Benefit Watt's Up Highlighter & NYX Born To Glow Liquid Illuminator...

I had to do a review on my favourite highlighter, but I really couldn't chose between these two as I love them both. So I thought why not do a joint review on both of them. 

So I'm firstly going to talk about my Benefit Watt's Up highlighter. This highlighter comes in a nice solid form with the product on one end and a sponge to blend the highlighter with on the other. I was thinking for ages of what colour I could say this highlighter is, so I had to just go online and steal it from the description and apparently is champagne. Sounds about right to me. This highlighter has a very soft shimmer to it and can be blended as much as you want. Its perfect for a a soft glow to highlight those areas that you want to make stand out. Its ideal for use on cheekbones and brow bones but I personally use a little bit on the bridge of my nose too. The sponge is brilliant for blending it in but I usually just use my fingers as I don't use too much. How much you want to use it entirely up to you. Its also a product that lasts a while as you don't need to use much of it. I also love the packaging, very girly and look so cute. 

Now my other favourite product which I use as a highlighter, NYX Born To Glow, liquid illuminator in Gleam. As mentioned in the name, this is a liquid product with a medium mousse type consistency. This highlighter is more of a bronze, golden colour and is a bit more shimmery than the other one. It is supposed to be an illuminator which is meant to to be used all over your face, but I personally think that it's too much to apply all over your face. I use this product also to highlight my cheekbones and it gives a nice bronzey, golden glow. You may think that 18ml is going to get you nowhere but trust me, you literally need the tiniest bit for that perfect look. In my opinion too much doesn't do you any favours at all.

I tried my best to get a swatch that shows the colours as they are. The left one is the Benefit Highlighter and the one on the right is the NYX illuminator.

I love both these products as highlighters and they are both pretty long wearing too. I couldn't chose a favourite out of the two as I do use both and both give an amazing finish and last touch to my make up. Some days I prefer a more bronze glow, so use my NYX illuminator, and on other days I prefer a lighter glow so use my Benefit one. Both are equally amazing in my opinion but the prices are completely different. The Benefit Watt's Up highlighter is £22.50 and can be bought from Boots, Debenhams, anywhere with a Benefit counter really. Yes you might think that this is a bit pricey, but trust me it lasts ages. I've had it for such a long time and its such a brilliant product that I don't regret paying that much. The NYX illuminator is only £7.00 and can be bought from the NYX website, Amazon or very.co.uk. like I said I have it in Gleam and this is a bronzey colour, but can be bought in a lighter colour too.

Try these products and let me know what you think.

xx