List of 15 Best Budget Highlighter available in Indian Market

List of 15 Best Budget Highlighter available in Indian Market – Highlighter is one of the most popular face makeup. It adds a magical glow to our face by attracting light. It gives a lift to our face. Normally we use highlighters on the high points of our face, like the cheekbones, brow bone, on top of our nose, on the cupid bow, etc.  Here in this article, we are going to discuss about the best budget highlighters available in Indian market. We know that today, makeup products are really expensive. However there are brands that come up with affordable makeup products. And affordable doesn’t always mean poor quality. There are good products that come within budget, and that’s why, we have thought of sharing the best budget highlighter available in India. Keep on reading.
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Best Budget Highlighters (under Rs.500) available in Indian Market

1. SUGAR Contour De Force Mini Highlighter

Price :

Rs.399/- for 4 gm

What it claims?

For the times you crave an envy-inducing glow to replace your favorite Instagram filter, a few swipes of this mini budget highlighter will do the trick and more. Get amazed by the easiest way to create a youthful, dewy look with this highlighter that will enhance your natural complexion and catch the light just right to accentuate the features you love.

In short, if you’ve been craving the elusive ‘lit-from-within’ look, consider your prayers answered. The lightweight formula blends effortlessly to give a natural, buildable radiance that’ll have you slay ‘I Woke Up Like This’ looks in a snap ‘ the question is, are you ready to unleash the glowing Goddess within?

• This budget highlighter is versatile and adaptable enough for any part of your face that needs highlighting. Features a buttery soft, blendable as well as buildable formula and looks absolutely gorgeous.
• Deliver amazing color and also gives you the perfect amount of brilliance to brighten your skin and keep you looking vibrant.
• It is lightweight and densely pigmented, so a tiny bit goes a long way toward achieving all your complexion-perfection goals.
• This product is dermatologically tested and approved and 100% safe for your skin.
• Formulated in Italy

Shades –

• 01 Champagne Champion (Champagne Gold) – The truest champagne gold hue you’ll ever see, this shade is an unbeatable glow-giver
• 02 Gold Glory (Golden Bronze) – This golden bronze shade is the one to pick for a subtle, sun-kissed glow.
• 03 Metal Medal (Soft Gold) – This soft gold shade is the go-to for a sublime, heavenly glow.
• 04 Royal Rose (Rosey Taupe) – This gorgeous rosey taupe shade is the master behind the gorgeous rosy glow.

How to apply?

Apply this multitasking budget highlighter to the parts of your face that light would naturally hit, to enhance its natural structure and add radiance to your complexion.

• Blend it on the highest point of your cheekbone and up towards your temple for a super-natural glow
• Create an illusion of bigger eyes by blending it underneath the eyebrow on the brow bone and also into the inner crease
• Dab it on the Cupid’s bow to achieve the look of fuller as well as plumper lips
• Dot a tiny bit at the inner corner of your eyes to brighten your eye area and also make it look more awake

2. Wet n Wild MegaGlo Highlighting Bar

Price :

Rs.499/- for 6.2 gm

What this budget highlighter claims?

Shimmer and shine in all the right places! Wet n Wild MegaGlo Highlighting Bar has an ultra-pearly finish and an easy-to-blend formula that makes it a fan favorite! Formulated with nylon to impart an elegant silky texture and enhance slip, promoting better blendability on the skin. The silky smooth, highly-pigmented budget highlighter gives an all over glow when applied to the cheek bones, brow bone, and cupid’s bow.

Features:

• Budget highlighter that delivers an ultra-pearly finish
• It features a highly pigmented and easy-to-blend formula
• Formulated with nylon for that elegant silky texture
• Ideal for that all over and lit from within glow
• This product is cruelty free and free from fragrances

Shades –

• Rose Gold
• Gold
• Platinum

How to use?

Apply to the cheekbones, brow bone, inner corner or any area on the face that you want to have a Megaglo highlight!

3. Miss Claire Baked Highlighter

Loved by Makeup fans across India, Miss Claire Cosmetics are of premier quality, trendy, affordable and are formulated using the finest ingredients that care for your skin. These are manufactured in accordance with European Standards. They offer a huge range of lipstick, bronzers, highlighters, foundation, eye liners, concealers etc. available in highly pigmented formula as well as textures. Miss Claire makeup products are affordably priced, are long lasting and also suit all skin tones and skin types.

Price of this Budget Highlighter :

Rs.430/-

What this budget highlighter claims?

