How to Strobe and Get Your Highlight on Fleek

Recently, I’ve noticed a new trend mentioned among my favorite sites and blogs. While the technique isn’t so new, the phrase is new to me. It’s called strobing. This makeup technique has been around for a while. But it’s been overshadowed by the current contouring obsession. While contouring uses bronzer to focus on the shadows of your face, strobing uses a highlighter or illuminator to focus on and enhance the highlights of your face. It’s really simple, actually. All you do is apply a highlighter or bronzer to the high points of your face — brow bone, bridge of the nose, cheekbones, cupid’s bow. Read on to learn how to strobe and get your highlight on fleek!

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What You Need

There are different types of products you can use to master the strobing technique. It all just depends on your skin type and preference. You can use powders, creams, or liquids. My skin tends to get oily so I prefer powder highlighters. I feel like it sets my liquid foundation better and it just looks better when it sets.

Here are the products I used in this post:

• BECCA Shimmering Skin Perfector Pressed in “Opal”
• SOHO Silk All-Over Eyeshadow Brush
• e.l.f. Studio Small Stipple Brush

These are my products of preference but feel free to use whatever you have on hand!

Before Strobing

As I said before, strobing focuses on the highlights of your face. Combined with contouring, you can bring out your best features and have that perfect summer glow. It’s the finishing touch to your makeup and it could totally transform your look. Here’s how you can achieve that look! And before we start, here’s how I look without any highlighter on.

Now grab your favorite highlighter or illuminator and come strobe with me!

For this post, I’m using the BECCA Shimmering Skin Perfector Pressed in “Opal” with a SOHO silk all-over eyeshadow brush because it’s small enough to get the details that I want. Plus, the highlighter can get really shimmery and I don’t want it all over my face.

How to Strobe and Get Your Highlight on Fleek

1. Highlight the bridge of your nose.
2. Don’t forget the cupid’s bow!
3. Highlight the chin.
4. Then highlight the brow bone.
5. Highlight the cheek bone. For the cheekbones, I’m using the e.l.f. Studio small stipple brush because it covers a little more area and I want my cheeks to pop.
6. Lastly, highlight the inner corner of your eyes.

And you’re done! Here’s the finished look.

After Strobing

It’s a little subtle in this picture because I couldn’t find the right lighting. But compared to the very first picture, you can notice the glow in my face. It really brightens your face and makes you look more awake. And trust me, it shows up a lot more in person! I hope you all had fun with this tutorial.

Related: New Year, New Glow with Derma E

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