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My Favorite Makeup Products

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As a medium-coverage lover, I like for my products to be buildable, yet still leave my skin looking and feeling like skin. These are all of the products that are in my current rotation, and that have been for a few years now
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Foundations

Medium-coverage, yet buildable is the perfect combination for me. 

 
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One of the best medium-coverage foundations. A few drops go a long way.
Triclone™ Skin Tech Foundation
 
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The perfect skin tint with buildable coverage.
Hydro Grip Hydrating Gel Skin Tint
 
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A product I can use for foundation, contour, eyeshadow AND lip liner. It really gets no better than this.
Live Tinted HUESTICK Complexion Stick

Primers

From drugstore to high-end, here are some of my favorite primers that help keep my makeup in place for hours.

 
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One of the best drugstore primers that pairs well with any foundation.
e.l.f.'s Best Face Primers for Makeup
 
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One of my favorite primers ever. I love the tacky feel that it leaves on your skin. It provides the perfect base for foundation.
Milk Makeup Hydro Grip Gripping Primer
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Bobbi Brown is one of the first brands I ever got my hands on when I first started my makeup journey over 10 years ago. This product specifically, has been my all-time favorite.
Bobbi Brown Hydrating Face Cream Moisturizer for Dry Skin
 
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I tried the mini, and now I need the full size product. It’s the perfect pair for the Yummy Skin Blurring Balm Powder.
Yummy Skin Water Powder Serum

Concealers

Although I love a medium-coverage foundation, I love a full-coverage concealer, especially one that provides a flawless, filter-like finish.

 
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If you're looking for a skin-like finish concealer, then this is for you.
Triclone™ Skin Tech Concealer
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The Sephora Collection has some of the best product, this concealer being one of them.
SEPHORA COLLECTION Best Skin Ever Multi-Use Concealer
 
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A recent favorite of mine. Creamy formula, blends like butter, and the finish is flawless.
NYX Professional Makeup Wonder Snatch Concealer

Blushes

Highly pigmented from drugstore to high-end. These are some of the best blushes.

 
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My favorite blush ever and the color range is insane. My first and favorite shade is Watermelon Bliss, which is a hot pink, and compliments my skin so well.
Color Fuse Blush Powder
 
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This blush has become a staple in my makeup routine whether I’m doing a no-makeup makeup look, or a full glam.
Blush Makeup: Liquid, Powder and Cream Blush
 
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My favorite cream matte finish blush that can be used as blush, eyeshadow, and lips.
Cloudtopia Cheek & Lip Mousse Blush | Long Lasting
 
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When I want something "natural” or something that’s subtle, the color “Higher Standard” is the perfect shade. This is one my go-to blush.
Blush - LYS Beauty

Powders

I like an airbrush, filter-like under eye, and these powders provide me with that finish.

 
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Been a fan of this product for almost a decade. I use the shade “Sand” under my eyes, for a brighten under-eye look,.
Microsmooth Multi-Tasking Baked Face Powder Foundation
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Think blurring effect in a translucent powder. I loved the original formula, but this one is MUCH better, especially if you’re going for that ultra blur under eye.
Translucent Loose Talc-Free Setting Powder Ultra-Blur
 
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I've become a fan of this powder. It’s lightweight, and literally blurs my under eye to perfection.
Easy Bake Loose Baking & Setting Powder - HUDA BEAUTY
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Bronzers & Contour

Some of the best multi-purpose products. Bronzers that can be used for both contour and eyeshadows. 

 
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I'm a fan of this bronzer stick. I use it as both bronzer and as an eyeshadow. The pigmentation is perfect, and it blends extremely well.
No Limits Cream Bronzer Stick
 
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Even if I venture away, I always come back to this product.
Sun Stalk'r Instant Warmth Bronzer

Setting Sprays

Setting sprays that provide radiant or semi-matte finishes are my favorite.

 
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MAC products have always been THAT girl. I love how lightweight this product is, and how moisturized my skin feels afterwards. I use it as both a primer and as a setting spray.
Fix+ | Makeup Setting Spray
 
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This has become one of my favorite setting sprays, that will have my makeup lasting all day.
Makeup Setting Spray
 
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Been a fan of this setting spray since I first started my makeup journey .
All Nighter Waterproof Makeup Setting Spray
 
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My favorite drugstore setting spray.
Setting Sprays & Powders
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