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My Pro Makeup Kit Essentials
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After 25 years behind the chair, I'm extremely particular about foundation — and Dior Forever earns its place in my kit every time. The formula is waterproof, transfer-proof, and genuinely lasts through long wedding days without oxidizing or breaking...
Dior Backstage Face & Body Foundation: Hydrating Foundation Makeup | Dior US
This is one of the most important steps in my kit that most people skip entirely — and once you start using it, you'll never go back to concealer alone. Color correcting before concealer is the difference between dark circles that are truly gone vers...
Revealer Extra Bright Serum-Powered Color Correctors for Dark Circles - Kosas | Sephora
Skin prep is everything in my kit — the way skin is moisturized before makeup goes on determines how the whole look wears for the next 8–12 hours. This is the moisturizer I reach for most on clients, and it earns its place every single time. The Beli...
1.69 oz The True Cream - Aqua Bomb Hydrating Moisturizer - belif | Ulta Beauty
If you know, you know — but if you're new to this one, let me explain why it's earned a permanent spot in my professional kit. Rhode Glazing Milk is the first step I reach for on bare skin after cleansing, before moisturizer, before anything else. Th... Fragrance-free, vegan, cruelty-free, and gluten-free — and it holds a Seal of Acceptance from the National Eczema Association and won the 2024 Allure Best of Beauty Award for Best Essence. Pro tip: apply to slightly damp skin and use the press-and-pa...
Glazing Milk Ceramide Facial Essence - rhode | Sephora
I have every single shade of these and I reach for them daily — both personally and professionally. Mario Dedivanovic built his career as one of the most respected makeup artists in the world, and these cream shadows carry that expertise in the formu...
Master Mattes® Long-Wearing Cream Eyeshadow - MAKEUP BY MARIO | Sephora
After 25 years of testing every mascara on the market — on myself and on hundreds of clients — this is the one I keep coming back to. My one and only. The Thrive Liquid Lash Extensions Mascara is a tubing formula, which is what sets it completely apa...
Liquid Lash™ Extensions Tubing Mascara
This one's mine — and it's in my kit every single day without exception. I created FLEX because I couldn't find an eyeliner that did everything I needed as a working makeup artist: truly waterproof, ultra-creamy application, high-impact pigment, and ...
FLEX Waterproof Eyeliner Pencil
Setting powder is non-negotiable in a pro kit — and this is the one I reach for. Huda Beauty Easy Bake has earned its status as one of the most loved setting powders in the industry, and after using it on clients I completely understand why. The micr...
Easy Bake Loose Baking & Setting Powder - HUDA BEAUTY | Sephora
This is the budget blush I put next to $30–$40 options on my kit table and clients genuinely cannot tell the difference. Milani Baked Blush in Dolce Pink is one of the most talked-about drugstore dupes in the beauty world — and it earns it. It's slow...
Milani Baked Blush - Dolce Pink: Vegan, Brightening, Buildable Coverage, Cheek Application
I have a lot of contour and cream bronzer products in my professional kit — and this one is unmatched. I've tested them all, and nothing comes close to the Makeup by Mario Soft Sculpt when it comes to formula and color story. The reason it stands abo...
SoftSculpt® Cream Contour & Bronzer Shaping Stick - MAKEUP BY MARIO | Sephora
This one's mine — and it might be my most versatile product yet. I created the Creme de la Creme Color Balm because I wanted one product that could do three things beautifully: blush, lip color, and eye color — all in one swipe. As a working makeup a...
Creme de la Creme Color Balm
Lip liner is one of those products where most people overpay — and this is the one I recommend when clients ask me what to keep in their everyday bag without breaking the bank. As a makeup artist who has used liners at every price point, NYX Line Lou...
Fierce Flirt Line Loud Longwear Lip Liner - NYX Professional Makeup | Ulta Beauty
Lip stains are one of those products that sound simple but are almost impossible to get right — most either dry out your lips, fade unevenly, or feel like you're wearing nothing at all. Kulfi Lassi Lips is the one that actually delivers, and it's bec...
Lassi Lips Staining Long-Lasting Moisturizing Lip Oil - Kulfi | Sephora