Buttermelt Highlighter
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NYX Buttermelt Highlighter delivers an intense, buttery glow that several creators call the best drugstore highlighter they've used. Angelica Nyqvist kept three after decluttering half her collection, and Kelly Strack notes it doesn't emphasize texture or look powdery. One shade has a slight yellow undertone that MandyLea finds less flattering on fair skin, but the formula is widely praised as smooth, pigmented, and affordable.
FULL REVIEWS
POSITIVE
Variant: Bright and Butta
- “You can see from the hard pan on this just how much I use this color”14:11–14:16
- “If I were to pick the highlight of the year, it's from NYX. Yes, NYX”14:27–14:33
- Source: Best of beauty 2025: top makeup, skin care and hair care - Dec 7, 2025
- “These highlighters are intense. Okay, they are intense”4:27–4:35
- “You are going to get that see me from outer space type of glow to your face with these highlighters”4:33–4:38
- “You can get a more lit from within glow”4:47–4:52
- “I love that they have like purpley shades and pinky shades and green shades”
- “These are gorgeous”
- “I love that formula. It's at that great NYX price point. So many shades to choose from. I love love love these highlighters”4:27–4:33
- Source: 10 Best Drugstore Makeup Launches of 2025 - Dec 23, 2025
- “I genuinely was so petrified that this would be really thick, really chunky, just something that I would not enjoy. And it really did bowl me over. It is so smooth. It's so flattering”4:56–5:04
- “You can also use this as a multifunctional product. So, you can use it on the eyes as well”5:17–5:20
- “This is probably the best drugstore highlighter that I've ever used”5:20–5:25
- Source: The best makeup of 2025 - Dec 29, 2025
- “I decluttered 50% of my highlighter collection and I still kept three of these. I think that tells you everything you need to know about this formula. Absolutely beautiful formula. Really, really love it”19:07–19:22
- “This purpley one is their more topper formula. When you buy it in store, there's a sticker on it that says this is a sparkle topper. This one has more sparkles to it”19:22–19:30
- “But this is a great formula. And if you are shopping at the drugstore and looking for a powder highlighter, I do recommend these”19:30–19:38
- Source: Best makeup releases of 2025 - Dec 11, 2025
Variant: Glaze It Butter
- “These are very, very similar”
- “Very similar like bold sort of glow that this is going to give”14:34–14:38
- “NYX did do that with these. They give a lot of glow, but they're not super powdery or glittery, and they don't emphasize texture on the face”18:43–18:51
- “I think NYX did a really good job on these new buttermilk highlighters”19:00–19:04
- “They have that beautiful kind of formula that is buttery while still being a powder”19:04–19:08
- Source: 10 Best Drugstore Beauty Dupes 2025 - May 9, 2025
Variant: Glaze It Butter
- “These are beautiful. Oh my goodness, they are so pigmented and buttery”16:21–16:27
- “They just look stunning on”
- “These are stunning on, like give the most beautiful glow and obviously drugstore so they're affordable”16:41–16:45
- “It is just stunning and will give you a beautiful glow”16:54–16:58
- Source: Best makeup of 2025 - Dec 30, 2025
Variant: Glazit Butter
- “I really like them. I think they're great”4:56–4:59
- Source: Full face drugstore makeup tutorial - Jun 9, 2026
Variant: 05 Brightened Butter
- “I almost gave the highlighter also to the feeling butter highlighter from NYX, which I do like”10:20–10:26
- “It has just the tiniest bit of like yellow in it that I don't love when I'm a little bit more on the fair side”10:42–10:47
- Source: Best Drugstore Makeup of 2025 - Dec 12, 2025
Variant: U Butta Werk
MIXED / NEGATIVE
No negative reviews yet — creators have only had good things to say.
WHAT CREATORS SAY
- Consensus
- 4.6 / 5 from 8 creator reviewsGrailPeople ratings based on creator reviews.
- Features
- Glossy (3) · Pigmented (2)
- Value
- Value for money (2)
Product details
Details
- Type
- powder highlighter
- Finish
- shimmer
- Shade
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- Key ingredients
- mango butter, shea butter, almond butter, mica, synthetic fluorphlogopite, titanium dioxide, dimethicone, tocopherol, tocopheryl acetate, caprylyl glycol
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