TL;DR
Rare Beauty Liquid Highlighter
The Rare Beauty liquid highlighter is frequently mentioned across discussions as a top choice for those seeking a glowy, non-glittery finish. Users appreciate its ability to provide a natural radiance that doesn't appear overly metallic or glittery [1:6],
[4:2]. It's often compared favorably against other products for its subtle yet impactful shine.
Catrice and Other Budget-Friendly Options
For those looking for budget-friendly alternatives, the Catrice Wonder Woman Liquid Luminizer Face Drops are suggested as a comparable option to more expensive or discontinued products [2:2]. Additionally, Colourpop's Super Shock Highlighters are noted for their cream-to-powder formula that blends seamlessly into the skin, providing a beautiful sheen without chunky glitter
[4:3].
High-End Alternatives
For a more luxurious option, RMS Beauty's Luminizer is highlighted for its pearlescent finish that avoids any glitter, making it suitable for mature or dry skin [4:1]. Chanel Baume Essential is also recommended for those who prefer a natural, dewy look with a hint of sophistication
[5:7].
Other Notable Mentions
These recommendations cater to a range of preferences and budgets, ensuring there's a suitable liquid highlighter for everyone seeking that perfect glow.
I'm looking for a non-glittery liquid highlighter that has the Glossier vibe. My natural MSBB powder highlighter doesn't stick to my dry skin and the haloscope just never dries down. I've heard the Rare Beauty liquid highlighter is good, but it's always sold out when I look on Sephora. While I'm looking around, does anyone have any suggestions?? Tnx <3
Chanel sculpting stick highlighter is what I WISHED halo scope would be! Perfection!
Agreed, this is my fave highlighter of all time!!!!
Ooooh ok I'll look into that one-- the Baume essentiel?
Yes! Sculpting is my fav shade but they are all gorgeous
Agreed! They’re sooo good
I use the nudestix stick highlighter (in illumi-naughty, because I’m pale cool toned) completely non glittery and non greasy!
I’m not sure if this may work for you but Lush has a highlighter/skin tint called Feeling Younger that looks absolutely amazing and leaves your skin feeling soft. (I think it may have glitter in it but it’s definitely not chunky).
i have it and it def gives a beautiful glow but i would say it’s more like a toned down twilight vamp shimmer. i think it’s just super small mica but i like it because of the sparkle instead of some highlighters looking metallic
I use future dew as a highlighter :)
Not liquid so maybe not helpful, but fenty highlighters are... untouchable. They are so fantastic, you can brush it out so it's just a nice glow or leave it concentrated and you'll look like a spotlight. For a little more budget friendly, I like colourpop's super shock highlighters and their powders!
I am forever mourning Milk's holographic stick in stardust, it was such a beautiful natural pink, exactly what i think glossier is (or should be lol) going for with haloscope. They discontinued it literally a week before I ran out of my little mini, rip my angel lol.
I have been holding this liquid highlighter for probably 7 years. It is legit the best & one of my favorite products but it’s finally almost gone 😭 I am open to other shades too! Still have never found a liquid highlighter like this before. It never comes off plus the shine is unreal!
Check out this one from Catrice. I ordered it but have not received it yet. Looks similar to what you are looking for. :)
https://www.catricecosmetics.com/collections/face/products/wonder-woman-liquid-luminizer-face-drops
Yes!!! Thank you! And especially can’t turn that down with 15% off your first order
Yea! They were having a Memorial Day sale last week, so I placed an order. Everything came in this past Saturday. Will be using my new face drops tomorrow. I also ordered their foundation, since I had heard so many nice things. So excited to try all my new stuff. :)
L’Oréal le glass and glow
I have le glass and glow and it’s nice, but it’s a cream and not a liquid
I’ll try it. I just love the look of liquid or maybe even cream highlighters for that matter
Ty! 🥰
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OMG TY 🙏🙏🙏 That is exactly what I was looking for!!!
Enjoy!!!
Beauty Bay has good ones.
Please send recommendations for the most stunning highlighter that really pops. I don’t want too much glitter in it more of just something that catches the light and please don’t say it has been posted before I want to start a new discussion lol. Thank you💖💖💖💖🌸🌸🌷🌷
When you say breathtaking, do you want something super blinding and metallic a la 2016 YouTube, bright and glowy (but not with more oomph than a natural radiance effect), dewy and wet looking, or do you want something that looks more like a more natural radiant lit from within glow?