Social media-savvy ladies (read: all of you out there!) know the importance of being selfie-ready always. Get glowing with Miss Claire Baked Highlighter’s creamy as well as highly pigmented formula that will impart just the right amount of sheen to all the right areas of your face. This budget highlighter provides a softly pearlescent gleam and makes you look radiantly lit from within

Features:

• Highlights the skin with sheer shimmer
• Intense colour pay-off
• Adds natural glow to your skin
• Creamy, blendable formula

Shades

Available in 5 shades.

4. Makeup Obsession Highlighter

Makeup Obsession provides abundant makeup options to the modern woman to ensure she has everything to create the perfect look. The brand offers a wide range of eye shadow, blush, highlight, contour, strobe shades and more at competitive prices.

Price :

Rs.500/- for 2 gm

What it claims?

This budget highlighter gives high definition to any makeup look. Illuminates and boosts tired skin to give a fresh and dewy finish. Designed to slot into any Makeup Obsession palette due to its unique click in system allowing you to create your own unique palette.

• Makes skin look fresh and radiant
• Compatible with any Makeup Obsession palette
• Compact and durable
• Long lasting

Shades –

• H101 Peach
• H102 Pearl
• H103 Bronze
• H105 Bare

5. C.A.L Los Angeles Contour Chiselled Corrective Kit

C.A.L Los Angeles is a premier Indian Cosmetic brand, offering superior quality professional makeup products that fulfill all makeup lovers quest and enthusiasm for international quality beauty products at affordable prices. The brand aims to meet the diverse needs of the urban, modern woman and truly believes that Makeup should be used to enhance your Natural Beauty.

Price of this budget highlighter :

Rs.399/-

What this budget highlighter claims?

Amp up your Contouring game with the C.A.L Los Angeles Contour Chiseled Corrective Kit! The contouring and color correcting cream palette has a highly blendable formula with smooth and creamy texture that allows you to highlight and enhance your facial features with complete ease.

Perfect for achieving glowing, sun kissed look, you can use the darker shades to contour your face and lighter shades for highlighting and accentuating your features. A set of 4 contour and highlighter shades, this lovely palette helps you sculpt, define as well as highlight your cheekbones, jawline, forehead etc.

The shades available in this palette can be used alone or blended together to create your ideal skin tone color.

• Versatile all-in-one contour palette with 4 contour and highlighter shades.
• Smooth, blendable texture as well as intensely pigmented.
• Creamy formula.
• Contouring helps you enhance your facial features and create an illusion of a slim, chiseled face.
• Available in various shades that suit all skin tones.

Shades –

• Set No. 1
• Set No. 2
• Set No. 3

6. Wet n Wild MegaGlo Highlighting Powder

Price :

Rs.499/-

What this budget highlighter claims?

Shimmer and shine in all the right places with the must-have Wet n Wild MegaGlo Highlighting Powder. Back by popular demand, this No.1 highlighting powder is here to stay! Its ultra-pearly finish as well as easy-to-blend formula make it a fan favorite! The silky smooth, highly-pigmented powder gives an all over glow when applied to the cheek bones, brow bone, as well as cupid’s bow.

Features:

• Highly-pigmented budget highlighter
• Silky, smooth and also ultra blendable formula
• Ultra-reflective pearl pigments that give skin a radiant glow
• Fragrance, gluten as well as paraben free

Wet N Wild is Peta-certified, cruelty-free brand! Not 100% of the products are vegan, but the brand is striving towards making them all vegan-friendly. If a product is not listed as vegan, it is not considered vegan.

Shades –

• Winter Falls in LA
• Blossom Glow
• Precious Petals

How to use?

Apply to the cheek bones, brow bone, as well as cupid’s bow for the perfect glow.

7. Insight Cosmetics Instant Glow Liquid Illuminator

Insight is a revolutionary makeup brand from VOV International. The brand is known for its affordable, professional quality makeup. Insight comes with a wide array of options for women who crave for sophisticated innovations. The range includes nail polish, Lipstick, mascara, eyeliners, eye shadows, foundations, concealers, powder, lip-gloss, makeup brushes, as well as tools. Its extended range also includes artistic products and makeup for the special effects.

Price :

Rs.290/-

What this budget highlighter claims?

Achieve that instant lit from within look with Insight Instant Glow Liquid Illuminator. Luxuriously lightweight, long lasting as well as non-greasy, this multi-functional formula can be used alone or with other makeup products for that natural looking radiance that’ll have everyone talking.

