How To Highlight Your Facial Features

Most women I know would give anything to have their skin described as “luminous.” I mean, who doesn’t want to look they are glowing from within rather than having flat matte one dimensional skin??

{My 4 “highlighted” facial features :: eyes, cheekbones, nose, and bow of lip}

There are definitely best spots/areas on a face that highlighting products should be placed to best accentuate your favorite features. Now I wouldn’t highlight every single facial feature on one face all at once like I’ve shown you above (I’ve just done this so I could kill two bird with one stone and show you all of your options at once)! But you should stick to one or two areas with highlighter and call it a day.

Below are my “before” highlighting products and then the “after.”

{Before with only matte products applied}

{My After with all 4 highlighted areas}

My tips for highlighting:

*Product used- Too Faced Cosmetics Snow Bunny Bronzing Powder- I used the pinky/white shades in the palette (not the bronze stripe). If you want a liquid version, try Benefit’s High Beam, which is good for drier skin and would go underneath your other makeup for a more subtle appearance. For my foundation, I used my newly purchased Revlon PhotoReady Compact makeup in Shell- loving this stuff so far!*

1. Consider your skin tone. If you have dark skin, pick highlighters that have a warm golden finish- lighter white/silver based ones will leave you looking ashy, not glowy. Fair skinned ladies can use blue based and silver products for their best complexion. I used silver based products on my skin.

{Pressing the highlighter in the tear duct area to make eyes sparkle!}

2. Strategically apply your highlighter. Like I said before, pick one or two spots to place highlighter and leave the rest of your products matte. For example, I used two flat grey shadows on my eyes because I knew I would be placing a shimmery silver in the tear duct area and wanted it to be a nice contrast. I also used a flat bronzer and blush, you get the picture.

{Swiping my highlighter down the bridge of my nose to give definition}