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My favorite beauty recs
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items As a Pro MUA of over eight years I’m consistently trying makeup products. This allows me to find my kit ride or dies as well as personal & client favorites. These are my top recommendations.
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Lip Products
Eyeshadow
Multi-use Beauty Products
Eyeliner
Complexion Products
Blush
Lip Products
My favourite lip products I use on clients & myself.
It plumps the lips without a spicy feeling, wears beautifully over lip liner & is moisturizing without feeling gloppy on the lips.
MAKEUP BY MARIO MoistureGlow™ Plumping Lip Serum
These are always stocked in my pro & personal makeup kits. I have used them on many clients.
ARTIST COLOR PENCIL Brow, Eye & Lip Liner
My favourite colour in Tarte Maracuja Juicy Lip Plumping Gloss is Peach Shimmer Glass. The formula is plumping without being spicy.
Maracuja Juicy Lip Plump Gloss
I love a good lip plumper. My two favorite shades in this formula are Cinnamon Swell & Post Op Pink.
Pro Tip- line the outer lip liner with Cinnamon Swell, fill the lips with Post Op Pink & top with your favorite light pink gloss for the per...
Lip Injection Extreme Lip Shaper Lip Liner
Jean-Luc Cosmetics lip liner in the shade princess is a staple for me. It’s ther perfect mauvy pink lip liner.
Jean-Luc Cosmetics
Fenty Beauty lip liners are creamy, easy to blend & long wearing. The application is smooth with no tugging on the lips.
Lip Liner
Charlotte Tilbury Super Nudes Lip Cheat is a fantastic lip colour combo for the perfect nude lip. One end contours the lips & the other fills the lips. It’s available in a perfect shade for everyone. It’s quickly become a favourite & I highly...
Supersize Me - Lip Cheat - Nude Pink Lip Liner Pencil
This is the perfect affordable brown nude lip oil. It’s an every day go to. Non sticky & moisturizing.
Glow Reviver Brown Tinted Lip Oil - Honey Talks
Charlotte Tilbury Big Lip Plumpgasm plumping lip gloss in the shade Nudegasm Diamonds a sheer champagne nude is a universally flattering tone that wears beautifully on all skin tones when paired with the right lip liner. It layers great over Charlott...
Plumping Lip Gloss: Pillow Talk Big Lip Plumpgasm
Maybelline Lifter Gloss is my favourite drugstore gloss especially in the shades Opal & Peach Ring. A light nonsticky formula, it’s a dupe for the MAC Lipglass Air formula.
Lip Lifter Gloss with Hyaluronic Acid
MAC Lipglass Air is a beautiful high shine, light, nonsticky gloss formula. It wears beautifully on its own or layers well over lipstick & lip liner. My favourite shades are Snobbish & Kimmitment.
Lipglass Air Non-Sticky Gloss - MAC Cosmetics
Huda Beauty lip stains are long wearing but non drying. They wear comfortably on the lips all days through eating & drinking. The lip stains also pair well with many lip glosses & lip oils.
HUDA BEAUTY Lip Stain
Ulta Violette SPF lip balm is both protective & pretty. The two p’s. I’ve been wearing it in the shade bejeweled all summer over different lip stains & liners. It’s non sticky & I’ve even influenced my cousin to purchase one.
SPF Lip Balm - Ultra Violette Canada
Makeup by Mario lip liners are non dragging, pigmented lip liner. The formula stays put & does not bleed out into the area around the lips. They layer well under all lip products. These lip liners stay in my kit.
Ultra Suede® Sculpting Lip Pencil
Mac lip glazer glossy lip liner is an innovative alternative to classic lip liner pencil. They instantly plump & blur the lines of the lips while offering definition. They’re a gloss lover’s dream come true; a glossy liner that provides shine &am...
Lip Glazer Glossy Lip Liner
Super boost lipgloss plumps the lips without an intense burning sensation. It feels non sticky & light on the lips & is available in a beautiful range of colors.
MAKE UP FOR EVER Super Boost Moisturizing & Plumping Lip Gloss
The YSL Lip oil gloss is amazing for plumping lips with minimal spice & maximum shine. With a wide range of shades there’s a color for everyone.
YSL Loveshine Plumping Lip Oil Gloss - YSL Beauty Canada
Eyeshadow
The best quality eyeshadow that I use as a Pro MUA
Artist Couture has some of my favourite ride or die products. The eyeshadow palette, body oil & diamond lights finishers are my top favourite picks.
Artist Couture
Natasha Denona eyeshadow formulas are among the best I have used & I’ve tried a lot. They’re pigmented & blend like a dream.
Eyeshadow Palettes: Vibrant & Unique Shades
I used these as eyeshadow bases. The colour payoff of the powdered shadows on top is amazing. The black shade is perfect for dark smoky looks.
Melt-It Liquid Eyeshadow
The Makeup by Mario Master Mattes Long-Wear Cream Eyeshadow double as an eyeshadow & as an eyeshadow base. Very easy to blend & creates an even base for powder eyeshadow.
Eye Makeup, Eyeshadow Palettes & More
Light work V palette from Danessa Myricks is a stunning eyeshadow palette. It’s the perfect complement palette to any matte eyeshadow palette. Every look I’ve created with it on myself & clients turns out beautiful. It’s also a joy to create with...
Lightwork V I Am Palette
Multi-use Beauty Products
Products that can be used for multiple applications.