Features:

• A multi-functional liquid illuminator for that instant lit from within glow
• Features a long wearing, non-greasy as well as lightweight formula, blends beautifully
• It beautifully enhances the complexion by adding a touch of shimmer to it
• Can be used alone or in combination with your favorite makeup product
• This product is free from paraben
• Cruelty free, not tested on animals

How to use?

• Use to highlight, or mix them with your foundation for an all-over glow.
• You may also use it for a multidimensional, glittering finish on the face and body.

8. Swiss Beauty Baked Blusher & Highlighter

Swiss beauty is one of the world’s fastest growing beauty brand with a strong geographical footprint which inspires woman to stay unique and classy.

Price :

Rs.349/-

What this budget highlighter claims?

Create a radiant glow with budget highlighter from Swiss Beauty, that instantly highlights the skin with a sheer wash of shimmering color. The soft as well as shimmering color of Swiss Beauty Baked Blusher & Highlighter creates a natural healthy glow.

The long lasting formula provides a gorgeous, smooth and also even application. This blush is infused with transparent pigments to avoid heaviness on the skin. Its luminous silky formula makes your cheeks glow.

Features:

• Micro-shimmer infused blusher as well as highlighter
• Has a lightweight formula that is super long lasting
• Blends effortlessly to create a natural healthy glow
• Dermatologically tested

Shades 

Available in 4 shades

How to use?

• Apply to the cheekbones, lips, eyelids, as well as body using a fan or highlighter brush
• It can also be applied to bare skin or over makeup too.

9. Incolor Baking Highlighter

Established in 2009, Incolor is a leading global beauty company bringing a wide range of luxurious as well as high-quality makeup products at affordable prices. The products have international formulations as well as packaging with the premium appeal and high level of research to ensure that the products stand the test of quality and consistency.

Price :

Rs.295/-

What this budget highlighter claims?

Get set to glow with this beautiful budget highlighter from the house of Incolor. Baked to sheer perfection, this luxurious formula is packed full of pigments to provide a natural glow as well as highlight to the face.

Uniquely designed to be used wet or dry, depending upon the makeup statement you want to make. When used dry with a brush, the look is light and fresh. Want more color? No Problem! Apply wet with a makeup sponge for more intensity.

Features:

• Beautiful highlighter for flawless glow
• Luxurious formula packed full of pigments
• Creates all-day radiant glow with shimmering color
• Intense on shine as well as color.

Shades –

Available in 13 shades

How to use?

Using the highlighting brush, sweep the highlighter onto the cheekbones, brow bone, inner eye corners, as well as cupid’s bow to brighten the face.

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10. Miss Claire Bronze & Highlighter Makeup Studio Palette

Price :

Rs.495/- for 8 gm

What this budget highlighter claims?

The Miss Claire Bronze & Highlighter Makeup Studio Palette features a combination of various shimmery shades that suits all skin tones. Apply it over the cheekbones for that ultimate 3D look. T

his full proof application method allows you to customize the depth of your glow with buildable layers that will slay your highlight game. Use each shade alone, or follow a step-by-step guide to create a look combining shine as well as warmth to build a visible 3D pop.

Features:

• A richly pigmented bronzer as well as highlighter palette
• Instantly sculpts and also highlights your natural features
• Each shade features a long wearing as well as blendable formula

Shades –

Available in 4 shades

How to use?

• Apply the bronzer to the areas you want to sculpt and define using a powder brush: the hollows of your cheeks, temples, jaw line, sides and also tip of your nose.
• Now apply the highlighter on top of the cheekbones, down the centre of the nose, the cupid’s bow as well as brow bone to give you candlelit skin.

11. Insight Cosmetics Insta-Ready Illuminating Highlighter

Price :

Rs.220/- for 7.5 gm

What this budget highlighter claims?

Create radiance and shine for glamorous as well as festive looks with Insight Insta Ready Illuminating Highlighter. This luminizer adds a touch of radiance and light your makeup look as well as accentuates your facial features. The easy to use, lightweight as well as long wearing formula creates a universally-flattering, sheer, dewy glow on the skin.

Features:

• Insta ready highlighting stick that gives skin a natural-looking glow
• Its light-reflecting formula instantly accentuates your best features
• The smooth as well as weightless texture delivers an instant flash of light
• Ideal for wearing over bare skin or over your favorite foundation

Shades 

• Rose Gold
• Golden Glow
• Luminious
• Blushed Copper

How to use?

