Wet Look Highlighter

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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.

MAKE UP FOR EVERStar Lit Powder

Size: 00.6 oz/ 1.9 g·ITEM: 1911122

Color: 13 Ivory

262 Reviews

$28.50

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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.

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

Love it, gives the wet look! Definitely will be buying again. Only comes in one color but it blends in well....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.

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.

MAKEUP BY MARIOSoft Glow Highlighter

Size: 0.16 oz/ 4.5 mL·ITEM: 2457166

Color: Bronze - luminous bronze infused with copper that flatters medium-dark to deep skin tones

133 Reviews

$46.00

BEST powder highlighter for dry skin. It looks like wet skin (even without setting spray), so smooth, not too glittery, doesn’t accentuate texture. ...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

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.

Danessa Myricks BeautyDew Wet Hydrating and Highlighting Balm

Size: 0.32 oz/ 9g·ITEM: 2522852

Color: Clear - transparent gloss

151 Reviews

$35.00

What you need to get the “wet editorial look”...You will not disrupt the makeup underneath and will easily achieve the “wet look”. Also you get a lot of product!...By far my fave dew wet balm shade! It looks so pretty as a blush. Gives an amazing wet look shine.

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.

HourglassAmbient® Strobe Lighting Powder

Size: 0.16 oz/ 4.53 g·ITEM: 1779990

Color: Iridescent

370 Reviews

$64.00

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 collection of illuminating strobing powders designed to sculpt the face with light, creating depth and dimension for a refined, natural-looking highlight.

What it does:
Ambient® Strobe Lighting Powders are formulated in a sheer base that’s infused with concentrated, ultra-fine mico-pearl particles in a number of sizes and refraction levels for natural-looking luminescence—without leaving a heavy metallic finish. Developed with Photoluminescent Technology it captures, diffuses, and softens surrounding light to refine the appearance of the skin.

What else you need to know:
Hourglass products are 100 percent cruelty-free.

GivenchyPrisme Libre Loose Powder Highlighter

Size: 0.21 oz / 6 g·ITEM: 2473627

Color: 10 Organza Or - golden pink shimmer

16 Reviews

$61.00

For my everyday makeup or a nice romantic date night look, this is a great option. I feel like I have glow where I need it, but it doesn’t look too intense. ...These is by far the best loose highlighter ever. It’s intense but but glittery it just looks glowing and wet.

What it is: A shimmering loose powder highlighter that combines a harmony of pink and golden tones for an immediate radiant result.

Coverage:
Buildable

Finish:
Radiant

Formulation:
Loose Powder

What Else You Need to Know:This soft ultrafine texture offers iridescent light that instantly illuminates the complexion to highlight, sculpt and lift. The lightweight formula is endlessly buildable to create either a subtle natural look or a showstopping glow for all skintones.

MAC CosmeticsMineralize Skinfinish Sheer Coverage Luminous Highlighting Powder for Face and Body

Size: 0.35 oz/ 10 g·ITEM: 2093680

Color: Gold Deposit - soft reflective golden-bronze

29 Reviews

$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.

tartemaracuja juicy glow cream highlighter stick

Size: 0.07 oz / 2 g·ITEM: 2590222

Color: Golden Glow - golden glow

49 Reviews

$41.00

One of favorite highlighters...It’s become one of my favorite highlighters! It’s creamy/buttery and blends out beautifully, giving a lovely glow that’s not too over the top. ...Loved looked so natural but pretty so wet and gorgeous looking love the lightest shade

What it is: A multiuse highlighter pen for a next-level glow with zero effort (or glitter).

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Vitamin E: Acts as a natural preservative, a soothing emollient, and an antioxidant.
- Maracuja Oil: Provides visibly firmer, brighter, and smoother skin and hydrates.

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

What Else You Need to Know: This soft-pearl, dewy formula with a radiant, satin-glow finish visibly brightens, hydrates, and refreshes dull, tired skin and discoloration. The lightweight, creamy texture glides on and is comfy, never sticky. Plus,

MAC CosmeticsExtra Dimension Skinfinish Liquid-Powder High-Shine Highlighter

Size: 0.31 oz/ 9 g·ITEM: 2093649

Color: Double-Gleam - beige that breaks silver

44 Reviews

$59.00

The powder is light and gives a wet look rather than a sparkly look....Best highlighter I’ve ever had! It gives a wet look rather than a sparkly one so it just makes you look healthy and radiant!

What it is:
A liquid-powder highlighter that gives a luminous, well-defined finish.

What does:
Extra Dimension Skinfinish adds the perfect glow to skin. The liquid-powder highlighter with prismatic reflections is designed to sculpt and highlight your face, leaving a luminous, well-defined finish. The creamy powder formula lasts up to ten hours.

What else you need to know:
This product is non-acnegenic, dermatologist tested, ophthalmologist tested, and suitable for all skin types.

Iconic LondonRollaway Glow Highlighter

Size: 0.27 oz / 8 mL·ITEM: 2645174

Color: Rose Potion - rosy pink tone

116 Reviews

$39.50

the best highlighter i’ve ever used. i usually blend it with a wet beauty blender to make it blend in with my blush and it’s just so beautiful and shiny but not too sparkly....Beautiful Highlighter! It looks very natural and very easy to apply.

What it is: An instant illuminator, housed in a genius roll-on applicator, that seamlessly melts onto the skin.

Finish:
Radiant

Formulation:
Liquid

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Oleogel: Allows the pigments to glide seamlessly onto the skin.
- Adhesive Film Formers: Provide a smooth, soft-focus glossy finish.
- Pearlescent Pigments: Help deliver a luminous finish to the skin.

Ingredient Callouts: It is vegan and cruelty-free.

What Else You Need to Know: This liquid highlighter gives you a glowing look—anytime, anywhere. It adds a stunning, soft-focus sheen, radiance, and iconic dewiness to the skin in an instant with the new and ultramodern highlighter. There’s no glitter or shim

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Dewy Look Highlighter
“I don’t usually like highlighters because they look chalky or glittery but this highlighter looks very natural and glowy”
Wet Look Makeup
“I tried to use the Benefit Hoola bronzer as contour, but the Benefit one has warm undertone, therefore, making my skin looks yellower. Would recommend people with yellow undertone skin to use this as nose contour”
Luxe Highlighter
“I recieved a free full sized sample of this product for review and I thought it was a really great liquid highlighter. The color wasn't the best match for my skin town as it was a bit yellow”
Solid Highlighter
“It is an average highlighter that is too expensive for what it is. It gives you a pretty glow but that is achievable with many other highlighters for a fraction of the price from many other highlighters available”
Body Highlighter
“This is one of my absolute favourite highlighters. The packaging seems to be way better than the large one”
Popular Highlighter Makeup
“This si a very beautiful glassy glow I love the stick component is a beautiful shade I do like to used only when I don’t want to used any makeup just for the glass skin moment and the makeup no makeup trend”
Cute Highlighter Makeup
“I’m pretty much new to makeup but this highlighter adds a great touch to my rare beauty tinted foundation and gives a glowy look”
Intense Highlighters
“I'm not a huge fan of glittery highlighters. This highlighter stick is very poppin' with no glitter”
Quick Highlighter
“The color payoff for this highlighter is wonderful. It’s very easy to apply and also lasts a long time”
Satin Highlighter
“Beautiful highlighter, but not much different for most other highlighters so not something I would recommend”

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