Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Strobing? Highlight? Disco Ball?




What is strobing?  And, isn't a highlighter what you used in high school to mark your notes in 'To Kill A Mockingbird?'  Well, let me help you out. Strobing is a very intense highlight.  Nothing more.  If you are unsure of what highlighting is, highlighting is where you take a shimmery powder and put it on the high points of your face to make them stand out and give you a "J-Lo glow."  So, for example, you would highlight your cheekbones, the tip of your nose, the brow bone, the cupids bow above your lip, etc.   So, strobing is just the process of intensifying a normal highlight.  


<<<<<<<<<<   So, to the left, we have that "J-Lo glow" or what has become a basic highlight.  

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And, to the right, we have strobing.  That super intense highlight that looks almost wet or dewy.


Personally, I am loving the new trend that is strobing.  I think it looks beautiful and works wonderful with a natural summertime look as something to give a little "pop!".  However, it may be a turn off to many who prefer something more natural and light and a little less noticeable.  If you do like the look that strobing or highlighting gives, my favorite products to use for this are the Becca Cosmetics Moonstone highlighter, the Becca Cosmetics X Jaclyn Hill Champagne Pop highlighter (this one looks AH-MA-ZING if you have any kind of tan) and the Balm Mary-Loumanizer.  

And, if you are still curious about strobing and highlighting, here is one of my favorite videos that has a little more explanation via Desi Perkins.    


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