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Timeless makeup that have stood the test of time
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items Whether you're just getting into makeup or wear it on the regular, these are all gems that may have been forgotten about but are still around for a reason, take a look at these blasts from the past!
Sections
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face
eyes
lips
setting and finishing
face
from the perfect base to the perfect pink for your cheeks
A 24-hour liquid foundation with medium-to-full buildable coverage in a natural matte finish that helps to unify uneven skin tone and control shine. This has been a legendary staple since the 90's.
Double Wear Stay-in-Place 24-Hour Longwear Foundation
Formulated with clay for normal to oily skin, Provides oil-free, medium coverage with a natural matte and poreless-looking finish. Ultra-breathable and lightweight, it absorbs oil, controls shine and won't clog pores. Created in many shades so you ca...
Light Beige 118 Fit Me Matte + Poreless Liquid Foundation - Maybelline | Ulta Beauty
The MAC Studio Fix Powder Plus Foundation is a one-step, two-in-one refillable foundation and setting powder in a blur-matte finish with 24-hour oil control in 67 shades for all. This is a pro artist staple for decades!
NC13 Studio Fix Powder Plus Foundation - MAC | Ulta Beauty
Lasts for up to 16 hours with a comfortable, weightless feel Pure Pigment Blend delivers high-impact, true-color payoff. Silky, blendable formula glides on smoothly and evenly. Blurs imperfections, comfortable, weightless feel! This is an iconic peac...
Orgasm - 777 Blush - NARS | Ulta Beauty
Achieve a soft matte, sun-kissed look with Benefit's waterproof Hoola Matte Powder Bronzer that is buildable, blendable, and lasts up to 12 hours. A true classic since 2001.
Original Hoola Matte Powder Bronzer - Benefit Cosmetics | Ulta Beauty
The perfect peach pink that looks good on every skin tone. If you like to look glowing from within but can't get down with cream products, this is a staple in your collection and is always in mine as a more natural makeup wearer.
Milani Baked Blush - Luminoso 05 - 0.12oz
Trusted by professional makeup artists for years, RCMA No-Color Powder is a must-have in every beauty kit. Now, you can achieve the same flawless results at home! Designed for all skin tones, and has a long lasting finish with no flashback
RCMA Original No Color Loose Setting Powder
If you like the smell of nostalgia or want to be reminded of your grandma in a good way, boy will this scent take you there. Established in 1935, this ultra-smooth powder hides tiny lines, wrinkles and blemishes and gives a new softness to your skin ...
Airspun Loose Powder - Translucent - 1.2oz
Although not ancient, this is one of the best foundations i have ever used and im more of a drugstore foundation wearer but this is like life proof, its not drying, full coverage and will fight heat, sweat, and shine, the most transfer proof foundati...
Pro Filt’r Soft Matte Longwear Liquid Foundation
This 100% pure mineral silica finishing powder is perfect for setting your foundation or wearing alone. The luminous white powder goes on neutral and works on all skin tones. It leaves your skin looking radiant and luminous.
NYX Professional Makeup HD Studio Finishing Loose Powder - Translucent - 0.21oz
Now with 24HR Shine Control, Laura Mercier's Translucent Loose Setting Powder is a cult-favorite, award-winning silky powder with a touch of sheer coverage to set and maintain makeup for up to 16 hours of wear with a soft-focus finish and zero flashb...
Translucent Translucent Loose Setting Powder - Laura Mercier | Ulta Beauty
A lightly pigmented, ultra-brightening setting powder that bakes & sets, blurs fine lines & pores, and sets makeup for 18hrs with an airbrush finish. Vitamin E: Moisturizes and strengthens the skin barrier for a smooth application. - Rice Sta...
Easy Bake Blurring Loose Baking & Setting Powder
Photoluminescent Technology: The optically transparent particles alter the appearance of the skin by manipulating and refracting favorable light. The result is skin that looks smooth, even and enhanced - not masked. The soft-focus technology minimize...
