9 Fashion Week Models Reveal the Highlighters They Use For Strobed Skin

Tova Wahlin's current highlighter go-to is the Josie Maran Argan Enlightenment Illuminizer ($26).

"It's like liquid gold," she said backstage at Jenny Packham. "I don't really like when highlighters are glittery, I just want a shine, and this one does that."

"I really like the MAC Mineralize Skinfinish in Soft and Gentle. It's really shimmery and creates a subtle glow," Olivia Hamilton said at Jenny Packham. "I like to put it on my cheeks and nose and under my eyebrows."

The MAC Mineralize Skinfinish in Soft and Gentle ($33) is a compact-type highlighter that comes in seven shades.

Model Mona Matsuoka doesn't wear makeup that often, but when she wears highlighter, she tends to reach for Nars Illuminator in Laguna ($30). It's not new, but it's definitely shiny, and Matsuoka said she loves the gold undertones and bronzing effect it gives.

Susanne Knipper is on Team Pale, so finding a highlighter that highlights her already milky-white skin can be a challenge. However, she says she's found a winner in Smashbox's L.A. Lights Lip & Cheek Color in Sheer Pink Pearl ($29).

"One side of the highlighter is a stick that you can apply directly to your skin, and the other side is like a fluffy blender," she said. "Sometimes I'll use the blender, but I prefer to use my fingers."

Knipper added that she usually applies the highlighter to her cheekbones, the bridge of her nose, and on the cupid's bow.

"I love the MAC Strobe Cream ($12) on the high points of my face," Silke Hajunga said backstage at the Christian Siriano show. "I put it on my nose, cheeks, forehead, and just above my lips to make them look a little bit bigger."

“I love the Becca opal highlighter ($38),” Laura Winges told us backstage at Libertine. She applies it around the outer area of her eye and down her cheek in a C-shape, as well as on the tip of her nose and on her cupid’s bow. Her trick to mastering the art of highlighter? “I copy the makeup artists on YouTube,” she said.

“I really like the Colourpop Wisp highlighter ($20). It’s really affordable, but it’s also a really good highlighter,” Allison Ponthier said at Alice + Olivia. “I put it on my cheekbones, under my eyebrows, on my chin, and on the bridge of my nose.”

“When I do my own makeup, I have a concoction of two different highlighters,” Charlee Fraser said at Oscar de la Renta. “I start off with the MAC Strobe [Cream] and I dab a little bit of that on the high areas of my face to moisten it. Then I go over the top of the strobe with the Jeffree Star Frost Peach Goddess ($29)." She added, "He has really pigmented, shiny highlighters and it’s, like, blinding.”

Model Isabella Emmack, who we spoke to backstage at Oscar de la Renta, learned a cool (and somewhat unconventional) highlighting trick from the makeup artists backstage. “I use the Rosebud Salve ($6) and dab it onto my upper cheekbones with my fingers,” she explained. “It gives a natural, glisten-like effect.”