all of the glow-my highlight (and bronzer) collection ♡

I love seeing peoples makeup collections and thought I'd share my collection of highlight and contour products, like nearly everyone at the moment I am obsessed with highlighters and am definitely more into the more intense, glowy options out there.

I do find that I tend to prefer higher end highlighters but I think that's more to do with the range of brands I can choose from there as in the UK at least the "highstreet" cruelty free brands are very few unfortunately. 

I thought I'd also mention my bronzers/contours as they sort of fit together I suppose.

Makeup Geek-Bad Habit- My current go to contour product, you don't need much of this at all and it blends really nicely, they have a range of colours and they even tell you what skin tone they work best for which is so helpful, I'd definitely recommend checking these out if you struggle to find contour shades to suit your skin.

Makeup Obsession-Light- This isn't a brand I've heard much about but my sister got me some of their pans for Christmas, you build your own palette and they are quite good for their price, when I went onto the site to look up the shade they have a few to choose from but they do have one very pale shade which would be great if you usually struggle to find a contour for pale skin.

top-bottom: Makeup Geek, Makeup Obsession, The Balm, Smashbox, Sleek.

Sleek Contour Kit-Medium- This one's a little bit dark for me but I found that the contour shade was cooler in this than the light one, the highlight is also a little dark but makes a pretty eyeshadow.

The Balm Bahama Mama- I don't have many non contour bronzers as I don't tend to use them that often but this one gives a really pretty healthy glow, it has a subtle shimmer but nothing too intense.

Smashbox Contour Kit- You can definitely tell that I liked the contour shade in this, the bronzer is really nice as well, all three shades are matte which isn't usually what I go for but is it good for highlighting the brow bone. (Also Smashbox is now cruelty free!)

Becca Champagne Pop- The highlighter that everyone lost their minds over, it's basically fact that this highlight is stunning but for some reason I thought it was limited edition so panic bought a back up, it's definitely worth it though.

Becca Split Pan Duo-Prosecco Pop/Amaretto- I mostly got this for the blush shade, amaretto is such a pretty colour for a blush and not something I had in my collection already, Prosecco Pop is slightly too gold for my skin usually but it does look pretty blended out or as an eyeshadow.

t-b: The Balm, Jeffree Star, Becca Champagne Pop, Becca split pan

Jeffree Star & Manny MUA Eclipse- I'm not really a fan of either Jeffree Star or Manny but I have been wanting to try one of the Skin Frost's for a while and this was the first one that I really liked the colour of, the formula of this isn't my favourite as it's a bit hard to get decent pay off with so I have to use a much more dense brush than usual and build it up but the colour is really pretty and I have heard that this isn't the same with all of Star's highlight formulations, because of this I am really tempted to give Ice Cold a go but I'm a little reluctant to buy another one right now.

The Balm Mary Lou Manizer- This highlighter has so much hype behind it and it is really pretty, I don't tend to use it as much as I probably should, I'll have to give it more of a go but I would definitely recommend it, it is also slightly more affordable sitting sort of between high and low end so would be good if you're looking to try slightly pricier brands.

Sleek Solstice Palette- This is another product that had SO much hype around it for a while, Sleek has come out with a few of these but I think this one was definitely most popular, I actually have a separate review of this so I won't go on too much but it is really pretty and definitely worth a swatch if you're interested, it's a good way of testing different tones of highlighters without being too pricey.

t-b: MUO pearl, moon, Sleek palette

Makeup Obsession Pearl & Moon- These are really pretty and quite good quality for the price, I think if they made these in bigger, stand alone versions they would be really popular, as with the contour shade they have so many different colours and tones of these so I really want to have a look at them next time I see them in boots.

t-b: kitty kat, forever young, daydream, forever lit, glow getter, 143

Anastasia Nicole Guerriero Palette- I'd be wanting to try the Anastasia highlighters for a while and this glow kit seemed perfect, I really love how metallic and intense these look, with the more gold shades I tend to mix them so that they don't look too gold on my skin but I use all of the shades a lot, they also make great eyeshadows, this palette was limited edition but it's definitely got me tempted in their other glow kits.

These two don't really need their own section but if I'm being honest I bought them after taking the photos for this post but I really wanted to add them in, if I'm being even more truthful I do have even newer ones since this but I figured they'd just end up in another post somewhere..I really have a highlight problem..

Too Faced Prismatic Highlight-Blinded by the Light- When I saw these highlights on instagram I fell in love, they remind me of little Polly Pockets and they are truly stunning, this is the lightest shade and it looks so pretty on but the other two shades would look so nice on deeper skin tones, I really hope they bring out more shades in this range as I feel they could really be popular.

Primary Mermaid Glow- A much cheaper product here that I think I saw in someones testing Primark makeup videos and fell in love with, I've never used Primark makeup before but for only £3 or so this is really good! Again they should really bring out more of these as they could do so well! I have since realised that Primark probably isn't cruelty free which is annoying as I didn't even think about that at the time. 

t-b Too Faced, Primark

I hope this was interesting, whether you're a fellow highlight obsessee or maybe you're looking to get into highlighters? it was definitely fun to swatch them all and talk about them, though it hasn't really helped with my addiction. If you have any highlighters that you feel I need to look at please let me know (or don't..should I be fuelling this obsession? Probably not..)

Thankyou for reading  ♡