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Makeup Recommendations
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items Here are my makeup recommendations! Each step broken down. I’ve had time to test and truly fall in love with each of these products I am listing. Check out some of my previous looks: @Rishikas_Beauty on IG and YT
Sections
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Brows
Color Correctors
Foundations
Concealers
Cream Contour/Bronzer
Cream/Liquid Blush
Brows
I use the light shade with a blending brush around my entire brow area where I need the pencil to grasp on. It works perfectly and my brow wiz stays in place. After I apply the brow pencil, I put more powder, then set it with a brow gel. Helps a ton....
AOA Perfect Setting Powder - Soft Light
I start every routine with doing my brows. I start by putting down powder in the entire brow area, then I fill them in with the brow wiz, then seal them in with a little more powder and the ABH Brow Wiz Gel.
Anastasia Beverly Hills
Absolute holy grail brow gel! Keeps mine set and in place even if I accidentally touch it during the day.
Brow Freeze® Gel
This is another fantastic brow gel. It was my absolute holy grail before the ABH Brow Freeze Gel.
Benefit Cosmetics 24-Hour Brow Setter
Color Correctors
It’s perfectly normal to use a color corrector to hide discoloration or hyperpigmentation on the face.
My most reliable color corrector — even though it runs out so quickly! It’s okay, it’s only $4. I have multiple on backup! I use the shade peach to help cover darkness under my eyes and around my mouth.
Camo Color Corrector Concealer
Sometimes I use this alone, but most times I mix it with the elf peach. I wear the shade C2 in this corrector. Sometimes it makes me forget about concealer!
Hy-Glam Corrector Perfection
Foundations
I will never have a higher recommendation when it comes to this category. There are plenty of excellent foundations you don’t have to pay a pretty penny for. But this is worth every swipe.
Dior Forever Skin Perfect Multi-Use Hydrating Foundation Stick | DIOR US
Another one of my absolute favorite foundations! I love blending this one out with a damp beauty sponge.
Soft Glam Satin Foundation
I’m actually a Light 7 in this formula. I love scribbling it all over my face (way more scribbles needed than my 3 swipes with Dior) then blending it out softly with a BK Beauty N17. It is incredibly skin like and a great alternative to the Dior if y...
Light 6
I wear the shade 120 and I LOVE it. My favorite way to apply it, as of now, is with a sponge. But I’m wondering what will happen if I blend with a BK 101. Regardless, this is also such a skin-like formula. My husband has notably complimented my makeu...
Maybelline Super Stay Lumi-Matte 30hrs Foundation
Another Dior must-have! I love this foundation with all my heart and soul (I am in the shade 2N throughout the entire Dior line). Another extremely skin-like, thin, but provides coverage-type foundation.
Dior Backstage Face & Body Foundation - Makeup
Concealers
This concealer has been a tried and true since the day it was released! I’ve bought this over and over again. If I use another concealer, oftentimes I mix some of this concealer with it for the formula combination. I wear the shade Light 40N and it i...
Pretty Fresh Concealer
This formula is also arguably one of the ultimate greats. It’s beautiful — blends well, can use all over face as foundation, brightens or corrects, and creates structure almost intentionally.
Concealers & Correctors: Perfect & Brighten
Kulfi Beauty’s Concealer reminds me much of ColourPop’s. Both are stunning. I wear the shade, “Ice Ice Berry” and sometimes all you need is the tiniest bit.
Kulfi Beauty Crease-Proof Long-Wear Hydrating Clean Concealer
This concealer is quite spectacular. Almost feels whipped, to an extent. I oftentimes will mix it with another concealer more for the hydration factor, but it holds its own. I’m in the shade 5.
Yummy Skin Lift & Flex Concealer
Cream Contour/Bronzer
I wear the shade “solace.” From the moment I applied it the first time, I highly doubted I could ever go back to a previously loved contouring product. I was right — this is all I need now! Also, as someone with osteoporosis and osteoarthritis, the b...
Soft Pinch Liquid Contour | Buildable and Streak-Free
You can obviously use this all over the face, but I love it best for nose contouring! It’s quite beautiful. Great to put in the crease and under lip, as well. Love the precision and effect.
Contour Stylus Contouring Stick
The cheapest but one of THE BEST things you’ll ever buy. It costs $1.88 per stick, I believe. Another one you can use all over the face. I might even prefer it to the Victoria Beckham! I wear the shade “spice” and it always seemed sold out. I bought ...
AOA Paw Paw Contour Sticks
What a phenomenal contour stick! Blends with ultimate ease and snatches the face beautifully. I like to wear the shade Light-Medium! It’s the perfect tone for my light neutral skin tone.
