel texture that absorbs quickly for a second-skin finish and hyper-reflective micro pearls that deliver up to 24 hours of radiance and hydration.

Benefit CosmeticsDew La La All-Over Glow Liquid Highlighter

Size: 0.85 oz / 25 mL·ITEM: 2786820

Color: Raya - fair light

465 Reviews

$52.00

I absolutely love this highlighter. This highlighters so versatile as you can use it underneath your makeup or above your make up or even on your body for a nice glow. ...I picked a bronzy highlighter for bronzy looks but i love the shine it gives.

What it is: A lightweight liquid highlighter that gives a dewy glow and plays well with all your favorite complexion products for natural-looking radiance.


Highlighted Ingredients: 
- Sunflower Seed Oil: Rich in fatty acid omega-6, it moisturizes and makes skin feel soft.

- Hyaluronic Acid and Glycerin: Retains skin’s moisture.

- Niacinamide: Helps skin tone look brighter and more even.


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.


HourglassUnreal Radiant Glow Liquid Highlighter

Size: 0.34 fl oz/10.3 ml·ITEM: 2957108

Color: Evoke - Pale Champagne

252 Reviews

$54.00

What it is: A liquid highlighter that immediately hydrates to visibly lift and firm the appearance of cheeks, delivering up to 12 hours of buildable, radiant glow.

Formulation:
Liquid

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Upcycled White Lupin Seed Extract: Visibly firms skin for a smooth look.
- Hyaluronic Acid: Attracts water to plump skin with hydration.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, phthalates, mineral oil, and triclosan. It is also vegan and cruelty-free.

What Else You Need to Know: Infused with the Unreal Lifting Complex, this serum-like textured highlighter immediately hydrates, lifts, and firms for all-day, smoother-looking cheeks. The weightless texture blends seamlessly into the skin

SEPHORA COLLECTIONGleam & Go Liquid Luminizer

Size: 0.23 oz/7 mL·ITEM: 2932564

Color: 02 On The Clock - warm gold shimmer

151 Reviews

$22.00

What it is: A long-lasting liquid highlighter with a built-in cushion applicator for an instant boost of radiance.

Finish:
Radiant

Formulation:
Liquid

What Else You Need to Know: This liquid highlighter captures the light naturally for radiant skin and can be used on the cheeks and eyes. It’s easy to blend and feels weightless on the skin. Long-lasting and transfer-proof, it stays fresh and glowing all day. Its cushion tip guarantees quick and mistake-proof application.

Clinical Results: In a clinical study on 31 people, after 28 days of use:
- 94% get a luminous glow with easy application

Urban DecayFace Bond Luminizer Waterproof Glow Drops for Face + Body

Size: 1 oz / 30 mL·ITEM: 2845303

Color: Silverlake - y2k frosted glaze (shimmer)

760 Reviews

$50.00

This is one of the best liquid highlighters that I have ever used. This is a lightweight liquid highlighter that brings all the radiance and glow to my face and body without the glitter. ...This will be perfect for a sun-kissed glow for the body or for facial highlighter. It’s so versatile I have even worn on my eyelids.

What it is: A multi-use, waterproof liquid highlighter and bronzer for the face, eyes, and body that gives skin a shimmering, soft-focus glow and applies evenly.


Finish: 
Radiant


Formulation: 
Liquid


Highlighted Ingredients: 
- Niacinamide 3%: AKA Vitamin B3, helps make skin feel smooth and nourished.


Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens. It is also vegan and cruelty-free.


What Else You Need to Know: These liquid highlighter and bronzer drops deliver light-catching shimmer for glowing skin. They can be used as a face highlighter or bronzer, as an eyeshadow topper, or as body glow by mixing your

Armani BeautyFluid Sheer Glow Enhancer Highlighter

Size: 1.7 oz·ITEM: 2424836

Color: 2 - Champagne Gold

475 Reviews

$64.00

Very impressed with this highlighter!...Very impressed with this highlighter! I used to shy away a lot from highlighters as they make me look oily but this giorgio armani highlighter is amazing! ...Great liquid highlighter for multiple uses...You can also use this on top of foundation for a bolder look as a liquid pink highlighter.

What it is: A lightweight, multiuse complexion enhancer for a dewy glow—use as a highlighter or mix with skincare or foundation for a radiant boost.

Coverage: Light

Finish:
Radiant

Formulation:
Liquid

What Else You Need to Know:
Experience weightless perfection with this liquid formula, which melts into skin for a seamless finish, under or over makeup. Sheer, buildable coverage ensures mistake-proof application, allowing you to customize your glow. Available in versatile shades, it can be used as a highlighter, blush, or bronzer. You can also mix it with foundation for a radiance boost.

ILIALightshift Weightless Silky Cream Highlighter with 12-hour Wear

Size: 0.27 oz / 7.8 g·ITEM: 2794923

Color: Arc - peachy gold

320 Reviews

$54.00

Love this cream highlighter...This Ilia cream highlighter goes on the skin beautifully! It melts into the skin immediately without leaving a strip behind like some highlighters do! ...I love this product! Excellent daytime highlighter! This will be on my go to for highlighters.

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

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Body Highlighter
“Face Bond Luminizer Waterproof Highlighter Drops Urban Decay for face + body Multifunctional and waterproof liquid highlighter and bronzer for the face, eyes and body that gives the skin a shimmering glow with a soft focus and evenly applied”
Nose Highlighter
“This is my favorite highlighter yet, the pigment is there, my favorite place to put it is on the top of my nose, this highlighter looks good in all lighting I can even still see it on my nose in the dark”
Concealers For Highlighting
“pros: loveee this concealer. i have really dark circles and this is the only concealer that actually covers them up the best. the shade range is amazing as well especially in terms of undertones. i’ve owned and tried several concealers - one of them being too faced’s born this way concealer which is pretty high coverage, but even that does not compare and especially the undertones in that lean too olive for me. so the fact that this has peach undertones which counteract my dark circles even more is amazing (and yes i use to use a peach corrector w my born this way but it still didn’t do the job). love the formula and the consistency although i can see how this can be drying for some people. i myself have dry skin but this isn’t drying for me because i moisturize my undereyes well before using it. ”
Natural Highlighters
“It gives a healthy glow and looks somewhat natural. Overall, I like this highlighter better than other highlighters that I have used. ”
Highlighting Concealers
“After I have been using this product it is one of the best concealers I have ever used. It has amazing coverage and it doesn’t have an orange undertone”
Yellow Face Highlighter
“Sometimes gold can be too yellow and then it looks unnatural. It really catches and reflects the light in all the right ways without looking yellow or dark on my medium light skin”
Popular Highlighter Makeup
“I will definitely continue to use this in my makeup routine! It has a subtle sparkle that looks quite natural compared to other stick and powder highlighters I’ve used, it’s much more creamy”
Universal Highlighter Makeup
“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”
Blush With Highlighter
“I’ve used a couple of different highlighters. The glow this highlighter gives me is just beautiful and feels like I’m a queen”
Soft Highlighters
“I love using it as a highlighter base, a soft glow on my cheeks and highlighter primer”

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