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Highlighter is a type of cosmetic product that reflects light. Often used for contouring, it can be applied to the face or other parts of the body to brighten the skin on a given area, create the perception of depth and angles. The product can come in a variety of forms, including powder, liquid, cream, gloss, solid stick and jelly. Highlighters are different from illuminators.
Highlighters became a significant tool among theater and film actors shooting or performing indoors, where natural light was not available to define facial features like cheekbones, nose, and jawline. Highlighter also offers the possibility of heightening or diminishing a given feature to suit the character portrayed, as well as aesthetic trends.
Highlighters are usually made in the colour of white or champagne but can be in many other colours as well, including blue, pink, and rainbow, to suit certain makeup looks.
MAC Cosmetics Strobing Cream is credited as the first highlighter product to be made available to commercial consumers.
A long-time tool among makeup artists, highlighter sales saw significant gains among consumers in 2016. Some industry experts have attributed the growth in sales of highlighters and related products to the rise of
Highlighter is a type of cosmetic product that reflects light. Often used for contouring, it can be applied to the face or other parts of the body to brighten the skin on a given area, create the perception of depth and angles. The product can come in a variety of forms, including powder, liquid, cream, gloss, solid stick and jelly. Highlighters are different from illuminators.
Highlighters became a significant tool among theater and film actors shooting or performing indoors, where natural light was not available to define facial features like cheekbones, nose, and jawline. Highlighter also offers the possibility of heightening or diminishing a given feature to suit the character portrayed, as well as aesthetic trends.
Highlighters are usually made in the colour of white or champagne but can be in many other colours as well, including blue, pink, and rainbow, to suit certain makeup looks.
MAC Cosmetics Strobing Cream is credited as the first highlighter product to be made available to commercial consumers.
A long-time tool among makeup artists, highlighter sales saw significant gains among consumers in 2016. Some industry experts have attributed the growth in sales of highlighters and related products to the rise of social media
Social media are interactive technologies that facilitate the Content creation, creation, information exchange, sharing and news aggregator, aggregation of Content (media), content (such as ideas, interests, and other forms of expression) amongs ...
usage, given the popularity of YouTube
YouTube is an American social media and online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim who were three former employees of PayPal. Headquartered in ...
makeup tutorials and the proliferation of snapshot self-portraits.
See also
*Bronzer
Sunless tanning refers to the effect of a sun tanning, suntan without exposure to the Sun. Sunless tanning involves the use of #Oral agents, oral agents (carotenids), or creams, lotions or sprays applied to the skin. Skin-applied products may be ...
* Rouge (cosmetics)
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