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My Ulta 21+ Days of Beauty Recommendations 2026 | As An Ex-Ulta Employee!

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As an ex Ulta employee and beauty enthusiast, I understand this event can be overwhelming. I think this is a great opportunity to refresh your beauty cabinet and there’s so many great options this year. Here is a curated list of all of my recommendat...
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Friday, March 6

Makeup and skincare!

 
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These lip kits are famous for a reason! A tried and true matte lip kit with a creamy lip liner to match.
KYLIE Cosmetics - Matte Lip Kit
 
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This brand is so amazing on the skin. I love using a good Vitamin C serum to keep my face looking bright and youthful.
OLEHENRIKSEN - Banana Bright 15% Vitamin C Dark Spot Serum
 
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This cream to powder formula is buildable and carries excellent pigment. I love this blush and own multiple! You can use it under your base for your cheeks to have a bit of pigment or directly on top of my base!
MAC - So Natural Glow Play Cushiony Blush
 
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This foundation is a skily smooth and hydrating liquid formula that leaves your skin looking velvet and blurred.
Anastasia Beverly Hills Impeccable Blurring Second-Skin Matte Foundation
 
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To follow up withy tour silky smooth base, I would use this spray to help lock in any fine lines and gives a natural, blurring finish.
Anastasia Beverly Hills - Impeccable 24HR Blurring Matte Setting Spray

Saturday, March 7

Lipgloss, facial pads, my favorite setting sprays!

 
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These pore pads are the real deal. This helps exofiliate any dead skin cells and oil, and minimize the look of pores!
medicube - Zero Pore Pad
 
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These Fenty lip glosses leave a beautiful high shine gloss on the lips! These products also leave a bit of a stain on the lips. This is a very long lasting lipgloss!
FENTY BEAUTY by Rihanna - Blaz'd Donut Gloss Bomb Stix High-Shine Gloss Stick
 
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These shades by Fenty have a bit of shimmer if your looking for a pop on the lips!
FENTY BEAUTY by Rihanna - Gloss Bomb Stix High-Shimmer Gloss Stick
 
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If you've been following me, you know I go through bottles of these! I use this during my makeup routine to keep my skin looking fresh and hydrated.
Urban Decay Cosmetics - All Nighter Waterproof Makeup Setting Spray -
 
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This matte spray really locks in my makeup and seals it all together. I like this to mattify my makeup look.
Urban Decay Cosmetics - All Nighter Waterproof Matte Setting Spray

Sunday, March 8

skincare & makeup!
 
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This face cream is fabulous for a simple everyday going out cream or if you're staying inside. SPF is important to wear even when you're indoors!
Clinique - Dramatically Different Moisturizing Lotion+ SPF35 for Face
 
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This translucent setting powder makes your skin look blurred and poreless!
Laura Mercier - Translucent Translucent Pressed Setting Powder Ultra-Blur

Monday, March 9

Hair, Makeup, and Lashes! 

 
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Massage this hair mask into your hair after shampoo. Leave on for 10 minutes and follow up with conditioner. This and their scalp revival hair mask makes my hair feel hydrated ans soft!
Briogeo - Scalp Revival Charcoal + Tea Tree Cooling Hydration Mask
 
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This product is great to help reduce flakiness and dryness on your scalp! Part your wet hair, massage the product into your scalp, and then rinse it clean. I would use this once a week or once every other week.
Briogeo - Scalp Revival Charcoal + Coconut Oil Micro-Exfoliating Scrub Shampoo
 
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I can't wait to get my hands on this eyeshadow duo! I love the shade options and how easy it is to carry around! They have multiple shade duos to pick from, but the Back to Black is calling me.
Rabanne - Back To Black Mini Eyeshadow Palette Duo
 
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If you want your lashes and brows to grow, and I mean really grow and give you that full set that you pay for at the end of the month, this growth serum is gonna help you acheive that. I noticed tremendous growth from my lashes and was not dissapoint...
Grande Cosmetics - The Grande Edit: Lash & Brow

Tuesday, March 10

Makeup brush!
 
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My tried and true makeup brush brand for my flawless makeup looks. I can never recommend any brushes that IT Cosmetics has made for Ulta enough!
IT Brushes For ULTA - Airbrush Soft Focus Blush Brush #113 -

Wednesday, March 11

Makeup!
 
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I think these liquid highlights are a great option if you don't like wear powders and want to avoid using powder higlight! A swip with the finger on the upper cheek bone would go a long way!
r.e.m. beauty - Dreamglow Highlight Serum
 
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I think these glossy lipliners by MAC are a fabulous option if you don't love lipliners because they feel too dry! This formula is creamy and smooth with a glowy finish.
MAC - WHIRLIN' Lipglazer Glossy Liner

Thursday, March 12

Makeup & body care!
 
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You can never go wrong with a great mascara! So why not use Lancome's Idole Lash Mascara, that's waterproof and gives an instant lash lift!
Lancôme - 01 Black Lash Idôle Lash-Lifting Waterproof Volumizing Mascara
 
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Morphe has created an established name for themselves when it comes to eyeshadow. This is a great chance to get yourself a 12-pan eyeshadow using shades you'd like to see yourself wear!
Morphe - ChromaPlus 12-Pan Eyeshadow Palette
 
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These ingrown pads are killer when it comes to shrinking my ingrown hairs and pores around my bikini area and underarms. I'd recommend taking it slow with one pad under each arm to build up tolerance to any burning sensations you may feel. I love usi...
First Aid Beauty - 60 ct Ingrown Hair Pads with BHA + AHA

Friday, March 13

Skincare and makeup!
 
