Porcelain Beauties: Highlighters/ Products to give you that "GLOW"

[Growing Wings]

SweetPink, have you tried using nylon e/s? That's my go to highlight. If that's still too dark,a fairly sheer white shadow works just as well.

I've recently discovered Too Faced Snow Bunny and Pink Leopard bronzers. They have to be used with a light hand, but now that the sun's come out it's nice to look like I have a bit of a sun-touched glow!

[Forever]

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[Simply Elegant]

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Originally Posted by SweetPink

Oh gosh im sooo gl;ad it isnt just me that finds highlighters tough to find for my PPP-LLL complexion ~ sure the glowy skin-toned ones are 'fairly' easy to find (you know the type that you use ON your cheeks/cheekbones as like a cross between a blush.bronzer/highlighter.....
but a PROPER h/l like you use under your brownbone but for above your cheekbones i find *reeeeeally* tough to find.
so far im susing MAC Sculpt & Shape in the 2nd lightest shade, which is of course 1 shade too dark (arrggghhhhh! it was received in a swap and iv been desperately trying to get a hold of Bone-Beige/Emphasize or just Emphasize on its own ever since!)
I find e/s highlights tough to find for my skintone too ~ the ever popular Vanilla Pigment looks ridiculous,... the gold shimmer is deeper than my skintone so doesnt 'high'light... it just looks flippin' ridiculous ~ as do a lot of thsese so-called highlighting products with gold reflects./. arrgghhhh! ...
damn being PPP!

Try using a white or cream coloured eye shadow instead. I use next to nothing eyeshadow on my cheeks and it works well.

[Buttercup]

I found a highlighter I like but it's ridiculously expensive and also hard to find, great! I got a sample of it, it's by Suqqu, a Japanese brand, I think. It's a cream that gives a really subtle glow/illuminating effect, just what I'm after in a highlighter.

[revoltofagirl]

I use stila starlight eyeshadow and occasionally a little of stila illuminating tinted moisturizer on my cheekbones.

[Efionawade]

MAC SOFT AND GENTLE MSF!! Everyone neeeds to try it it's so nice. Hehe seriously I used it on almost all the grads I did makeup on this season and it looks so so so good on evvvveryone!

[proflady]

Well, I'm an extreme PPP, and my favorite product to give me a glow isn't a highlighter. It's La Mer translucent loose powder. It has this hint of glowy irridescence, but is totally natural looking. Yes, it costs an arm and a leg, but it gives a super natural every day glow. I adore this powder.

For more traditional highlighters, I love Perfect Topping msf, Becca Nymph or Angel PSP, NARS Copacabana, and Jemma Kidd Rose Gold Highlighting Cream. Yes, I love highlighters. I also have several blushes with some shimmer to them that make me look glowy -- Chanel JC in Narcisse and Turbulent, and Rock and Republic Call Me blush.

[kathyp]

I mix a little bit of strobe liquid into Clinique's City Block, which I usually wear under my makeup. Initially I started doing this because City Block leaves a weird, muddy orange tint on my face and I wanted to "lighten it up." (Love the sunscreen, hate the color.) It's pretty subtle, especially when topped with powder, but nice and glowy. Most highlighters make me look like I'm in the midst of a hot flash rather lit from within. This works well.

[innocent]

Being extremely pale person, I use Givenchy's Mister Light, it's very subtle and beautiful (and very expensive).
For everyday I wear Skinlights, although I like better Revlon's old brick shimmer (I still have one) it's more bright, Skinlights is almost invisible on me.

I am still trying to find a perfect pressed powder highlighter.

[innocent]

Has anyone ried NARS Albatros? I read it's fabulous, but I want porcelain beauties check first

[Little Addict]

I haven't used albatross but have used the Nars e/s in Himalayas which is white with a pinkish sheen and that is a great highlighter for me

[lucyinthesky]

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Originally Posted by innocent

Has anyone ried NARS Albatros? I read it's fabulous, but I want porcelain beauties check first

I am a PPP and I LOVE Albatross. It is a beautiful pale white gold colour and it gives off a nice sheen - no chunks of glitter. This is definitely my favourite highlighter and one of the only I own that is actually light enough in colour to 'highlight'!

