Who Doesn’t Love A Good Highlight?

You know the difference between having your makeup done by a professional and doing it yourself? The highlighting and contouring! It seems like everywhere I look recently there’s someone showing you how to use different color foundations or concealers to paint your face up to contour it. The people in the pictures look crazy, and I don’t know about you, but it looks a little bit difficult to master at home on your own.

Now, in studying makeup artistry, I have learned how to do the crazy looking concealer contouring too, or as my friends like to call it my clown makeup. I do it when I have somewhere important to go, or if I’m having photos taken, and I definitely do it when I am doing someone else’s makeup for photos or events. However, for everyday life and work I don’t need, nor do I have time to do all the crazy concealer contouring tricks.

But I do have one that I do even for my natural look that just gives you that little extra glow. I use a little bit of highlighter above my eye and along my upper cheekbone and it makes a big difference.

I have tons of makeup, I mean it’s out of hand, so when I was looking through my Sephora Birthday gift I found a great Benefit highlighter that came in a tube, like a lipstick, and it was a gold color. I like it especially because it was free, but I think a pink tone is better for this highlight. So, I went looking and found a fabulously-affordable dupe for Benefit High Beams ($26) in ELF Cosmetic’s Shimmering Facial Whip in Lilac Petal. Ready for this…it costs $1! Does it get any better than that?

You only need a small pearl-sized amount each time for both eyes. I make three dots; one in the middle above the eye, one right beside the eye, and one below in the center of your eye on top of your cheekbone, and then I rub them together in a “C” shape until it fades to perfect glow.

You have the perfect easy highlight for on the go that will make you glow. This trick will make you instantly look and feel better. Buh-Bye tired-looking eyes. Slap on the face make-up, your 3D mascara, this highlighter, and some lip gloss and you will look amaze-balls on the go in less than 5 minutes flat. No one will ever know you’re a crazy busy, tired, mom on the go!

Get your Essential Shimmering Facial Whip here: http://www.eyeslipsface.com/elf/face/shimmer/shimmering_facial_whip

*This post was originally featured on TheFancyPantsMom.com