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This cleansing balm is so fabulous to remove all of your makeup or use as a daily cleansor! I would take a swipe on my figer and gently massage the balm onto in circular motions. It can be washed off with warm water or a damp washcloth!
FARMACY - Original Green Clean Cleansing Balm
 
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This neutrals eyeshadow palette is great for an everyday simple eyeshadow look.
Urban Decay Cosmetics - Naked2 Basics Matte Neutral Eyeshadow Palette
 
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The four shades in the middle are creams that an be used as eyeshadow, the rest are matte eyeshadows and shimmers! This palette can be used as contouring, bronzing, and highlight on the face as well! I haven't personally used it for anything other th...
Urban Decay - Naked Shaped Multi-Tasking Eyeshadow Palette Cool
 
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This mascara gives a thick and voluminizing finish! They're intended to lenghten your mascara, but I personally love it for the thick lashes.
MAC - Magic Extension 5mm Fibre Mascara
 
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I am def planning on getting my hands on this concealer brush! The bristles are short and dense. I also like how wide the brush is compared to most concealer bruses that are small!
BK Beauty - Angie Hot & Flashy A506 Concealer Brush

Saturday. March 14

skincare & makeup brushes!
 
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I think this is a great oppurtunity to purchase this Dermalogical Multivitamin face cream. It's vitamin packed with A, C, E, and helps your skin barrier build resilience to environmental factors. This is also great can you can use it for day and nigh...
Dermalogica - Multivitamin Power Recovery Cream
 
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I like this brush because it has flat, and top dense bristles for an airbrushed finish.
IT Brushes For ULTA - Airbrush Blurring Foundation Brush #101
 
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This brush is my favorite because the bristles are long and apply my foundation with a soft finish. It's not as dense as the #101 Brush, so it'll be softer on the skin.
Airbrush Buffing Foundation Brush #110 - IT Brushes For ULTA
 
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When I worked at Ulta I would constantly stock up on this brand's eye patches. I loved the results and ended up using them everyday or when I could!
Patchology - 5 pair FlashPatch Restoring Night Eye Gels
 
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These eye patches are great if you're looking to moisturize and brighten your undereyes for the day! These would be great to use before applying makeup for your skin prep.
Patchology5 pair FlashPatch Rejuvenating Eye Gels
 
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I love these eye patches especially because they are cooling to the under eyes. I'm someone that stays up late so these are nice to throw on when I want to relax or cool my undereyes from screen time or just being awake for so long.
Patchology - 5 pair Serve Chilled On Ice Cooling & Firming Under Eye Gel Patches

Sunday, March 15

makeup!
 
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This skin tint by Milk Makeup is so great for an everyday foundation look that is buildable and has great coverage. It feels lightweight on the skin and you can use your fingers or a brush!
MILK MAKEUP Hydro Grip 12-Hour Hydrating Gel Skin Tint
 
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This eyeshadow has a wet texture that applies best with your finish or a flat eyeshadow brush. You can use them as eyeshadow, highlight, or as a body highlight!
HALF MAGIC Glitterpuck Pressed Glitter for Eyes, Face + ...

Monday, March 16

skincare & makeup!
 
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This pro-collagen serum is fantastic to make you skin more hydrated and firm. I like using this with an elemis rose night cream after!
Elemis - Pro-Collagen Future Restore Serum
 
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I would not pass up the chance to get these on sale! I have recommended these brushes multiple times and always will! The quality is worth every penny.
IT Brushes For ULTA - Your Airbrush Masters 6 Pc Advanced Brush Set

Tuesday, March 17

makeup!
 
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These pearly luminous lipsticks are dreamy and hydrating. It leaves a shiny finish and would look great with a cool lipliner!
Rabanne- Dramalips Glassy Pearly Lipstick

Wednesday, March 18th

makeup!
 
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I have always loved my Too Faced eyeshadow palettes These are great for traveling of if you want to dedicate yourself to an eyeshadow palette everyday!
Too Faced - Born This Way Mini Eye Shadow Palettes 

Thursday, March 19th

makeup & hair!
 
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These eyeshadow palette has mattes, shimmers, and glitters! If you want more of that in your makeup, this brand offers a variety of eyeshadow palette that really compliment one another.
N°4 All of Lavender Fog Glitterpedia Eye Palette - Unleashia | Ulta Beauty
 
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I love using this spray when I’m blow drying or styling my hair. I never experience breakage when I use this!
Heat Shield Thermal Protection Hair Mist - Bumble and bumble

Friday, March 20th

makeup & skincare!
 
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This blurring powder blush is so pigmented and leaves an air brush finish!
Too Faced - Candy Clouds Cloud Crush Blurring Powder Blush
 
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I have yet to be disappointed in investing in any of my elemis products. I love this moisturizer, along with every other Elemis product I own!
Elemis - Pro-Collagen Marine Cream SPF 30

Saturday, March 21st

makeup!
 
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This is great if you want an all over face foundation powder!
C4 Studio Fix Powder Plus Foundation - MAC | Ulta Beauty
 
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This bronzer is buildable and long lasting!
Original Hoola Matte Powder Bronzer - Benefit Cosmetics | Ulta Beauty

Sunday, March 22nd

makeup!
 
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These glitter eye paints by about face are so lovely if you don’t want to wear powder eyeshadows and just want a long lasting shimmer on your eyes or inner corners!
about face - Fractal Glitter Eye Paint

Tuesday, March 24th

skincare!
 
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Ever since I started using this sunscreen, it has ultimately become my favorite! The formula comes out very liquid but sinks into the skin so nicely. I am very obsessed with this cream!
belif - Dew Guard Glow Boost Serum SPF 40