One beauty essential we’ve become obsessed with over the past few years is highlighter, and LOTS of it.
From highlighting your cheekbones, to your cupids bow – we simply can’t live without a shimmery gold dust for the face.
Now that summer is approaching, and we all know summer is the time we want to achieve that extra glow, so in honour of that – we’ve listed our favourite highlighter right now to get you summer ready.
1. Urban Decay: Afterglow Highlighter – Sin
This new 8-Hour powder highlighter from Urban Decay is the perfect light pink champagne shade to give you that golden glow.
The products lightweight and finely milled texture allows the product to blend easily, while maintaining a build able highlight.
Promising to last all day, this is the ultimate summer make up bag must-have.
Pick this up from Urban Decay beauty counters in Debenhams nationwide for just €28.Â
2. theBalm: Mary-Lou ManizerÂ
Another favourite powder highlighter, this product has received rave reviews ever since it hit the shelves.
This stunning honey-hued luminizer is a guaranteed eye catcher, and acts as a highlighter, shadow and shimmer.
Probably one of theBalm’s most loved products – you NEED this on your wishlist.
You can pick up this up from Cloud10Beauty for just €21.50.Â
3. Benefit: High Beam
This luminescent complexion enhancer has been around for years, but still remains one of our firm favourites.
The satiny pink liquid highlighter accents your cheek and brow bones for a dewy glow, and can be used as a spot highlighter over makeup or worn under complexion products for a subtle luminescence.
The best thing? The colour tone of this highlighter is a DREAM on paler skin – perfect for us Irish gals!
You can purchase this from Debenhams for €27.50.Â
4. MAC: Mineralize Skinfinish – Soft & GentleÂ
If you haven’t heard about MAC Soft & Gentle, then we don’t know where you have been.
One of the most loved highlighters in the world of makeup – this gilded peach bronze shade with a high-frost metallic finish just screams summer.
This luxurious powder contains a 77-Mineral Complex and adds highlight to the face and body – what more could you want?
Pick this up from Brown Thomas for €31.Â
5. Cocoa Brown: Golden Goddess Oil
Not only is this dry shimmering body oil designed to give your body an illuminating glow – but it’s also designed to highlight the face as well.
This oil will create a silky smooth finish with an added subtle shimmer to highlight your best features and create an overall glowing complexion.
Highlight your face features by applying small amounts of the Golden Goddess oil to your cheekbones, the tip of your nose and your cupids bow with your fingers and gently blend out.
Hailed as one of celebrity makeup artist Joyce Bonelli’s favourite highlighters and shimmering oils – even Khloe Kardashian is a fan.
Pick this up in stocking pharmacies and Penneys nationwide for an incredible €11.95.Â
7. Blank Canvas Pippa Palette: Lulu
Everyone has been obsessed with Pippa O’Connor’s palette ever since it was released, but we especially love the highlighter shade.
Lulu is a stunning golden champagne powder highlighter, and is perfect for highlighting the cheekbone, browbone and inner tear duct.
Not only does the Pippa palette have everything you need in one (and for such a great price) but the quality of the palette’s products are amazing – especially Lulu.
The great news? The shade of this highlighter looks great on every skintone and glides onto the skin with one swipe of a brush.
The Pippa palette retails at an amazing €34.99 – but luckily for you we’ve got a competition running to be in with a chance to win THREE Pippa palettes thanks to Cloud10Beauty – get entering!Â
8. SOSU Complete Contour Palette: Shade 5
Suzanne Jackson’s latest creation has us all obsessed with concealing, contouring and highlighting our face.
The palette itself features both powder and cream contour and concealer, as well as a stunning creamy luminescent highlighter that will leave positively glowing.
Available from www.sosu.ie as well as selected pharmacies nationwide for just €29.95, you need this complete contour palette in your life – especially for that highlighter.
