As someone who works as a makeup artist on the side and genuinely loves investing in makeup, these are my absolute favorite products that I personally own and use on a daily basis. I highly recommend them to anyone who is just starting their makeup j...
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EYE MAKEUP
COMPLEXION
COMPLEXION PALETTES
BLUSH
BRONZER
LIPS
EYE MAKEUP
Icy eyes trend with HUDA BEAUTY’s Icy Nude Eyeshadow Palette with 18 shades of ultra-pigmented shadows
Huda Beauty’s Medium Nude Obsessions Palette, a slimline edit of the most neutral mattes and brightening shimmer shades
Huda Beauty Medium Nude Obsessions
Inspired by human skin tones from light to deep, this custom, pro matte formula has a featherlight creamy feel and applies evenly with medium buildable and blendable coverage.
MAKEUP BY MARIO - Master Mattes Eyeshadow Palette
An iconic eye palette with 12 signature shades in glossy shimmer, sueded matte, and natural metallic finishes.
MAKEUP BY MARIO - Ethereal Eyes Eyeshadow Palette: The Original
An all-in-one eyeshadow
DIOR Backstage Eyeshadow Palette
A talc-free matte eyeshadow palette with six essential neutrals that blend warm and cool tones, curated by Patrick for your everyday looks.
Major Dimension Essential Artistry Edit Eyeshadow Palette
With colors to complement every complexion, great for bridal looks
Too Faced Born This Way The Natural Nudes Skin-Centric Eyeshadow Palette
Charlotte Tilbury palette - favorite for bridal makeup look
Pillow Talk
Charlotte Tilbury eye shadow - great combination with pillow talk palette
Pillow Talk
E.l.f. Liquid Metallic Eyeshadows - great as base or topper
A mineral SPF 50+, non-comedogenic, weightless tinted serum that blends into a seamless second skin with buildable medium coverage and a natural finish.
tint & PROTECT medium coverage serum foundation with SPF 50+ - ciele
A mineral SPF 30 primer that smooths and grips makeup, keeping skin hydrated and radiant with a lightweight formula made for seamless application.
prime & PROTECT SPF 30+ Smoothing Primer - ciele
A skincare-makeup hybrid primer with Vitamin C and blue light protection that delivers a subtle glow and minimizes the look of pores and fine lines.
Underglow Blurring Primer - Iconic London
A super creamy, skincare-packed clean concealer with medium coverage and a fresh, hydrated, radiant finish. Non-comedogenic. Safe for sensitive skin.
Revealer Super Creamy + Brightening Concealer and Daytime Eye Cream - Kosas
A non-comedogenic concealer with 18-hr long wear and 48-hr hydration that glides on like a serum with medium-buildable coverage for dark circles, redness, and blemishes, and is safe for sensitive skin.
A talc-free, safe for sensitive skin setting powder that blurs and smooths skin, makes any base transfer-proof and sweat-resistant, and lasts up to 12 hours.
A talc-free, lightweight translucent powder that sets makeup undetectably for eight hours while also smoothing, brightening, and blurring your complexion.
A talc-free, pro-performance loose powder that sets makeup up to 12 hours, blurs, and smooths the complexion with a natural finish and shine control.
SurrealSkin® Talc-Free Soft Blur Setting Powder - MAKEUP BY MARIO
A finely milled blurring powder for all-day wear, 24-hour shine control, and a soft matte finish—available in a range of shades for all skin tones.
Mini Ultimate Blurring Setting Powder - ONE/SIZE by Patrick Starrr
A long-lasting liquid concealer that provides crease-resistant full coverage with a satin finish
Hydrating Camo Concealer
A long-lasting, hydrating liquid foundation that delivers just-right, medium buildable coverage and a satin finish.
Soft Glam Satin Foundation
A lightweight, hydrating concealer that conceals dark circles, redness and blurs the look of spots with medium buildable coverage and a satin finish.
