If there is any time to add a little sparkle to your beauty routine, it’s now. With the festive season well and truly upon us, December is the one time of the year to douse yourself in shimmer (even if you like to play it safe – and matte).

A trend that is seemingly going nowhere (take the celebrity beauty lines of Rihanna, Kimmy K and Gigi Hadid, for example, all anchored in gleaming pigments and the ‘glow factor’), and verse yourself in the glimmer culture.

All that glitters is not only gold, but silver, bronze and all colours of the rainbow, too. Choose soft pearlescent pastels that stretch onto the skin like lurex, or for body, opt for rich copper oils that make limbs dance with light. Pick your glitter-winking weapon: stick, pigment or oil, and load yourself up in the sparkly stuff.

Now go forth and find your best light, and Kira Kira promptly.

The Stick

LUMA COSMETICS 
Jess Hart knows a thing or too about glowing. So much so, the radiant super has channelled the art of glowing into a nifty highlighting stick in various shades from soft pink to burnished bronze (and at a great price point). Smooth over high points for a creamy twinkle.

Luma Cosmetics On The Glow Highlighter, $30. SHOP NOW

PAT MCGRATH
Pat McGrath is the undisputed Queen of the Glow with her sell-out Skin Fetish range (25 years in the making, thank you very much), and whilst this isn’t just restricted to the stick, we couldn’t not include. Slick the Golden Shiny Stick Highlighter + Balm Duo on face first (one end is golden, the other clear – clever, hey), then use the brush to buff in the pearly pressed-powder on top – for the ultimate otherworldly skin.

Pat McGrath Labs Skin Fetish 003 Illuminator Kit – Golden, $104. SHOP NOW

FENTY BEAUTY
Oh, RiRi. How art thou so illuminated? With this super Stick. Like skin confetti, glide the ten universal shades to highlight, blush, and bronze with this magnetised makeup stick. Fluffy, whipped, shimmering – it’s a highlighting dream.

Fenty Beauty Match Stix Shimmer Stick, $37.
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The Oils

BALIBODY
Fake a trip to Canggu with a heavy-handed slick of this. A multi-purpose, hydrating body oil with a hint of bronze, this fast drying, lightweight oil will gift you a natural, Balinese sheen (without those Jetstar flights).

BaliBody Shimmering Body Oil, $30.
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FRANK BODY
Frank loves his babes, and he loves them shimmering. So, he’s just released this Magic Shimmer Oil, which is dry to the touch, non-sticky and elicits an all-over subtle shimmer.

Frank Body Magic Shimmer Oil.
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TOM FORD
With shimmers of gold and platinum leaf, this is the ultimate lightweight oil to slick onto high points. Or, for the glow-rexics, smother over entire body and glimmer your way into the night (you’ll also smell like a bouquet of fresh white flowers).

Tom Ford Soleil Blanc Shimmering Body Oil, $135.
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THE PIGMENT


CHANTECAILLE
Could Chantecaille’s latest palette be more beautiful? Inspired by twinkling palliates and sequins, this holiday edition combines a sheer pink and rose gold highlighter for a gloriously pearly dusting of shimmer, so you can twinkle like a star atop the beauty tree.

Chantecaille Les Paillettes, $115. SHOP NOW

CIATÉ LODNON
Your glow game needn’t be restricted to gold, play with kaleidoscopic colour, too, like Ciaté’s new Mermaid Palette. With the swirl of a brush, soft sorbet hues transform into a universal highlight which leaves skin with a touch of magic.

Ciaté London Mermaid Glow Highlighter, $46
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TOO FACED
Come Holiday season, Too Faced know how to throw a party like no other. Their latest pots of sparkle are testament to this; with four pots of finely-milled glitter and a deluxe-sized Glitter Glue Primer – your lids (and even cheeks and lips) will be glistening in no time.

Too Faced ‘Tis The Season To sparkle, $36. SHOP NOW