The Metro Beauty Awards: Best in Blush and Highlight
Get to know our winning product picks for your blushing, and highlighting needs! You're welcome.
Out to find that one product to help create that beautiful blushing look? In this year's edition of the best blush and highlighters, we found picks that are worthy of a spot in your vanity kit, for their sheer ability to give those cheeks, and your entire face for that matter, a healthy glow.
A few swipes of flattering blush can instantly give your face a healthy flush, while highlighter, when used strategically on the high points of the face, has the ability to give you that unexplainable twinkle! It then goes without saying that the right blush and highlighter combo is an absolute must for your beauty stash.
We know it can sometimes be a challenge sifting through a gazillion options out in the market, so we did the nitty gritty task of trying out a lot of options to come up with the best blush and highlighters, be it powder, cream, or liquid form! Presenting our winners:

Metro Beauty Awards: Best in Blush & Highlight
Metro Beauty Awards: Best in Blush & Highlight
By Metro.StyleDecember 02 2023, 11:45 AM
Clinique Cheek Pop
"It gives off a beautiful luminous flush on the cheeks. It gives just the right amount of pigment making it very seamless and natural on the cheeks." - Anthea Bueno
Photo Credit: Clinique
METRO.STYLE RATING:
Happy Skin Easy Glam Multi-Use Mousse Makeup
This product is very pigmented but still very blendable. The shade looks amazing on different skin tones." - Anthea Bueno
Photo Credit: Happy Skin
METRO.STYLE RATING:
Ofra Highlighter
"This is one of my favorite highlighters first because of the price point. It's not as expensive but it's at par with most of higher end highlighters in the market. If you're after blinding highlight that melts onto the skin seamlessly, this highlighter is for you." - Anthea Bueno
Photo Credit: Ofra
METRO.STYLE RATING:
Sunnies Face Airblush in Moon
"I've always loved how blendable these blushes are and how natural and seamless they settle on to the skin. This shade in particular is one of my faves because of how pretty it looks on morena skin." - Anthea Bueno
Photo Credit: Sunnies Face
METRO.STYLE RATING:
Colourette Shimmertint in Yellow Diamond
"Liquid highlighters can be a hit or miss for me, but this one is a winner. A tiny amount goes a long way, and the finish can be subtle yet buildable if you’re really looking for a flashy glow." - Liz Lanuzo
Photo Credit: Colourette
METRO.STYLE RATING:
Colourette Colourtint Intense Blend Lip & Cheek Oil in ZOLA
"Zola is probably Colourette’s brand-defining shade. It’s a beautiful warm color that suits all Filipinas. This formula can also be blended on the eyes, cheeks, and lips." - Liz Lanuzo
Photo Credit: Colourette
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EB Advance Face Trio Highlight Blush and Bronzer
"This is affordable and so, so good. EB Advance pushes the limit of what local drugstore makeup should be! All the shades work in unison and deliver a professional-looking finish." - Liz Lanuzo
Photo Credit: EB Advance
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Revlon Insta-Blush in Candy Kiss
"Blushes in sticks are a staple for when I need to step out of the house five minutes ago. This is literally an apply, blend for three seconds and Go kind of product!" - Liz Lanuzo
Photo Credit: Revlon
METRO.STYLE RATING:
Tom Ford Shade And Illuminate
This luxurious pick delivers in the highlighting and shading department—with strategic strokes, you get a well-defined face with minimal effort. The formula is sheer and light enough to pass as second skin.
Photo Credit: Tom Ford
METRO.STYLE RATING:
EB Advance Glow Out Highlighter
Blinding highlight is possible with this best-selling pick from EB Advance. Its affordability isn't the only attractive factor about it, but its sheer ability to add that glistening effect to an otherwise blah makeup look.
Photo Credit: EB Advance
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