Maybelline Just Launched a New Rainbow Highlighter — and It's Extraordinary

In order to create that perfect rainbow streak, you'll want the right kind of brush. A wide, dense contour brush — like the one pictured — is your best bet.

Run the brush in one direction down the length of the highlighter about three or four times to pick up pigment. The Fairy Highlight is generously pigmented and the powder is compact but soft, so your brush won't have any problem picking up the colors.

This is what your brush should look after picking up the pigment. If you wanted, you could pick up only the yellow, blue, and purple, or the pink, yellow, and blue. We went with all four.

To achieve a pretty, well-blended rainbow streak, start with your brush near your hairline and sweep it down toward your lips. As you move the brush down your cheek, lessen the pressure. You may want to repeat this two or three times depending on how dramatic of a look you're going for.

Here's the finished rainbow look! If necessary, blend the edges out so it's less of a blatant streak and more of a seamless rainbow glow.

As an aside, you can certainly wear a rainbow on both cheeks, but I personally think it feels more playful to just do one side. On the other cheek, you can mix the colors together and highlight that way.

This is what the highlighter looks like when you mix all the colors together and apply with a fluffy blush brush. Notice how it takes on a blue, holographic effect! When your cheek catches the light, there's a very subtle color shift that occurs.

Because this product is so beautifully pigmented, it works very well as an eye shadow, too. You can isolate and apply one color or you can pick up two colors at once, as pictured.

It's not an everyday look, but using the Fairy Highlight to highlight the area under your eye can be quite pretty!

The cherry pink in this highlighter is very pretty and doubles as a gorgeous blush. I applied it with my fingers and blended it out with a blush brush. Because the powder is so fine, it blended like a dream!