Not content to present itself in the most varied forms: make-up, creams, gel, powders, cushion ... The illuminator (or highlighter) can also dress cheeks, lips and eyelids.
It takes just a little imagination (and dexterity) to use it. Manual.
Illuminators: how to appropriate the trend?
Everyone got into it. The illuminators never stop filming the catwalks: from Issey Miyake to Calvin Klein. Make-up artists from Too Faced to MAC via Givenchy. Not to mention Chantecaille and Burberry who also quickly seized the trend.
Even Bobbi Brown, the queen of makeup matt succumbed to it.
But the highlighter is not only the strobing, whose blogosphere has turned our ears over and charmed especially the Generation Z, since past a certain age, it is better to use it sparingly or else to put forward the defects of our epidermis (wrinkles, fine lines) and resemble a giant beacon.
The ideal is to apply it where it is not expected, as a point of light. On cupid's bow (above your upper lip) for example. He will thus give the illusion of a mouth fuller and juvenile.
Choosing the Right Formula
Well chosen, these light reflective microparticles can do miracles, or even replace a good part of the make-up kit.
First, define the tone suited to skin tone: roses or pearlescent transparencies for light dyes, peaches for matte dyes and wax for darker complements.
In a second step, choose the texture that suits its quality of skin: the fat must opt for mattifying powders to ensure the good hold of the makeup; the normals can afford the stick and pencil; and dry skin should favor creams and gels for their moisturizing action.
The highlighter, an adaptable and adaptable product
- In anti-dark circles: it erases dark circles by blurring them. The application is done on the finger, from the inside out. You can add a touch of foundation for a discreet glowy finish.
- In blush: place a touch of illuminator on the bone of the cheek, below the middle of the eye and then spread it to the finger or brush fan going down towards the nostril to go up to the temples. More discreet than a classic blush, the focus is on the look.
- On the eyebrows: to thicken them Cara way, draw a line of illuminator on their lower length. If one looks to look up, a highlighter trait on top will work miracles.
- In eyeshadow: to keep the summer eye, place a touch of golden highlighter on the mobile lid.
- In lipstick: it is the secret of the sumptuous mouth of Isabella Rossellini. The highlighter replaces the classic lip pencil. Result: a lip is more full and a better hold of the grape.
- In nail polish: a little illuminating powder in a bottle of varnish will awaken the dull nail polish.
It's up to us to play!