SEPHORA COLLECTION Cream Contour Stick
Cream/Liquid Blush
This blush changed the game for the blush sector of the industry. You need just a couple of light dots because the product is ultra-pigmented. I like to blend out with my Morphe A58, then set, accordingly.
Soft Pinch Liquid Blush | Long-Lasting Dewy & Matte Blushes
The most beautiful (and affordable) liquid blushes on the market! I cannot get enough of Suave Mauve. I incorporate it in just about every look I do. Sometimes I go Dusty Rose, and sometimes I mix the two. It is by far my most used blush and blush fo...
Camo Liquid Blush
This blush is sooo stunning!! You only need the tiniest amount and it’ll go a long way. If you have the cards they give as samples, I’ve gone through a few of those using each card for 3 separate looks. I think my favorite shade, as of now, is Sandal...
Mehndi Moment Long-Wear Cream Clean Blush
Powder
I cannot get over how incredible this powder is. I love it as the first powder in my 3-4 powder routine! Adorable packaging, not cheap.
Portrait Mode Setting Powder
I wear the shade, “candy,” in both the loose and pressed versions of this powder. This is the second powder I go in with and it’s with a BK N14. Brightens my complexion nicely!
Cloud Set Setting Powder
The Huda Beauty Easy Bake Loose Setting Powder in Cherry Blossom Cake is a product I will never be able to do a look without. I love picking this powder up on a fluffy brush and airbrush my whole face after it was set with the two other powders. If t...
Huda Beauty
This powder is an ultimate holy grail product that I’ll never be able to be without. I usually use this powder after setting spray if I need to tone down shine. I used to take the big fluffy brush with this, swirl it around, then put it everywhere as...
Stay Matte Pressed Powder
I absolutely love this powder — both pressed and loose versions. It’s an excellent drugstore alternative to the others I’ve listed.
Fit Me® Matte + Poreless Powder Foundation Makeup
I’m not sure what happened to the pink version of this powder, but I know it’s a super finely mild powder that people were saying was a Givenchy dupe during the infamous powder scandal.
Lottie London Setting Powder
This is a fantastic powder for on the go. I have the pink powder. Can’t really tell it’s pink, but it came with the cutest little puff that is great for on the go. My only issue with it is that there’s no mirror in the compact. Would’ve been much mor...
Tower 28 GetSet™ Pressed Powder
This is another excellent powder for on the go. You’ll need your own tool to apply it. In many ways I prefer this to the tower 28, but they’re all good at this point.
Always an Optimist Soft Radiance Setting Powder
Eyeshadow Palettes
These are a few of my absolute holy grail and versatile eyeshadow palettes!
I simply cannot live without this palette. It is absolutely gorgeous. You can easily take a daytime look to a nighttime look with this palette. If this doesn’t come with me somewhere, I literally get separation anxiety. The palette leans cool-toned b...
I Need a Nude Eyeshadow Palette | Must-Have
This is such a fantastic palette for on-the-go. You can fit it into any bag or purse. It has the perfect lighter shade, mid tone shade, and deep shade — along with two incredibly beautiful shimmers. The center shade is one of my favorite inner corner...
Mini Eyeshadow Palettes: Compact & Travel Ready
The best thing to take everywhere with you. Literally has every neutral brown you’d need — has a great black, even though sometimes I’ve found that it bleeds. Whenever I don’t know what to do I’ll just start with one of the shades. Chef’s kiss!
MINI EYE SCULPT EYESHADOW PALETTE
This palette is EVERYTHING. I think I’ve reached for this palette in some capacity for every look I’ve done since receiving it. Literally all the neutrals you’d need to create an all-matte look or even a base for shimmers. The black is absolute perfe...
PETITES MATTES NEUTRAL - EYESHADOW - PRO LUXE ...
This quickly earned the spot of being one of my favorite palettes of all time! Surprisingly comfortable in all regards! Great pigment and blendability.
Nomad Cosmetics
One of the most beautiful and essential palettes to exist! What a classic. Every shade hits just right and all are absolutely stunning. The perfect bridal palette! But also just to have these essential shades.
Soft Glam Eyeshadow Palette
This palette has the famous ABH smooth and light formula. Every shade is extremely blendable and buildable. This was the first palette that got me out of my “neutrals” funk and played with some color! Now I can’t stop, and won’t stop.
Sugar Mini Eyeshadow Palette
This palette is just as spectacular as its counterpart. I love that these were launched at the same time and really hit with the formula. Even though this is a bit more warm than the Sugar palette, it still leans neutral.
Spice Mini Eyeshadow Palette
This is such a great and essential eye palette. Every color is just the perfect amount of neutral with that wonderful ColourPop eyeshadow formula. I literally always have this, sitting next to “that’s taupe,” in my every day makeup bag.
