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The Makeup Products Worth Your Money 💄
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items The makeup products I genuinely use and recommend. From everyday essentials to my all-time favourites, these are the ones worth your money. I'll keep this list updated whenever I discover a new product that's actually worth buying. 💄✨
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Foundation
Primers
Cream blushes
Mascaras
Concealer
Powder blushes
Foundation
My favourite foundations, from natural everyday bases to fuller coverage options. Sharing the ones that make my skin look its best! ✨
One of my favourite foundations! I love how it looks on the skin — it feels lightweight without being too sheer, doesn’t cake or settle into dry areas, and does a great job at keeping shine under control. It leaves the skin looking smooth and fresh a...
Studio Fix Fluid SPF 15 24hr Matte Foundation + Oil Control
This is one of my favourite foundations, especially if you have oily skin! It’s full coverage, matte and super long-lasting, but somehow doesn’t feel heavy on the skin. For me, it’s the closest replacement I’ve found for the old Estée Lauder Double W...
Airbrush Flawless Foundation | Full-Coverage Foundation ✨
One of my favourite products for giving the skin that gorgeous glow! ✨ I love using it on its own for a fresh, natural look or underneath foundation to make my skin look more radiant and healthy. It gives you that beautiful “lit from within” effect w...
Hollywood Flawless Filter: Glow Booster
The e.l.f. Halo Glow Liquid Filter is honestly the closest dupe I’ve found for the Charlotte Tilbury Hollywood Flawless Filter. It gives that same gorgeous lit-from-within glow and makes the skin look so smooth and healthy without any chunky shimmer....
Halo Glow Liquid Filter Complexion Booster
Primers
Here you can find the primers I’ve tried that work best for me!! ✨
best primer for oily skin!
Studio Radiance Moisturizing + Illuminating Silky Primer
One of my favourite primers for creating a smooth, flawless base! It blurs the look of pores and fine lines and leaves the skin feeling super soft and silky. I love using it before foundation because it helps everything apply more evenly and gives my...
Clarins Instant Smooth Perfecting Touch
This is one of my go-to primers! 💗 I love how it grips my makeup and helps it stay in place for hours, while the niacinamide makes my skin feel smoother and more hydrated. It gives me a really nice, fresh base without feeling heavy or sticky once my...
Elf Power Grip Primer Pink
Cream blushes
From a blush-obsessed girl who has tried hundreds of blushes 🩷 These are the cream and liquid blushes I’ve loved the most, with honest reviews on the formula, pigmentation and finish.
I’ve been loving this blush! The Ruby shade gives such a pretty, natural flush to the cheeks without looking too much. It’s super easy to blend and perfect for adding a little bit of colour and glow to your makeup ❤️
Pixi On-the-Glow Blush Lápiz Hidratante Luminoso
My go-to blush 💗 The prettiest natural mauve-pink flush! It’s insanely pigmented, so you only need the tiniest amount — one bottle lasts forever. Super easy to blend, looks really natural on the skin and stays on all day. A little seriously goes a l...
Rare Beauty Soft Pinch Blush
The perfect “your skin but better” blush 🤎 Rosewood gives the prettiest makeup-no-makeup flush — subtle, natural and effortlessly flattering. It melts into the skin for that fresh Dior glow without looking like you’re wearing much makeup. Perfect fo...
Dior Backstage Rosy Glow Blush Stick - 012 Rosewood
The MAC Strobe Liquid Blush in Good Vibes is perfect for a natural-looking flush. It’s super pigmented, so you only need the tiniest amount to get a beautiful, subtle result. It gives a similar effect to Benetint, but lasts longer, blends seamlessly ...
Strobe Beam Liquid Blush
The Charlotte Tilbury Beauty Light Wand in Pinkgasm is my go-to blush whenever I want a pink, glowy look. It’s super pigmented and gives the skin the prettiest luminous, healthy-looking flush. It makes your whole makeup look come together and adds th...
Charlotte Tilbury Pinkgasm - Beauty Light Wand
The Strawberry Cream Blush by Huda Beauty has an amazing formula! It’s super pigmented but buildable, blends beautifully into the cheeks and doesn’t leave any patchy areas. The shade is the prettiest pink with a slightly deeper tone, perfect for addi...
