Favorite makeup products! High end and affordable options.
Best lip balm also makes a great lip gloss!
Lip Butter Balm, Vanilla
Natural looking and hydrating - with or without makeup
MERIT Day Glow Highlighting Balm
Blush and highlighter in one!
Bluemercury
Gives you coverage but also looks very natural. It has a dewy finish and looks good on its own or with full face of makeup!
Ulta Beauty
The BEST mascara. It’s cheap but works so well. It gives you length and curl. I think it’s a dupe for the Benefit Rollerlash?
Lash 'N Roll® Curling & Lifting Mascara
This is a great primer for summer or wearing makeup for a longtime. It keeps everything in place.
Power Grip Primer
I love this for under makeup (like a primer). It is super hydrating and gives you a radiant glow. I wear it under makeup but also just put it on before moisturizer if I feel like my skin needs extra hydration. It’s expensive, but I do like it a lot!
Glazing Milk
This is the best lip gloss. It is moisturizing and hydrating and not at all sticky. It feels similar to a lip oil. I love the colors - they are sheer but gives a really nice tint.
Shade Slick
This is expensive but lasts a long time. It gives your skin a nice blurring effect without making you look cakey or too matte. I apply with a little triangle puff or small brush to get under the eyes and focus on small areas. You can also just dust i...
SurrealSkin® Soft Blur Setting Powder
This is affordable and works very well! I love it. I like a clear gel to wear alone with no makeup on or use after i fill in with a pencil. It doesn’t leave white marks on your eyebrows like a lot of other gels. It holds down your eyebrows all day.
Best Brow Gel
This is a splurge for sure, but it lasts forever and is the best bronzer I have found. It is super easy to apply and manipulate (if you want to contour and then blend in). It’s very natural but still gives you some color and definition. I also will u...
LES BEIGES Healthy glow bronzing cream 390 - Soleil tan bronze
This is all you need for shadow! You get a matte shade and two shimmery shades. It’s all in one palette and the colors blend so well.
Monochromes
Hydrating and a little goes a long way! Great coverage too.
Swipe Hydrating Serum Concealer
Sephora brand eyeliners: great colors, apply easily and can blend out with a brush.
Eyeliners
Do you need this? No. It’s a want not a need. But, it makes your lashes look longer and fuller. I don’t use it all the time but it works and isn’t a gimmick.
opening act™ lash primer - mascara
Really hydrating! The tinted ones are great as well.
peptide lip treatment - unscented
Perfect without makeup and also works great with a full face! Bronze color is my favorite - the best bronzing drops.
Saie Glowy Super Gel | All-Over Luminizer | Clean Highlighter
Best lip liners and affordable!
Lip Liners and Lip Pencils
Amazing setting spray. Great for refreshing makeup throughout the day and adding some glow.
Make It Last Original - Natural Finish Setting Spray
Best tinted moisturizer! Dewy finish and good amount of coverage. Charlotte Tilbury dupe!
Halo Glow Liquid Filter Complexion Booster
Very natural and can blend easily into the brows. The brush on the end makes it great for travel.
Rare Beauty by Selena Gomez Brow Harmony Precision Eyebrow Pencil
A little goes such a long way. You need the smallest amount. Shimmery but natural. Blends well with other eyeshadows!
Eyelights Cream Eyeshadow | Clean, Crease-Proof and Longwearing
Sephora lip plumping gloss: affordable and effective! Definitely gives you a tingly/slightly burning sensation but if you’re used to lip plumper it’s no big deal.
Great foundation! Definitely a splurge but gives you amazing coverage and great glow.
Dior Forever Hydra Nude
These lip sticks are amazing! It will stay on your lips a long time. Very moisturizing too!
Lip Gloss
Cream blush with buildable color and a very natural finish.
Saie Dew Blush™ | Liquid Cheek Flush
great concealer! easy to blend and lasts all day.
SEPHORA
Great serum for under makeup or on no makeup days. Hydrating and gives your skin a dewy glow. It’s a nice base for makeup!
Glowy Makeup Serum Hydrate & Prime
great mascara! gives your lashes length and curl. works very well with the tarte mascara primer also featured in this list!
tartelette™ tubing mascara
Affordable lip gloss/oil that moisturizes the lips but also gives you a nice hint of color.
Lip Gloss, Lip Oil and Lip Stain
Pigmented and long lasting blush that applies and blends super easy! Very affordable too.
Shop the Best Blush
Great eyeshadow. Good pigment and blends really nice on the eyes. Easy to use eyeshadow stick - can apply all over eyes or focus it as an eyeliner close to the lash line.
Shadow Stick
Hydrating and moisturizing primer! Great for the winter months when skin is dry. Creates a nice base for makeup.
Moisturizers
This has been around forever but it is great for natural makeup. Pat a little on the lips and cheeks and it lasts! Fades nicely throughout the day. Great to use under a lip balm or lip butter.
Benetint Cheek & Lip Stain
Easy bronzer! Has a little bit of shimmer. Blends super easily into the skin. Looks natural but can also be intensified for a more contoured look.
MAKEUP BY MARIO SoftSculpt® Talc-Free Blurring Bronzer
Best cream blush. Easy to use with the built in brush on the other end of the stick. It’s creamy and blendable. Gives a nice pop of color and a little goes a long way!
MAKEUP BY MARIO Soft Pop Cream Blush Stick
Best pressed setting powder! Isn’t too mattifying or cakey. Locks makeup into place with a natural finish.
Cloud Set Setting Powder
Great plumping gloss! Thick and hydrating on the lips. Gives nice color and shine. Has a curved applicator which is unique!
Forget The Filler Lip Plumping Line Smoothing Gloss
Good brow pomade. Holds the brows in place, but doesn’t make them stiff. Can use on its own or after using a pencil or pen to fill/color in the brows.
