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My favorite beauty recs
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items As your local SSRI bestie in New England, these faves are staying on my sweaty face for sure.
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Eyes
Lips
Brushes
Nails
Base
All sorts of base products to keep your face looking flawless.
best gripping primer ever. for a relatively cheap price point this primer has kept my makeup on in the new england humidity
Power Grip Primer
If you want to have a dewy, glowy finish with minimal coverage I reccomend this foundation. Paired with the PowerGrip primer, this is staying on your face all day.
Halo Glow Liquid Filter Complexion Booster
The best way to keep your makeup on all day is to layer appropriately! Elf's putty blushes make the perfect base for a powder blush that will last all day long.
Putty Blush
As with the blush, the putty bronzer is great for a lightweight contoured look, or as a base for more intense shadows. I like to use this as a warm base for a cooler toned contour. Warming up the face before cutting back in with shadow.
Putty Bronzer - Cream to Powder Formula
I love how buildable the coverage of these are. I love going for a more bold and out there blush color, so I have the shade Grateful for a really pinch me pink look. This formula is incredibly soft and so easy to apply and blend out for a seamless lo...
Soft Pinch Liquid Blush | Long-Lasting Dewy & Matte Blushes
This little stick is so small yet so powerful and diverse in your kit. I love a cream blush and this will both provide a beautiful, soft blushy finish to both your cheeks and lips! It's so moisturizing on the lips as well it's a perfect, diverse tool...
WERK Lip + Cheek Cream Blush Stick and Lip Color - MILK MAKEUP | Ulta Beauty
Classic powder foundation that is perfect to set your whole face with.
105 Fair Ivory Fit Me Matte + Poreless Powder - Maybelline | Ulta Beauty
Eyes
Best glasses-friendly eye products.
As someone who has been doing winged eyeliner with the best of them since 2015, I have had a lot of favorite liquid eyeliner pens over the years, from all ends of the price spectrum. Respectfully, if you are of the means to buy premium liquid eyeline...
24/7 Inks Easy Ergonomic Liquid Eyeliner Pen
I love precision when it comes to mascara. I wear glasses and have very watery eyes, so I need a very good formula to hold up. I love this mascara because of how easy it is to apply, but also the precision in the brush leads to beautiful, full, lashe...
BADgal BANG! Volumizing Mascara
This eyeshadow is the best minimal makeup inner corner brightner that exists. There are so many shades of this beautiful, glittery shimmer, and add the perfect hint of glam to any day to day look.
Urban Decay Moondust Eyeshadow
If you're looking for pigmented and high payoff color and glitter eyeshadows, look no further than black owned beaty brand Juvia's Place. I've had their now discontinued Rebel Army Green Palette for years, but all their eyeshadows are consistently th...
The Zulu Palette - Juvia's Place | Ulta Beauty
NYX's Jumbo Eye pencil is a staple in my kit. It comes in so many colors and the formula is beyond the creamiest I've ever gotten out of a pencil eyeshadow. I love using these as bases for eyeshadow, or for popping a highlight in my inner corner.
Black Bean Jumbo Eye Pencil All-In-One Eyeshadow Eyeliner Pencil - NYX Professional Makeup | Ulta Beauty
Juvia's Place eyeshadows are creamy and high payoff. With a perfect eye primer these shadows aren't going anywhere, all summer long.
Culture Palette - Juvia's Place | Ulta Beauty
Lips
My lips are dry so hydration is the goal for me. I primarily like a low coverage, sheer finish thing right now.
NYX is a consistent brand in my collection because of the high-end quality of the brand at a more affordable drugstore price. This lip oil is so moisturizing! I definitely need it in the cold New England winter. The color range is impressive and prov...
Chillin Like a Villian Fat Oil Lip Drip Vegan Lip Oil - NYX Professional Makeup | Ulta Beauty
Anyone from the beauty online sphere circa 2015 knows this next recommendation. The NYX Lingerie XXL matte lip the latest edition in the NYX matte lip legacy. I find these to be comfy on the lips, and non drying! The formula is so creamy, these will ...
Untamable Lip Lingerie XXL Long-Lasting Matte Liquid Lipstick - NYX Professional Makeup | Ulta Beauty
Perfect hydration with a pop of color.
Bliss You Berry Clean Fresh Tinted Lip Balm - CoverGirl | Ulta Beauty
If you don't already have the Clinique Black Honey in your bag for the perfect vampy lip, what are you doing? Hydrating with beautiful subtle payoff. What more could a girl need?!
Black Honey Almost Lipstick - Clinique | Ulta Beauty
Brushes
Affordability and reliability are what's most important to me with brushes.
I will rep Real Technique product until the day that I die. Their brushes are consistently the best and most frequently found in my kit. This face set will have you ready to go to have the perfectly blended base.
Everyday Essentials Makeup Brush & Sponge Set - Real Techniques | Ulta Beauty
Another Real Techniques fav here! My particular favorite brushes in this eyeshadow set are the angled brush and the fluffy shader brush. The angled brush really holds up after washes and stays in a neat line after many years of washing. And I find th...
Everyday Eye Essentials Makeup Brush Set - Real Techniques | Ulta Beauty
I'm always going to reccomend a Real Technique brush set! They are quality brushes that last for years, wash after wash.
Big Blends Energy Brush + Dual-Sided Puff Set - Real Techniques | Ulta Beauty
Nails
Super cute and affordable! I work with my hands, so finding short styles is important and these were perfect.
Press-On Nails