Solid Highlighter

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If you're looking for a way to highlight your cheekbones, nose, or Cupid's bow, a highlighter is the way to go. It's the perfect tool for adding a little glow to your face. Here are some great options for solid highlighters available today.

Benefit CosmeticsCookie and Tickle Shimmer Finish Powder Highlighters

Size: 0.28 oz / 8 g·ITEM: 2520468

Color: Cookie - golden pearl

1.1K Reviews

$52.00

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I would say this is for people who prefer a solid reflective highlighter. 4 stars because I feel like this may not be entirely office appropriate if you are looking for something on a subtle glow from within finish. ...Beautiful Highlighter...One of my favourite highlighters! Very natural and not patchy at all!

What it is: A silky-soft, superfine powder highlighter.

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.

What Else You Need to Know: These powder highlighters feel featherlight, sweep on effortlessly, and build easily. Get Cookie for a warm, delicious golden shimmer. Go with Tickle for a perfectly tickled-pink, luminous look.

Westman AtelierSuper Loaded Tinted Cream Highlighter

Size: 0.14 oz/ 4g·ITEM: 2415073

Color: Peau de Soleil - warm bronze gold

208 Reviews

$105.00

Overall I think it’s a solid product but I’m not sure it justifies the price point for a highlighter. ...Super Loaded Cream Highlighter is like a lux clean version to Color Pop's Super Shock highlighters.

What it is: A clean, award-winning, multipurpose cream highlighter that gives skin a luminous glow in three universal shades.


Coverage: Medium


Finish: Radiant


Formulation: Cream


Highlighted Ingredients:

- Hyaluronic Acid: Boosts moisture.

- Jojoba Seed Oil: Improves hydration and strengthens skin’s moisture barrier.

- Caper Extract: Helps soothe, calm, and reduce the appearance of redness.


Ingredient Callouts: This product is gluten-free and cruelty-free.

Charlotte TilburyGlow Glide Face Architect Highlighter

Size: 0.24 oz / 7 g·ITEM: 2643336

Color: Rose Gold - true rose gold

627 Reviews

$66.50

I do enjoy this highlighter but truthfully it isn't much different that other CT highlighters I've used. ...For the price, that’s annoying, but the quality of the actual makeup is very solid....Solid but nothing crazy

What it is: A powder highlighter that glides on like a liquid to give skin an instant, skin-perfecting filter to highlight, sculpt, and lift.


Highlighted Ingredients:

- Silky Squalane: Glides onto the skin for an even glow; never patchy, dry, or cakey.

- Smoothing Emollients: Perfect and hydrate the skin for a satin-smooth texture.

Anastasia Beverly HillsIced Out Illuminating Powder Highlighter

Size: 0.39 oz/ 11 g·ITEM: 2411494

Color: Iced Out - icy white gold

571 Reviews

$46.00

The packaging was very elegant! It's a nice heavy, solid compact with a good sizes mirror. The color is gorgeous, however I was disappointed and I felt like I had to use alot to achieve the right amount of highlight compared to my favorite highlighter....Wish more highlighters were like this one!...Most powder highlighters are powdery shimmers (when swatched you get a solid stripe of shimmery color.

What it is: A universally flattering, illuminating highlighter that has the perfect combination of smooth finish and ultra-beam effects for a lit-from-within radiance.

Coverage: Medium

Finish:
Radiant

Formulation:
Pressed Powder

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

What Else You Need to Know: This highlighter delivers a multidimensional wet-effect shine, with the high reflectivity of a liquid and the weightlessness of a powder. It delivers buildable intensity, amplifying beautiful skin and taking you from subtle luminosity to a full, icy strobing effect.

Fenty Beauty by RihannaKillawatt Foil Freestyle Highlighter

Size: 2 x 0.12 oz/ 3.5 g·ITEM: 2211084

Color: Ruby Richez - metallic brick red

610 Reviews

$54.00

best highlighters to experiment with color...You will love this highlighters if you want to experiment with color you can do soft highlighter or very intense. ...Super pigmented too so you ca. go light for a highlighter or heavy for say eyeshadow.

