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My favorite beauty recs
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items As a professional makeup artist and freelancer for brands. I’ve tried it all, here’s what I’m loving!
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Skincare
Fragrance
Makeup
This is a super light texture, medium to buildable foundation with a huge shade range. I’ve been using this foundation for almost a year now and it goes on so smooth. I like to put 1-2 pumps on the back of my hand and use a brush to apply to my face.
Light Reflecting Advanced Skincare Foundation
I’ve been using this concealer every day for over a year and I absolutely love the coverage, it’s hydrating, there are a ton of shades and it leaves the skin looking concealed and fresh
Radiant Creamy Concealer
This setting powder is my holy grail! It sets your makeup all day without making you look cakey, it’s incredibly finely milled and gives you a healthy glow that leaves you looking fresh
Light Reflecting™ Setting Powder - Pressed
I really like these blush duos, a cream and powder formula. I have the shades “she goes to the gym and on holiday”
Major Headlines Double-Take Crème & Powder Blush Duo
I love this multi use stick I have a few shades, you can use them in the eyes, lips and cheeks. I love to use these as an eyeshadow base and tap on a little shimmer
The Multiple
I’ve used multiple bottles of this now and I absolutely love the mister, it melts my powders down and leaves a gorgeous natural finish to my makeup
MAKEUP BY MARIO SurrealSkin® 16HR Soft Setting Spray
My go to blush for a beautiful long lasting flush on my cheeks
Long Lasting Powder Blush
Recently started using this and absolutely fell in love with it, I love the cream to powder formula. Super blendable, lots of pigment so a little goes a long way
Laguna Bronzing Cream | NARS Cosmetics
This is an amazing brush cleaner, it really gets all the makeup off my brushes, it has tea tree oil in it too that helps with antibacterial properties and a fresh clean scent
Makeup Brush Cleaners
Length and volume with lash loving ingredients to help soften and help lashes grow
Hypnôse Drama Mascara - Extreme Volume Mascara - Lancôme Canada
I got the purple pallet and I am absolutely loving the pigmentation, purples are hard to do well and Hung did an amazing job with these pallets!
Color Story Eyeshadow Palette
This brush cleaner will get your brushes SO clean! A little dip and then wipe on paper towel, leaves a sweet vanilla scent on the brushes
Brush Cleaners
I love this lash glue for my clients, it’s also latex and formaldehyde free
DUO Brush-On StripLash Adhesive Clear
I absolutely love these lipsticks, true colour payoff, hydrating and long lasting!
Explicit Lipstick | Long Lasting Satin Lipstick
This is a great mascara that gives you lots of volume and length, it’s super black and has a wand with little hooks to grab your lashes and really coat them
NARS Mascara - NEW Climax, Audacious
I love these new formulated lip balms! They give a soft subtle tint and are so nourishing for your lips
Afterglow Moisturizing Lip Balm
This is a great spray, leaves a great natural finish. Not much of a scent and leaves you feeling refreshed
Makeup Finishing Sprays
Great liquid liner, super precise tip
Eyeliners and Pencils
I use this on every single makeup client I have, it’s super creamy and has a great coverage
Light Reflecting™ Eye Brightener
This reformulated Mac lipstick is amazing! I really love the way these feel. Has a matte finish without being drying at all
M·A·Cximal Silky Matte Lipstick | Including Velvet Teddy, Taupe, Mehr & ...
The perfect 1 and done eyeshadow product! Easy to blend out and stays put without creasing
Total Seduction Longwear Cream Eyeshadow Stick
A beautiful bronzer with a subtle shimmer, nice and warm, blends nicely with other cheek products
Luminous Silk Glow Bronzer - Instant Glow - Armani Beauty
This is for the days you know it’s gunna be a long day, it’s super long lasting, intense hold. Don’t spray for more than 3-5 seconds or it becomes a bit much
Infallible 3-Second Setting Mist
This has to be one of my most repurchased lip products, I love the shade, the serumy texture and the plump is REAL
Medium/deep: Pillow Talk Big Lip Plumpgasm
This is the perfect brush to use for spot covering with the soft matte concealer
11 Soft Matte Concealer Brush
Skincare
I started using this serum in the evenings a couple months ago and within a week I saw improvement in my skin. Acne marks were fading away my skin felt more tight and plump. I would recommend this to anyone!
Advanced Night Repair Serum Synchronized Multi-Recovery Complex
This is one of my favourite cleansing balms, using the spoon just scoop a little bit out work it on your hands and it melts instantly, gently rub all over face and watch as your makeup melts away. It also comes with a small vial of their bamboo seeds...
