This is my go-to full face when I want a luxury look without a luxury price tag. Every product here feels high-end on the skin (and in the makeup bag), but they're all affordable and beginner-friendly. Basically: champagne taste on a soda budget.
Sections
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Primer ✨
Foundation 🪞
Concealer 🎯
Powder 🌬️
Blush 🌸
Bronzer 🌞
Primer ✨
A good base makes everything else look smoother and last longer. These feel luxe without the price tag
Hydrating, smoothing, and gives that dewy glass-skin vibe
NYX Plump Right Back Primer Serum
Grips makeup like a magnet – my favourite dupe for the Milk Hydro Grip.
e.l.f. Power Grip Primer
Lightweight, blurs, and adds glow.
Milani Supercharged Dewy Primer
Foundation 🪞
Lightweight but flawless – these give out that expensive-skin finish without caking.
Radiant, lightweight, and buildable
L'Oreal Paris True Match Foundation
A drugstore classic for natural glam.
Maybelline Fit Me Dewy + Smooth Foundation
Long-wear, medium to full coverage, looks luxe
Revlon ColorStay Foundation Online
Smooth and skin-like, looks amazing in photos
Wet n Wild Photo Focus Foundation
Concealer 🎯
Bright, fresh under-eyes = instant luxury look. These concealers cover without creasing.
Feels high-end and leaves skin looking fresh and awake.
Maybelline Instant Age Rewind Concealer
Full coverage, hydrating, and blends easily.
e.l.f Hydrating Camo Concealer
Lightweight but covers dark circles beautifully
NYX Bare With Me Concealer Serum
Creamy and full coverage, feels high-end.
Milani Conceal + Perfect Longwear Concealer
Brightens and smooths like a designer pick.
ColorStay Skin Awaken Concealer
Powder 🌬️
The right powder keeps everything locked in without making you look flat or cakey.
Blurs pores and sets makeup with a soft, airbrushed finish.
Maybelline Fit Me Loose Finishing Powder
Gives a radiant set without flattening your glow.
e.l.f. Halo Glow Setting Powder - Light
Lightweight, mattifying, and perfect for a polished look.
Rimmel Stay MattePowder Transparent
Blush 🌸
Blush is the instant “healthy glow” step. It's what makes your makeup look alive and youthful.
Glowy, soft, and looks exactly like high-end blushes.
Milani Baked Blush
Creamy, natural, and melts into skin for that effortless flush.
e.l.f. Putty Blush
A silky, radiant finish that feels very luxe on the skin.
L'Oréal Paris Age Perfect Radiant Satin Blush
Bronzer 🌞
Bronzer is how you fake a vacation – warm, natural, and sculpted all in one.
Soft, blend able, and smells like a tropical vacation.
Physicians Formula Butter Bronzer
Natural-looking warmth that's buildable without patchiness
Milani Silky Matte Bronzing Powder
Creamy and easy to blend for that sun kissed glow.
e.l.f Putty Bronzer
Highlighter ✨
That glow is what makes your skin look expensive – subtle but radiant in the right spots.
Glowy and smooth, no chunky glitter.
Revlon Skinlights Prismatic Powder Highlighter
Beaming shine at drugstore price, feels like high-end.
Wet n Wild MegaGlo Highlighting Powder
Brows 🤎
Brows frame your whole face, and the right product makes them look full, soft, and natural without the “drawn on” look.
Super precise, so you can mimic hair strokes and keep brows looking natural.
NYX Micro Brow Pencil
A tinted gel with tiny fibers that give your brows a fluffy, full look instantly.
e.l.f. Wow Brow Gel
Creamy pomade that lasts all day, perfect if you want a bolder brow.
Milani Stay Put Brow Color
Mascara 👀
Mascara instantly changes your whole face. These give length and volume like designer brands.
Legendary lengthening mascara for that sleek, defined lash look.
Loreal Lash Paradise Mascara
Lifts and separates lashes for a dramatic high-end effect.
Maybelline Lash Sensational
The $5 mascara that looks like falsies
Essence Lash Princess Mascara
Lips
The final touch – lips pull the whole look together whether you want glossy or bold.
Stays pull all day like a high-end liquid lip.
Maybelline Lifter Gloss Hydrating Lip Gloss
Creamy, comfy gloss that feels luxe.
NYX Butter Gloss Non-Sticky Lip Gloss
Creamy, pigmented, and timeless – feels like a designer lipstick.