[shadowaddict]

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Originally Posted by lucyinthesky

I am a PPP and I LOVE Albatross. It is a beautiful pale white gold colour and it gives off a nice sheen - no chunks of glitter. This is definitely my favourite highlighter and one of the only I own that is actually light enough in colour to 'highlight'!

I'm a little lighter than NC15 and I was just going to place a Sephora order anyway for the new U/D e/s and a couple of MUFE liners so I ordered Albatross. It sounds really pretty. I hate chuncky glitter on my face but a nice sheen sounds lovely. Thanks for the recommendation.

[innocent]

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Originally Posted by Little Addict

I haven't used albatross but have used the Nars e/s in Himalayas which is white with a pinkish sheen and that is a great highlighter for me

ok, thnx, this sounds better for me, because I am cool toned
does it matter at all that it is an eyeshadow?

edit: and now I see it's not completely white.
I think I will rather try Albatros, hope that gold sheen isn't too obvious.

[Sshaythiel]

MAC lightly lilac loose powder (d/c )

MAC MSF Lighscapade

MAC MSF Moon River

[slowdownbaby]

The blonde MSF it's my favorite It gives me such a nice highlight and blush!

[HerGreyness]

Besides Albatross for highlighting, I like Perfect Topping MAC, Ethereal Rose (Laura Geller) and for a real cheapo, Glow blush from Cover girl

[Ggxox]

Yes I love Moonriver blush too! I'm also loving Perfect Topping MSF and Porcelain Pink MSF to highlight. Both beautiful.

xoxo

[Tahti]

I've been trying to get Moon River to work on me as a highlight but FAIL, it either comes up darker than my skin or doesn't show up at all. I've been trying ever since I got it cause I love it so much lol, but to no avail...

However, I've found a solution - drug store frosty white E/S's! I got tired of using up all my Crystal Avalanche so quickly for skin highlight, so I bought some random cheap look-a-like E/S's, and they work! Hurrah! xD Their staying power on eyes it of course crap, but for some reason they adhere to my cheekbones et cetera really well and don't slip...

[kathyp]

I have dryish skin that makes shiny highlighters look gritty, so on a lark dotted a bit of Maybelline's white concealer on my cheekbones for a nice, creamy highlighter, It's not white really, but a very pale ivory. (I have an example of it next to NW15 in the swatch thread.) Usually I just use this stuff to lighten too dark concealers, but with a light hand it makes a nice highlighter with no sparkle whatsoever.

[Mygreatlove]

This is an old thread but thought I would add.

I use MAC'S CCB in Luna. Works like a charm

[Dani California]

Has anybody tried those complexion enhancers a lot of the companies use? I use the one Elizabeth arden does, called let there be light. Its great on my pale pale skin, gives a very light pinky glow to the face. Lovely under any other skin foundation etc. Also good but a bit dark on me is the Estee lauder spotlight one.

Has anybody tried the YSL teint parfait at all? I like the look of them. And the givenchy version Acti'me skin perfectors? And smashbox do artificial lights? I'm intrigued and love to know if anyones tried them?

[xKiKix]

grrrr, i brought the sculpt and shape duo from the dsquared collection, but for some reason the highlighter looks nice when swatched on my arm but its practically invisible on the face. i still prefer vanilla pigment above all else.

[Ravenciara]

So far for me it has been Mac Barbie Pearl Sunshine and Benefit Dandelion that gives me a nice healthy glow, love them!

[ButterflyDior77]

I'm NC20 , Dark brown hair, green eyes.

I love Benefit's "Ten" Highlight and bronzer duo. The highlighter is really "glow" sheentastic! The bronzer is nice too..It has small shimmer in it so that's good. Nars Orgasm blush gives me a glow too.
Mac's Strobe cream and prep and prime brightens and gives my face a healthy glow.
I've bought Nars Albatross and I think it will be perfect on me .
Too Faced's Candlelight is good sorta like albatross.

I tried Dandelion by Benefit in the store and it didn't show up on me at all. It blended into my skin tone. So I didn't get it.

Macs Dainty MB is nice for a pinky cheek glow.

Benefit's one hot minute is a nice all over bronzing powder that brightens the face and bronzes a tad.