Nourishing, makeup-melting cleansing balm - Drunk Elephant
As an oily skinned person I really like this cleansing balm it really helps with my oil production and it gets your makeup OFF! It is an amazing daily cleansing product
Take The Day Off™ Charcoal Cleansing Balm
I wear a lot of makeup, and this is one of the absolute best removers I’ve tried. A little bit on a cotton round, place on the eye and wipe away even waterproof makeup.
Bi-Facil Eye Makeup Remover - Non-Oily & Cleanses - Lancome.ca.
I use this during the day and my Estée Lauder Anr serum at night. This has a beautiful texture that absorbs into the skin right away, I’ve seen clear improvement in my skin since starting it last month. My skin looks more plumped up and fine lines ar...
DOUBLE SERUM - Anti Aging + Anti Wrinkle Serum
After all my evening skincare I like to apply a small amount of this to really lock in all my skincare. It’s incredibly hydrating and really helps with the efficacy of the rest of my routine
Restorative Night Treatment
This is my go to lip mask for bed time, it keeps my lips nice and hydrated and I wake up feeling soft and supple
Lip Sleeping Mask Nourish & Hydrate
I love this for no makeup days, sometimes I even use it under my makeup. It’s a really nice rich moisturizer that leaves me feeling plumped and nourished
Firming and moisturizing peptide cream - Drunk Elephant
This is a nice night cream, I really like the packaging and how you can get every little bit out. It’s not too rich but still leaves you feeling nourished and ready for bed
Toleriane Dermallergo Night Face Moisturizer
This is a really nice retinol cream, not irritating at all. I use this every night and I like how I can see the difference in my skin after a few weeks. My fine lines are less noticeable and my skin feels tighter
Retinol + HPR Ceramide Rapid Skin-Renewing Water Cream
A beautiful pore refining essence light as water with a gentle exfoliation
Clarifique Collection - Face & Skincare - Lancôme Canada - Lancome.ca
A really great eye serum, with a cold as ice metal applicator to help with depuffing
Advanced Génifique Yeux Light-Pearl™. Soin des yeux - Lancome.ca
I love this refillable serum, great for fine lines and skin barrier strengthening
Génifique Ultimate Serum Skin Recovery - Refillable - Lancome.ca
If you haven’t tried this cotton, you need to change that. This is so incredibly soft and makes makeup removal a breeze
Facial Cotton - Gentle Exfoliation & Cleansing | Shiseido
Fragrance
This has to be the most intoxicating (no pun intended lol) fragrances I’ve ever worn. It’s a rich warm scent that gives off the vibes of boozey apple pie. Definitely a splurge but you will not be disappointed
Angels' Share - Perfume - The Liquors
This is my most used fragrance of the year, it has a gorgeous vanilla scent that is warm and soft, the lavender notes give it a little bit of freshness. It is one of my most complemented scents
Burberry Goddess
I am in my vanilla fragrance era and this is a massive complimentary piece to most of my fragrances. It leaves me feeling fresh, keeps body odours at bay and has a delicate light vanilla scent
Vanilla Skin Natural Deodorant
This gorgeous rich, sweet fragrance will have everyone asking you what you’re wearing!
KAYALI VANILLA | 28 Eau de Parfum
A beautiful light fragrance with warm sweet vanilla notes, this is a new addition to my collection and I bought a travel atomizer so I can bring it with me
La Vie Est Belle Vanille Nude Eau De Parfum - Lancôme Canada
Sweet, citrusy and masculine this is a gorgeous fragrance, especially for summertime
Luna Rossa Ocean EDP 100 ml
I love this rich thick and creamy body butter with an intoxicatingly sweet and warm fragrance, it leaves the skin feeling nourished and soft
Delícia Drench Body Butter - Deep Moisture Barrier Repair Body Cream
I immediately fell in love with this body spray as soon as I smelled it, it’s a heavier warm lactic smell, I sometimes even use this as a room spray
Heavy Cream Body & Hair Mist
This is my most repurchased fragrance, I’ve gone through like 4 bottles of this in my lifetime. It’s a sweeter powdery masculine scent that is really different from any of the really popular scents that are trending
Givenchy Pi Eau de Toilette
This is a really nice masculine but sweet scent that is fairly unique to other scents that are trending. I really like the blend of sweet and masculine in this
Le Male Le Parfum Jean Paul Gaultier cologne - a fragrance for men 2020
This is my absolute favourite scent my boyfriend wears, it’s sweet masculine and the cherry notes are gorgeous
Lost Cherry - TOM FORD
This is an amazing dupe for Tom ford lost cherry
Cherry Kiss 50 ml Perfume Oil Dropper
Such a beautiful spicy sweet vanilla fragrance, a wonderful addition for any date night
Libre Eau de Parfum Intense - Fragrances - YSL Beauty