Hey Loves...Welcome back for an exciting topic...very exciting but yet... seems very confusing to a lots of beauty divas.....a lot of you guys has been asking me if Highlighter and Illuminator are the same, how to use it, when to use it and which comes first! Are they all just the same thing...or is the industry playing a mind game with us?
Read on........
Both products have their different ways of defining ones beauty.... They both give the skin that angelic glow and bring out the best of our bone structures. One makes you glow while the other brings out the highest point of your face where light would hit naturally!
So lets look into how both should be used...........
First of all, lets see what each products means and how important it is to use them and what skin types can get away with it.
The main difference: "Highlighter is for a concentrated area of light, while an Illuminator casts light more generally.
Illuminator:
Illumintators are meant to be used under the foundation, or, in some cases, mixed with the foundation.
"If you're looking to enhance or create a feeling of vitality and light from within. Its add glow to your face underneath your foundation....this particular product....gives a dry skin a more luminous appearance while oily-skin should dread carefully!
illuminator comes in different forms,,,, e.g Powder form, Liquid form or creamy form......You should be careful when applying illuminators, because if its too much... it will make your skin look oily instead of shimmery. A nice dewy glow — that’s what we’re after.
How To Use It:
For the liquid or creamy form...Mix a little with your foundation or you apply a little on your face before your foundation and that should be after your primer then you can apply your foundation and set lightly with powder. but for Dry-skin....you can leave it on without setting it with powder because your skin types look goods when its luminous finish rather than matte!
Highlighter:
highlighter is usually used as a finishing touch, after the foundation and powder — it should probably be one of the last thing you apply to your face. Basically, think of the points you would like to highlight… cheekbones, brow bones, the bridge of your nose.
How To Use It:
Highlighter should come before your blush... your blush should be placed in between your highlighter and contour.
To know the areas where your highlighter should be place....you'll want to form a triangular shape in the center of your face...i.e *Above your brow archs, *center of your fore-head down to the bridge of your nose, *peak of the lips, *tip of the chin, *cheek bones, under your brow bones.
Using foundation, corrector, concealer and powder really gives you a great blank canvas to work with. But while they even out skin tone and hide blemishes, they also make your face very flat. By adding a little shimmer and highlighting and contouring, you’ll really be able to push forward the features you love the most!
Remember that...for every application... less is more!
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Until my next post....by for now!
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