How to Use highlighter in a Sentence

highlighter

noun
  • The signs for the highlighter-bright takeover have been here for quite some time.
    Frances Solá-Santiago, refinery29.com, 8 Feb. 2022
  • My skin looks more like skin, and less like skin with highlighter on it.
    Jesa Marie Calaor, Allure, 23 Sep. 2023
  • Mindy, in a dress the color of a highlighter, knows better.
    Jessica Goldstein, Vulture, 22 Dec. 2021
  • Next comes the middle hue, the blush, and finally the lightest on top, the highlighter.
    Celia Shatzman, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
  • With a range of eight shades, this blush and highlighter combo will make your skin glow in no time.
    Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 24 Mar. 2023
  • The glittery lip gloss is long-lasting and not too sticky, while the highlighter makes skin glow.
    Rich Scherr, Parents, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Of course, there's the business of selecting the right highlighter.
    Lara Adekola, Allure, 8 June 2022
  • Star-power shine sounds like the name of a Fenty highlighter.
    Alex Zaragoza, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2023
  • But what's nice about the highlighter is that truly looks like a shimmer.
    Jenna Rosenstein, Harper's BAZAAR, 9 May 2023
  • Lastly, the highlighter, Cream Glow in Ravishing, was applied to the high points of the face.
    Akili King, Essence, 11 Sep. 2023
  • In the age where glass skin rules supreme, a great liquid highlighter is a must-have in any makeup kit.
    Allure, 16 May 2022
  • Gone are the days of the fan brush, instead fluffy angled brushes make a great highlighter brush .
    Rachel Dube, SELF, 22 Feb. 2022
  • The dress came with a matching highlighter green puffer hooded shawl.
    Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 July 2023
  • Her makeup look was a smokey cat eye and berry-hued, with a touch of highlighter and blush dusting her cheeks.
    Seventeen, 29 Aug. 2022
  • Over the course of the day, the highlighter did not transfer onto my pillowcase, crease, or fade.
    Lauren Dana, Glamour, 26 May 2022
  • Ono kept the eyes simple with a neutral smoky eye and packed her cheeks with a shimmery highlighter and a plum blush.
    Gabi Thorne, Allure, 2 Mar. 2022
  • Dab a little on your cheekbones and nose as highlighter, too.
    Women's Health, 10 Feb. 2023
  • To extend the look of her nose, creator Cheynne Roncales added extra highlighter to the bridge.
    Irene Richardson, Country Living, 20 Oct. 2022
  • In fact, this highlighter is so good that the equivalent of one unit of the Pinkgasm shade is sold every eight seconds in the UK.
    Hannah Coates, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2021
  • Add extra highlighter all over, and don't skip over the cupid's bow of your upper lip.
    Taylor Lane, Peoplemag, 12 Oct. 2022
  • There’s a fine line between highlighter and blush with shimmer.
    Lindy Segal, Harper's BAZAAR, 29 Sep. 2022
  • To complete her base, Martin dusts a little bit of blush and highlighter on her cheeks.
    Gabi Thorne, Allure, 17 Feb. 2022
  • As for the rest of her face, Jennifer Lopez tapped a liquid peach highlighter onto her cheekbones and down the bridge of her nose.
    Georgia Day, Glamour, 22 Nov. 2023
  • This means your eye shadow and liner match your bronzer and highlighter, which match your lips and so on.
    Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 6 Sep. 2023
  • What makes the highlighter stand out from the rest is the formula (something Charlotte is a master at).
    Eva Thomas, PEOPLE.com, 6 Apr. 2022
  • Cream blushers and liquid highlighters are great for this.
    Elle Turner, Glamour, 20 Jan. 2024
  • This face palette has all the bases covered, with six total blush, bronze and highlighter shades that work for all skin tones.
    Celia Shatzman, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
  • As with any makeup product, highlighter is not one size fits all.
    Lara Adekola, Allure, 8 June 2022
  • Wake up your face with blush, bronzer, and highlighter that adds a perfect je ne sais quoi of color.
    SELF, 20 July 2022
  • For a few years, that highlighter bright, bratty, and brash green was everywhere.
    Katy Kelleher, refinery29.com, 21 Nov. 2021

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