If it’s the last one, then Bobbi Brown Pink Glow ✨. You can even build it up to be more bright and glowy, and if you apply super heavily or with a more dense brush, you can make it pretty blinding!
If you want a 2016 glow then Ofra highlighters are a 10/10
I want to try Ofra highlighters but I tell myself no every time I see them at Marshall’s because I usually use eyeshadow as highlighter (with the exception of Bobbi Brown Pink Glow) 😭. I never tried them back in the day and I feel the feminine urge to do 2016 makeup with it 😂😂.
These were so underrated when they came out, that rose gold one had a bright pink flash, it was the first one I thought of.
Rare Beauty Mesmerize but it is very glowy
My sister has the Jaclyn one and it’s like a straight up mirror, it’s to reflective
I don’t know about breathtaking but my favorite on bare skin is Charlotte Tilbury’s highlighter wand. It looks lit from within.
I’ve been on this search for so long and have bought and returned SO many things— I’m just so tired of looking and figured I’d come to the experts. Every highlighter I try has chunky pieces of glitter in it. I’m 34 and I just feel like glitter doesn’t have a place in my skincare routine anymore.
I have dry skin too so if there’s a liquid option that’s more Pearlescent and less disco-ball when you’re in the sun/harsh light, open to that as well. I’d of course love the ease of a powder option and have yet to find anything that isn’t crazy glittery. HALP!
Perricone No Makeup Highlighter is very subtle, pearlescent, and has no glitter. They also have a solid “balm” format that looks interesting.
I also like Rare Beauty Highlighter bc it packs a bit more shine. I do not find this glittery (hate glitter!) but you might disagree.
I was coming to suggest the Rare Beauty highlighters as well. I don't find it glittery at all and frankly it's been difficult to top for me!
Try Colourpop Super Shock Highlighters. They're a cream highlighter and melt into the skin beautifully. My personal favorite shades are Lunch money and Flexiterian.
Thank you so much! Just looked up Essence Highlighters and a few are coming up. Mind calling it out/sharing the name? Thanks!
Not sure if this is the one they meant but I love their pure nude highlighter for a subtle sheen.
Essence Pure Nude highlighter is everything, pretty much a cult classic at this point. It's better than Hourglass powders IMO. I have mature dry skin and it just evens everything out with a super subtle, slightly peachy glow. Absolutely zero glitter.
RMS Beauty. No contest. Warm it between your fingers for a bit before application for a diffuse etherial look.
Luminizer | Clean Cream Highlighter With Luminous Finish | RMS Beauty https://share.google/FrXEXcr6rAWIl9ndK
This! Especially the living luminizer.
+1 it literally makes u lit from within with zero glitter
I love the wet n wild megaglo stick in when the nude strikes
Their powder highlighter is pretty good too I don’t think it’s chunky at all
it’s so good!!!!! i have big pores and i love how it doesn’t make them look bigger
Hi everyone! I’ve been on the hunt for the best highlighter that gives a shiny, radiant finish on the face. I’ve tried Kiko, but it’s not shiny enough for me, and Fenty feels a bit too glittery.
I asked for recommendations in TikTok comments, and some girls suggested the Rare Beauty liquid highlighter, while others recommended Benefit. I’m still undecided and would really appreciate your advice!
If you have other favorite highlighters to suggest, please let me know ,I’m open to all options!
Smashbox still sells Becca highlighters which are the absolute goat!
Yessss! This is the way.
They can pry Becca Moonstone out of my cold dead 2016 hands 😂
I don't see it being talked about anymore, but The Balm's Mary Lou Manizer is one of my HG highlighters!
This one! It was my first highlighter and I still use it.
It's the best for the glowiest glow without being glitter. Very intense yet doable. A really nice, high quality product.
The Dior Backstage highlighter palettes. You can go from very subtle and natural to blinding, depending on your application.
Ofra is the original king of hi lighters. And once you buy the first one they have refills.
My very first highlighter! And she is still not even close to the pan
The best natural, I always get compliments on my skin highlighter is Chanel Baume Essential.
