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The Best Drugstore Highlighters for an Instant Glow

By InStyle Staff May 01, 2019 @ 3:00 pm
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Budget isn't an issue when it comes to shopping for a highlighter that will instantly add a healthy radiance to your skin. That's because some of the best glow-boosting, illuminating highlighers can be found at the drugstore.

Along with very attractive (read: affordable) price tags, these liquid, cream, and powder products can be used on clean, bare skin alone to add a dose of illumination, or can be doubled up with foundation, concealer, and bronzer to contour or create a more formal look. 

Ahead, the best drugstore highlighters to shop right now. 

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Milani Stellar Lights Highlighter Palette

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$10

This 3-in-1 highlighting palette is made with micro-milled pigments, which means they're easier to blend and won't cake up as the day goes on. It also means that the shimmer provides more of a glisten, and less of a glitter disco-ball vibe.

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Physicians Formula Butter Highlighter in Pearl

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Not only does this creamy powder provide a soft glow to the skin, but it actually provides nourishing, moisturizing skincare benefits, thanks to blend of murumuru butter, capacu butter and tucuma butter in the formula. Bonus: It smells like vacation. 

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Soap & Glory Love At First Blush Highlight & Sculpt Cheek Stick

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No brush? No problem. Swipe or dab this rosy highlighter on the apples of your cheeks for a subtle, illuminated flush. 

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L'Oréal Paris Infallible Longwear Shaping Highlighter Makeup Sticks

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This creamy, slightly shimmery formula gives skin a dose of dew. Layer over a radiant-finish foundation to up your glow factor. 

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Catrice 3D Glow Highlighter

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Available in three different shades, this heavily pigmented highlighting formula is free of white pigments, so it won't leave behind a white or gray cast on the skin, making it ideal for darker skin tones. 

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Maybelline Face Studio Master Strobing Liquid

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Mix this liquid highlighting formula in with your foundation, or wear it alone on your cheekbones, down the bridge of your nose, and on your cupid's bow. 

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Covergirl Vitalist Healthy Glow Highlighter

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This cream is the perfect mix between dewy and shimmery, and gives you a healthy-looking glow even when allergies have the best of you. 

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    1 of 7 Milani Stellar Lights Highlighter Palette
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    3 of 7 Soap & Glory Love At First Blush Highlight & Sculpt Cheek Stick
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