These are the drugstore makeup products I swear by – the ones i continue to buy over and over because they actually work. Affordable beauty essentials that deliver every single time. Save your coins and your face.
I use this with a dot of the La Roche Posay moisturizer for fresh dewy skin-but-better look without feeling heavy or cakey. Perfect for when you want coverage but still wanna look like you’re effortlessly glowing.
Bare Focus Tinted Hydrator Tinted Skin Veil - Wet n Wild
I use this for the “sun’s hitting just right” glow. For yearssss. This has been it for me. It’s super buildable, so you can go subtle or full-on glazed donut.
MegaGlo™ Illuminating Palette Wet n Wild
My magic eraser for texture and shine. It smooths, blurs, sets, and honestly just makes your makeup look way more expensive than it is.
5 in 1 Essence Primer + Finish Powder - Wet n Wild
Your brows but better. It fluffs them up, adds a little tint, and locks them in without getting crunchy or stiff. Way faster than filling them in with a pencil.
Make Me Brow Eyebrow Gel Mascara - Essence Makeup
This is my liquid blush queen. Melts into the skin. Buildable lightweight silky radiant glow! 10/10
FLOWER Beauty Liquid Blush Bomb By Drew Barrymore
So underrated. My everyday favorite. Hydrating, light-weight, and gives you that real-skin look while covering what you need. No creasing, no dryness. Just smooth & fresh bright under eyes every time. Get it!
Flower Beauty - Get Real Serum Concealer
Your lashes but BETTER. This mascara lifts, curls, and separates without clumping. Makes it look like youre wearing falsies. Drugstore holy grail.
Lash Sensational® Mascara for Lashes - Maybelline
Smooth, blendable, and gives you a nautral warm glow without looking muddy.
City Bronzer® Bronzer & Contour Powder Makeup - Maybelline
Lock in your slay. Melts your makeup together, keeps everything in place, and gives a soft dewy finish. Your makeup will last all day.
Power Grip Dewy Setting Spray | e.l.f. Cosmetics
Waterproof liner that doesn't smudge. Super precise felt tip that gives you the sharp, blackest-black wing with zero effort. Perfect for baby wing or full on cat eye effect.
24ever Ink Liner – Essence Makeup
My glow booster in a bottle. You can wear it alone or mix it with foundation to amp up your glow or use it as a liquid highlighter without looking glittery or greasy!
Good, creamy, blendable and gives you that soft, sunkissed warmth without looking muddy. Smells good too!
Baby Got Bronze Bronzing Stick – Essence
The bristles are soft but dense enough to blend liquid or cream foundation flawlessly without soaking up all your product.
Ultimate Blending Brush - e.l.f.
The IT girl gloss – non-sticky and smooth look.
Praline Butter Gloss - NYX Professional Makeup
Iconic for a reason, brightens under eyes without creasing.
Maybelline - 095 Instant Age Rewind Eraser Dark Circle Treatment ...
My true favorite for yearssss. Creamy, easy to apply, and the shade is flattering on so many skin tones. Pairs perfectly with gloss, lipstick, or worn all over as a matte lip.
Whipped Caviar Suede Matte Lip Liner - NYX
I’ve had these forever. They’ve always been my favorite for years. Blends creams, powders, and liquids like a dream. Comes with a blush brush, foundation brush, eyeshadow blender, setting brush, and that iconic sponge. Soft, reliable, and affordable—...
Real Techniques : Makeup Tools & Brushes - Target
Blends like butter. Creamy texture melts into the skin for that warm, sun-kissed glow without streaks or patchiness. Buildable, blendable, and beginner-friendly.
Skincare and makeup had a baby. Lightweight, glowy, and evens out your skin without hiding it. Feels like nothing, looks like everything. This lasts all day for me. Love.
L'Oreal Paris True Match Hyaluronic Tinted Serum Makeup Skincare Hybrid