Powder highlights only please! 🥰
Wet'n'Wild Mega Glo, it's great to use with a slightly wet make up sponge, and yes, it's mega glow
I swear sometimes cheap is the best
Kevin Aucoin Glass glow! The best!!!
Yes! I can agree with this..I love it. I have it in bronze.. recently got Inner Beauty Project Face Glaze, I like it as well, a little less tacky feeling..but Aucoin does shine a bit more!
I love the Rare Beauty powder highlighters! Take note they’re very fragile tho. If you drop it on a hard floor, it’ll shatter instantly. A little goes a long way, and it works immediately! It’s very finely-milled, so the texture is like silk. Not chunky at all!
Are there visible glittery particles to the rare beauty ones?
I swatched them all in stores and IMO they're very sparkly.
Not in my opinion
I'm currently using the L'Oréal lumi le glass sticks and they give the glass dewy look perfectly.
I have tried the hince and the espoir kbeauty options and the L'Oréal by far is the best
I use the 610 shade
I love these!
fenty diamond bomb 100%
THIS. Like wet diamonds on the face 🥰😁
hi lovelies, i’ve been wanting to get back into highlighters after mainly focusing on blushes (love love love) and sometimes bronzers and need some help. i have oily skin but i want to achieve that dewy, glowy, lit from within look. should i go with powders, creams, or liquids? for example, rare beauty’s powder vs liquid highlighters (i’ve heard good things about both). do yall have favorites?
Skip rare beauty both the liquid and the powder. The liquid can bunch up in spots easily and the powder is not a lit from within look it’s metallic and intense.
With oily skin I’d go for powder. Baked highlights give that more natural look. I’d start there. Sephora collection makes baked gelées highlights so I’d maybe start there to see if you like the look of highlights on yourself.
Second this. Definitely skip rare beauty liquid highlighters. I find them patchy when blending
Try the Danessa Myricks lowlighters! They are perfect for oil control & you don't need much to get the effect!
Usually when I hear people talk about the lit from within look, it's not just on their cheeks but more so an all over glow for their makeup look. Is that what you're going for? Because if so, I'd be looking more at illuminating primers or all over glow type products like the Charlotte Tilbury Flawless Filter.
Those type of products are designed for that. My current two favorite all over glow products that I apply before foundation/concealer are the Danessa Myricks Yummy Skin Glow Serum (I'm about to finish my second Juice Boost) and the Saie Glowy Super Gel (Starglow is my go-to, but I like Rose Glow too).
Underpaint with Charlotte Tilbury Flawless Filters. Highlighters are too intense for this look.
I think this look comes from skin prep as much as products, ensuring your skin is moisturized. Something like the Rhode Glazing milk or Laneige Cream Skin is great to use as well before applying makeup.
For the makeup itself I think an all over product is more what you’re looking for than a highlighter. I like Saie glowy super gel for this personally, but plenty of brands make an all over glow product for a base.
I like rare powder highlighter but don’t think it has the look you want, it’s very shiny. For me the most lit from within is Westman Atelier stick highlight.
Hi! I got the new liquid highlighter from marketplace and thought I’d leave an early review. (I don’t leave reviews ever so bear with me)
PACKAGING The component are big and a little inconvenient. It’s a brush tip that dispenses the product somewhat thicker than I’d like personally. I wish it was like the Rare Beauty applicator to be honest
PRODUCT It’s definitely more shimmery than you’d expect. It looks prettier on a swatch than it does on your cheeks imo but that could also be personal preference! This highlighter is less subtle than the Haloscope but less oily looking too.
How’s the finish? Is it sticky/dewy to touch or dries down natural? Was it easy to blend out and is there a noticeable fragrance?
The finish is very pretty and easy to build up. It’s not a lit from within glow, it definitely is reminiscent of Niteshine. It’s not sticky and it dries down well. No fragrance to be detected by my sensitive nose. Easy to blend out with my fingers and a little goes a very long way! The bottle will last forever. Lasted for most of the day on my combo skin.
Ooh thank you for sharing so much detail! Seems like a great product
Glossier missing the mark again.
Oh this killed it for me. I would’ve really loved the OG niteshine packaging - even though it was small in size it was cute & functional. This feels clunky & unfinished?
Right?? And even though Niteshine was small, it lasted forever bc you literally only needed a dab on each cheek. This feels so generic by comparison.