What it is: A weightless, long-wear, cream-powder hybrid highlighter—in solos and duos—with a hyper-metallic finish, in a range of shades designed for all skin tones.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens and phthalates. This product is also cruelty-free.

What Else You Need to Know: Killawatt Foil has the same creamy texture as the original, in a new, mega-reflective, foil-like finish. These buildable, color-rich luminizers come in rule-defying shades that look killer on all skin tones. The cream-powder hybrid melts into skin and blends with almost zero effort.

SaieGlowy Super Gel Lightweight Dewy Multipurpose Illuminator

Size: 1.0 oz·ITEM: 2414035

Color: Sunglow - warm golden bronze

3.9K Reviews

$43.00

solid glow...This gel highlighter is light on your skin and dries fairly quick. ...I am not a highlighter or illuminator person but I love this and bought after trying a sample.

What it is: This lightweight, non-comedogenic illuminator is your forever first step under makeup for a hydrated, glowy radiance.


Finish: Radiant


Formulation: Liquid


Highlighted Ingredients: 

- Plant-Derived Glycerin: Powerful humectant known to increase skin’s natural moisture level.

- Olive-Derived Squalane: Locks in moisture and leaves skin quenched and visibly glowing.

$33.00

I’ve been looking everywhere for a perfect highlighter and I finally found it....This liner goes on really easily, and has a solid intense payout with smooth application. I love that it has a smudger on the other end of the brush and I've used it when I accidentally go to low on the water line or to even it out.

What it is: A tug-proof gel eyeliner in a universally flattering nude and white highlighter shade.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, phthalates, mineral oil, sulfates SLS & SLES, and triclosan. It is also cruelty-free.

What Else You Need to Know: This product is vegan, dermatologist and ophthalmologist tested, and is safe for contact lens wearers.

MAKE UP FOR EVERArtist Longwear Skin-fusing Powder Highlighter

Size: .17 oz / 5 g·ITEM: 2690089

Color: H150 Major Gold - metallic yellow gold

95 Reviews

$45.00

Incredible highlighter for a natural look. It makes your skin look glowy in an authentic way and does not leave a bumpy metallic stripe like most highlighters....Great highlighter...Overall, I think this is a solid pick.

What it is: A skin-fusing powder highlighter with a velvety texture that melts into skin for a natural, lit-from-within glow or high-impact shimmer effect.

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

Still feeling out if I like a liquid based or solid base for highlighter. Pretty color...This highlighter... THIS HIGHLIGHTER!!! I have been using it every single day since I've bought it and I'm literally in love!

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.

MILK MAKEUPDewy Cream Highlighter Stick

Size: .24·ITEM: 2448504

Color: Flash - Golden Bronze

999 Reviews

$33.00

This highlighter is super pretty however I don’t really like it because it’s kind of chunky ana glowy and I like glowing highlighters better than chunky ones but that’s just a personal preference. ...It is not as pigmented as my other highlighters so I use it as like a “highlighter primer” to give a good base for my much stronger highlighter (benefit cookie highlighter) so I actually really like it for that purpose.

What it is: A clean, dewy cream highlighter stick with a nourishing formula that builds and blends seamlessly for a radiant, shimmery glow.


Ingredient Callouts: This product is vegan. 


What Else You Need to Know: Packed with nourishing ingredients, this creamy, non-drying formula is lightweight and melts into skin for a luminous finish. It’s infused with micro-shimmer and hydrating ingredients like mango butter, peach nectar, and avocado oil, so you’ll glow with the good stuff. The compact size has 1,000+ swipes, so you get tons of wear with less packaging.

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“The packaging is so beautiful and the mirror makes it easy to apply on the go. Easy to blend into your makeup, leaving a flawless finish”
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“You appear to have a glow from within, I will never use another highlighter. You can make it soft or intense. ONLY complaint I have is that the bottle is SO messy”
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“It's easy to user and not messy unlike liquid/tube highlighters. There is NOT alot of product, i learned this when the gold/highlighter fell out of the case onto the floor”
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“By itself, it’s a targeted creamy glow and mixed with moisturizer it’s a subtle all-over glow. Not a trace of highlighter can be seen, just luminous skin I have light/neutral skin with yellow under tones and virtual (luminous peach) blends in beautifully”
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“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”
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