The Best Highlighters in Canada

With two options to better fit your taste and skin tone, this Dior highlighter palette can be the best friend from a party to a trip or work time. It’s versatile; in one product you hav eyeshadow, highlighter, contour, and blush.  

Buildable, the powder formula has a smooth touch and a sophisticated shimmer, with or without sparkle particles depending on the shade you choose. When you use this set is possible to get many compliments, since the makeup looks natural, but professional with a soft but striking glow at the same time. 

Designed to suit all skin tones and undertones, this palette is used at the Dior runway shows and has an ultrafine texture concentrated with shimmery pigments that can be worn alone or blended together, for a customizable look for all ages. Light, the formula doesn’t emphasize pores or wrinkles and is suitable for oily to dry skin.  

A must-have for makeup lovers, the Anastasia Glow Kit is all-in-one, containing 4 shades of highlighting powder, from warm bronze to intense luminosity to highlight eyes, cheeks, lips, also being a great option to use on the body to highlight the clavicle and shoulders, giving a healthy, elegant, and professional aspect on your look. To fit all skin tones and undertones, the buyer has 2 palettes to decide between: Sun Dipper and Sugar. 

Vegan and cruelty-free, the highlighter has a neutral shade range, and is easy to customize when necessary, having removable magnetic-backed pans. Ideal for makeup professionals, the highlighter shimmer lasts all day, is buildable, and has good and long-lasting coverage. 

Intense, this highlighter does not go unnoticed and gives the skin the mirrored aspect, fresh and shiny. Although the formula can enhance skin texture, as the product is powerful you don’t need to add much to shine – avoiding this concern.

Perfect for all skin types and tones, this palette contains a range of exquisite formulas and four different textures. This hydrating, velvety cream blush is designed to give your skin a healthy flush of colour and can also be used as lipstick, while the glow cream base is a hydrating, luminous cream highlighter with real crushed mineral pearls, creating that wet look and soft glow.  

The duo-chrome highlighting powder is more intense and gives that multidimensional, sparkling, aspect ideal when you look for a dramatic finish. The creamy powder formula gives a soft-focus, HD finish and a velvety-smooth texture that doesn’t emphasize pores or wrinkles, and is easy to blend or mix with other colours.  

Versatile and easy to use, that is a palette ideal for trips when you don’t have enough space on luggage and need to bring strategic products. This will highlight your beauty colouring cheeks, eyelids, cheekbones, lips, in a quick way. 

This is a well known highlighter from the drugstore, reviewed by many digital influencers and makeup professionals on YouTube. If you search online, you will probably find many videos regarding this Maybelline highlighter with a metallic finish look. 

Affordable, the Maybelline highlighter is infused with reflective pigments that give a bold glow with sparkle particles but not emphasizing the pores and skin texture at the same time. You also can build it up, applying the product according to your taste without getting a cakey look. Soft, the powder formula allows for seamless application, which gives a smooth, and radiant look at the same time. 

With four different colour to perfectly match all tones and undertones, this Milani highlighter is made with multi-tonal, micro-fine luminescent powders, and a velvety-soft formula that blends and builds seamlessly, so you can build up the finish and go from a natural glow to high-impact. 

Cruelty-free, the product is formulated without any oils to help keep breakouts at bay, avoiding all the bad attention to pores, wrinkles and skin texture. Is ideal to use on nose, cheekbones, brow bone, cupids bow – even your body if you want to. Ideal for oily to skin types. 

 The Physicians Formula highlighter has cream-to-powder formula, bringing a radiant glow with a natural finish. Easy to blend, the highlighter features refined pearls & soft-focus pigments that smooth and brighten skin tone. If you are looking for a different effect, with a purple/pink tint, this is your match. But it’s not ideal if you’re looking for a sun kissed or classic pearly look.  

The formula, besides being ideal for sensitive skin, is hypoallergenic and created without any of the 150+ known harsh ingredients found in other personal care items as well. For makeup addicts concerned about longevity, this highlight doesn’t get cakey and lasts all day.  

The highlighter has anti-aging peptides and skin-conditioning ingredients offer hydration and light-diffusing particles, making it the best highlighter for mature people.  

Ideal for oily skin, this jelly highlighter is 100% cruelty-free, vegan, and gives that reflective finish perfect for those who prefer to avoid sparkles. Super easy to apply and blend, it’s also a good-sized highlighter to carry inside a bag to go anywhere and retouch when necessary.  

The three shades (bubbly, cloud, dew) were thought to fit well to any skin tone and undertone. You just need to choose which one would be the perfect match for your taste. Smooth, and jelly textured, the product is bendable and buildable. 

 The E.L.F highlighter has a versatile formula that allows the person to use it alone, over makeup, or mixed into foundation to get that glow “which comes from inside”. It also applies wet and dries to a long-wearing glowy finish. However, if you have dry skin it can emphasize pores and wrinkles.  

If you are looking for a wet finish, this will perfectly fit your needs. Easy to use and bring everywhere, you can apply with a beauty sponge or fingers on top of your nose bridge, cheekbone, eyebrows, chin, and all the places you want to. 

