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Prep + Prime Highlighter Glow Pen

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What it is: A pen-style highlighter that efficiently brings a soft, sheer wash of color and radiance to the skin.

What it does: A lightweight pen-style highlighter that efficiently brings a soft, sheer wash of colour to the skin. With its precision application, it adds radiance just where you want it. Goes on smoothly for cushion-soft wear without drying your skin. Use over makeup for highlights, touch-ups or under makeup to brighten and prime to add subtle luminosity. The lightweight, long-wearing and nondrying formula provides instant radiance.

How to use: Apply the highlighter directly with the brush-tip applicator to high planes of the face over bare moisturized skin or on top of concealer/foundation. Focus highlighter on high planes of the face. Blend well with fingertips.

  • 0.12 oz.
  • Dermatologist tested; ophthalmologist tested
  • Nonacnegenic
  • Item #354423
  • Core Product ID 333334PMF8

Ingredients

Water\Aqua\Eau, Cyclopentasiloxane, Polydecene, Butylene Glycol, Sodium Chloride, Dimethicone, Peg-10 Dimethicone, Bis-Peg/Ppg-14/14 Dimethicone, Hexylene Glycol, Diglycerin, Polyglyceryl-4 Isostearate, Cetyl Peg/Ppg-10/1 Dimethicone, Nylon-12, Hexyl Laurate, Alumina, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Polysilicone-11, Silica, Laureth-7, Disodium Edta, Phenoxyethanol, Potassium Sorbate, [+/- Mica, Iron Oxides (Ci 77491, Ci 77492, Ci 77499), Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891), Bismuth Oxychloride (Ci 77163), Blue 1 (Ci 42090), Blue 1 Lake (Ci 42090), Carmine (Ci 75470), Chromium Hydroxide Green (Ci 77289), Chromium Oxide Greens (Ci 77288), Ferric Ferrocyanide (Ci 77510), Ultramarines (Ci 77007), Yellow 5 (Ci 19140), Yellow 5 Lake (Ci 19140)].
Ingredients are subject to change at the manufacturer's discretion. For the most complete and up-to-date list of ingredients, refer to the product packaging

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Reviews

(320)3204.6 out of 5
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Most helpful positive review

Jan 26, 2015

New favorite

I purchased the Radiant Rose version. I purchased this as more of an under eye concealer. I have tried lots of highlighters and concealers. From higher end (Bobbi Brown, Cle de Peau, and most of what Sephora has to offer, really), and I have also tried a few drugstore brands. I was previously using Maybelline's Instant Age Rewind highlighter. (The one that looks like a bingo dabber.) I have been using this product for about a week and I think it is my favorite of all highlighters (and actual concealers). I use it under my eyes, but it could be used for other highlighting purposes. I have very fair Caucasian skin and blue eyes. It's not a miracle OMGAH product, but it's a good item to help my under eye area. I am happy with the purchase and tempted to try the other colors.
gypsylou
28found this helpful

Most helpful critical review

Aug 30, 2016

Why the hype?

Thin watery and light coverage at best. There are so many better under eye concealers. If you are just wanting a subtle brightening then this for you, if you want a true concealer this is not it.
Cprit
3found this helpful

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Jan 26, 2015

New favorite

I purchased the Radiant Rose version. I purchased this as more of an under eye concealer. I have tried lots of highlighters and concealers. From higher end (Bobbi Brown, Cle de Peau, and most of what Sephora has to offer, really), and I have also tried a few drugstore brands. I was previously using Maybelline's Instant Age Rewind highlighter. (The one that looks like a bingo dabber.) I have been using this product for about a week and I think it is my favorite of all highlighters (and actual concealers). I use it under my eyes, but it could be used for other highlighting purposes. I have very fair Caucasian skin and blue eyes. It's not a miracle OMGAH product, but it's a good item to help my under eye area. I am happy with the purchase and tempted to try the other colors.
gypsylou
28found this helpful
Nov 18, 2014

PREP+PRIME

FABULOUS...I AM 71 AND HAVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR AN UNDEREYE COVERUP FOR YEARS. MY DAUGHTER NOTICED A DIFFERENCE IMMEDIATELY. I AM EXCITED EVERYDAY TO GO OUT AND MEET THE PUBLIC.
SEL100
25found this helpful
Feb 3, 2013

good and bad

this pen is good because it makes you look AWAKE however it is very DRYING to the skin...almost like putting corn starch on your face....i use this under my eyes and it looks great but it makes them parched....i put pure eucerin on them and apply this pen and they still end up dry by the end of the day the pen is nice but in the long run who wants under their eyes to be that dry? that is the main cause of under eye wrinkling....mac should add moisture to the product
suzzie
25found this helpful
June 24, 2011

Move over YSL and Dior Skinflash...