Danessa Myricks Ground Work Palette is an amazing multi-use product. It can be used all over the face including filling the eyebrows, as lip liner & eyeshadow just to name a few.
Palettes
This is a multi use palette. It’s more than an eyeshadow palette, it can be used to contour, brighten & fill in eyebrows.
Jeffree Star Cosmetics
These are amazing, long wear, easily blended pigments in crayon form. Available in both shimmer & semi-matte formulas. The shimmers can be used all over the face except for the lips & the bright colours can be used all over the face except fo...
Artist Color Crayon: Multi-use Cream Stick MAKE UP FOR EVER
Eyeliner
Long wear, pigmented eyeliner.
Mac Cosmetics Teddy is the perfect bronze eyeliner. I often add it to the lower water line.
Pro Tip- reflective/ shimmery eyeliner in the water line makes eyes sparkle.
Eye Kohl – Matte Eye Pencil
Inglorious has one of the blackest gel eyeliner formulas. It’s creamy, pigmented & long wearing.
amc eyeliner gel - Inglot Cosmetics Canada
This is the definition of pigmented, waterproof eyeliner.
Make Up For Ever Aqua Resist Color Pencil Eyeliner
A long wearing, pigmented formula. I highly recommend.
Master Pigment Pro® Pencil
Complexion Products
Complexion products I used on clients & on myself.
This is a classic & a favorite.
Teint Idole Ultra Wear Liquid Foundation - New Formula - Lancome.ca
As a Pro MUA these complexion palettes have become staples in my kit. They are light weight, compact & it’s easy to do a full face with them.
Palettes & Kits: Cream Foundation, Contour & Blush ...
I’m absolutely in love with this setting spray. It locks on your makeup for a full day making it waterproof & transfer resistant.
On 'Til Dawn Setting Spray | ONE/SIZE by Patrick Starrr
Huda Beauty easy bake setting spray has me locked in. It melts the makeup into your skin & adds a blurred perfecting finish.
Easy Bake Setting Spray with 16-Hour Wear
This is the most blurring setting powder I’ve ever used. It’s a staple in my Pro MUA kit.
Easy Bake Loose Baking & Setting Powder - HUDA BEAUTY
This is a non drying blurring setting powder. It’s great for dry & mature skin.
Smooth & Blur Setting Powder – Dominique
This is the best concealer available at the Drugstore. It works on a wide variety of ages & skin types.
Instant Age Rewind Eraser Dark Circle Concealer Treatment
Makeup Forever HD Skin Full Cover concealer provides full coverage that feels like nothing on the skin. It’s formulated with niacinamide, hyaluronic acid & pomegranate extract. Not only does it provide instant visible imperfection coverage but it...
CONCEALER MAKE UP FOR EVER
Blush
Favourite blushes in different formulas.
Sunkissed pink is my all time favorite blush from Nudestix. I highly recommend it.
SUNKISSED NUDES
Rare Beauty Soft Pinch Liquid blush is not only pigmented, it’s easy to blend. It’s also very long wearing.
Soft Pinch Liquid Blush | Long-Lasting Dewy & Matte Blushes
Fenty Beauty’s cream blush blends without being blotchy or lifting away foundation underneath. It also has wide selection of shades.
Cheeks Out Freestyle Cream Blush
Orgasm is my favourite NARS blush ever. It’s the perfect pinky coral with a light shimmer.
Powder Blush
Elf Camo Liquid blush is my favourite drug store blush very pigmented & easy to blend without being blotchy.
Camo Liquid Blush
Artist Couture Love Sprung blushes over bendable pigment with a satin finish. Long wearing & stunning color is easily achieved with these blushes. I’ve used them every day since getting them.
Blush
Face Primer
Face primers to prepare the skin for smooth makeup application.
One Size Oil Sucker primer is perfect for very oily skin. Pro MUA tip it’s great for using just at the T-Zone for oil control when doing targeted priming.
ONE/SIZE by Patrick Starrr Oil Sucker Extreme Mattifying Alkaline Primer
Milk Hydrogrip primer is one of the best gripping primer’s available. It is literally application changing so much so that many dupes have been made.
Milk Makeup Hydro Grip Gripping Primer
The upsalite technology in this balm helps to control oil & sweat, which makes it a perfect primer or foundation option. It’s a staple in my kit. Danessa also formulates her products to work well with any formula on top making it foolproof.
Yummy Skin Blurring Balm Powder
Artist Couture Prep & Glow blurring primer does just that, it hydrates & blurs imperfections on the skin prepping for impeccable makeup application.
Prep & Glow Blurring Perfection Primer
Dr. Brandt Pores No More primer not only erases pores for makeup application but shrinks them over time with use as well for a noticeable difference & improvement. It wears beautifully on its own or under makeup.
pores no more
Tom Ford Traceless Soft Matte primer is a game changer is the complexion application. It creates a living filter look on the skin. It’s the perfect canvas for a soft matte complexion.
TOM FORD Traceless Soft Matte Primer
Eyelashes
Eyelashes add the perfect finishing touch to any makeup look. These are some of my favourite recommendations.
This is a personal favourite. Miami lashes is perfect for the dramatic flare without blocking the eyeshadow work behind it. With a tapered style it’s giving a cat eye effect.
Miami Flare
The perfect medium length wispy flare. It add just the perfect touch with not too much drama. Beautiful for Brides.
Faux Lashes: Femme Fatale