How to make a highlighter at home?

Highlighter - can replace a professional makeup artist. It will easily emphasize exactly what is needed to create an unforgettable image. With it, you can place accents, hide fine wrinkles and create a make-up that will leave a vivid impression. Leading makeup artists assure that you can make a highlighter at home.

Not everyone and not always has the opportunity to buy this tool. Perhaps you have been asked more than once about what can be used instead of a highlighter. Fortunately, you can replace it with improvised cosmetics. Reviews confirm that a homemade highlighter is not inferior to a purchased one, and sometimes even surpasses it.

If you are going to make a highlighter with your own hands and replace it with other means, you must clearly understand what such cosmetics are intended for.

This cosmetic does not hide skin imperfections at all. Redness and irritation, bags and bruises under the eyes with it, you will not disguise. On the contrary, you can draw attention to them. But to highlight and shade the necessary areas of the face in such a way as to draw attention to them and distract it from problem areas, a highlighter can.

When choosing the right option, you need to focus on the color of your skin.

It is very important that the highlighter be several shades lighter than the natural complexion. So you can advantageously highlight and shade certain areas of the face.

When choosing the color of a cosmetic product, the following recommendations should be considered:

• Fair-skinned girls and women to highlight the line of the eyes, a white or light pink shade of this cosmetic product is suitable.
• For the fair sex with olive skin, it's best to focus on peach undertones.
• Black or tanned girls you should look at the golden hue.
• Versatile and suitable almost everyone considers a beige shade.

You must consider these features even if you are replacing a store-bought highlighter with a homemade highlighter.

If you are going to find a replacement for a highlighter, find out what types of such cosmetics exist.

The following highlighters are distinguished in the modern cosmetic market:

• Compact. Versatile, suitable for daily use. Sold in powder form. You can choose such a tool for your skin type.
• Liquid. Available in a handy dispenser bottle. It spreads easily on the skin and lasts for a long time. With it, you can be sure that you do not have to touch up your makeup every half hour.
• Serum. Not only emphasizes the right places, but also cares for the skin of the face. Hydrated and well-groomed skin is guaranteed. This type of cosmetics is more suitable for already mature women.
• Pencil. Convenient to use. They can highlight areas such as the inner corners of the eyes, the contour of the lips, eyebrows. It is easy to use, you don't have to worry about the clarity of the lines.
• Cream. Although the texture is creamy, this highlighter is not easy to apply.
• Shimmer. It is a dry product with many shades. Differs in ease of application.
• Rainbow. The latest beauty sensation. Only a professional can handle the application of such a tool. If you are not confident in your abilities, then it is better not to experiment.

In women's cosmetic bags there are some tools with which you can easily make a highlighter even at home.

The easiest and fastest way to replace is shadows. Almost all women and girls have such cosmetics. However, not all shadows are suitable for such a mission. Suitable dry mother-of-pearl shades of light and beige shades. For dark-skinned women, you can choose a golden hue. Apply shadows with a brush or simply with your fingers.

Liquid shadows are also a good option. It's even easier to put them on. To make the transitions invisible, the shadows must also be mixed with foundation.

Very unexpected, but very effective. Illuminizer at home can be replaced with a moisturizer.

The cream should not be used before makeup, but after. With a small amount of funds, walk around the places you want to highlight. A light moist glow is provided to you.

Also, you are killing two birds with one stone. Moisturizing cream not only completes makeup, but also takes care of the skin.

If you do not have a highlighter, but have a primer, you can safely use it instead of the first tool.

It is good if you buy a primer with shining particles in advance. Remember that it is necessary to apply the primer so that it replaces the highlighter after the makeup is completed. Then the effect will be impressive.

Leading makeup artists in the world use Vaseline to create makeup. There is nothing easier than replacing a highlighter with such a tool.

Apply a small amount of Vaseline on the cheekbones, the end of the nose, a little on the forehead. You will look as if you stepped out of an expensive salon. And certainly no one will suspect that you spent the whole day at work.

Highlighter can also be replaced with gloss or lip balm. Here we must be aware that a bright and saturated color will have to be shaded well. It is better to just choose a lighter tone and not doubt the result. Even a well-chosen tone requires skillful application.

To make a highlighter at home, you will need the following components:

• light shadows and powder;
• any cosmetic oil;
• convenient container for mixing;
• wooden or plastic spatula.

Combine a little powder and shadows, preferably in a glass jar. Mix well. Pour in cosmetic oil here. Stir until smooth.

Apply the finished highlighter to complete your makeup, store the rest in the refrigerator.

How to make and how to replace a highlighter, you already know. Now you need to figure out where and on what parts of the face to apply it.

Such cosmetics are applied to the most prominent areas of the face:

• The back of the nose. The highlighter applied to it will visually reduce the nose. Not everyone can use this trick, but only the owners of a straight nose.
• Line under the eyebrows. So you not only emphasize the eyebrows, but also make the look more expressive.
• Forehead.
• Lip contour. The applied highlighter will create a volume effect.
• Cheekbones. With the help of a highlighter, you can perfectly correct and “raise” your cheekbones

You can apply highlighter on your face in several ways:

• With brushes. Give preference to brushes made from natural ingredients.
• Fingers. If the option with brushes does not suit you, you can completely trust your fingers. Apply a little and blend gently.
• Sponge. It will help not only to apply a cosmetic product, it also blends it with high quality.

Do-it-yourself highlighter at home, see the following video.