How to Apply Highlight
In the past few years, no cosmetic has made an impact on the beauty industry more than a highlighter. The purpose of a highlighter is to give you that glow from within look and to bring out the highpoints of your face.
How to Pick The Right Highlighter For Your Skin Type
Choosing a highlighter that works well with your skin type is key to achieving that perfect glow. If you have oily skin, a powder highlight may be a better option. You want to stay clear of liquid or cream highlighters when you have oily skin because after applying your makeup, within a few hours, the highlighter can appear to look greasy. Not exactly the look you want. Powder highlighters often stay matte and glide onto the skin smoothly.
Liquid and cream highlighters are good for anyone that has dry skin; these kinds of highlighters give the skin a luminous appearance.
Picking a Highlighter That Compliments Your Skin Tone
In addition to giving you the coveted bright and dewy skin look, a highlighter that compliments your skin tone is essential. Fair-skinned beauties should choose a highlighter that has an icy, pearlescent, and soft champagne sheen so that it provides just the right amount of radiance to the skin. It’s best to avoid shades that have a bronze or dark pink undertone. Shades that have a light pink or peachy undertone can accentuate your complexion.
Beauties that have medium and a warm based skin tone should avoid frosted colored highlighters. Golden bronze undertones are the most flattering for this skin tone.
Deeper skinned beauties that use highlighters that are bronzed and rose gold colored will enhance their complexion perfectly. In addition, a highly pigmented formula works well on darker skin. Frosted shades can make the skin look dull, which defeats the purpose of obtaining that ethereal glow.
How to Apply Your Highlighter
After you have chosen the perfect shade and formula for your skin, now it’s time to apply the highlighter. The goal is to make everyone think that you are just naturally blessed with glowing skin.
The first step is to decide which features on your face you want to emphasize the most. Highlighter adds dimension and grabs onto the light that reflects from your face.
It can be applied to the top of your cheekbones, down the bridge of your nose, inside the corner of your eyes, and underneath the brow bone. These areas on your face have the most dimension when light hits those spots. You want to bring the main focus to these areas which are known as the high planes of your face.
In conclusion, applying a highlighter with the right tool is just as important as having the correct formula for your skin. Many makeup artists suggest that you use a highlighter fan brush for a soft glow. A highlighter fan brush is more delicate than a traditional powder brush. It makes the highlighter go on gently, and it doesn’t pick up a large amount of product at once.