5 Shimmering Shades of White

Best Beauty Products
Christine |

Pure, snow white–in a variety of finishes, plus a highlighter that looks almost white in the pan but is a little warmer and golden than that. I wanted to include a white polish, but there weren’t many permanent ones to choose from (that I’ve covered and were good) — what white polishes have you found to work best? You can check out comparison swatches of my picks, too 🙂

  1. Inglot #453 — bright, metallic white (and not too cool-toned)
  2. Sugarpill Tako — matte white
  3. Maybelline Too Cool — creamy, cool-toned white
  4. NARS Albatross — a dusting of shimmer and sheen
  5. NARS Santa Monica Blvd. — bright white for your lash line

What’s your favorite white-hued beauty product?

We hope you'll consider supporting Temptalia by shopping through our links below. Thanks!
SephoraBeautylishUltaNordstrom More
Explore Temptalia

We're here to help you make better beauty purchases that you'll enjoy and love! We recommend signing up to take advantage of personalized features like tracking products you own, viewing dupes that you already have, and more!

Here are some useful resources for you:

Foundation Matrix™

Find your next foundation or concealer match!

The Dupe List™

Find a product dupe or compare two palettes.

Swatch Gallery™

Find swatches by color, product, formula, etc.

Compare Any Two

Curious how two shades compare to each other? Type in the shades below to get instant side-by-side swatches!

15 Comments

Comments that do not adhere to our comment policy may be removed. Discussion and debate are highly encouraged but we expect community members to participate respectfully. Please keep discussion on-topic, and if you have general feedback, a product review request, an off-topic question, or need technical support, please contact us!

Please help us streamline the comments' section and be more efficient: double-check the post above for more basic information like pricing, availability, and so on to make sure your question wasn't answered already. Comments alerting us to typos or small errors in the post are appreciated (!) but will typically be removed after errors are fixed (unless a response is needed).

We appreciate enthusiasm for new releases but ask readers to please hold questions regarding if/when a review will be posted as we can't commit to or guarantee product reviews. We don't want to set expectations and then disappoint readers as even products that are swatched don't always end up being reviewed due to time constraints and changes in priorities! Thank you for understanding!

Comments on this post are closed.
We hope you'll consider supporting Temptalia by shopping through our links below. Thanks!
SephoraBeautylishUltaNordstrom More
Mariella Avatar
Mariella
Very Light, Pink undertones. Normal-to-Dry skin. View Mariella Full Profile

I think my favourite white shadow of all time is probably MAC’s Unbasic White (LE Starflash). On a hot, humid summer day, if I dust a wash of this over my lids, it seems to brighten and freshen up my whole face and it looks “cool” (in the temperature sense…makes me look like I’m not feeling the heat). I also really like the white eye shadow in the Tarte Aqualillies palette called “Parasol”.

Marisa Avatar
Marisa

I’m surprised Nyx jumbo eye pencil in milk isn’t on the list – it’s such a good base to make other intense shadows really pop.

I’ve never found a really good white nail polish. I have a few, all of them look streaky and cheap once applied. :/

xamyx Avatar
xamyx

My absolute favorite white eyeshadow is, and forever will be, Revlon Pure Pearl. I think it may be DCd, but I managed to pick up 5-6 at Big Lots a few years back, and I’m still on my first one, so I think I’m set for a while! It’s my HG brow highlight, and leaves just enough sheen to not look garish, especially when blended well. I’ve also used it as a face highlight, as it is truly a pear finish, with absolutely no sparkle.

Carrie Ann Avatar
Carrie Ann

Wet ‘n Wild has a great matte and shimmery white single eye shadow and I really like the one in theBalm’s Nude ‘tude palette.

David Nuggets Avatar
David Nuggets

LOVE Sugarpill Tako! Its my go too, for setting any white bases such as Kryolan or Nyx Milk!

Nyx Milk is a fantastic affordable base color for just about anything combined with Tako!!

We try to approve comments within 24 hours (and reply to them within 72 hours) but can sometimes get behind and appreciate your patience! 🙂 If you have general feedback, product review requests, off-topic questions, or need technical support, please contact us directly. Thank you for your patience!