MUA Undress Your Skin Shimmer Highlighter

For me 2014 will be the year when I'm trying a lot of new types of beauty products and try to include them more in my makeup routine. I've already started to explore for me new ways of filling in my eye brows and another product that I haven't used very regularly up until now at least is highlighters. Since I'm still very much a novice regarding highlighters I didn't want to spend a fortune on a product that might not be for me at all, so I decided to go for this lovely shimmering gem from MUA (Makeup Academy) a brand that has proven with several of their products that you don't need to pay an arm and a leg for a good quality makeup item.

The Undress Your Skin Shimmer Highlighter (£3) comes in quite a sturdy plastic no frills compact and you get a very generous amount of product. The packaging is far from glamorous, however the highlighter itself is beautifully presented with a pretty swirly pattern, that makes it look like a much more up-market product. The highlighting powder is very sheer and sits lightly and comfortably on the skin without settling into fine any lines or creasing. The texture is smooth and easy to place and blend onto the brow and cheek bone and even though the formula is light, it doesn't flake or break into pieces when you apply it. Another great thing is that it's densely packed with pigmentation and the lightest sweep with either a brush or your fingertip across the powder will pick up loads of product with a beautiful radiant shimmer. It may look a little bit pink in the pan, however on the skin it's simply soft and luminous and the champagne colored shimmer looks very natural even in very strong lighting. When you've applied the highlighter it stays in place all day and the subtle shimmer adds a lovely healthy glow.

Last month I did a post on my favorite 5 MUA products but at the time I had only just started to test this highlighter, but had I written that post today this wonderful product would be included in that group of favorites for its subtle natural glow and the beautiful design of it. If like me you've just started using highlighter, and you're looking for a great starting product, this is ideal and if I've tempted you enough to buy this lovely shimmer you can get MUA from Superdrug or directly from MUA online, and the great news is that MUA also ships worldwide!