Sabrina Carpenter Uses the Most Unexpected $10 Drugstore Product in Place of a Glowy Highlighter
Kleigh Balugo
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Because we’re constantly keeping tabs on her, it’s impossible not to notice that Sabrina Carpenter’s beauty looks are always top tier. Her signature rosy cheeks and glowy skin are a huge inspiration for our own makeup routines, especially after her iconic 2025 Grammys look. She’s constantly serving old-Hollywood glamour in the best way, so of course we have no choice but to stan. And although Sabrina has a whole team to get her glammed up, her makeup look is easier than ever to recreate at home—because her makeup artist just revealed the $10 drugstore product she used to get that gorgeous glow.
Even though Sabrina is always looking like a million bucks, you don’t have to drop your whole paycheck to get her signature makeup look. On our quest of tracking down all of her most-used beauty products, we have definitely encountered tons of high-end makeup products that are way out of our price range. (I mean, she practically lives in Giorgio Armani products.) But on the other hand, she’s also worn tons of inexpensive Cetaphil skincare products to prep her skin for glam. Thankfully, the Sabrina-approved drugstore products don’t stop there, because we’re adding the Aquaphor product her makeup artist used at the Grammys to our cart ASAP.
You read that right, Sabrina Carpenter wore the Aquaphor Healing Balm Stick in place of highlighter at this year’s Grammys. And if you’re not already convinced to pick one up for yourself based on the price tag alone, just look at how glowy Sabrina’s skin was during her performance. Although we’ve dabbled with different highlighters over the years, who would’ve guessed that a drugstore balm stick would be the highlighter we’ve been searching for? While glittery highlighters can often look too harsh or emphasize skin texture, Sabrina’s makeup artist Carolina Gonzalez just achieved the dewy glass skin of our dreams for only $10.
While it’s not always realistic to wear performance makeup in your everyday life, Sabrina’s Aquaphor highlighter is just more proof that you don’t need the most expensive or trendiest products to get the makeup look you want. There are so many different highlighters on the market, but sometimes a drugstore balm stick is all you really need to glow like Sabrina. If you’ve been searching high and low for a product to get that non-shimmery, glow-from-within skin—take note of Sabrina’s drugstore beauty hack. We certainly will.
