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Tapered highlighter brush

#15 Precision Powder Brush

by NARS

NARS’s small tapered brush of synthetic hair, sold for precisely highlighting the bridge of the nose, the cupid’s bow and the cheekbones.

  • Small, tapered
  • Synthetic hair
  • Sheer to medium
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A small, soft, pointed highlighter brush.
An illustration of a tapered highlighter brush — not a photograph of this product.

What a tapered highlighter brush is

A small, soft, pointed brush that puts highlight exactly on the high point.

How it is used. Tap onto the cheekbone, brow bone and bridge of the nose.

Read our tapered highlighter brush guide

The techniques

Strobe
Highlight the high points alone, with no shading to set them against.
Press
Press product onto the skin without dragging, so it stays where it is put.
Sweep
Long, light strokes that deposit a veil of product.

What it is used with

Contour palette

Pressed highlighter

Face palette

Also works with a baked highlighter and a loose highlighter.

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