Today’s blog posts is by Lauren from Rose Esprit, which is a fabulous blog with great variety! She has chosen some great highlighters to talk about! Enjoy…
Highlighting is one of my favourite things to do in my make up routine, I think every make up look can be pulled together and completed with a gorgeous highlighter. I love a sheen to my skin and highlighters are the perfect solution.
Each of these highlighters give a gorgeous glow in their own ways, I’m a big fan of the sheen that cream highlighters create, and the shimmer that powder highlighters show.
Cream Highlighters
Illamasqua Cream Blush in Lies: This is my favourite cream highlighter, whenever I try to buy a backup it is always sold out. It’s a very pretty and subtle light pink sheen that looks best when dabbed with a finger onto the tops of the cheekbones. I find that it keeps my face looking fresh and lasts throughout the entire day.
Benefit High Beam: I usually use this cream highlighter after I’ve applied my foundation, I apply it liberally under my eyes and out to my cheekbones and dab it in with my fingers. It isn’t a very obvious highlighter, which I actually prefer, much like Lies it keeps me looking fresh and awake, and it doesn’t need a careful application.
Topshop Cheeks in Prism: This is a very light highlighter, more of a creamy white, I find the stick a bit hard, I prefer to rub it on my fingers then dab it on my face.
Swatches.
(L-R Lies, High Beam, Prism)
Powder Highlighters
MAC Mineralize Skin Finish in Soft and Gentle: At first I didn’t like this highlighter, I don’t particularly like irridescent products, I find that they just end up looking like glitter all over my face, but with the right brush it works wonders. This champagne esque powder looks best when applied with a MAC 116 brush. It’s also lovely when applied to the shoulders on a night out.
HnM Bronzer/Highlighter/Blush Trio: The highlighter in this trio is not one that I’ve used for a long time, it’s a white shimmery highlighter, when used in small amounts it looks gorgeous on a night out, however I woulden’t use it during the day to work.
Sleek Contour Kit: The highlighter in this is also one I would bring out at night to give that extra oomph to my cheekbones and make me “shine from within”
Swatches
(L-R Soft and Gentle, HnM trio, Sleek Contour Kit)
What highlighters have you been loving?
This is such a useful post, I've been wanting to buy a highlighter for such a long time, thank you 🙂 xox
i love highlighters! thanks for this post!
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such a great posts! i am always interested in looking for new highlighters! high beam is also one of my favorites 🙂
I love Benefit's high beam – especially on my cupids bow!
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Highlighters are my favorite beauty products but I've realized nobody notices the difference! I love this one I bought from Forever 21 and Bonebell makes a bronzer that gives this amazing bronze-y highlight! They're both super affordable! I really want to try a Mac mineralize skin finish though. xoxo
I use high beam every day – I wouldn't be without it!
I've been wanting to try this topshop stick for a while though – there's so many topshop cosmetics I want to try I'll end up spending a fortune next time I'm in!
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I prefer liquid/cream to powder, High Beam is beautiful!
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amazing, love this, will deffo be looking for some of the brands you mentioned in stores!
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awesome post!! <3 i love Lies
illamasqua is amazing in general!
What a good post! The MAC Mineralize Skin Finishes are my favourite by far, but I've been wanting to try High Beam for agggeees..
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