13 Best Summer Highlighters For a Glowing Skin
13 Shimmery Highlighters That Will Leave You Glowing All Summer Long
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We support wearing highlight year-round, but it's almost criminal to skip out on the strobing step in your summer makeup routine. No summer beauty look is complete without a dusting of a shimmery highlighter.
When shopping for a new summer highlighter to incorporate into our makeup routine, we look for formulas that glide onto the skin, blend out easily, and create a glow so stunning your iPhone camera can pick it up in photos. We recommend you keep a few shades handy to coordinate with different makeup trends and experiment with placing the shimmering powders and liquids on your collar bones, eyebrow bones, and anywhere else you want to highlight.
Ahead, you'll find the best highlighters for summer to give your complexion an all-over radiance and glow.
BECCA Cosmetics Ignite Liquified Light Face & Body Highlighter
The BECCA Cosmetics Ignite Liquified Light Face & Body Highlighter ($38) is a face and body highlighter rolled into one. It gives skin a pearly glow with its lightweight, non-sticky liquid formula.
Physicians Formula Butter Highlighter
For a luxurious, cream-powder higlighter formula, try the Physicians Formula Butter Highlighter ($11). It bronzes your skin while giving it a radiant glow.
Aether Beauty Supernova Crushed Diamond Highlighter
The Aether Beauty Supernova Crushed Diamond Highlighter ($38) works beautifully on all skin tones, especially deep. It gives your complexion a super-soft, ethereal glow.
NYX Professional Makeup California Beamin' Face & Body Liquid Highlighter
Th NYX Professional Makeup California Beamin' Face & Body Liquid Highlighter ($10) comes in two shades, gold and silver, but the gold hue is perfect for summer. It's infused with avocado, rosehip, grapeseed, and jojoba oil, making it ultra-moisturising.
E.l.f. Cosmetics Baked Highlighter
The E.l.f. Cosmetics Jelly Highlighter ($6) has a bouncy, ultra-blendable jelly formula that glides over skin and can be used on your eyes, cheeks, collarbones, and more.
Beauty by POPSUGAR Be Bright Shimmer Highlighter
Get a subtle dewy gleam with the Beauty by POPSUGAR Be Bright Shimmer Highlighter ($32). It glides smoothly onto the skin without ever looking chunky.
Marc Jacobs Dew Drops Coconut Gel Highlighter in Dew You?
A few dabs of Marc Jacobs Dew Drops Coconut Gel Highlighter ($45) will have you feeling like a beach goddess. Simply pat on with a finger and blend out with a brush or sponge.
Fenty Beauty Killawatt Freestyle Highlighter
You'll get two soft bronze shades in the Fenty Beauty Killawatt Freestyle Highlighter ($36) to light up your cheekbones.
Milk Makeup Flex Highlighter
You'll feel like a golden disco ball in the Milk Makeup Flex Highlighter ($28), which applies smoothly and melts onto skin.
Wet n Wild MegaGlo Highlighting Powder
Wet n Wild knows a thing or two about creating game-changing yet affordable makeup, and the Wet n Wild MegaGlo Highlighting Powder ($4) is no different. The smooth powders blend seamlessly and have tons of saturated colour.
ColourPop Super Shock Highlighter
The cream-powder texture of the ColourPop Super Shock Highlighter ($8) is buildable, allowing you to achieve either a sheer glow or an otherworldly shine with a few extra coats. Each highlighter is buttery soft and leaves you looking lit from within.
Essence Pure Nude Highlighter
Not only does the gorgeous hue of the Essence Pure Nude Highlighter ($4) give you a subtle and natural gleam on your skin, but for under $5, the quality is breathtaking.
Benefit Cosmetics Cookie Highlighter
The golden-pearl hue of the Benefit Cosmetics Cookie Highlighter ($30) will have you glowing with one sweep of the included brush.