Glide on over bare skin or foundation to accentuate top of the cheekbones, bridge of nose, as well as other areas.

12. Wet n Wild MegaGlo Makeup Stick Highlighter

Wet n Wild is a Los Angeles based company bringing to you stunning range of cosmetics with high-performance formulations all available at unbeatable prices. Since 1979, millions of women around the world have trusted Wet n Wild in delivering prestige-quality cosmetics in trendy colors. Avail hottest makeup picks, get the latest beauty inspiration with on-trend Wet n Wild palettes, lip colors, foundations and much more to get flawless makeup looks all the time!

Price :

Rs.399/- for 6 gm

What this budget highlighter claims?

In one swipe of a stick, you can get catwalk-ready cheekbones, naturally flushed cheeks as well as an insanely glowy complexion. Toss one of these portable makeup sticks in your purse or pocket and you’ll be camera-ready in less time it takes to double tap. Available in: Strobe, Contour, Conceal and also Blush.

Features :

• Multi-use sticks that conceal, highlight, contour as well as add a pop of color to the cheeks.
• Velvety, cream-to-powder blendable formula that’s long wearing and also crease proof.
• Ultra-portable sticks can be used anywhere, anytime.
• Ease of precision and control.

13. Swiss Beauty Highlight & Bronzer

Price :

Rs.349/- for 3.7 gm

What this budget highlighter claims?

Swiss Beauty 2-in-1 Highlighter & Bronzer features a new dome shaped cushion applicator. The high on pigment and shimmer formula delivers an invisible, blurring flush of color to the face as well as cheeks. The sheer, tinted effect looks like a stain, without actually staining your skin.

It is easy to blend. Dab onto both cheeks, and then blend until even. This product is perfect to add luminous glow and also sculpt your features easily.

Features:

• Easy to use highlighter as well as bronzer to accentuate and highlight your features
• Highlights your cheeks with a beautiful glow and also blends seamlessly into skin
• Features cushion applicator for a quick as well as easy strobing
• It’s compact size as well as puff applicator is perfect for on-the-go touch-ups

Shades

Available in 4 shades

How to use?

• Apply to the cheekbones, lips, eyelids, as well as body using a fan or highlighter brush
• It can also be applied to bare skin or over makeup too.

14. Miss Claire Liquid Highlighter

Price :

Rs.425/-

What this budget highlighter claims?

Leave a trail of glitter everywhere you go!! Shine bright with the Miss Claire liquid highlighter that adds a gorgeous glow to your skin. Concentrated with a highly pigmented yet lightweight formula it blends in seamlessly to give you that natural glow.

Features

• Highly pigmented liquid highlighter
• Features a lightweight as well as buildable formula
• Gives you a dewy, radiant as well as healthy glow

Shades 

• Lustre Gold
• Luminous Gold
• White
• Starlight
• Bronze Gold
• Champagne
• Rose Gold

How to use?

For an all-over dewy glow, apply evenly on face or wear on the high points of your face, for example the cheekbones, the bridge of the nose, brow bone as well as cupids bow.

15. Swiss Beauty Jelly Highlighter

Price :

Rs.349/-

What this budget highlighter claims?

Swiss Beauty Jelly Highlighter innovative gel formula has a wet bouncy texture that melts into the skin to create a wet look. The formula settles to a dewy, glazed finish. It blends seamlessly into the skin for a luminous, soft glow effect.

A perfect multi-use highlighter that can be worn alone, over makeup, and also can be mixed into your favorite foundation for a lit from within look. This highlighter is richly pigmented with ultra-fine shimmer particles and can be used to add subtle radiance or layered to a get luminous strobe effect on the eyes as well as face.

Features:

• Smooth jelly-textured highlighter that blends into the skin for a luminous, glowing skin effect
• The unique formula applies as wet jelly and settles in to skin to give dewy highlighted glow
• Features a lightweight as well as richly pigmented formula for that subtle radiance
• Can be layered to create a luminous strobe effect on the eyes and also face

Shades 

Available in 3 shades

How to use?

• Use alone, or mix a small amount into foundation for a dewy glow.
• Apply to cheekbones, brow bone, and cupid

Hope you liked this list of best budget highlighter available in Indian market. These highlighters are under Rs.500, hence most of us can afford them. Do share your feedback below in the comments.