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12 Days of Favorites! Day 7: Highlight
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IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL DAY OF 12 DAYS OF FAVORITES!
I'm not kidding when I say I've been writing and rewriting this post. This is probably the largest faction of my entire makeup collection... although eye shadow palettes are really getting up there.
Welcome to Day 3: HIGHLIGHT
Highlight is the one thing I CANNOT resist. Do I already have a pale champagne highlight? Yes! Do I need another one from another brand with another formula? HELL YES! And this is the thought process for just about every shade of highlight that suits my skin tone.
There are a lot of products here today (because it was breaking my heart to narrow it down), so buckle up, buttercup.
We're going to kick things off with the Jouer Powder Highlighters. I have three in my collection, but the two that I absolutely adore are Citrine and Skinny Dip. I also own Rose Gold but I haven't played around as much with that one.
I love these! Are you sick of hearing me say this about every product yet? But it's true; I do! I purchased Citrine a while back and absolutely adore it. It never looks powdery on my skin. It never emphasizes texture. I've never had a single problem with it, ever. So when Jouer launched their Skinny Dip collection this past summer, I jumped on the site to order the bundle.
I'm not going to lie, I was nervous Skinny Dip was going to be too deep for my skin tone. If I tried to wear it with my current complexion, it might be. But I had a little more color over the summer and loved to look even more sun kissed with bronzer, so this was my go to. For EVERYTHING. This will probably be exclusively my summer highlight until I run out and can no longer repurchase it (this, along with their tan lines highlight are labeled as limited edition). I have swatch comparisons of all three of the Jouer highlights I own towards the beginning of my Instagram (@beautybykristinrenee); these were some of the first products I posted about.
If you're looking for a higher end product, try these out! I've never been disappointed.
Onward and upward (even though I don't love one of these more than the other)! I first purchased the Josie Maran Argan Enlightenment Illuminizer in July. This is one of those products that I had in my Sephora cart for a long time and just never purchased. I don't hear very many people talking about this. When I swatched this in person I knew I had to buy it!
Most of the time I use this as a base for my powder highlight. If I use this on an every day, going to the office type of look, I'll pair it with the Argan Enlightenment Illuminizing Veil (this is a very very subtle highlight, but it is STUNNING). But this can definitely be used on its own. No matter if I wear this by itself or with another highlight or what highlight I pair with it, it creates a look that I've never been able to recreate with any other products. This creates almost an extra dimension to the highlight whether you keep it subtle or you like to glow for the gods. It's almost ethereal.
This kicked my Cover FX custom enhancer drops off of my top spot for liquid highlighters.
Now, I know the first few highlights were on the pricier side, so we're gonna round things out with my favorite affordable highlights. Let me tell you, finding a drugstore highlight that I love is a challenge. There are a few that I have my eye on that I definitely need to give a go. But for 2017, these have the top spot.
Similarly to the Josie Maran product, I use my Colourpop Super Shock Cheek (specifically in Lunch Money) as a base for my highlight. Ever since using this technique, I'm very underwhelmed with how just powder highlights sit on my skin and look. I have used this on its own and I love it, but it's just a habit now that I put something on top. Which I mostly do bc I put this on after foundation and concealer, but before powder. So the powder over top tones it down a bit. I have a few of the Super Shock Cheek highlights and I love all of them, Lunch Money is just my most well loved (I'm dying to try Flexitarian though). Honestly for $8 you 100% cannot go wrong. And Colourpop has been having a ton of sales lately!
I also love these Pixi Glow-y Powders that was a collaboration with Aspyn Ovard. These were my first highlights from the drugstore that really wowed me. Now I say 'drugstore', but they're only available at Target or online from the Pixi Beauty website. I have the shades London Lustre (a white champagne-y color) and Santorini Sunset (a light golden shade).
I absolutely love using these on my eyes as well. They make the perfect inner corner highlight and if you just want a simple but shiny lid, just swipe on of these shades all over and done!
In the end, if you asked me to recommend only ONE of these products, it would have to be the Josie Maran Argan Enlightenment Illumizer. I'm not kidding, get a sample, use it as a base for a powder highlight and you'll never go back to applying highlight the same!
