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Best Makeup
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items From skin tints and blushes to lip oils and setting sprays—this list has all my makeup essentials that make getting ready fun and effortless. These are my go-to products for natural glowy days, full glam nights, and everything in between.
Sections
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Base Essentials
Bronze, Blush & Glow
Eyes & Brows
Lips
Setting & Finishing Touches
Base Essentials
Your skin, but better. Primers, Foundations / skin tints, Concealers, Setting powders
Best primer EVER! If you want filter accusations… use this. It blurs your skin so well and makes your makeup last all day
Underglow Blurring Primer - Iconic London | Sephora
The BEST skin tint on the market! Love her, she is so hydrating and gives great coverage for a skin tint
2.5N Skin Tint Blurring Elixir Foundation - KYLIE COSMETICS | Ulta Beauty
This skin tint is so hydrating! One of the best out there. Perfect if you have dry skin
Veil™ Hydrating Skin Tint Foundation - Hourglass | Sephora
My favorite foundation! It is a pretty penny, but it is so luxuirous feeling on the skin, it is so silky smooth, provides great coverage, and it feels like you're wearing nothing. It's in the name, it makes you look so luminious!
Luminous Silk Natural Glow Blurring Liquid Foundation with 24 Hour Wear - Armani Beauty | Sephora
Love this concealer! It is so hydrating and is medium coverage, with the option it build it up as well.
Triclone Skin Tech Hydrating + De-puffing Concealer with Fermented Arnica - HAUS LABS BY LADY GAGA |
THE BEST of the best! A miracle worker for the face, especially for under the eyes. Provides such good coverage and blurs + brightens the face. Obsessed
Easy Bake Loose Baking & Setting Powder - HUDA BEAUTY
Iconic powder!
Translucent Loose Longwear Setting Powder
This powder is LITERALLY a filter in a pan. Instantly blurs your face and makes it look absolutely flawless. You apply it after your makeup (before setting spray!) to literally look like a filter in real life!
2 Medium Airbrush Flawless Finish Setting Powder - Charlotte Tilbury | Ulta Beauty
Bronze, Blush & Glow
Bring your face to life. Bronzers & contour sticks, Blushes (cream or powder), Highlighters / glow drops
I use this as contour and I'm obsessed with it! It's a little more cool toned which is perfect for building those shadows!
SoftSculpt® Cream Contour & Bronzer Shaping Stick
The BEST bronzer ever! Obsessed with how this blends out. So easy to use, perfect for beginners. Literally impossible to mess up!
SoftSculpt Transforming Skin Enhancer® - MAKEUP BY MARIO | Sephora
This is THE hourglass bronzer dupe! The finish is so beautiful on the skin! The quality is amazing, 10/10!
Caramel Truffle TruBlend Skin Enhancer Baked Luminous Bronzer - CoverGirl | Ulta Beauty
Love this powder bronzer! Doesn't go on patchy at all and the pigment is good! Can't beat the price
350 Medium Infallible 24H Fresh Wear Soft Matte Bronzer - L'Oréal | Ulta Beauty
Such a beautiful sheer liquid blush formula! Perfect for natural makeup/no makeup looks
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Dew Blush Liquid Cream Blush
I love these liquid blushes! They are one of the most popular for a reason! I would say these are the most pigmented liquid blush, and they last all day!
Soft Pinch Liquid Blush - Rare Beauty by Selena Gomez | Sephora
Hailey Bieber ate with this one. This literally blends like butter. The shades are beautiful and they last!
Pocket Blush Buildable Hydrating Cream Blush
This is a blush I recommend for beginners because they aren't extremely pigmented when you first put it on. They are buildable, so you can get your desired color easily!
Petal Poppin Cheeks Out Freestyle Cream Blush - FENTY BEAUTY by Rihanna | Ulta Beauty
She is known as the best powder blush on the market. I received this for my birthday and I am in LOVE with it. The finish is truly beautiful, lasts all day, and the packaging is soo luxurious. So obsessed with her.
Make Me Blush 24H Buildable Powder Blush - Yves Saint Laurent | Sephora
Loove this blush! It gives your cheeks this beautiful blur while also being pigmented and radiant! Truly so obsessed
SuperSuede™ Talc-Free Powder Blush
These are my all time favorite blushes EVER. The pigment and lasting time are insane and the shades are absolutely beautiful. They're a little expensive, but you get both the cream and matching powder, which is such a good deal!
