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💄 Mid-Range Makeup with High-End Results ✨
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Want that luxury performance without luxury pricing? These mid-range makeup favorites hit the sweet spot between quality and value. From glowy bases to bold lips, these are the everyday essentials beauty lovers rave about.
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Primers!
 
Foundations!
 
Concealers!
 
Setting Powders!
 
Blush, Bronzer, Highlighter!
 
Eyeshadow!

Primers!

 
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Blurs pores while keeping skin smooth and makeup fresh—soft matte without dryness.
Always an Optimist Pore Diffusing Primer - Rare Beauty
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Blurring + glow in one—gives you that filter effect IRL.
Filter Primer - TULA
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Iconic sticky base that grips your makeup for all-day wear and a hydrated finish.
Hydro Grip Hydrating Face Primer - Milk Makeup
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Foundations!

 
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Skincare-meets-foundation—lightweight with medium buildable coverage and a radiant finish.
Light Reflecting Advanced Skincare Foundation - NARS Cosmetics
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Long-wear, oil-controlling, and flawless—great for photos and full-beat lovers.
Pro Filt'r Soft Matte Longwear Foundation | Fenty Beauty
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Dewy, clean beauty staple with skin-loving ingredients and sun protection built in.
Super Serum Skin Tint SPF 40 - ILIA Beauty
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Concealers!

 
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Brightens and conceals while treating your skin—hydrating, clean, and creamy.
Revealer Concealer - Kosas Cosmetics
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Full-coverage cult favorite with serious staying power and a flawless finish.
Shape Tape™ Full-Coverage Concealer - Tarte™ Cosmetics
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Lightweight yet buildable, blends like butter with a radiant effect.
Liquid Touch Brightening Concealer - Rare Beauty
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Setting Powders!

 
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Iconic velvety finish that sets without flashback—worth every penny.
Laura Mercier Mini Translucent Setting Powder | Travel Compact
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Brightens, blurs, and keeps makeup locked in all day.
EASY BAKE LOOSE POWDER Banana Bread - Huda Beauty
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Blurs texture and sets makeup without dulling the skin’s natural glow.
bio-blurring loose setting powder - Haus Labs
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Blush, Bronzer, Highlighter!

 
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High pigment, high blendability—one dot is all you need.
Soft Pinch Liquid Blush - Rare Beauty
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Neutral-toned and buildable—perfect for everyday sculpting.
Hoola Matte Bronzer powder bronzer for face | Benefit Cosmetics
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Dewy, multi-use balm that melts into skin for a fresh flush.
BeachPlease Tinted Balm for Lips + Cheeks | Tower 28 Beauty
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Soft, glassy highlight with a skin-first feel—minimal and magical.
Saie Glowy Super Gel | All-Over Luminizer | Clean Highlighter
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Eyeshadow!

 
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Curated neutrals in a travel-friendly format—blendable and long-wearing.
Naked Eyeshadow Palettes: Mini & Travel-Sized - Urban Decay
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Cream and powder formulas in one—perfect for neutral glam and smoky eyes.
Major Dimension Eyeshadow Palette - Patrick Ta Beauty
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Elevated pigment and packaging without the luxury price tag.
Shop All Collab - ColourPop Cosmetics
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Eyeliner and Mascara!

 
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Lengthening tubing formula that doesn’t smudge or flake—great for sensitive eyes.
Tartelette™ Tubing Mascara | Tarte™ Cosmetics
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Builds volume and separation without clumping—easy to remove too.
Perfect Strokes Universal Volumizing Mascara - Rare Beauty
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Precise felt tip with serious staying power—OG holy grail for wings.
Stay All Day® Waterproof Liquid Eye Liner - Stila Cosmetics
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Brows!

 
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Fine-tip pencil that creates realistic hair strokes with major staying power.
Precisely, My Brow Pencil - Benefit Cosmetics
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Nourishing hold + fluffy definition for that laminated brow look.
Air Brow - Tinted - Kosas Cosmetics
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Cult-fave brow pomade for natural volume and shape—effortless beauty.
Boy Brow | Tinted Brow Gel - Glossier
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Lips!

 
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Juicy, non-sticky shine in flattering shades for every skin tone.
Gloss Bomb Universal Lip Luminizer - Fenty Beauty
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Feels like a balm, looks like a gloss—vegan and clean beauty approved.
ShineOn Lip Oil Jelly | Tower 28 Beauty
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Soft matte finish with creamy, comfortable wear.
Kind Words Matte Lip Liner - Rare Beauty
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Hydrating balm with shine and tint—instantly plush lips
Lip Butter Balm, Vanilla | Summer Fridays
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Setting Spray/ Finishing Touches!

 
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Locks in makeup with a flawless, smoothing finish—fan fave for good reason.
Airbrush Flawless Setting Spray - Charlotte Tilbury
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OG setting spray that keeps your face on through anything.
All Nighter Waterproof Makeup Setting Spray - Urban Decay
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