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My favorite beauty recs
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items I buy what works, not what's popular. Not an influencer, just a mid-30s girl who loves looking cute!
Sections
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Makeup I've researched and tested
Hair products
Fashion
Skin Care for normal skin with sebaceous filaments (chin and around nose)
Things I didn't know I needed
Makeup I've researched and tested
What I use for my everyday beat (not actually everyday, but you know what I mean 😅)
Honestly, I searched high and low for a concealer that didn't dry my under eyes. I love this one!
Bye Bye Under Eye Full Coverage Waterproof Concealer
I hate wearing foundation now that we're in this “clean girl” aesthetic and it's no longer 2016. This is perfect for covering up blemishes without feeling like you have a ton of makeup on!
Fenty beauty skin tint
No need to spend a ton of money, this primer is that girl!
Power Grip Primer
Finally a baking powder that doesn't crease or look dusty! I LOVE this one! I didn't want to believe the hype, but it works! I got the mini size from sephora first to make sure I liked it. I also haven't experienced flashback with it! Remember to aft...
EASY BAKE LOOSE POWDER Banana Bread
Ole-reliable! This is a solid concealer that honestly you really don't need to stray from just to “try something new”. I don't experience creasing with it and it brightens my under eye just enough. If we're shade twins, highly recommend warm sand! I ...
Born This Way Super Coverage Multi-Use Concealer
Stop spending $40 on setting spray! This is half the price and just as good! The key is to make sure you're spraying enough. Once spritz won't cut it! This goes for any setting spray. Hold and spray for a good 3 seconds. Love this one, makeup goes NO...
Make It Last Original - Natural Finish Setting Spray
Merit is the queen of clean beauty! I love how light, but buildable their blushes are! This is Lebonbon, which in my first pic is the brighter pink one on the left. I like to use them individually or pair them up. I ended up putting the darker blush ...
Flush Balm Cream Blushes: lebonbon and post modern
There is no reason to spend tons on lip liner. NYX is that girl! Affordable, works great, and lasts long! I'm wearing espresso in this pic, but I also like to pair it with other lip liners (see my other post). It glides on beautifully. $6 is a steal!
Shop Creamy Lip Liners & Pencils | NYX Professional Makeup
Love this color as my transition color from espressor (my outer most lip liner color by NYX) to my lip cream (see other post). It's a nice nude brown with a peach undertone. LOVE and it's only $6!
Shop Creamy Lip Liners & Pencils | NYX Professional Makeup
$7??!? Lasts awhile! I use this as a base for other colors so they stay on longer, but also appear even bright as a color. It's not drying at all!
Soft Matte Lip Cream Lipstick | NYX Professional Makeup
One of the best pomades! Love the shade, coats the eyebrows well, doesn't wearoff too easily.
DIPBROW® Pomade
Great affordable eyeliner. I love how smooth this eyeliner glides on. Perfect texture for blurring with a thin, angled brush for a blurred out eyeliner look.
Stay & Play Gel Eyeliner
Hands down the BEST concealer and powder brush! It collects powder on the larger bristle side so well and disperses it evenly. The concealer side does a great job of being able to evenly spread out the concealer without it going on patchy or creasing...
Airbrush Concealer and Foundation Brush #132 - IT Cosmetics
Hair products
Hair products for curly/ethnic hair (4A and 4B)
Wash and Gos with this hair mask are everything for me! Limits frizz and pops curls!
Hair Mask & Treatment
Fashion
Purchases I definitely didn't regret!
Perfect for a more formal wedding and very stretchy!
Lemon & Pastel Yellow Dresses
yes ma'am! These are the sexiest sunglasses! Not all transition glasses are grandma-ish! These are stylish no matter if they are clear or full blown sun mode! The gold frame paired with the brown lenses is so dope! If you buy, always buy online- much...
Versace Transitions® Prescription Glasses
Skin Care for normal skin with sebaceous filaments (chin and around nose)
Products that I've tried and how I use them
I have experienced breakouts from toners in the past, but Innisfree is that girl! I never breakout, I'm seeing brighter skin and dark spots are improving. Sephora has a smaller pack for less money so you can try it before committing to spending too m...
Green Tea Enzyme Vitamin C Brightening + Exfoliating Toner Pads - innisfree | Sephora
This one right here! I don't use hyaluronic acid every day because my skin can't handle too much, but 3-4 times a week keeps my skin glowing and plump. I've had the bottle for about 6 months now and have about ¼ left. A little goes a long way!
1.0 oz Hyalu B5 Pure Hyaluronic Acid Face Serum - La Roche-Posay | Ulta Beauty
This is my emergency skin barrier repair cream! I only use it when my skin barrier is clearly struggling. I don't recommend using it everyday if you have normal skin because I believe it clogs pores if used too much, but that's for my skin type.
1.3 oz Cicaplast Balm B5 Soothing Therapeutic Multi Purpose Cream - La Roche-Posay | Ulta Beauty
Great for skin prep! I put this one right before my primer and it makes my skin feel so hydrated.
Holy Hydration! Thirst Burst Drops Dewy + Brightening - e.l.f. Cosmetics | Ulta Beauty
I love these for the days my skin barrier is a little more compromised. These are great for sensitive skin. I feel like they even out my skin texture, especially because I use a chemical exfoliant. Each pad is pretty big so I cut them in half and tha...
Needly Daily Toner Pad with BHA & PHA
I LOVE centella products. This hyaluronic is gentle on my skin. Perfect for skin prep before makeup. I put it on after my toner. Cheaper at TJmaxx/Marshalls or grab it from their website. It's more expensive at Ulta!
Madagascar Centella Hyalu-Cica Blue Serum | Skin Care
Best cleanser for normal skin types! For me, i have days where my skin barrier is struggling a little more and this cleanser is gentle on those days and every day. I hate a cleanser that feels like it's stripping my skin, but this cleanser feels like...
Laroche Posay Hydrating gentle cleanser
An affordable moisturizer! This bottle is about $20, but lasts so long! The moisturizer doesn't irritate my skin and feels light, but hydrating.
Moisturizing Cream
I found this at tjmaxx and was skeptical, but i love it for my skin prep! I don't use this or hyaluronic acid every day because my skin can't hand it, but it's perfect for days that I need good skin prep. Other skin types might be okay using this eve...
The Face Shop 8 Peptide Serum, Vegan Mucin
I found this at TJmaxx for $10! yesstyle has it for cheaper than amazon. I am picky about eye creams because many cause milia on me. I think in general, eye creams do not need to be used every day so I normally do every other day with this one just t...
Pyunkang Yul PKY Black Tea Time Reverse Eye Cream, Hyaluronic Acids ...
Things I didn't know I needed
I was holding off on buying a hand fan because I just didn't want to look like an “auntie” just yet. BUT best purchase of 2025! I use this fan alllll the time! I mostly use it while doing my makeup to dry the layers quicker.
HandFan 2025 Portable Misting Fan Pink