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Everyday beauty favourites for glowy, effortless makeup
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items I love skin that still looks like skin – fresh, glowy, hydrating and never cakey. These are my absolute go-to products that I reach for again and again: sensitive-skin friendly, easy to apply, quick to blend, and perfect for both everyday looks or fu...
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Primers
Base/Foundations
Concealers
Bronze & Sculpt
Blush
Eyeshadows
Primers
Hydrating, smoothing primers that help makeup last longer, grip to the skin, and create a soft-focus base for natural, glowy makeup.
A gorgeous soft-focus glow that makes your foundation sit beautifully on top. Perfect if you want that healthy-skin, lit-from-within base before makeup.
Charlotte Tilbury Wonderglow - Face Makeup Primer
Lightweight, cooling, and surprisingly hydrating for such an affordable primer – it gives makeup something to cling to without stickiness. I love how fresh it feels on the skin too!
Good Grip Hydrating Primer
Base/Foundations
Lightweight, glowy complexion and foundation products that enhance your skin with buildable coverage and a natural, dewy finish – perfect for everyday soft glam.
GAME-CHANGER; so light and breathable, I reach for this when I want to smooth my skin with a soft touch – but it’s buildable and has more coverage than you might expect. Also has SPF 30 protection and skin-enhancing ingredients so I actually feel it ...
Top Rated Pure Radiant Skin Tinted Moisturizer - SPF 30
Worth the hype – liquid glow in a bottle. I use it when I want my skin to look radiant under makeup; it’s like a gorgeous highlighter shimmer. Gives a warm luminosity that shines through everything you layer on top. