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What's your favorite highlighter for your eye makeup?

What’s your favorite highlighter for your eye makeup? Do you stick to just one, or do you vary them a lot?

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I crush on MAC’s Femme-fi a lot, but I do vary a bit!

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Sarah M Avatar

I use so many different ones! MAC eye shadows in Shroom, Arena, Ricepaper, Phloof, Vanilla and Blanc Type. Lol… that really is a lot but I love them all and wear so many different looks and colours, I don’t feel that there is one I can wear with everything.

Amanda Avatar

My favorite highlighters are MAC Nylon, and I use Polyester Bride by Urban Decay for a shimmer effect on my brow bone. Highlighters for my face I tend to use Dandelion by Benefit and Absolutely Invisible Candelight Powder by Too Faced

daphne Avatar

I’m getting to love Shroom these days as it is the most neutral of all my highlighters – not warm, not cool, just neuuutral. When I’m doing a matte look I love to just give it a bit of sheen with Shroom for the highligher. Likewise if I’m doing something super shimmery I enjoy toning it down a bit with Blanc Type for highlighting.

However Femme-fi will probably always be my favorite. For the longest time it was Femme-fi 75% of the time, Rose Blanc (LE that’s very similar to Nylon) 20%, and various others 5%. It’s just so pretty and soft and just the right subtle gold tone.

jenny Avatar

i can ALWAYS be seen with nylon in my inner corner. for my brow bone i like to use vanilla e/s, because i dont like shimmer on the brow. those r my top 2 highlighters.

Daniela Avatar

blanc type (matte2=awesome matte texture)
for shimmery highlighter i love mac femme-fi or dazzlelight since they are very similar colours and same awesome-ee veluxe pearl texture(:

K Avatar

I have very oily skin so I don’t tend to put a highlight on as it’ll just make me look shiny earlier! I love MAC’s Naked Lunch to blend my eyeshadows though, up into the highlight area. If I really want to highlight, I love MAC’s Nylon eyeshadow!

Lee Avatar

I’m suprised to see nobody listed Dazzlelight.

My fave is Dazzlelight, but I also reach for Shroom fairly often, Solar White, and if the occasion is right, Ricepaper.

Erin Avatar

I usually use NARS Albatross, but I found a dupe in Aromaleigh–their Pure Eyes Frost in Glow. A perfect white-gold highlight! But for MAC products, I like Shroom or Brule. Dazzlelight has way too much pink shimmer in it for my liking.

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