As a makeup artist I recommend list of best high end products
Sections
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Foundation
Concealer
Primer
Setting powder
Blush
Bronzer/ Contour
Foundation
A weightless foundation that mimics the look of skin, while delivering medium coverage, 24-hour wear and hydration, and a natural glowing skin finish. Best for dry to normal skin.
Armani Beauty Luminous Silk Natural Glow Foundation
A breathable liquid foundation delivering up to 24h full coverage with a weightless feel and luminous matte finish for a flawless looking complexion. Best for normal to oily skin
YSL - All Hours Luminous Natural Matte Foundation 24H Longwear SPF 30 with Hyaluronic Acid
The Pro Filt’r Soft Matte Longwear Liquid Foundation initially launched in 50 shades, but the brand has since expanded the offering to 58. It has a lightweight formula with buildable coverage and a soft matte finish. It’s also long-wearing and resist...
Fenty beauty Pro Filt’r Soft Matte Longwear Liquid Foundation
Concealer
A hydrating, lightweight, full-coverage concealer that brightens the look of dark circles and covers imperfections without creasing or caking.
Teint Idole Ultra Wear All Over Full Coverage Concealer
A full-coverage, oil-free concealer that conceals and blurs imperfections with a soft-matte, natural-looking finish.
NARS Soft Matte Complete Full Coverage Longwear Concealer
The Shape Tape Full Coverage Concealer is one of the best-selling makeup products of the last decade and a Byrdie-favorite concealer. It offers full coverage that camouflages blemishes and redness while covering and brightening dark circles. We also ...
Shape Tape Concealer - Tarte
Primer
Reduce the appearance of fine lines and pores while locking in your makeup with the Original Photo Finish Foundation Primer by Smashbox. Lightweight and oil-free, it gives you a flawless finish, while antioxidants and vitamins A and E help protect yo...
The Original Photo Finish Smooth & Blur Oil-Free Primer - Smashbox
MILK Hydro Grip Hydrating Makeup Primer with Hyaluronic Acid + Niacinamide
Setting powder
A lightly pigmented, silky setting powder that bakes & sets, blurs the look of fine lines, and locks in makeup for 10 hours with an airbrushed finish.
Easy Bake Blurring Loose Baking & Setting Powder
An ultra-fine setting powder that blurs imperfections and visibly reduces shine.
Charlotte Tilbury - Airbrush Flawless Finish Setting Powder
Hourglass is known for its incredibly smooth, finely milled powders; the Veil Translucent Setting Powder is one of the best setting powders we’ve tried. It’s talc-free and has a very subtle pearlescence, ensuring that it never looks dry or cakey on t...
An intensely pigmented blush with a superfine texture
Sephora Colorful Blush
Weightless, long-lasting liquid blush with up to 12-hour wear. Blends and builds beautifully for a soft, healthy flush in matte or dewy finishes. SOOOOOO PIGMENTED
Rare beauty - Soft Pinch Liquid Blush
A secret weapon to create the appearance of naturally rosy cheeks for a fresh, glowy effect.
Dior Rosy Glow Blush
Though there are a few mainstays in the Glossier line, our favorite is the Cloud Paint Gel Cream Blush. It’s a liquid blush formula that blends into the cheeks seamlessly and can be built up for a watercolor flush.
Glossier Cloud Paint Gel Cream Blush
Bronzer/ Contour
cream-to-powder contouring stick that blends effortlessly to create a lightweight and naturally sculpted-look in seconds.
Cream Contour Stick Sephora
We love the Laguna Talc-Free Bronzer Powder; it’s one of our favorite bronzers around. It comes in eight bronze shades to suit a variety of skin tones. It has buildable pigmentation, easy blendability, and a smooth finish on the skin.
NARS Laguna Talc-Free Bronzer Powder
Highliter
A face palette with four luminous shades to use as highlighters or blush for a customizable backstage glow that stretches the boundaries of radiance.
This jelly lip gloss stick provides the glassy shine of a gloss with the care of a balm. This non-sticky formula melts on lips for more moisturized, juicy looking lips.
YSL - Candy Glaze Lip Gloss Stick
Pillow Talk Lipstick is one of the best-selling lipsticks in the US, and it has been for several years. The fan-favorite shade is a neutral pink that looks beautiful on a ton of different complexions. The Matte Revolution formula is pigmented, smooth...
Charlotte Tilbury Matte Revolution Hydrating Lipstick
The Lip Glow Oil was one of the first lip oils to gain serious popularity, and it remains one of the best options today. Not only is the packaging a little slice of luxury, but the formula is smooth, hydrating, rich (but not heavy), and more long-las...
DIOR Lip Glow Oil
Setting spray
A lightweight, waterproof** setting spray to prime and set your makeup for up to 16 hours* without melting, fading, or settling into fine lines.
Charlotte Tilbury - Airbrush Flawless Waterproof Setting Spray
Urban Decay All Nighter Waterproof Makeup Setting Spray
Brows
An innovative clear brow wax-gel hybrid featuring a triple-action comb applicator that shapes brows with ultimate hold on the go.
Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Freeze Gel
Mascara
Since I'm pretty basic with eyeshadow—all I do is dust whatever remaining bronzer lingers on my brush—my waterline or lashes is where I really like to experiment. Whenever I'm not rocking a blue eyeliner, you can find me in this blue mascara. I saw a...
Too Faced Better Than Sex Volumizing & Lengthening Mascara
Eyeshadow
Since its inception just a few years ago, Makeup By Mario has created dozens of standout products. The Master Mattes Eyeshadow Palette is a fan-favorite thanks to the wearable, everyday neutral shades that can be built up for intensified glamour. The...
BY Mario Master Mattes Eyeshadow Palette: The Original
A smoky, cool-toned palette of wearable and versatile shades, including a black eye gloss and sparkly blacks and silvers, with finishes that range from matte nudes to multi-chromatic foils.