Powder Highlighters. DO OR DON'T?

Being blessed with prominent cheekbones means i'm a massive fan of highlighters! However some come with a heavy price tag. Over the past few years there has been a boom in highlighters and dramatic growth in drugstore brands launching their own versions of these beauty treasures.

My first highlighter experience was at the ripe young age of 13, walking  through Harrods when a benefit cosmetics beautician approached me. I left the store beaming a huge smile framed by their wonder potion High Beam, and my newly purchased bottle of the product from mother, hoping it would encourage a positive love for make-up and how it did! My older sister later bought the product and still uses it to this day whereas i have experimented a little more. Since that first experience i have tried 2 more of benefits primer's which double up nicely as highlighters, YSL touch eclat, to something more affordable Miss Sporty. After trialing the next highlighter i received a sample of i realised that sometimes when you apply the highlighter on top of your make-up it can strip the base, but when you apply less to avoid this it doesn't have as strong an effect. Anybody else notice this? So now i'm considering giving powder highlighters a go but a bit weary of whether they will be pearly enough and how long they will last before it slides off the base like blusher. I think i should start the search for my first purchase.
Gemma