How I Used Coconut Oil to Get My Cheap Highlighter Popping

The highlighting/bronzing trend is going nowhere! It is the one make-up trend that has proven universal for every skin tone and complexion. In fact, highlights on melanin beauties sits so beautifully in the sun- a huge parallel for some of the other trends such as ‘strobing’ which can make darker tones appear pale.

So perhaps you’ve been hoping to get in on the trend and currently own a bronzer which was invented before word got out that the more pigmented, the better; I’ve got great news for you. You too can participate in this glow up and take ‘gram-worthy’ photos with your skin shining in the glare of the sun.

Coconut oil has quickly become everyone’s favorite thing in the world, thanks to the naturalistas who first discovered its amazing benefits. For the natural-hair fiends, it not only adds moisture and sheen to hair but has been credited with softening and growing it too.

While looking everywhere for a product that would get me glowing on a budget, I found out about this trick featuring, you guessed it… coconut oil. Seems like this is the miracle oil after all. Basically, it doesn’t matter what powder bronzer or highlighter you make use of, you can make it look more pronounced by simply adding a drop of oil. I had purchased a £2 highlighter from Primark which was surprise, surprise, no good. I know, I know, what was I thinking with that price right?

Anyway, I thought to try out this handy trick and boy did it work!

I used these three products:

• Extra Virgin Coconut oil (my skin is pretty sensitive so the more organic, the better for everyone involved)
• A brush, I used a really random one I found somewhere in my makeup purse but a fan brush might be more ideal
• £2 Primark Highlighter

The brush was used to mix the highlighter and the oil on the lid of the coconut oil jar before putting it on to the high point of my cheekbones for that added glow which I later blended with a simple powder brush.

This was the result of the look. I should have taken a better photo but this snap chat doggie would have to do for now.

The swatches of what the highlighter looked like before and after are on the photo below with the before swatch above the after.

You’re welcome! Now, you have no excuse to not glow up.