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Pressed highlighter

Light Reflecting Luminizing Powder

by NARS

NARS’s pearl powder highlighter, sold as giving an ethereal, radiant sheen with ten hours’ wear on the cheekbones, brow bones and other high points.

  • Radiant sheen
  • Claims 10-hour wear
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An open compact of pearly champagne pressed highlighter.
An illustration of a pressed highlighter — not a photograph of this product.

What a pressed highlighter is

A light-reflecting powder for the high points of the face.

How it is used. Tap onto the tops of the cheekbones, the bridge of the nose and the cupid’s bow.

Read our pressed highlighter guide

The techniques

Strobe
Highlight the high points alone, with no shading to set them against.
Sweep
Long, light strokes that deposit a veil of product.

What to apply it with

Tapered highlighter brush

Fan brush

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