To expand - for those who didn’t experience the Play line, I think this will feel like a cheap & unpolished version of the Rare Beauty liquid highlight. They really could’ve used the nostalgia aspect w/ OG packing to market the product and show people who are new to it that they did a liquid highlight back in the day. Idk 🤷🏻
I have bought this exact shade and packaging off of Amazon for less than 10 bucks. Some weird off brand. I
hate it and only use it for work.
I was hoping for the same packaging and applicator.
I was not expecting a brush, weird choice
I like everything about it honestly
What is the best highlighter for that dewy wet look? I've been eyeing these ones but any recs are welcome <3
I recently got cookie and I love it!! Way more than I was expecting. I didn’t even know the Dior one was good so I just went for cookie and can’t really speak to which is better :/
Cookie is better than this particular Dior highlighter. I also just got cookie and was shocked and how good it is. The Dior one is too frosty and accentuates fine lines for me and the colors have an artificial look.
seconded so good
That Dior palette is such a multitasker. Just make sure you have right shade. That one is great on cool and neutral skin tones but I prefer the shade Glitz as I have warm olive undertone. I use it as a highlighter but also as a bronzer and eye shadow.
I have Glitz too and you’re right it is such a versatile staple!
It is such a perfect shade combo 🫶🏻 The bronze and peach I use daily as an eye shadow topper.
I’d personally skip all of these and get the Hourglass Ambient Lighting Palette. It’s a quality product, lasts forever and every time I’m complimented on my skin….guess what…I’m wearing the Ambient Lighting Palette.
Personal fave is Hourglass six-pan palette that comes out at Christmas which includes two blushes, a couple highlighters and two bronzers. It does my whole face and is amazing to travel with.
If you choose Dior, get the Dior Forever Couture Luminizer for that wet look you’re after.
I use the ambient lighting palette and add highlighter on top… works great. I have the Dior quad and Haus Labs in moonstone but would love the benefit cookie as well.
I love the ambient lighting palette.
Haus Labs
i just got the Dior one and I LOVE it
I researched for days (weeks?) a highlighter that has absolutely no glitter, shimmer, sparkle, or special aesthetic texture whatsoever.
I'm pretty new to highlighters (and makeup in general) despite I'm almost 30 :) so at some point I started to think that maybe there is no such thing, and that highlighters by definition are shimmery.
But! I found one called Tower 28 Super Dew, which is 100% what I imagined and wanted. I really like it. There is no shimmer whatsoever, it seems to last for as long as I've wanted it on throughout the day.
But, it was a hot summer week when it shipped, and whether in-transit or my mailbox, it all melted inside the container. Given that this plastic square requires a little work to latch/unlatch open and close, it's a mess every time I use it - the product is spread all over the lid and originally it was coming out the sides before I cleaned it off.
It's not the end of the world, but is there any other product like this that comes in a pump or something? I tried a Marc Jacobs Dew drops before this, and I loved the "format" except that one is way too sparkly or shimmery. I have a Saie product on the way, but I think it's tinted. We'll see how it goes.
What else could I use, so that I won't have to time according to the weather to buy it, or use an air conditioner to keep in tact even on 90-100+ degree, humid days? (I don't always have air conditioning either)
I don't care that much about cost either - I don't like to shell out a fortune as much as the next gal, but for as often as I wear makeup I'm expecting this to last me possibly the next decade :) so I'd rather have quality and my problem solved than to limit myself to a cheap thing.
Edit (Again): I've found 2 that look like what I want, on different ends of the price spectrum. Any input?
Burt's bees, Opal Mist Highlighter stick:
https://www.burtsbees.com/product/all-aglow-bronzer-and-highlighter-stick/VM-792850903401.html
Westman Atelier, "lit up"
https://www.westman-atelier.com/products/lit-up?variant=15142073237547
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Best liquid highlighters
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Color Variety: A good set should offer a range of colors for better organization and visual appeal.
Transparency: Choose highlighters that are transparent enough to see the text underneath without obscuring it.
Non-Toxic and Safe: If you're concerned about safety, especially for children, look for non-toxic, acid-free options.
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Zebra Mildliner: If you prefer softer colors, the Mildliner offers a unique dual-tip design with a broad and fine tip, making them versatile for highlighting and note-taking.
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