No7 Vital Enlightening Highlight Powder

Wearing No7 Vital Enlightening Highlight Powder ~ £13.00 ~ Boots

My latest purchase from the No7 Vital Brights Spring Collection. I love a good highlighter, and they can be the perfect thing to wake up your face and add some dimension. This is the most inexpensive highlighter I own (even without the £5 off voucher) and it’s texture definitely competes with my others from Stila and Dior.

It’s got a really soft, buttery texture that makes it a dream to blend. The colour is quite neutral, not being too pink or peach toned, so it should suit most skin tones. It looks fairly sparkly in the pan but on the skin it is a gorgeous subtle highlight that can be worn for day time or built up for night time wear.

The packaging is lovely, the same floral design as the Cream Blushes (review here) and it’s sturdy enough without being clunky. The floral design of the highlighter is really pretty and remind me of the much more expensive Guerlain highlighter.

If you’re scared of highlighters, or don’t want to spend a lot of money on a high-end brand, this is a great one to start with. I’ve found myself wanting most of the new No7 collection, aside from maybe the eyeshadow palette, and think it is one of the better spring colour ranges on the high-street. If your not a fan of bright pastels but want to switch up your make up for spring, the vital Brights collection is one to check out!

Hitting Pan

 Don’t you hate it when you wish you had bought a back-up of a limited edition item that ends up being a daily staple? That’s how I feel bout Smashbox’s Fusion Soft Lights in Baked Starlight. I picked this up from Debenhams last December for a mere £6 ( it was half price and I had £5 on my Beautycard)


Since I bought it it has been very well loved ( as I’m sure you can tell!) it provides that gorgeous, lit-from-within glow, that I hope to find in a highlighter. Its a very finely milled powder that blends out perfectly, I have been pairing it with my Too Faced Bronzer in Chocolate Soleil.
The colour is fairly cool-toned, but I think it would suit pale to medium skin, but it may look a bit ashy on darker skin, although guys and gals with darker, warm toned skin might want to check out Soft Fusion Lights in Soft Gold.

It was hard for it to capture the effect on camera (that’s a heavy swatch) but Im going to take that as a positive thing because there is nothing worse than really obvious highlighter. If anyone knows of any good powder highlighters I’m all ears, because I’m going to need a substitute for this one pretty soon!