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Highlighter. Not a fan...

KateChopin — Sun, 31 Jul 2016 06:08:57 GMT

I guess a bit of glow is nice, but I think the trend of a having a white streak across the cheeks is going to "carbon date" photos taken this year and last. And really glowy makeup does not seem as attractive to me as matte.

I am not meant to live in this era.

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ChazzyLady — Sun, 31 Jul 2016 10:36:22 GMT

@KateChopin I guess the trend I don't get and never bought into is the very bright and conspicuous highlighted dots placed by cosmetic vendors on QVC and elsewhere on the inner corners of the eyes. So many times I've seen Mally, Laura Geller, reps from Bare Minerals and many others apply these glowing dots and exclaim how beautifully these products open up the eye area. The majority of the time I think how ridiculous this makes the models look, but the show host always oohs and aahs and gasps how gorgeous they look. No, they look like very attractive women with stupid, glowing highlighter in their inner eye corners!

A little subtle highlighting MAYBE and well blended but not how it's usually applied during these presentations.

Hope this trend is quickly on its way out.

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shaggygirl — Sun, 31 Jul 2016 10:49:02 GMT

@ChazzyLady wrote:
@KateChopin I guess the trend I don't get and never bought into is the very bright and conspicuous highlighted dots placed by cosmetic vendors on QVC and elsewhere on the inner corners of the eyes. So many times I've seen Mally, Laura Geller, reps from Bare Minerals and many others apply these glowing dots and exclaim how beautifully these products open up the eye area. The majority of the time I think how ridiculous this makes the models look, but the show host always oohs and aahs and gasps how gorgeous they look. No, they look like very attractive women with stupid, glowing highlighter in their inner eye corners!

A little subtle highlighting MAYBE and well blended but not how it's usually applied during these presentations.

Hope this trend is quickly on its way out.

Combine those white glowing eye corners with the heavy black racoon lined eyes and brown contour slashes down the cheeks and it gets downright ghoulish.

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151949 — Sun, 31 Jul 2016 12:47:39 GMT

I am not a fan of glittery makeup in any form.I was taught that makeup should look like you don't actually have any mu on and that is my look. It is far from natural for people to glow. I can't wait for this trend to go away.

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tototwo — Sun, 31 Jul 2016 13:00:05 GMT

I can spot a woman with highlighter on a mile away! I agree, I don't like this neon, glow-in-the-dark trend in makeup.

Brown contouring, nude lipstick, black eye shadow, fake tans, highlighting....... not a good look on anybody. Just my opinion..............

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alliswell — Sun, 31 Jul 2016 13:09:16 GMT

@151949 wrote:
I am not a fan of glittery makeup in any form.I was taught that makeup should look like you don't actually have any mu on and that is my look. It is far from natural for people to glow. I can't wait for this trend to go away.

Exactly !!

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violann — Sun, 31 Jul 2016 13:10:50 GMT

I'm thinking of an occasion when I had to perform in public, and for some ridiculous reason, I thought I'd try what I'd purchased as the lightest shade of highlighter in some VERY good makeup line, maybe Bare Minerals, but MANY years ago.

I dusted some onto chin, hollows of cheeks, forehead, under throat, and peeked into my makeup mirror, enjoyed a hearty laugh, and washed my face.

I would not insult ANYONE in any cultural or geopolitical by saying I looked as though I were wearing "war paint", but the experience taught me that on chalk white skin, the term "highlight" is, at very least, subjective.

I've never found/used anything to "contour" that worked even a little. Definitely agree with everyone else who finds this idea problematic.........

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HappyDaze — Sun, 31 Jul 2016 17:21:03 GMT

Some people are getting a little carried away with the highlighter these days.

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jaxs mom — Sun, 31 Jul 2016 17:22:47 GMT

I like highlighter, but it's certainly not a white streak across my face.

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ChazzyLady — Sun, 31 Jul 2016 17:24:03 GMT

@tototwo wrote:
I can spot a woman with highlighter on a mile away! I agree, I don't like this neon, glow-in-the-dark trend in makeup.

Brown contouring, nude lipstick, black eye shadow, fake tans, highlighting....... not a good look on anybody. Just my opinion..............

He he@tototwo, I'm just waiting for the day I bump into someone doing everything you mentioned ALL AT ONCE!!! Talk about awkward.