This is a truly pigmented highlighter that is a good balance between concealer and highlighting pen. I've tried YSL and heard wonders but thought it would conceal just a tad more...it's too thin. This MAC highlighter conceals, primes, and highlights, all at same time in one nifty pen. A little goes a long way so beware and also give it a moment to set after you blend. You will not be unhappy. I'm NC40 and NC42 in summer and got the Bright Forecast. Loves it!
karachop
15found this helpful
May 21, 2015

Best ever!

This is the best highlighter and under eye concealer I've ever used. I had my makeup done for a white tie event and I fell in love with it. Brightens without adding age lines like a lot of other concealers.
Nordstromxo
12found this helpful
Apr 20, 2015

Great Product!

I have gone through 4 pens and I don't think I could go without! I have pretty dark under eye circles and have used this both under and over the prolongwear concealer( I am an NW30). I have tried all 3 shades and I found Bright Forecast to be the most complimentary shade for my skin tone. It has a good mix of peach and yellow to highlight. I apply it directly from the pen and wait a couple minutes before blending it with a damp BeautyBlender. Love it!
Sadie23
6found this helpful
Sept 1, 2014

Wonderful!

A MAC sales assistant recommended the Radiant Rose color, and it turned out to be the perfect color and certainly not pinky as the name implies. I use it as my first level of concealer under my eyes…both in the inner eye corners to lighten up there, and also a bit on the circles under my eyes. I use other concealers on top of this, but it does seem to give a better level of overall eye circle coverage and it blends in quite nicely. The container lasts a fairly long time as you only need to use a tiny dot of the concealer (on the brush) each time, a tiny amount spreads quite well and a little bit goes a long way. I will keep buying this product for sure.
CMCMCA
TOP 500 REVIEWER
6found this helpful
Jan 11, 2016

Not for me

My biggest skin problem is my dark under eyes. Actually it's not so much darkness as blueness from my thin skin and peering veins :( So, after seeing this used on several YouTube beauty vlogs I ordered it...and it went back. It just didn't cover. I did like that it was lightweight and not too cakey or heavy but even with layering a second application this product simply did not cover the under eye color I so desperately need to nearly as well as several other products I already have (Chanel, Nars, Cle de Peau, YSL, IT, Bobbi Brown).
Cchristensen77
TOP 10 REVIEWER
5found this helpful
Nov 9, 2015

Miracle product

I'm so happy I tried this product! It's beautiful on the face, hides shadows without defining wrinkles and lines, and the pen works perfectly. It has a bit of sheen to it so it doesn't look flat, but it's not sparkly or shiny on my oily skin. Will definitely repurchase. Better than any other concealer type product I've used! Especially now that my skin is older (I'm in my mid-thirties) and I have to be careful what I put under my eyes to avoid looking crepey. This also doesn't require powder to set-an added bonus for maturing skin!
Erikafp
5found this helpful
Dec 23, 2013

Fairy-like eraser!

Wow, does this product do what is says and more! Not only does it expertly highlight areas with a natural and not glittery, soft focus effect, it also diffuses and photoshops away your lines and wrinkles. In fact it should be called a concealer-highlighter, (which is an oxymoron), so I guess that is why they call it prep and prime highlighter. This is now all I have to use for my dark under eye circles. The only cons of this product are that it is a twist up product; therefore it appears that it may run out quickly, & it isn't exactly cheap, & you can't tell when you are running out. That being said it is great, and if you try it, you'll love it.
Zipfel
4found this helpful
Mar 17, 2023

Amazing Mac counter experience

I had an amazing experience
Verified purchase
Shannan
3found this helpful
Aug 30, 2016

Why the hype?

Thin watery and light coverage at best. There are so many better under eye concealers. If you are just wanting a subtle brightening then this for you, if you want a true concealer this is not it.
Cprit
3found this helpful