Going Coconuts | Bronzed Eyeshadow Palette
This is another absolute must to have in my every day makeup bag. Sometimes you just need these tones in a more affordable format? Plus, there’s a Super Shock Shadow in here that is quite gorgeous.
That's Taupe | Eyeshadow Palette
This is THE ULTIMATE neutral palette. It has all the shades you can dream of with the perfect shimmers to go along with it. Most of the shades are right in the middle in terms of neutrality. Beautiful ColourPop formula to go with it!
Bare Necessities
Another masterful palette by Mario! These are all neutral shades, many leaning a bit cooler. The formula is a bit drier, but the colors are incredible.
Master Mattes® Eyeshadow Palette: The Original
This palette is actually more neutral than you’d think. Sometimes I pull this out just to use the deepest shade. But any look coming from this palette will be beautiful.
Golden Eyeshadow Palette
Another phenomenal palette from ColourPop. Again, the perfect neutral shades and some essential browns in this! Great for travel. I thought the shades were too light for me but I was glad I bought it anyway and found out that they work very well with...
Deja Brew Shadow Palette
This palette is actually much more versatile than you’d think. I have a light neutral complexion and I didn’t know if the pigment on these shades would show up. It worked beautifully and I scattered muse all over for a simple look that got lots of co...
BABY I NEED A NUDE EYE KIT - Natasha Denona
Eyeliners/Mascaras
This eyeliner is THE BEST of the BEST. I’m not exaggerating. It does not budge no matter what’s thrown at it. The black is SUPER BLACK and beautiful. I use it in my waterline and tight line. I’ve cried in this. It does not move. They have other color...
Eye line
This was the first mascara I fell in love with and realized I never have to buy a high end mascara again!
L'Oreal Paris Voluminous Lash Paradise Mascara
This mascara quickly became one of my all-time favorites. It separates, lengthens, curls, and most of the time I only need one coat! Unless it’s a more dramatic look. Sometimes I pair this with the L’Oréal Lash Paradise Base and it’s a match made in ...
Lash 'N Roll Curling & Lifting Mascara
This is definitely my favorite drugstore lash primer — and it does a phenomenal job.
Voluminous Lash Primer - Mascara
Another incredible L’Oréal mascara. If you’re going to go for any, go for this one!
Panorama Washable Mascara - Eye Makeup
Powder Blush
If you have these three powder baked blushes, it’s all you’ll need in your collection! My favorite shade is paradise, the mauve shade. These are incredibly buildable in the best way and they hit so beautifully on the cheeks!
Ravie Beauty Endless Diffusion Blush
These blushes are INCREDIBLE. If you can get them either during a Sephora sale or during a YSL sale, then you’re in luck! I only have one shade — nude lavaliere — but it is pure perfection. The formula is so smooth and the pigment payoff is insane. Y...
Make Me Blush Powder - Makeup - Blush & Bronzer
Highlight
The Dior Backstage Face Palette, specifically in 001 Universal, is everything! I literally cannot live without this highlight. I mix the white, gold, and pink for literally all my looks and it is chef’s kiss perfection.
Backstage Glow Face Palette - Best Highlight, Blush | Dior US
This is the most classic and lit from within glow you can get — on a drugstore budget! This is one of those drugstore gems that are genuinely better than most high end highlighters!
pure nude highlighter
Another one of those most beautiful highlights to exist. I still use this as a highlight on my face occasionally, but I often reach for this when it comes to an inner corner highlight — or even a lid shade!
Benefit Cookie Powder Highlighter
Lip Liners
This lip liner is EVERYTHING. It’s also incredibly affordable. Whenever I do a neutral or bold look, I always want my lips perfectly neutral and this lip liner will do exactly that. It’s also the cheapest and longest lasting you can probably get. Fan...
Rimmel Lasting Finish 8HR Soft Lip Liner
The Rare Beauty lip liner in wise is just as perfect as Rimmel cappuccino. It’s long lasting, depending what you layer on top. It’s neutral, and it’s absolutely beautiful. This is not a sharpen able pencil, it’s a twist up. But there’s a generous amo...
Kind Words Matte Lip Liner
Pillow Talk Medium is the most gorgeous shade for a brown skin tone. It is my absolute holy grail in pink form. I love how rich the pigment is. But you really can’t go wrong with any of Charlotte’s lip cheats. They are pigmented and extremely long we...
Pillow Talk - Lip Cheat - Nude Pink Lip Liner Pencil
ABH’s lip liners are also quite phenomenal. I love the shades deep taupe and chai. But you can’t go wrong unless it’s too light for your skin tone!