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Jacie — Sun, 31 Jul 2016 18:40:43 GMT

Was out with my husband not so far back when he was distracted by a woman with too much, poorly done highlighter. He wanted to know if that was a "look" that women were going for.

I explained the whole thing to him. He looked at me and said that he thought the woman had over-done it. He said she shone "better that a 3 million candle beam flashlight and glowed in the dark".

Enough said.

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ChazzyLady — Sun, 31 Jul 2016 19:39:30 GMT

I watch YouTube videos quite frequently featuring women demonstrating various makeup techniques, color swatching new cosmetics, and the like. The ones that do a beautiful job highlighting, contouring, and other techniques always stress the importance of blending, I mean lots of blending with the right brushes, checking your makeup application in the mirror under the best lighting, and most important, removing excess product.

Now, I have to admit that I can be somewhat of a girly girl make-up-aholic on certain occasions even though mostly I strive for a more subdued, natural look with a pop of say a really pretty lip color. I think these techniques can turn out great but the beauty vendors presenting these looks don't even seem to know how to do it right themselves.

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jaxs mom — Sun, 31 Jul 2016 19:47:22 GMT

Yes, blending is extremely important. As is applying it at the correct places on your face. I wear contour and highlighter all the time.

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JustJazzmom — Sun, 31 Jul 2016 21:46:48 GMT

Another important thing is choosing the right highlighter -- people that have some coloring on their face look wretched with the whitish highlighters but look great with the pale pinky toned ones.

I agree, it's all about blending with the correct brush being used.

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winamac1 — Sun, 31 Jul 2016 23:00:05 GMT

@jaxs mom wrote:
I like highlighter, but it's certainly not a white streak across my face.

Ditto

I love highlighters, and I own many. I don't look glittery or fake, and I certainly don't have a white streak across my face.

I probably own 10 highlighers, and I certainly don't need them all. Tarte, IT, BE, Clinique, SB, BB etc. etc. etc.

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jaxs mom — Sun, 31 Jul 2016 22:59:28 GMT

Yes, you need to choose the right shade of highlighter ( and contour) for your skin tone.

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hyacinth003 — Sun, 31 Jul 2016 23:27:24 GMT

I do like the concept of it if it is done right.

A couple weeks ago I watched one of my guilty pleasures "Keeping Up With the Kardashians."

There were a few shots of Khloe, and her highlighter was SOOOO obvious. It was the proverbial white streak above her cheekbones. You know she has makeup professionally done, and it surprised me.

If done right, I like it. When done wrong, it can be awful!

Hyacinth

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Lipstickdiva — Mon, 01 Aug 2016 14:50:19 GMT

Me neither. I have posted several times that I detest highlighters and I think people are going to look back at photos in a few years and wonder what they are thinking.

Some are so overdone, you can see a huge streak of highlighter on the upper cheeks, across a nose or forehead, etc. But the worst is taking that nearly white shadow and putting it in the corner of the eys. Ugh.

I also don't like the darker sculpting because many times, it's very visible on someone's face.

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HappyDaze — Mon, 01 Aug 2016 15:39:07 GMT

@Lipstickdiva wrote:
Me neither. I have posted several times that I detest highlighters and I think people are going to look back at photos in a few years and wonder what they are thinking.

Some are so overdone, you can see a huge streak of highlighter on the upper cheeks, across a nose or forehead, etc. But the worst is taking that nearly white shadow and putting it in the corner of the eys. Ugh.

I also don't like the darker sculpting because many times, it's very visible on someone's face.

oh yes contouring is overdone alot these days too. You really need to know what you are doing or it is VERY obvious.

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Funloving — Mon, 01 Aug 2016 16:56:56 GMT

@winamac1 wrote:
@jaxs mom wrote:
I like highlighter, but it's certainly not a white streak across my face.
Ditto

I love highlighters, and I own many. I don't look glittery or fake, and I certainly don't have a white streak across my face.

I probably own 10 highlighers, and I certainly don't need them all. Tarte, IT, BE, Clinique, SB, BB etc. etc. etc.

Proper highlighting isn't glaring or even noticeable. It should produce a natural balance to the face. While we're all entitled to our own opinion, blanket statements bother me. I've seen the look some of you are talking about. I'm guessing just as many women use highlighter properly- yet you don't know it, In person or in pictures. The same holds true for contouring. The key is SUBTLE and well- blended.