Brighten Up Your Valentine's Day with Highlighter

Playa Ocean Mineral Restoring Cream

$58.00 bellavidasb.com

When applying highlighter products, keep them within a subtle one to three shades lighter than your current skin tone. A good way to remember where highlighting products should go is to apply highlighter products onto any areas you wish were more prominent-looking.

To create the most natural-looking highlight, apply your stick, cream, liquid, and/or gel highlighting products as understructure after prepping the skin and before applying your other makeup products.

If you have dry skin, you can mix your highlighter with the Playa Ocean Mineral Restoring Cream by Bella Vida Santa Barbara for a hydration boost.

If you have oily skin, you can create the most natural-looking highlighting effects by following these steps:

STEP 1: Apply a thin layer of facial powder to the skin to set any applied foundation and/or concealer, etc.

STEP 2: Apply your powder-textured highlighting product.

STEP 3: Apply a thin layer of facial powder over your powder-textured highlighting product.

WHERE TO HIGHLIGHT:

Highlighting products should be applied where light naturally hits your facial bone structure, such as the tops of your cheekbones, on the eyelids, and/or on the brow bone/just underneath the eyebrows.

TIP: Try a frosty powder-textured eye makeup look to rock the current cool “frosty” winter 2024 makeup trend.

TROUBLESHOOTING:

If you’ve applied too much of a highlighting product, spritz your skin with a little water and/or facial toner, and pat it down with a tissue until the product lifts and becomes more sheer-looking.

Go Forth And Be Fabulous

Enjoy looking on-trend and fabulous, whether single or coupled, in the season that celebrates love.

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(Excerpt from the book "Hollywood Beauty: The Art of Star Makeup." by Charis Michelsen)