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Highlighting Foundation

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Achieve a radiant and flawless complexion with these highlighting foundations. Designed to provide a luminous glow, these foundations are perfect for those looking to enhance their natural beauty and create a dewy finish. Whether you prefer a subtle sheen or an intense shimmer, these foundations offer a variety of options to suit every skin tone and type.

Bobbi BrownVitamin Enriched Pressed Setting Powder

Size: 0.282 oz / 8 g·ITEM: 2701779

Color: Yellow - soft, warm yellow

261 Reviews

$72.00

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I want one for bronzing and highlighting because it is that beautiful. It just melts into your skin and new looks cakey or powdery gifted by Bobbi brown...This powder it’s super light, scentless and perfect finish. I love the little highlight that has and gives my makeup the perfect touch.

What it is: A multitasking setting powder that hydrates, refines skin tone, and absorbs oil for a balanced complexion with a healthy and even-toned look.

Coverage: Light

Finish:
Natural

Formulation:
Powder

What Else You Need to Know: Powered by vitamin B5 and Hydro-Soft Powder Technology, this setting powder locks in moisture, boosting hydration over time, while delivering blurring benefits and all-day oil absorption with a silky-soft finish. It also visibly refines skin tone and flexes to suit a range of skin tones.

Laura MercierReal Flawless Luminous Perfecting Talc-Free Pressed Powder

Size: 0.24 oz / 7 g·ITEM: 2643088

Color: Translucent Deep - for medium deep to rich deep skin tones

259 Reviews

$71.00

Nice highlight...I love this Real Flawless Luminous Perfecting Talc-Free Pressed Powder. It gives a nice highlight effect and is easy to apply in just the right areas....Excellent powder that provides natural highlights!...When you put it on your skin over foundation or by itself it does a great job of providing a light overall foundation.

What it is: A pressed finishing powder that enhances the look of skin and makeup with a natural, luminous finish, instantly adding dimension and enlivening skin.


Coverage: Light


Finish: 
Natural


Formulation: 
Pressed Powder


Highlighted Ingredients: 
- Chamomile Extract and Rose Oil: Provides all-day skin comfort that becomes one with skin.

- High Resolution Pigments and Custom-Pearl Blends: Enliven complexion, instantly lift sallowness and dullness.

- Auto-Balancing Technology: Helps balance moisture and control shine immediately and over time.

Too FacedBorn This Way Undetectable Medium-To-Full Coverage Foundation

Size: 1 oz/30 mL·ITEM: 2885606

Color: Ganache - richest with neutral undertones

1.5K Reviews

$65.00

It’s my fave right now for foundation and highlights as well. Gives great coverage and lasts me hours! ...An iconic foundation...I’m obsessed with this foundation. It completely covered my acne scars, discoloration, and dark spots while still feeling light and breathable on my skin.

What it is: An undetectable foundation formula that delivers up to 24-hour hydration and color-true wear that’s transfer-resistant, waterproof, and sweat- and humidity-proof.


Coverage: Medium


Formulation: 
Liquid


Highlighted Ingredients: 
- Glycerin

- Vitamin E

- Hyaluronic Acid


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


What Else You Need to Know: This natural-finish foundation reduces the appearance of pores, improves appearance of skin tone, and is all-day fade-proof. It is non-caking, non-poring, non-streaking, and photo friendly.

$59.00

However this foundation is absolutely lightweight yet so blurring and skin like. ...[I received this product in exchange for my honest review] This foundation truly highlights why Armani is so highly rated and widely loved.

What it is: A silky, non-comedogenic liquid foundation that blurs and smooths skin, provides 24hr wear + hydration, medium coverage and a natural glow finish.


Coverage: Medium


Finish: 
Natural


Formulation: 
Liquid


Highlighted Ingredients: 
- Niacinamide: Clinically shown to improve the look of skin tone, texture, and luminosity after 14 days.


What Else You Need to Know: This silky foundation offers weightless, medium-buildable coverage that blurs imperfections and looks like naturally glowing skin that lasts up to 24 hours. 

Armani BeautyLuminous Silk Natural Glow Blurring Liquid Foundation with 24 Hour Wear

Size: 1.0 oz/30 mL·ITEM: 2927051

Color: 15.5 - very deep, cool red

2.5K Reviews

$85.00

Great foundation...[I received this product in exchange for my honest review] Great, medium coverage foundation. I often have issues with foundations cracking or separating on my skin, and this Armani foundation doesn't do that at all! ...The finish wasn’t shiny or matte but gave you a natural glow on the highlights of your face. It eliminated almost all of my redness which is very good for a medium coverage foundation.

What it is: A silky, non-comedogenic liquid foundation that blurs and smooths skin, provides 24hr wear + hydration, medium coverage and a natural glow finish.


Coverage: Medium


Finish: 
Natural


Formulation: 
Liquid


Highlighted Ingredients: 

- Niacinamide: Clinically shown to improve skin tone, texture, and luminosity after 14 days.


