The world of highlighting has evolved so much over the years that makeup artists and beauty gurus everywhere are practically strobing the light reflecting goodness all over their bodies and parts you never knew needed some glitter lovin’ as well. Need we remind you of the “lobe strobe” – the so-extra-but-we-need-it step that became an Instagram thing?
Now, what is going to take highlighting to a whole new level has got to be more than just possessing the qualities of being able to capture and reflect light or coming in a holographic packaging. Those are basic traits that every highlighter should have. But can they glow in the dark? Beauty vlogger, Tati Westbrook finds out.
In her YouTube video, she experimented with two glow in the dark highlighters – Art Cosmetics’ Electric Daisy and Pop Luxe’s Night Life, with the former being a liquid formula and the latter, a powder formula.
In the day, Electric Daisy appears like how any other typical highlighters would, but what makes it illuminate in the dark is actually luminescent zinc sulfide, which is a FDA-approved glow additive. However, the company has stated that the product has an oily texture to it and Westbrook warned viewers to take caution if using on the face.
Next, she tried out the powder highlighter on her face with some initial skepticism over its almost neon-like green hue, which turned out to have an incredible pay-off. Moral of the story: never judge a book by its cover.
And finally, the moment of truth: will the highlighters glow when the lights go out? Sadly, no. However, all was not lost as Westbrook realised that she had to turn on the blacklight and hold it near her face in order for the glow properties to be activated and true enough, the shimmers evidently glow in the dark! Watch the tutorial here to see the entire process:
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