Huda Beauty Blush Filter - Strawberry Cream
The Huda Beauty Strawberry Cream Blush in Strawberry Latte has the same amazing formula: super pigmented, buildable, easy to blend and never patchy. The shade is a gorgeous muted, warm pink that gives you that slightly sun-kissed, more toasted blush ...
Huda Beauty Blush Filter - Strawberry Latte
The MAC Glow Play Blush in Big Diva Energy is a creamy blush with more of a cream-to-powder texture, so it doesn’t feel overly creamy on the skin. The colour looks super intense in the pan, but once applied, it turns into a gorgeous deep burgundy-ros...
MAC GLOW PLAY BLUSH - big diva energy
Mascaras
The mascaras I keep coming back to for length, volume, lift and long-lasting lashes.
The Maybelline Sky Tubes Mascara is honestly amazing for the price. It’s super resistant, doesn’t smudge or leave any residue under the eyes throughout the day, and still comes off so easily with warm water. For around €11–16 depending on where you b...
Lash Sensational Sky Tubes Maybelline
The MAC Macstack Mascara is such a good everyday mascara. It gives amazing length and volume while still keeping the lashes looking separated and defined, and the buildable formula means you can really customise the intensity. It doesn’t feel too hea...
Mac Stack Mascara
The MAC Macstack Waterproof Mascara is honestly one of my favourites. It gives my lashes so much length and volume while still keeping them separated, and the waterproof formula really stays put throughout the day. It doesn’t smudge or transfer, whic...
MAC MACStack Waterproof Mascara - Black 12ml
Concealer
My go-to concealers for brightening, covering imperfections and keeping the under-eyes looking fresh and natural.
The Fenty Beauty We’re Even Hydrating Concealer is such a beautiful everyday concealer. It’s really creamy and hydrating, so it feels comfortable under the eyes and gives a smooth, natural finish without looking dry or cakey. The coverage is buildabl...
We're Even Hydrating Longwear Concealer
Powder blushes
My favourite powder blushes for adding colour, glow and that perfect flushed-cheek look.
The Rare Beauty Soft Pinch Luminous Powder Blush in Cheer is such a gorgeous option if you love a super luminous cheek. It has quite a lot of glow, but without looking like chunky shimmer, so it’s perfect to use as a topper over another blush. It giv...
Rare Beauty Soft Pinch Luminous Powder Blush - Cheer
The Tarte Macaron Duo Blush in Strawberry Bliss is such a gorgeous duo because it comes with both a cream blush and a luminous powder blush. The powder formula reminds me of the Rare Beauty one, but it’s less pigmented, which makes it perfect for set...
macaron blush & glow™ duo | cream & baked blush
Bronzers
My favourite bronzers for adding warmth and giving the skin that natural, sun-kissed look.
The Too Faced Chocolate Soleil Bronzer is honestly one of those products that deserves all the hype. 🤎 It has a smooth, silky powder formula that blends beautifully into the skin without looking muddy or patchy. The pigmentation is easy to work with... Honestly, if you have the stick, you NEED this to set it — the perfect duo!
Chocolate Soleil Blurred Matte Bronzing Powder - Too Faced
Cream Bronzers
Cream and stick bronzers that blend beautifully into the skin and make bronzing so easy and effortless.
The Too Faced Chocolate Soleil Melting Bronzing & Sculpting Stick in Chocolate Mousse is honestly one of my BEST makeup purchases ever. (I alredy have my backup one for the day I end up the one im using now) 🤎 It has that perfect creamy, buttery...
Melting Bronzing & Sculpting Stick - Chocolate Mousse
Setting sprays
The setting sprays I reach for depending on the look I want, from everyday glow to makeup that needs to last all day.
The Charlotte Tilbury Setting Spray is one of my favourites for everyday makeup. It keeps everything looking fresh and in place for hours while leaving the skin looking really juicy and glowy. I wouldn’t say it’s the most resistant option for a party...
Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Finish Setting Spray