If you’re looking for an easy way to add glow to your skin, incorporate illuminating lotions and creams into your makeup routine. It can be a particularly useful product for brightening dull skin, giving you a bit of extra confidence on non-makeup days.
Best Strobe Creams in India
Whether worn alone or underneath your favorite foundation, these strobe creams are an absolute must-have in your beauty routine all year round.
1. Best Overall: L.A. Girl Luminous Glow Illuminator Cream
This creamy liquid highlighter blends naturally into the skin adding a radiating glow to your skin. You can put this glow-y product over your whole face as a primer (believe us, we’ve done it) or use it to highlight your features.
Price: Rs. 750; nykaa.com
2. Best Affordable: Swiss Beauty Real Make-Up Base Highlighting Primer
Add glow to your complexion with the radiance boosting Swiss Beauty Real Makeup Base Highlighting Primer. It has ultra-fine pearl pigments to give you the smoothest, most glowy skin possible. Beauty influencers are also posting videos on their social media channels comparing this inexpensive primer to the MAC strobe cream, and guess what? It’s the perfect dupe for that.
Price: Rs. 399; nykaa.com
3. Best for Dry Skin: Lakmé Lumi Skin Cream
This budget-friendly formula moisturizes skin and provides a natural glow. If you’re not a makeup fan but would love to add a product in your vanity that does the job of a moisturizer and a strobe cream, this is it.
Price: Rs. 299; nykaa.com
4. Best for Beginners: MARS Take A Glow Illuminating Primer
This illuminating primer is easy to apply and mix with other products, providing a nice glow without looking too sparkly. It is a pocket-friendly primer that blends easily and leaves a healthy looking dewy finish which makes it ideal for makeup beginners.
Price: Rs. 229; nykaa.com
5. Best High-End: MAC Strobe Cream
If by the end of the day your makeup is usually nowhere to be seen, we would suggest giving this strobe cream a try. Not only does it last longer, it also gives a better finish to your foundation. It absorbs easily, leaving behind nothing but a healthy, dewy glow.
Price: Rs. 3600; nykaa.com
6. Best High Definition: Lotus Make Up Proedit Silk Touch Glow Strobe Cream
Packed with vitamin E, Japanese sakura and white mulberry extracts, this illuminating primer provides an extra layer of moisturizer for dry skin types without being greasy.
Price: Rs. 525; nykaa.com
7. Best Nourishing: Faces Canada Strobe Cream
Enriched with skin nourishing ingredients like shea butter and hyaluronic acid, this illuminating primer leaves the skin looking soft, plump and moisturized. Free from parabens and alcohol, the cruelty-free formula is suitable for all skin types.
Price: Rs. 599; nykaa.com
8. Best for Professionals and MUAs: PAC Strobe Cream
This silicon-free, vegan illuminating cream imparts a natural-looking no-makeup glow to all skin tones while moisturizing for a radiant complexion, all thanks to its micro-shimmer particles.
Price: Rs. 795; nykaa.com
9. Best Oil-Free: Chambor Light & Sheer Skin Highlighter
It can be tough to find an illuminating primer that doesn’t look greasy on oily skin types, but this vegan, cruelty-free formula delivers. It is a versatile product which is suitable for all skin types and skin tones. Wear it alone or blend with your favorite foundation for a radiant finish.
Price: Rs. 1345; nykaa.com
10. Best Silicon-Free: Colorbar Spotlight Illuminating Lotion
A quick glance at the reviews and you won’t be able to hit ‘add to cart’ fast enough. This silicon and paraben free formula contains mulberry extracts which helps to even out the skin and give you an instant, long-lasting glow. It also contains moisturizing ingredients like shea butter and jojaba seed oil that helps keep your skin look nourished and healthy.
Price: Rs. 950; nykaa.com