Lip Liner
The MOB Beauty lip liners are also quite phenomenal. It’s hard to stop wearing these too! Perfectly cool toned but not overly so.
Smooth Precision Waterproof Lip Liner
So the originals and the waterproof are both great — I find them to be of use in different times and places. The long wearing ones you cannot use everywhere on your face, while the not-long wear versions you can. Endless Cacao is literally the shade ...
Lip Liner: Waterproof, Matte, Creamy Lip Pencils MAKE UP FOR EVER
These lip liners are so creamy and last forever! Once they’re on, they won’t move. They will however, mix in with a gloss or a gloss bomb sitx on top! My favorite is Extra Thigh and I love it with the Riri Gloss Bomb Stix.
Lip Liner
Lipsticks and Stains
This formula by Charlotte is nothing short of perfection — but this color!!! Oof, makes me feel powerful when I pair it with a deeper lip liner. It is so beautiful.
Pillow Talk Fair: K.i.s.s.i.n.g Lipstick
This lip staining oil is soooo beautiful and lasts forever if you keep your lips hydrated! My favorite is First Sari. Mix that with Rimmel Cappuccino or the mob beauty lip liner and you have a winner.
Lassi Lips Staining Lip Oil
This L’Oréal lipstick formula is divine. It has amazing pigment and lasts for quite a while. I love worth it intense — it’s a lipstick I can rely on as an every day type wear.
Shop Satin, Creamy, and Matte Lipsticks
This product is plain beautiful. It’s actually hydrating!!! And the pigment lasts on your lips forever! You can do either a stain by blotting it off, or a gloss that turns into a stain. But I’m always so surprised how beautiful and hydrating these ac...
Lip I.V. Hydrating Lip Gloss Stain | NYX Professional Makeup
This formula is quite fantastic for a liquid lipstick. It’s very comfortable, and extremely long wearing. You’d think because it’s matte it would be drying, but it works on my lips and my lips, as we know, are very hard to please.
Lip Velvet
Setting Spray
With setting spray, there’s one non-negotiable (Charlotte Tilbury). Layering is very important!
This setting spray is an absolute non-negotiable if you want your makeup to last. Layering things under and over can make it last even longer. But your makeup will not budge with this formula even if you use it alone. It will melt all your base produ...
Airbrush Flawless Setting Spray
A few sprits of this can make your makeup so beautifully glowy. Then throw the Charlotte Tilbury on top and you have a match made in heaven! Remember not to over apply though. It can get shiny if you put too much.
Makeup Setting Spray and Facial Mist
I’ve been LOVING layering this underneath Charlotte Tilbury. It’ll do a lot of the work and just generally look amazing if you layer the two. I find that this stands well on its own, too. But I’ll only do that if I’m staying home.
Lock It In
THIS. The second mother of all setting sprays. It’s like hairspray for your face. NOTHING will move and it will also become waterproof. The holy grail duo is spraying the Charlotte Tilbury to melt everything together and have its own long lasting pro...
On 'Til Dawn Setting Spray | ONE/SIZE by Patrick Starrr
This is another drugstore gem. Some people compare it to the Charlotte Tilbury but to me it gets the job done. I’ll always prefer Charlotte. But if you need an affordable alternative, this is a good one.
Make It Last Original - Natural Finish Setting Spray
Tools
These are quite phenomenal. Never spending money on a beauty blender again! Funny part is, I love this so much more than the beauty blender anyway aside from the excellent price. But you can get these off amazon, too. They are THE PERFECT sponge. I t...
Paw Paw: Super Soft Wonder Blender - Teardrop
This is THE ONLY concealer brush you will ever need. It is perfect for both color correction and concealer. It’s like a little kitten paw. Use it in patting motions to blend the coverage out but also to push it into your base. Take good care of it an...
BK Beauty A506
This N17 brush is something I literally cannot live without. It makes blending extremely painless (literally — because of my osteoporosis and osteoarthritis). I can do an entire look with this one brush. It is an essential in my routine.
Nikki La Rose N17 Multi-Pro Face Brush
Let me just go and say that I recommend each of these brushes. The N12 is perfect to add shadow on top of your liner, add shadow under your lower lash line, add a highlight to your brow bone, add a matte cream shade to your inner corner, add a shimme...
Nikki La Rose Pro Artist Brushes
This is by far the best cream or liquid blush brush IMHO. Picks up the perfect amount of product and disperses it phenomenally. Or will blend out your liquid blush with little to no effort.
Morphe X Ariel A58 Signature Cream Contour Brush
This is an absolutely fantastic brush for blending out any foundation formula. It pushes it into the skin and makes it one with it. I love using this especially to blend out my liquid foundations on days I need more coverage or any other reason not t...
101 Contoured Foundation