Major Headlines Double-Take Crème & Powder Blush Duo
These blushes are actually such good quality! I was pleasantly surprised when I tried these blushes out, they are so pigmented and last all day
After Party Cheek Thrills Multi-Finish Face Trio - Morphe | Ulta Beauty
This is THE Hourglass blush dupe! The finish is beautiful and the pigment is there, but not it is definitely not too pigmented. It leaves a nice blur on the cheeks. Love!
Please Please Pink TruBlend Skin Enhancer Baked Luminous Blush - CoverGirl | Ulta Beauty
The most perfect dusty rose shade. So so beautiful and perfect for everyday
Dolce Vita - 888 Blush - NARS | Ulta Beauty
Suchh a beautiful cool light pink I'm obsessed with this color!
Thrill - 950 Blush - NARS | Ulta Beauty
This shade of blush is SO unique. It's a beautfiul fuchsia color
Nars Talc-Free Blush | Sephora
This palette is insanely beautiful. I am obsessed with the shades and the pigment is amazing!
Ethereal Aura Blush Palette
These are one of the best highlighter formulas on the market. They give that beautiful glow without emphasizing pores. These shades are so beautiful and they actually last. So worth the high price!
Backstage Glow Maximizer Face Palette - DIOR | Sephora
This highlighter is absolutely stunning. This can be used on the face and on the body! They last and make you look so beautiful!
Diamond Bomb All-Over Diamond Veil
This highlighter will always be iconic. She has been around forever, and is a staple. This will last you SO long too. I've had mine for over a year, and I still have a lot left!
Cookie and Tickle Shimmer Finish Powder Highlighters
Eyes & Brows
The details that define your look. Brow gels & pencils, Eyeshadow palettes, Eyeliners, Mascaras
The best eyebrow gel ever! Eyebrows will NOT move
Brow Harmony Flexible Lifting and Laminating Eyebrow Gel
My go-to mascara for everyday makeup looks. This makes my lashes look long but also natural. Love!
Very Black Lash Sensational Sky High Waterproof Mascara - Maybelline | Ulta Beauty
My go-to mascara for nights out/events. Helps make my lashes look so volumized while also making them long! Such a good one
Very Black Colossal Bubble Waterproof Mascara - Maybelline | Ulta Beauty
This mascara is perfect if you want volume! I love the brush on this and also makes your lashes look long!
Perfect Strokes Universal Volumizing Mascara - Rare Beauty by Selena Gomez | Sephora
Literally an essential eyeshadow palette. The formula is so creamy and easy to blend. It has everything you could possibly need for everyday looks. You can even create a more smokey look using these as well!
Mini Eye Sculpt Eyeshadow Palette - NATASHA DENONA | Sephora
LOVE this palette! The quality is truly amazing. All of the shades truly go so well together and can be used many different ways!
Couture Mini Clutch Eyeshadow Palette - Yves Saint Laurent | Sephora
These palettes from Morphe are so beautiful for SUCH a good price! I already plan to purchase more shades
Outer Spice ChromaPlus 6-Pan Eyeshadow Palette - Morphe | Ulta Beauty
These colors on this palette are so pretty, perfect for the warm tone girlies. The formula is amazing
Flickering Sands ChromaPlus 12-Pan Eyeshadow Palette - Morphe | Ulta Beauty
The prettiest cool toned eyeshadow palette. The quality of these are truly amazing
Moon Stone ChromaPlus 12-Pan Eyeshadow Palette - Morphe | Ulta Beauty
The best quality eye liner ever! Super long lasting and doesn't smudge! They're a little bit of a pretty penny but they're so worth it!
Noir Intense Le Stylo Waterproof Long-Lasting Eyeliner Pencil - Lancôme | Ulta Beauty
Love this eyeliner pencil!
Hemp Milk 24/7 Waterproof Waterline Eyeliner Pencil - Urban Decay Cosmetics | Ulta Beauty
Lips
The finishing touch. Lip liners, Lipsticks, Glosses & oils, Balms & tints
My favorite lip liner! I love how these come with a brush on one end to blend it out. These last so long, and I love the shades of these!
Ultra Suede® Sculpting Lip Pencil
The most universal nude ever! So high quality and long lasting. 100% worth the hype!