I'm not kidding when I say I've been writing and rewriting this post. This is probably the largest faction of my entire makeup collection... although eye shadow palettes are really getting up there.
Welcome to Day 3: HIGHLIGHT
Highlight is the one thing I CANNOT resist. Do I already have a pale champagne highlight? Yes! Do I need another one from another brand with another formula? HELL YES! And this is the thought process for just about every shade of highlight that suits my skin tone.
There are a lot of products here today (because it was breaking my heart to narrow it down), so buckle up, buttercup.
We're going to kick things off with the Jouer Powder Highlighters. I have three in my collection, but the two that I absolutely adore are Citrine and Skinny Dip. I also own Rose Gold but I haven't played around as much with that one.
I love these! Are you sick of hearing me say this about every product yet? But it's true; I do! I purchased Citrine a while back and absolutely adore it. It never looks powdery on my skin. It never emphasizes texture. I've never had a single problem with it, ever. So when Jouer launched their Skinny Dip collection this past summer, I jumped on the site to order the bundle.
I'm not going to lie, I was nervous Skinny Dip was going to be too deep for my skin tone. If I tried to wear it with my current complexion, it might be. But I had a little more color over the summer and loved to look even more sun kissed with bronzer, so this was my go to. For EVERYTHING. This will probably be exclusively my summer highlight until I run out and can no longer repurchase it (this, along with their tan lines highlight are labeled as limited edition). I have swatch comparisons of all three of the Jouer highlights I own towards the beginning of my Instagram (@beautybykristinrenee); these were some of the first products I posted about.
If you're looking for a higher end product, try these out! I've never been disappointed.
Onward and upward (even though I don't love one of these more than the other)! I first purchased the Josie Maran Argan Enlightenment Illuminizer in July. This is one of those products that I had in my Sephora cart for a long time and just never purchased. I don't hear very many people talking about this. When I swatched this in person I knew I had to buy it!
Most of the time I use this as a base for my powder highlight. If I use this on an every day, going to the office type of look, I'll pair it with the Argan Enlightenment Illuminizing Veil (this is a very very subtle highlight, but it is STUNNING). But this can definitely be used on its own. No matter if I wear this by itself or with another highlight or what highlight I pair with it, it creates a look that I've never been able to recreate with any other products. This creates almost an extra dimension to the highlight whether you keep it subtle or you like to glow for the gods. It's almost ethereal.
This kicked my Cover FX custom enhancer drops off of my top spot for liquid highlighters.
Now, I know the first few highlights were on the pricier side, so we're gonna round things out with my favorite affordable highlights. Let me tell you, finding a drugstore highlight that I love is a challenge. There are a few that I have my eye on that I definitely need to give a go. But for 2017, these have the top spot.
Similarly to the Josie Maran product, I use my Colourpop Super Shock Cheek (specifically in Lunch Money) as a base for my highlight. Ever since using this technique, I'm very underwhelmed with how just powder highlights sit on my skin and look. I have used this on its own and I love it, but it's just a habit now that I put something on top. Which I mostly do bc I put this on after foundation and concealer, but before powder. So the powder over top tones it down a bit. I have a few of the Super Shock Cheek highlights and I love all of them, Lunch Money is just my most well loved (I'm dying to try Flexitarian though). Honestly for $8 you 100% cannot go wrong. And Colourpop has been having a ton of sales lately!
I also love these Pixi Glow-y Powders that was a collaboration with Aspyn Ovard. These were my first highlights from the drugstore that really wowed me. Now I say 'drugstore', but they're only available at Target or online from the Pixi Beauty website. I have the shades London Lustre (a white champagne-y color) and Santorini Sunset (a light golden shade).
I absolutely love using these on my eyes as well. They make the perfect inner corner highlight and if you just want a simple but shiny lid, just swipe on of these shades all over and done!
In the end, if you asked me to recommend only ONE of these products, it would have to be the Josie Maran Argan Enlightenment Illumizer. I'm not kidding, get a sample, use it as a base for a powder highlight and you'll never go back to applying highlight the same!
