Review: Too Faced Rainbow Strobe Highlighter

Annabel Rivkin puts on her festival face
Annabel Rivkin12 April 2018

Is it just me or has highlighter gone a little bit po-faced in recent years?

Started taking itself a little too seriously? Lost touch with its roots as an optimistic sparkle of a proposition? I blame contouring. Highlighter has become about graphic design rather than either prettiness or optimism. Shame.

Which is why I am so happy to have made the acquaintance of Too Faced Rainbow Strobe Highlighter, which is a bit like having a festival in your pocket. Welcome to your summer of love with this multi-coloured, fruitily scented, stripily buoyant little beauty. It doesn’t wang on about light-reflecting particles or nano-bubbles of hydration, it just adds shimmer and shine.

Truly, it’s the bastard child of highlighter and glitter because the flashy little particles gleam brilliantly gold among the pastel uplift that this kaleidoscopic palette delivers. You can either take a nice chubby brush and sweep the lot over cheekbones and up above your brow bone for real summer sunset dazzle; or choose one of the pastel stripes for a fresh, modern eye shadow.

Too Faced is a brand to watch if you are playful with your make-up: the liquid eyeliners come in every imaginable shade, both matte and sparkly, the Better Than Sex mascaras are excellent and the holographic Magical Crystal lip glosses are magic for giving your favourite lipstick a sexy party (rave-meets-porn) boost. This is a cruelty-free, light-hearted brand with serious ambition. Almost makes me want to go to a festival. Almost. But not quite.

Too Faced Rainbow Strobe Highlighter, £25 (toofaced.com)

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