Artist Color Pencil: Eye, Lip & Brow Pencil - MAKE UP FOR EVER | Sephora
Such a creamy and beautiful formula! These shades are super affordable and very wearable
Makeup Talk Signature Lip Pencil - Morphe | Ulta Beauty
Love this lip oil! Feels so hydrating on the lips and the pigment is great!
Gloss Bomb Oil Luminizing Lip Oil 'N Gloss - Fenty Beauty by Rihanna | Sephora
This is my absolute favorite lip gloss! I saw it in person and fell in love. It also smells and tastes good! I highly recommend! Shade “FU$$Y” is my go-to!
Gloss Bomb Universal Lip Luminizer
My current go-to lip balm. It is soo hydrating and the scents are amazing! 10/10 for me
Major Moisture Smoothing and Hydrating Tinted Lip Balm with Vitamin E - PATRICK TA | Sephora
One of the most hydrating lip balms ever! Love the scent of these and the glimmer ones are so cute as well
Strawberry Sorbet Glimmer Pout Preserve Hydrating Peptide Lip Treatment - OLEHENRIKSEN | Ulta Beauty
The most iconic lip balm ever! The formula of these are truly amazing! Love all the scents too
Lip Butter Balm - Summer Fridays | Sephora
The iconic Rhode lip balms. I just purchased the shade “Espresso” and I love it! Can't wait to try them all
Peptide Lip Tint Nourishing Glaze
This formula is HEAVENLY. The shade “Haze” is the perfect burnt rose
Phantom Volumizing Glossy Lip Balm
Obsessed with this lip balm
Spike Valentino Hydrating Disco Lip Balm - Valentino | Sephora
This lip oil is amazing! Literally all the shades are stunning and they're so hydrating. I'm obsessed
Honey Infused Hydrating Lip Oil
These are so pretty! They are a little more on the thiner side, so you may have to reapply more often, but they are so pretty!
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ShineOn Lip Jelly Hydrating Non-Sticky Lip Oil
Such a beautiful gloss. I have the shade “Pale Fire Nectar” and it is the most beautiful sparkly pink! These are the glosses used on the Victoria's Secret models in their fashion show.
Pale Fire Nectar Lust: Gloss - PAT McGRATH LABS | Ulta Beauty
All of the shades of this gloss are stunning! Also slightly plumping
Puffer Complex™ Lip Plumper Gloss
I love this lip gloss! I have the shade “Need Her” and it's the most beautiful blush shade. The plump is good too and it doesn't hurt or burn either!
Major Volume Plumping Lip Gloss - PATRICK TA
This is my favorite matte lipstick! So beautiful!
Spike Valentino Buttery Matte Lipstick
Setting & Finishing Touches
Lock it in and glow. Setting sprays, Finishing powders, Makeup brushes / sponges
Such a good setting spray for in between makeup and when your face needs a refresh. Makes your skin looks like GLASS.
Powder Melt Glass Setting Spray - ONE/SIZE by Patrick Starrr | Sephora
My all time favorite setting spray! As a dry skin girlie, I am always looking for hydration and glow in my makeup and this setting spray gives that gorgeous luminous glow without looking oily or greasy. OBSESSED.
3.3 oz Airbrush Flawless Setting Spray - Charlotte Tilbury | Ulta Beauty
The best setting spray. Literally hair spray to your face!
On 'Til Dawn Mattifying Waterproof Setting Spray
Love this brush for my powder!
All-Over Powder Brush
I use the bigger end of this brush for eyeshadow and the small end to put highlighter on the inner corners of my eyes!
Brush No. 2 Double Sided Eyeshadow Brush
My favorite foundation brush!
M104 Domed Foundation Brush - Morphe | Ulta Beauty
This brush makes blending SO easy!
The Big Brush
Best concealer brush ever! Love how its double-ended
The Double-Ended Sculpting Brush
My favorite powder blush brush
The Powder Blush Brush
This is my current blush brush!! It is such good quality and I love how it's angled so it makes it easy to blend the blush upwards!
PRO Blush Brush #93 - SEPHORA COLLECTION | Sephora
Such a good powder puff for under the eyes!
SEPHORA COLLECTION Velour Makeup Powder Puff
My favorite beauty blender!
Total Face Sponge
Love this eyelash curler! I know $28 for an eyelash curler sounds a little crazy, but I promise it's worth it! I was skeptical myself until I bought it and it holds my curl so well
Eyelash Curler - Shiseido | Ulta Beauty
An essential for applying PATRICK TA'S body butter!
Patrick Ta Body Brush