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For a high-impact highlight with an incredible shade range, you can't go wrong with BECCA Shimmering Skin Perfector.
The pressed powder formula is buildable, so you can wear it day or night.
My ride-or-die, desert island beauty product has to be highlighter. It's not that it's my favorite to apply (I love the artistry of eyeshadow) or the thing that makes me look most human (that award goes to under-eye concealer, certainly). But nothing quite beats the thrill I get from turning my face toward the light and seeing the glowy flash of my cheekbone. That, my friends, you can only get with highlighter.
There are so many beautiful illuminators on the market, not to mention different formulas that give you varying, yet equally beautiful, affects - how can you possibly choose between them? My answer is that I basically don't choose. I have dozens of highlighters and I'm not in a rush to whittle down my collection anytime soon.
If, however, you consider yourself a reasonable person who doesn't need six versions of champagne gold highlight, I'm here to help you narrow things down. The options on this list vary from "natural" to "strobe light" in terms of intensity, but they all make you glow without emphasizing texture or making you look like the Tin Man - unless that's the vibe you're shooting for, in which case, it's totally doable.
Here are the best highlighters you can buy:
- Best highlighter overall: BECCA Shimmering Skin Perfector Pressed
- Best stick highlighter: Glossier Haloscope
- Best natural highlighter palette: Hourglass Ambient Lighting Palette
- Best intense highlighter: Fenty Killawatt Freestyle Highlighter
- Best cream pot highlighter: Decorté Dip in Glow Cream Highlighter
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