Blinding Highlight

Good afternoon makeup lovers! Today we are going to talk about my FAVORITE makeup item: highlight. Highlight is a light powder or cream that is placed on the high points of your face that you want to emphasize. Because the powder is lightly colored, when the light hits your face, it catches on the highlight and emphasizes where you put it. The best kind of highlight, in my opinion, is highly pigmented and shimmery, causing your face to glow with dewy perfection. Below are some of my best highlighting tips.

HIGHLIGHTING TIPS:

• Place highlight just on the highest point of your cheekbones for a simplistic look. 
• For a more dewy look, place highlight on the cheekbones, the tip of your nose, on your brow bones, and the bridge of your nose. 
• To draw emphasis to your lips, place highlight on your cupids bow.  
• Avoid placing highlight on bumpy places on your skin. Highlight will draw attention to blemishes and bumps on your skin. 
• Have fun with your highlight! Go for different colors like blue, purple, and even rainbow colored highlights. 

There are a ton of highlighting palette on the market; some are super expensive while others are fairly priced. Below I have listed my favorite highlighting pallets and why. 

SLEEK: SOLSTICE PALETTE 

The Sleek Solstice Pallete, in my opinion, is probably the best on the market. The pigment is incredible, it is only priced at $12, and beats other highlights that are priced at over $40. It includes three powder shades and one cream shade. What I really love about this highlight is that that it comes with a purple! The purple color is my favorite and it is wonderful to put in the corners of your eyes. For people with fair skin, the lightest color is perfect because it shows up on the light skin. For a more bronzy look, use the peachy color. Lastly, the cream color can be used for a great shimmer on any skin tone. This palette can be bought on Sleek's website. (Link below.) 

ANASTASIA BEVERLY HILLS: THAT GLOW 

Anastasia Beverly Hills has many successful glow kits and has many different colors for all skin types. This kit, in particular, is my favorite because of the light yellow. (It's blinding.) I love the yellow highlight because of its pigment and the glow that it gives you on your cheekbones.  All of Anastasia Beverly Hills Glow Kits are $40 and up. I think this pallet is a little pricey, but there is a decent amount of product and will last over a year. This palette can be bought at Sephora. 

BECCA x JACLYN HILL: CHAMPAGNE POP PALETTE

Champagne Pop is Becca Cosmetic's signature highlighter. It is sold separately and also in multiple palettes from Becca. This palette is wonderful because it has the iconic highlighter and two other shades. The white shade is blinding and the darker color can be used for more than just a highlight. This palette compliments all skin tones and can be bought for $40. This palette can be bought at Sephora. 

All of these palettes are excellent buys! Buy them for a friend or just treat yourself! Blind everyone with your fierce highlight and continue to slay! Happy contouring! 

Photo Credit:

Sleek: http://www.sleekmakeup.com/eu/solstice-highlighting-paletteThat Glow: http://www.spencesbeautydepot.com/uploads/3/9/0/4/39041847/3446979_orig.jpg

Champagne Pop: http://www.temptalia.com/becca-champagne-glow-palette-for-holiday-2015/

Sleek Solstice Palette: http://www.sleekmakeup.com/eu/solstice-highlighting-palette