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items As a working makeup artist, I truly love being a small part of making people feel beautiful and just seeing their confidence boost as they rise from my chair. The products I have shared are all items that I personally use as well as use in my clients...
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Foundations & Skin Tints
Concealers & Color Correctors
Bronzers & Contours
Face Powders
Cream & Powder Blushes
Eyeshadows
Foundations & Skin Tints
I don’t care what anyone says, this foundation is AMAZING! It’s sheer, lightweight, and buildable. This finish is beautiful in literally every single skin type, and photographs phenomenally!
Studio Radiance Face & Body Foundation - MAC Cosmetics
This is a beautiful foundation for people of all ages. I grab this foundation when I have an event to get ready for, and I want to glam up. It blends out so easily, and leaves the skin looking and feeling even and hydrated, with the perfect amount of...
Dior Backstage Face & Body Foundation
I wear this foundation when I am really feeling myself in my skin. It’s a serum foundation that self-sets. Unless you are a powder girl, this base needs minimal if any on the the t-zone and that’s it. This not only helps the skin with it built-in ski...
about-face THE PERFORMER Skin-Focused Foundation - Ulta Beauty
I use this product for everyday makeup looks. It’s hydrating, with a golden hour finish that just feels like skin. I love that it doesn’t feel like makeup on my skin. Obsessed is an understatement!
Skin Tint Longwear & Care - Armani Beauty
I recommend this skin tint if you have oily combo skin. It keeps you hydrated without making you overly shiny. It lets the skin breathe and looks beautiful.
Hydro Grip Hydrating Gel Skin Tint - Milk Makeup
Concealers & Color Correctors
Natasha just knows what she’s doing with concealer! This concealer is hydrating & full coverage all while remaining almost seamless under the eyes. This is great for all ages, but highly recommend for dry skin types & mature skin!
HY‑Glam Concealer – Luminous Matte Full‑Coverage Wear
This corrector is unlike any other brand I have tried. It does not leave a peach/orange cast under the skin. It blends beautifully. On a no-makeup makeup day, this is enough coverage to keep me confident throughout the day. I add on the neutral toned...
Hy-Glam Brightening & Hydrating Medium to Full Coverage Crease ...
My immediate go-to to cover up my sun spots and any acne marks/dark spots. I prefer to use this in a shade closest to my own skin color, so that I can wear it alone, under skin tints, or under full coverage makeup glam.
Soft Matte Complete Concealer | NARS Cosmetics
Custard is my girl! Great concealer for everyday wear, light/medium coverage that doesn’t feel heavy for everyday wear. Often I wear this over a tinted spf just in the t-zone and under my eyes. It blends well and leaves me with a natural look.
Radiant Creamy Concealer - NARS Cosmetics
I love a budget friendly product that actually works! This concealer is medium buildable coverage, and only $5!
Soft Glam Satin Concealer, Crease-Resistant - 36 Shades - $5
The yellow corrector is always in my personal makeup bag. Bc my dark circles are so marked, I use a peach to neutralize and then the yellow to brighten. Color correcting allows for less concealer use for a seamless color corrected finish.
HD Pro.Conceal - LA Girl
Bronzers & Contours
This has been the contour stick I go to over and over. The color is PERFECT for contouring - not too orange, not too gray, JUST RIGHT! it blends like butter, doesn’t leave harsh lines. I like to use the Elf putty bronzer brush to blend this out. I al...
Fenty Beauty Match Stix Matte Contour 10
You guys, when I say anyone can apply this, I mean ANYONE! It’s a balm, so it’s extremely forgiving if you’re scared of “contouring.” I like to use this in the shade light medium over top of tinted spf or skin tints. It’s natural & lightweight, j...
MAKEUP BY MARIO SoftSculpt Skin Enhancer Medium
I tend to grab this contour wand in the spring and summer months, bc of the warmth it gives my face. I love a good bronzed contour in the heat! I use the shade fair-medium and find that it great for fair, light, and medium skin tones without going ov...
Hollywood Contour Wand - Light-medium - Charlotte Tilbury
This is a great contour stick that already has flat packaging for easy application. You can blend it out with your hands, a brush, or a sponge. I typically have this contour stick in my travel makeup bag, bc it’s just so easy to apply, and another gr...
Elaluz by Camila Coelho Stick Bronzer with Camu
This bronzer is never not in my makeup bag at all times. It’s a matte finish, perfect to bronze and contour, whether worn alone or over the top of a liquid/cream bronzer/contour to set. Also smells divine!
Too Faced Chocolate Soleil Matte Bronzer
I opt for this bronzer balm for events and nights out. It melts effortlessly into the skin. I like the color Intentional.
Tansculpt Bronzing Contour Balm - Hung Vanngo Beauty
Face Powders
This powder is so great! I use it as a finishing powder at the end of my makeup application. It’s all in the name - flawless finish! It completes your makeup look in the best way!!!
Airbrush Flawless Finish Setting Powder: 2 Medium - Charlotte Tilbury
This pink setting powder is ideal for mature skin & oily/combo skin — it allows for brightening under the eyes and also by gently pressing with a damp sponge or small setting brush, it has a blurring effect to smooth out fine lines.
Ultimate Blurring Setting Powder - Ultra Pink
Cream & Powder Blushes
These cream blushes are great for all skin types, but especially my oily skin peeps. They stay in place beautifully! My go-to shades are Ginger Luck & Blush, Please! Can also be used on the lips for a monochromatic look, with a clear balm or glos...
Glow Play Cushiony Blush - MAC Cosmetics
Eyeshadows
MAC eyeshadows are the OGs! I love them all, but my favorites are Soft Brown, Swiss chocolate, Brun, Espresso, What Clout, & Carbon!