Diffused Light Ambient Lighting Powder - HOURGLASS | Ulta Beauty
tarte's fan fave powder Amazonian clay 12-Hour Blush now VEGAN for a just-pinched flush that lasts all day! Amazonian clay: for better, longer, truer wear Vegan squalane: rejuvenates parched skin without leaving it greasy
Paaarty Amazonian Clay 12-Hour Blush - Tarte | Ulta Beauty
A creamy, lightweight concealer with a natural finish and buildable coverage in an innovative, self-setting formula with 12 hours of crease-free wear. This weightless, ultra-blendable formula diminishes the look of dark circles, fine lines and imperf...
ULTRA HD CONCEALER
eyes
Although some of these might be extensions of the originals, their formulas are still what keeps these brands relevant.
from daytime to night, these 12 shades have a variety of textures from matte to shimmer while maintaining a velvety texture. This is a perfect gift for any makeup lover who appreciates the classics
Naked3 Soft Pink Eyeshadow Palette - Urban Decay Cosmetics | Ulta Beauty
not my personal fave but maybelline is my fave brand to find the best mascaras. This iconic pink and green tube has not gone anywhere though! Lash-doubling formula glides on smooth with a lash-building brush making it easy to get a full-lash look. Al...
Brownish Black Great Lash Mascara - Maybelline | Ulta Beauty
Formulated with hydrating D-Panthenol and Ceramide-R help to protect and condition lashes, while being clump-resistant, fragrance-free, ophthalmologist-tested and allergy-tested. Easy to remove with soap and water and suitable for use with sensitive ...
Black Brown Voluminous Original Washable Mascara - L'Oréal | Ulta Beauty
Long-wearing, 8 hours Non-creasing, Rich color, Professional Iconic eyeshadow, Can be used wet or dry. Does not cause acne and is safe for contact-lens wearers
Satin Taupe Frost Eyeshadow - MAC | Ulta Beauty
#1 selling liquid eye liner in an amazing, satin finish. Fine marker-like tip offers precise application for everyone from novices to pros. Perfect to draw thin, precise lines or thick, dramatic strokes. Waterproof, transfer-proof, and smudge-proof. ...
Intense Black Stay All Day Waterproof Liquid Eye Liner - Stila | Ulta Beauty
This is sadly getting trickier to find but this was my most worn eyeshadow when i first started getting into makeup. Even as a teen with oilier eyelids, this is the only shadow formula that i never needed a separate dedicated primer and would not cre...
L'Oreal Paris Infallible 24 Hour Waterproof Eye Shadow, Amber Rush
An easy-to-use pomade that sculpts and creates your most perfect brow with a buildable formula and long-lasting matte finish Create full, sculpted, and natural looking eyebrows 24-hour waterproof wear, does not smudge or transfer
Medium Brown TattooStudio Brow Pomade - Maybelline | Ulta Beauty
ultra-slim, retractable brow pencil with a unique formula ideal for outlining and detailing brows. The super-fine tip creates tiny hairlike strokes throughout the brow and in areas of sparseness while the spoolie blends product for a natural-looking ...
Taupe Brow Wiz Precision Eyebrow Pencil - Anastasia Beverly Hills | Ulta Beauty
If you're like me, you were not blessed with full eyebrows and need a little more than a pencil or pomade can provide. I basically draw on my eyebrows most days and this has been my go to for over a decade, i love this powder formula because it doesn...
Ash Brown Ultimate Brow Kit - Wet n Wild | Ulta Beauty
Sharpenable multi-use eye crayon can be used as an eyeliner, eyeshadow, eyeshadow primer or highlight. Features a creamy formula that glides on smoothly like silk and is easy to blend. Apply it to your water lines, inner corners and entire eye lid. M...
Milk Jumbo Eye Pencil All-In-One Eyeshadow Eyeliner Pencil - NYX Professional Makeup | Ulta Beauty
Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Waterproof Eyeliner Pencil is an award-winning formula that glides on smoothly with vibrant shades in multiple finishes for long-lasting wear.
