WET N WILD HIGHLIGHT BRUSH SKIN

But if you're the kind of person who's into that, you can definitely build it up enough to get there.

That blinding, KiraKira-level Instagram glow is not really my jam for every day. The great thing about this highlighter in particular is that it doesn't go on like WHAM. I start relatively sheer and then build up the shimmer if I feel I need more. I like to use a light hand (and a medium-size fan brush) when applying my highlighters. Fortunately, this doesn't do that to my face. I typically don't wear foundation and I favor a dewy look, so a powdery-looking luminizer is not for me.

WET N WILD HIGHLIGHT BRUSH SKIN

I have a medium-deep skin tone with golden (in the winter, yellow, grrr) undertones, so it gives me a very natural-looking highlight that's not too powdery. In the pan, it skews a little rose gold to my eye, and that's my favorite color for a highlighter. I picked up the shade Crown of My Canopy, a peachy, coppery little ditty that is right up my alley. Yes, I bought into the hype, and it cost me just under $5. Actually, when I first tried the highlighter myself a while back, it was because it was so popular with the beauty folks online. The makeup-obsessed on social media have been singing its praises for quite a bit. Take, for example, the Wet n Wild Megaglo Highlighting Powder, which just nabbed a 2018 Best of Beauty Award. Fortunately, the drugstore has plenty of options to choose from. But not everyone is willing or able to shell out those kinds of coins for a little shimmer. And I still have that highlighter and I totally love it.

Ever paid $40 for a highlighter? Because I definitely have.

Wet n wild highlight brush