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My beauty recs for black girls💄✨
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For my melanin queens🥰 It can be hard to find makeup that works well with our skin tone, or even shows up. Here are some products I’ve tried that are black girl approved!!
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Lips
 
Base
 
Blush
 
Brows
 
Palettes & Body
 
Setting Spray

Lips

 
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Have these in almost every shade!! The consistency and sparkle are my favorite thing about these.
Gloss Bomb Universal Lip Luminizer
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The best lip liner on brown-skin and dark-skin girls, especially with the fuchsia lipgloss from Fenty.
NYX PROFESSIONAL MAKEUP Slim Lip Pencil
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Love this color!! Looks super good with a gloss overtop.
Maybelline Super Stay Matte Ink Liquid Lipstick
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So creamy with a bunch of different shades! I use this on my more casual days where I don't have a full face on.
High'biscus Gloss Bomb Stix High-Shine Gloss Stick - FENTY BEAUTY
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Get the 111 Double Shot shade👀 The most gorgeous deep brown ever.
Color Sensational® The Creams Cream Finish Lipstick Makeup
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Base

 
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Crazy coverage. It blends seamlessly into my skin. One of the best foundation sticks out there!
The Minimalist - Complexion Stick
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The best foundation that I’ve ever tried! Great for oily girls, and blurs out imperfections. Perfect if you’re looking for something more low-coverage.
Yummy Skin Blurring Balm Powder
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A nice warm contour, with a variety of shades. Blends well with other base products.
Match Stix Contour Skinstick — Amber
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I use this along with a lighter concealer. It's a warmer tone and compliments my skin so well!
Stay Naked Correcting Concealer - Full Coverage
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A great smooth, full coverage foundation
I Am Magic Velvety Matte Foundation
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I use this when I want to make sure there’s no flashback in photos! Perfect for nights out when friends are taking flash photos with their digis☺️
Mini Easy Bake Loose Baking & Setting Powder
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Full coverage foundation, it goes on so smooth.
Maple Born This Way Undetectable Medium-To-Full Coverage Foundation - Too Faced | Ulta Beauty
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Blush

 
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Compliments my skin so well! It’s a brighter shade that truly lights up my face and completes my makeup look.
Fleurotique Divine Cream Blush: Legendary Glow Colour Balm - PAT McGRATH LABS | Ulta Beauty
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Try the Nearly Berry shade! I love using this deeper blush shade in the fall and winter.
Stay Vulnerable Melting Blush - Rare Beauty Shade Nearly Berry
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Bright, colorful shades, these look SO GOOD on darker skin. I love them
Barbie Rose Blushed Liquid Blush - Juvia's Place
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Looks beautiful on darker skin tones!!
pocket blush - plum
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Gorgeous warm orangey shade, it looks so pretty on.
pocket blush - sun soak
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Brows

 
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The most natural brown pen I’ve ever had. It makes it so easy to do thin/lighter strokes. It matches my eyebrows so well too!
Lift & Snatch! Brow Tint Pen
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Hold my brows up so well, almost like a brow lamination.
Brow Tint Eyebrow Gel
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Great for more natural days when I don't want to fill in my brows but still want them to look cleaned up.
Glued Brow & Edge Gel - Got 2b | Ulta Beauty
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Palettes & Body

 
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The perfect glow oil for shoulders, arms, and collarbones.
Major Glow Nourishing Bronzing Body Oil
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Eyeshadow that will ACTUALLY show up on your skin. Amazing pigment!
Lightwork VI Freedom Palette
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Shades are gorgeous and so pigmented. Shows up on darker skin, and looks beautiful on.
The Coffee Shop Palette
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Love this brush for my blush and foundation, it blends products out so well!
Duo Brush
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Setting Spray

 
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Keeps my makeup on my face for HOURS! So amazing. The only spray that keeps my eyeliner from smearing.
On 'Til Dawn Setting Spray | ONE/SIZE by Patrick Starrr
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Great and affordable setting spray!
Make It Last Original - Natural Finish Setting Spray - Milani Cosmetics
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This elf setting spray gives a nice dewy finish to any look. Perfect for some extra glow!
Power Grip Dewy Setting Spray - e.l.f. Cosmetics | Ulta Beauty
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