Zero 24/7 Glide-On Waterproof Eyeliner Pencil - Urban Decay Cosmetics | Ulta Beauty
Bobbi Brown's bestselling waterproof eyeliner provides ultra-precise, budge-proof, smudge-proof, fade-proof definition.
Black Ink Long-Wear Smudge-Proof Gel Eyeliner - BOBBI BROWN | Ulta Beauty
Maybelline Lash Sensational Lashes adds the look of length and volume without clumping go supple, separated and fully fanned lashes.
Very Black Lash Sensational Mascara - Maybelline | Ulta Beauty
lips
bold or classic looks! From glossy to matte, here are the lippies of choice
Conditions and nourishes lips. Immediate and 8-hour moisture Comfortable formula Long-wearing and color-true, 12 hours Non-feathering and non-bleeding, 12 hours Non-flaking and non-caking, with signature vanilla scent.
Ruby Woo M·A·Cximal Silky Matte Lipstick - MAC | Ulta Beauty
Black Honey is famous for its chameleon-like ability to flatter all skin tones yet look different on everyone. The secret is its perfect blend of blue, red, and yellow pigments in a creamy, sheer base that melts into lips, playing up their natural co...
Black Honey Almost Lipstick - Clinique | Ulta Beauty
My absolute fave lipstick formula! Stays all day and is comfortable to wear. High-performance lipstick stays color true & wears for 10 impactful hours while resisting bleeding, feathering and creasing Crème finish: Dimensional color glides on eff...
Level Up Pure Color Cream Lipstick - Estée Lauder | Ulta Beauty
Charlotte Tilbury's Matte Revolution Lipstick is a matte lipstick that features a long-lasting, buildable, and hydrating formula.
Pillow Talk Matte Revolution Lipstick - Charlotte Tilbury | Ulta Beauty
The MAC iconic Lip Liner does way more than draw the line. Praised by Pros and loved by you, this must-have in every makeup bag features a smooth and creamy texture to shape, fill or line lips – without the drags or skips
Whirl Lip Liner Pencil - MAC | Ulta Beauty
NYX Professional Makeup Soft Matte Lip Cream is a unique matte liquid lipstick with a creamy mousse texture delivering comfortable, long lasting lip color.
Rome Soft Matte Lip Cream Lightweight Liquid Lipstick - NYX Professional Makeup | Ulta Beauty
setting and finishing
No body wants dry skin even if you're into the matte look, here are the options that started the setting spray industry and are still working today.
A multitasking, alcohol-free setting spray that melds, hydrates, primes, sets and refreshes makeup.
Fix+ | Makeup Setting Spray
budget friendly alternative for a glow, Features a lightweight, no transfer, long-lasting formula that keeps makeup looking flawless with that "just-applied" look from day to night and is cruelty free
2.02 oz Dewy Finish Long Lasting Makeup Setting Spray Vegan Formula - NYX Professional Makeup | Ulta Beauty
Milani Make It Last Original - Natural Finish Setting Spray is makeup locking magic that hydrates and sets your look with a flawless natural finish for up to 24 hours.
2.03 oz Make It Last Original - Natural Finish Setting Spray - Milani | Ulta Beauty
The OG of continuous setting mists. Morphe Continuous Setting Mist sets liquid and powder makeup, enhancing its look and performance all day. The continuous, air-powered spray provides a micro-fine, even, controlled complexion application with a natu...
6.5 oz Continuous Setting Mist - Morphe | Ulta Beauty
Urban Decay's #1 All Nighter Setting Spray, upgraded with up to 24-hour wear and a new ultra-fine mist that primes, blends & sets makeup in place. Waterproof, sweat & transfer-resistant.
All Nighter Waterproof Makeup Setting Spray - Urban Decay Cosmetics | Ulta Beauty