Soft Glam Satin Concealer
COMPLEXION PALETTES
A face palette with four luminous shades of highlighters for a customizable BACKSTAGE glow—in five color harmonies which stretch the boundaries of radiance.
BACKSTAGE Glow Face Palette
With everything you need to create a gorgeously fresh-faced finish, Too Faced’s Natural Face Palette lets you bronze, blush and highlight your way to perfect polish
Too Faced Natural Face Palette
Charlotte Tilbury Bronze and Glow
Fair - Medium
Inspired by Mary Phillips’ Underpainting Technique, this palette corrects, contours, and highlights to sculpt and define natural features.
Underpainting Face Highlight & Contour Palette - m.ph by Mary Phillips
An easy-to-use cream palette with multiuse shades that can be mixed to create a custom foundation, concealer, bronzer, contour, blush, or highlighter.
HD Skin Face Essentials Long-Lasting Full Face Cream Palette - MAKE UP FOR EVER
3 IN 1
Bronze Bronze Glow Face Palette - SEPHORA COLLECTION
BLUSH
A limited-edition ethereal blush palette with three ultra-pigmented matte powder blushes and one highlighter.
With a glow-giving, marbled formula, the GloWish Cheeky Vegan Blush Powder delivers a natural flush in just a few sweeps and is about to become an absolute must-have in your 'fresh-face' arsenal.
Huda Beauty GloWish Cheeky Blush Powder
A lightweight liquid blush with buildable pigments and finely milled micro-pearls for a soft-focus, high-impact glow.
HUDA BEAUTY - Blush Filter Soft Glow Liquid Blush
A secret weapon to create the appearance of naturally rosy cheeks for a fresh, glowy effect.
DIOR BACKSTAGE Rosy Glow Blush
An ultra-hydrating, luminous blush with buildable and blendable color that lasts up to eight hours on cheeks and lips.
Charlotte Tilbury - Unreal Lip + Cheek Glow Blush Stick with Hyaluronic Acid
A highly pigmented matte, liquid blush for a fresh, flushed look to revive your complexion.
Charlotte Tilbury - Matte Beauty Blush Wand
A blendable and buildable dewy, liquid cream blush that melts into cheeks for a wash of color.
Saie Dew Blush Liquid Cheek Blush
A long-wearing baked blush that’s non-comedogenic and lightweight for a diffused flush of color.
This viral, dual-ended contour stick creates a softly sculpted look with buildable coverage—new packaging and brush, same iconic formula.
SoftSculpt® Cream Contour & Bronzer Shaping Stick - MAKEUP BY MARIO
This skin enhancer is a 3-in-1 cream bronzer that warms, shapes & evens skintone with light-to-medium coverage & a dewy finish.
SoftSculpt Transforming Skin Enhancer® - MAKEUP BY MARIO
A clean, talc-free bronzer for soft, glowy, warm definition with the prettiest subtle sheen.
The Sun Show Moisturizing Baked Bronzer - Kosas
A clean, talc-free, buildable matte bronzer that sculpts, defines, and livens up the complexion with a silky-smooth formula.
No Limits Clean Bronzer with Niacinamide - LYS Beauty
LIPS
A bestselling, moisturizing lip gloss and lip oil hybrid that delivers a high shine finish without the stickiness, specially formulated for sensitive skin.
Clean ShineOn Jelly Lip Gloss - Tower 28 Beauty
A nourishing formula with a hint of tint that hydrates and replenishes lips while leaving a glossy, high-shine finish.
Peptide Lip Tint Nourishing Glaze - rhode
An effortless lip shaper that softly contours lips and delivers high-performance skincare ingredients that visibly enhance lip volume.
Peptide Lip Shape Contouring Lip Shaper - rhode
An ultimate, gotta-have-it lip gloss with explosive shine that feels as good as it looks.
Fenty Beauty by Rihanna Gloss Bomb Lip Gloss
A glossy, medium-pigment lipstick with luscious shine and a big dose of vitamin E and shea butter to lock in moisture for up to eight hours.