Single Eyeshadows | Omega, Shroom & More - MAC Cosmetics
The only eye shadow palette you need in your travel makeup bag. ABH shadows are buttery and pigmented. This palette has everything you need to go from a day to night look in one.
Anastasia Beverly Hills Mini Eyeshadow Palette
I keep this palette in my kit for a reason. Soft Glam! I have replaced it 3x, bc it’s that good! Beautiful for self & client makeup applications.
Anastasia Beverly Hills Essential 12-Shade Palette
Brows
ABH is the QUEEN OF BROWS!!!! Use Brow Wiz for fine strokes, to fill in sparse areas of the brow and define.
Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Wiz - Ultra-Slim Eyebrow Pencil
ABH Brow Definer is ideal for quick brow fills, a fill and go technique. Also great for those with thinner brows, as the thicker tip allows for easier definition.
Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Definer 3-in-1
Eye Liners
This the a great dark brown gel liner. Retractable, long wearing, no smudge, and can be used in the waterline as well. Never not in my bad for myself and clients.
Colour Excess Gel Pencil Eye Liner - Sick Tat Bro
Bc we can never have enough black eye liners that have color payoff and don’t budge!
MAC Colour Excess Gel Pencil Eye Liner - Carbon Black
Mascaras
This is my current mascara of choice. I loathe overly wet mascara, bc it stains the lids and just leaves a mess. This DOES NOT do that! You get nicely separated lashes and length, with a subtle volume for daily use. And it doesn’t flake under my eyes...
Yves Saint Laurent Lash Latex Sculpting & Lengthening Mascara
The curve on this wand is beyond! The formula is perfectly wet upon application, leaves a beautiful long and voluminous lash, and no flaking!
Lash Idôle Lash Lift Mascara - Lifting & Volumizing - Lancôme
Fixing & Setting Sprays
Hands down the best multitasking spray EVER! Spray this after applying all liquids and creams, then spray again after applying all powders. This multi-tasking spray is great for melting your makeup into the skin, and also by applying it in layers it ...
Fix+ | Makeup Setting Spray - MAC Cosmetics
Lip Liners & Stains
Beigebait is the color I gravitate towards more than anything. I own Chai Me (warm brown) and have recently purchased Rose Macaron as I want a stain closer to my natural lip color. This stain has a multi-use tip a skinny edge to line & a flat sid...
e.l.f. Main Stain Lip Marker, Vegan & Cruelty-Free
This lip stain dries almost instantly, and has a skinny felt marker tip. Application is easy, and the color Almond is beautiful with many lip combos. I like to apply lip stains underneath lip color & liners, so that when it comes off, my lips are...
Summer Fridays Flushed Lip Stain 12HR Long-Lasting Lip Tint
I love me a blurred & plumped looking lip. This Blurfiller liner does just that! I like using Nude Espresso & Brown Caramel.
L'Oreal Paris Blurfiller Lip Liner Nude Espresso
I love me a lived in, plumped lip! Brown Caramel is a great contour color. On my skin tone, it picks up a slight mauve undertone, which I love!
L'Oreal Paris Blurfiller Lip Liner Brown Caramel
A great dupe for CT Pillow Talk (medium) lip liner!!
L'Oreal Paris Blurfiller Lip Liner, Medium
A great dupe for CT Pillow Talk (light) lip liner.
L'Oreal Paris Blurfiller Lip Liner, 0.21 oz
This is lip liner stain is the perfect shade to match my natural lip color. I chose the color Suede Pink, and it glides on like a lip color, but with a grippy texture for maximum staying power.
Laka Lip Liner #02 Suede Pink - Matte, Waterproof
Lipsticks
The ultimate perfect lip color! It’s the most kissable color, and texture is a soft matte, smells like vanilla, and just is so perfect!!
Pillow Talk Collection - Nude-pink Lipstick & Eyeshadow
Brushes & Tools
I use this brush to conceal, pack, and blend out my NARS pot concealer on the sun spots around my temples, and also to place concealer under my eyes. The tapered precision allows for a flawless blended finish.
P86 Precision Tapered™ Brush (Women) - Nordstrom
I use this brush to correct, pack, and blend out pink, peach, and orange correctors. Use a stippling (bounce) motion to get the full effect of the brush and accurate coverage.
Sigma Beauty P88 - Precision Flat Angled Brush - LovelySkin
I use this brush to conceal acne & breakouts. By stippling on your product over the mark, this brush allows for coverage over the entirely of the blemish.
Sigma Precision Flat™ Brush, P80 - Trademark Retail
A dupe for the Makeup By Mario F4 brush — I am obsessed with this one! I use it with all my cream bronzers/contours. And use the fluffy side to apply blush and/or blonzers!!
Liquid Bronzer & Contour Duo Makeup Brush | e.l.f. Cosmetics
I have been applying my skin tint with this brush, and WOW! So good, budget friendly, and dual-sided!
e.l.f. Dual-Ended Cream + Powder Makeup Brush
You guys!!!!!!! This travel set of brushes I found on Amazon is insanely good!!! I got them initially to carry in my purse for touchups, but as I’ve been using them more, these might be enough to actually use on a trip IF I forgot my actual brushes. ...
Portable 10Pcs Mini Makeup Brush Set with Pouch
These mini powder puffs are not only cute, but fit perfectly in your purse for on-the-go touchups! Great for blotting and resetting throughout the day.
12 PCS Small Face Puff Mini, Skin Color Soft
The perfect addition for those mascara clumping days! Sometimes when my mascara is too wet upon application, my lashes will stick together. This tool is essential to separate and lengthen!
GrandeLASH-SEPARATOR Lash Separating Comb