Without the glittery aspect, this Benefit Cosmetics Champagne highlighter is subtle and an ideal option for daily routine and to do clean makeup to go work, less intense, but classy at the same time. This product gives a fresh look and it’s a usable option from fair to deep skin tones. The favourite of many digital influencers, the Benefit Watt’s Up creamy highlighter glides on smoothly and blends easily, being perfect to retouch when necessary.  

From the supermarket to drugstores, this is an easy product to find. Besides being affordable, this L’Oréal highlighter gives that wet finish and natural long-lasting glow – up to 24 hours. A dream when you can’t retouch the makeup during the day. The right amount of shimmer. 

The formula is never cakey or draggy, so you can make it more or less shiny according to your taste or necessity for each occasion. To use it you only need to apply the product at high points of the face and lightly blend with fingers or a makeup sponge for a natural finish, don’t accentuate pores or wrinkles. 

Portable and small, the L’Oréal highlighter is easy to bring anywhere – even inside a pocket if you won’t carry a bag, to deliver the right amount of glow any time. With two different colours (rose and cold), the Infallible highlighter match from fair to deep skin tones; so, you only need to choose the best colour before the purchase.  

Is it possible to find something good quality for less than $11 dollars? Yes. If you are looking for a glittery finish, this creamy Maybelline highlighter is a good match. Easy to blend with fingers or a beauty sponge, this lightweight product gives dimension, a healthy and glowy look, and a powerful metallic and shiny finish. It’s possible to see glitter particles. 

In two versions, light and medium, the Maybelline New York Studio is versatile and can fit from fair to deep skin tones or undertones, and for those who prefer the gold or rose finish. The strobe effect is also viable with this highlighter – when your skin appears radiant as if lit from within. That intense finish if you are looking for a festive highlighter, easy to be noticed far away.  

This liquid highlighter has illuminating ingredients suitable to use on the face and body, adding light to the skin for a sun-kissed look. Available in two different colours, this body highlighter has a moisturizing formula with a light texture that doesn’t give cakey skin or settle into fine lines or wrinkles. 

Applying it alone you can get a light strobing effect even on top of powder, and by adding on your favorite liquid foundation or skincare product you can get that all-over glow. Buildable and long-lasting, it’s possible to use the illuminant all over your body.  

To clean you only need to use a little soap and water, and the product will be washed off. Easy to carry, good sized, natural luminescence, the Ownest suits perfectly for various occasions, and it can be a perfect gift for your female friends. 

If you like to highlight under your brow and in your tear ducts, that is a perfect highlighter for both. The best way to give your brows an “up arch” effect. 2 in 1, this special pencil is dual-sided: one for defining eyebrow lines and another one for highlighting the brow bone. So, you can choose the areas you want to emphasize more. The Anastasia Beverly Hills highlighting pencil is available in two colours – Sand and Lace.  

Easy to blend and buildable, the pencil highlighter leaves just the right amount of color. You also can use on the cheek bone, top of the nose, and all the areas you would like to highlight. It’s lightweight and good sized to bring in a small bag to retouch everywhere. 

Ideal to use under eyebrows, the Benefit High Brow Glow Pencil gives a natural and fresh-look, and suitable for all skin types – oily to dry, and all skin tones and undertones as well. Blendable and buildable, it’s possible to highlight not only eyebrows, giving that eyebrows lift effect, but also cupid’s bow, eyes, and small areas, having a transparent background and glowy finish. 

It’s simple to use and long-lasting; a good option to create a natural makeup look or professional one. Ideal for daily use to parties and events. The Benefit pencil highlighter is small-sized, lightweight, and compact, fitting on pockets, bags, wallets, and everywhere.  

This liquid highlighter by L’Oreal Paris has three different colours (ice, golden, rose) to perfectly fit skin tones, undertones, and personal tastes. The lightweight formula is ideal for oily, neutral, or dry skin features, to stay many hours at a party or at work – wearing it is not a concern.  

Ideal for everyone, from teenagers to mature people who prefer a natural finish without glitter and glitter, this is a versatile highlighter to use in the morning in everyday life, to work, and at any place that is important to use a subtle makeup.  

But if like a powerful finish, it’s possible to build the highlight intensity adding more or less product according to your preference. To create glowy and fresh skin you also can mix this liquid formula with your base without emphasizing pores or wrinkles.  

Available in light or medium, this versatile liquid Maybelline highlighter can be used alone or mixed with your foundation before applying. It has a silky formula and offers a natural finish, without glitter. It has a subtle and soft finish. You can create the intensity you want to, creating a powerful finish. 

Being long-lasting and good for oily or dry skin, the Maybelline New York Facestudio has a fine texture ideal for all ages, not emphasizing pores or wrinkles and skin texture. Easy to apply, the product has more than one colour to better fit each consumer’s skin tone and undertone and can be easily blended using a sponge, fingers, or brush.  

Gold, pink, and bronze are the colours available. To make the right choice is better know your tone and undertone (cool or warm). the liquid and with a light formula, the Rimmel highlighter gives a flawless, highlighted and luminous glow, and can be applied using a makeup brush, fingers or sponge to blend.  

Besides being blendable, the Rimmel London liquid strobing highlighter can be used alone as a regular highlighter to emphasize the areas you want to, giving that natural and no makeup look, but also be used in foundation before the application. 

The illuminator has thin texture that doesn’t accentuate wrinkles or pores, being the perfect match for mature skins, providing that moisturized and fresh look.