Highlighters (Under $15) | 2017 Editor's Favorites
Best of 2017
Highlighters (Under $15)
As 2017 comes to a close, it’s time to reflect back on the products I’ve reviewed during the past year and share with you my personal favorites. Thank you, 2017, for making more and more affordable highlighters! Gone are the days of having to lay out $75 for a prettily designed powder highlighter–now you can get one for under $10!
What were your favorite budget-friendly highlighters this year? Share your favorites in the comments!
P.S. — View swatches of my favorites here!
ColourPop Aura Voir
ColourPop Aura Voir Luster Dust Loose Highlighter ($7.00 for 0.11 oz.) is a medium, coppery orange with warm undertones and fine, gold and copper... Read full review.
ColourPop Here Kitty Kitty
ColourPop Here Kitty Kitty Pressed Powder Highlighter ($8.00 for 0.23 oz.) is a light, golden peach with warm undertones and a luminous sheen. It was... Read full review.
ColourPop Freak Like Me
ColourPop Freak Like Me Pressed Powder Highlighter ($8.00 for 0.23 oz.) is a medium copper with warm, orange undertones and a frosted, slightly... Read full review.
ColourPop Angel Food
ColourPop Angel Food Pressed Powder Highlighter ($8.00 for 0.23 oz.) is as soft, light-medium pink with warmer undertones and a metallic sheen. It... Read full review.
Wet 'n' Wild Botanic Dream
Wet 'n' Wild Botanic Dream MegaGlo Highlighting Powder ($4.99 for 0.19 oz.) is a medium, rosy pink with stronger, warm undertones and a frosted sheen.... Read full review.
ColourPop Total Package
ColourPop Total Package Pressed Powder Highlighter ($8.00 for 0.23 oz.) is a medium, rosy copper with warm undertones and a sparkling, metallic... Read full review.
Milani Moon Glow
Milani Moon Glow Strobelight Instant Glow Powder ($10.00 for 0.30 oz.) is a soft, pinky-peach with warm undertones and a metallic sheen. This shade... Read full review.
Milani Sunset Glow
Milani Sunset Glow Strobelight Instant Glow Powder ($10.00 for 0.30 oz.) is a medium-dark copper with warm, reddish undertones and a metallic sheen. ... Read full review.
Wet 'n' Wild Precious Petals
Wet 'n' Wild Precious Petals MegaGlo Highlighting Powder ($4.99 for 0.19 oz.) is a medium gold with warm, yellow undertones and a metallic sheen. It... Read full review.
NYX Crushed Bloom
NYX Crushed Bloom Duo Chromatic Illuminating Powder ($7.99 for 0.21 oz.) is muted, medium-dark peach with warmer, yellow undertones and a pink-to-gold... Read full review.
NYX Lavender Steel
NYX Lavender Steel Duo Chromatic Illuminating Powder ($7.99 for 0.21 oz.) is an iridescent, lavender with a pale, grayish beige base. It looked more... Read full review.
NYX Twilight Tint
NYX Twilight Tint Duo Chromatic Illuminating Powder ($7.99 for 0.21 oz.) is cool, bluish white with an iridescent blue-to-violet sheen. The finish... Read full review.
NYX Synthetica
NYX Synthetica Duo Chromatic Illuminating Powder ($7.99 for 0.21 oz.) is a pop of orange with warm, red undertones and a gold, frosted finish. It... Read full review.
NYX Snow Rose
NYX Snow Rose Duo Chromatic Illuminating Powder ($7.99 for 0.21 oz.) is a very light, cool-toned beige with pink-to-lavender pearl that gave it more... Read full review.
NYX had my heart this year for cheap highlighters!
Woohoo! I have 4 of the above: CP Here Kitty Kitty and Angel Food, Nyx Lavender Steele and Synthetica. Of the 4, Here Kitty Kitty gets a TON of use. It is literally one of my favorite highlighters of ANY price range!
I also really like how diverse the shades released by drugstore brands were! It’s not just champagnes and pinks, we’ve got blue and copper and orange. Very cool, and definitely keeping up with high end brands in that respect.
This year, my new favorite budget highlighters were Nyx Lavender Steele, Wet n Wild Mermaid Highlighting Bar, e.l.f. Baked Highlighter in Apricot Glow, Notoriously Morbid Power of the Fae, and Baby Bar Beauty Purple Seduction, Pink Icicles, and Lavender Moon Dust.
Maybelline molten gold..i ♥️ makeup and makeup revolution hve amazing highlighters under 15 i think under 10!!
WetnWild Precious Petals and Milani Sunset Glow were among my favorites for this year, I love the sheen they produce as well as both of them don’t emphasize my pores.
I have several of the Wet n Wild and Milani ones and they are excellent.
I love Precious Petals for when I’m feel extra and need some shoulder highlight. 🙂 It was my every day highlighter until I got UD Afterglow in Sin for the birthday gift.