Look at my Sheeny Shiny Face

Hello Inter-highway!

I am poorly. In fact everyone in my house is poorly. So today was spent lounging on the sofa reminiscing  about better times when we had full use of both nostrils. Good times. This seems to be going round everyone at the mo, so hopefully I'll wake up tomorrow feeling glorious. But obviously I will not be posting any photos of my face, because no-one deserves that. So photos below are from a few weeks ago.

So today's post is about the wonderful world of highlighters.

If I am wearing proper make-up in the daytime (i.e. not for work), I tend to go all out. I figure I only have a few years where I can get away with it, so I may as well just go for it. So a problem I often face is how to change it up for the evening. Highlighters are my answer. I don't wear them in the day, because really what's the point? There's too much light around to appreciate the affect so it's something I save for 'going out' make-up. So, somehow it's got into my mind, that it's not a good night until I am a sheen on my face! I surely can't be the only one out there who thinks that?

I have used many different ones over the years, never having a definite favourite. I guess I'm saying I was a highlighting slag. Just flipping about from one to the next never developing any strong emotional attachment to one in particular. That was however until 1 month ago. I fell in love, and now I am never without it. So what is this magical product I hear you ask?

Obviously it's from Mac & it's Belightful

This is in a special snazzy box as they don't make it in the normal format anymore (bloody typical).

It's called: Packed to go 4 lips & pressed powder. It came in a lovely cardboard box (which I really don't want to throw away, even in recycling, it's just too pretty). Actually I love the packaging of the product itself as well. It comes with 4 solidified lip glosses in the top:

Clockwise from top left: Riviera Ready, Poetic License, Quick Change,  Rosehips

And you push these aside to reveal the Belightful underneath.

It is a lovely powder highlighter, which mac describes as a "Gilded Peach Bronze". On first inspection it appears very glittery, but this is just the top layer, and a quick sweep of the brush reveals love bronzey gold powder. I apply it to with mac's 227 brush to the top of my cheek bones & brow bone and when the light hits it gives a lovely, not too in your face sheen. It photographs like a dream too.

As I said before I did not want to photo myself tonight, so I trawled through old photos of me on Facebook to find a suitable shot. I am a posing fiend, so this is a really tricky thing to do, but I tried...

Relax, this was just after application,
thus before any type of blending!

Oh dear, but this is all I could find.
Sigh

...And failed. Oh dear, I blame the alcohol.

But yes, photos may let me down, but the product itself is amazing. The cutesy box costs £29.50, which for the highlighter + the 4 lip-glosses is actually quite a good deal. I am definitely going to repurchase Belightful when it is re-released in another collection, and I never think like that, so it must be good.

Which highlighters would you recommend?

Kat x

All photos my own