What Else You Need to Know: This silky foundation offers weightless, medium buildable coverage that blurs imperfections and looks like naturally glowing skin that lasts up to 24 hours.

Armani BeautyGolden Hour 24HR Lightweight Skin Tint with Hyaluronic Acid

Size: 1.0 oz/30 ml·ITEM: 2881365

Color: D1 - Deep - warm golden

1.6K Reviews

$69.00

[I received this product in exchange for my honest review] My most used skin tint this summer it is extremely light weight it gives your skin a beautiful glow doesn’t highlight the texture and it stays beautiful throughout the day...This foundation is very light and goes on with a velvet feel.

What it is: A skin tint that immediately plumps, smooths, and illuminates skin, delivering buildable coverage with a weightless texture and glowing finish.

Coverage: Light

Finish:
Radiant

Formulation:
Liquid

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Vitamin C: Targets dullness, visibly brightens, and illuminates the complexion.
- Niacinamide: Visibly evens tone and smooths texture.
- Hyaluronic Acid: Provides lasting hydration, visibly plumps, and smooths.

What Else You Need to Know: This lightweight skin tint features light-catching Golden Hour Pearls for radiant, healthy-looking skin. The silk-like serum formula, infused with hyaluronic acid and niacinamide, hydrates and boosts luminosity.

GUERLAINTerracotta Le Teint Glow Healthy Glow Foundation

Size: 1.18 oz / 35 mL·ITEM: 2837763

Color: 4.5W - medium skin with golden undertones

97 Reviews

$79.00

As a darker skinned person, it’s important that foundations have good ranges with good matches....I will definitely use this as my summer foundation for days that I want to do a bit more glam!

What it is: A foundation formulated with 95 percent naturally derived ingredients for 24-hour radiance and a no-transfer hold.


Coverage: Medium


Finish: 
Radiant


Formulation: 
Liquid


Highlighted Ingredients: 
- Ethically Sourced Argan Oil: Delivers lasting comfort and maintains skin’s hydration for 24 hours.


Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, and triclosan. It is also gluten-free.

DIORForever Nude Matte and Radiant Pressed Powder

Size: 0.31 oz/9 g·ITEM: 2883346

Color: 3.5 - medium tan

765 Reviews

$70.00

I love using this on top of my foundation to lightly set it in areas that I don’t want a highlight. ...I also appreciate that it doesn’t settle into fine lines or highlight dry patches. This foundation really gives me confidence that my makeup will stay put and look good all day.

What it is: A setting powder with a translucent-radiant or luminous-matte finish that sets makeup, blurs, and is infused with hyaluronic acid.

Formulation: 
Pressed Powder


Highlighted Ingredients: 
-Hyaluronic Acid: Helps hydrate skin


What Else You Need to Know: Achieve a radiant or soft-matte finish with these weightless pressed setting powders. Infused with skin-loving hyaluronic acid, they blur pores, fine lines and imperfections for a flawless look, while providing comfortable, non-drying, long-lasting makeup wear.

NARSNatural Matte Longwear Pore Blurring Medium-to-Full Coverage Foundation

Size: 1 fl oz/30 mL·ITEM: 2942696

Color: SYRACUSE - MD1 - Medium to medium-deep with warm undertones

475 Reviews

$73.00

What it is: A pore-perfecting matte foundation with a weightless and breathable serum-like texture.


Coverage: Medium


Formulation: 
Liquid


Highlighted Ingredients: 
- Dipeptide: Reduces skin oiliness and decongests pores.

- Niacinamide: Smooths skin texture.


Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, phthalates, mineral oil, sulfates SLS & SLES, and contains less than one percent synthetic fragrance.

MorpheCloudlight Soft Glow Veil Finishing Powder

Size: wf / wf·ITEM: 2851244

Color: Golden Hour - Golden with balancing peach

242 Reviews

$23.00

I would describe it as a mix between a powder and a highlight. I used it mainly on my cheeks area to powder and highlight that area. ...everyday highlight...My first impressions of this highlight was that it felt so buttery and soft. After wearing it for the last few days, I can definitely rave about it!

What it is: A sheer, weightless, multitone powder that sweeps on to softly set and finish your look with natural radiance.

Coverage: Light

Finish:
Natural

Formulation:
Pressed Powder

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Squalane: Softens and smooths skin.
- Shea Butter: Conditions and soothes skin.
- Hyaluronic Acid: Boosts hydration and the look of elasticity.

Ingredient Callouts: This product is cruelty-free.

What Else You Need to Know: Set skin in its most flattering light, as if illuminated by a softly blurred, cloud-diffused glow. This sheer, weightless, multitone powder—featuring light-reflecting technology and infused with squalane, shea butter, and hyaluronic acid—s

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“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”
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“It evened out any redness and balanced my skin tone seamlessly, almost like a color-correcting veil. The silky, soft texture of the powder feels luxurious to the touch and glides effortlessly onto the skin without any patchiness or buildup”
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