Highlighting often seems like a pretty universal product and for darker skin tones people often think you can use any and every highlighter on the market, but if you’ve got a darker skintone and put a bright, iridescent highlighter on the skin it can look incredibly harsh and stark.
Generally speaking if you’re someone with a darker skintone you’re going to want to opt for something that is warm, rich and has a beautiful sheen to it. Darker skin tends to have really beautiful natural highlights to it anyway so anything with glitter or overly intense metallic pigments can look unflattering.
ELF Baked Highlighter - Blush Gems
It’s a well known fact that I swear by the ELF Baked Highlighter in Moonlight Pearls, it’s one of my all-time favourite highlighters, but elf actually have two other shades in the range, Pink Diamonds and Blush Gems. Blush Gems is very similar to Moonlight Pearls, but has a slight hint of copper to it which looks beautiful on darker skintones.
Physicians Formula
Shimmer Strips, All-in-1 Custom Nude Palette -
Warm Nude
Physicians Formula Shimmer Strips are another one of my favourite highlighting products, and one of the things I love about them most is that you can mix and match the shades in the palette to create your own custom highlight. For a beautiful golden glow I’d suggest picking up the “Warm Nude” variation and using a highlighting brush to apply the two darkest rows of colour to the highest points of your face.
Revlon Highlighting Palette - Bronze Glow
Very similar in appearance to the famed Bobbi Brown Shimmer Bricks, these highlighting palettes are a great alternative if you don’t want to splash out the cash. The “Bronze Glow” variation is full of rich, warm-toned shades which are great for highlighting. Like the Physicians Formula palette, you can use all the shades together, use one alone or mix and match them to get your perfect highlight shade.
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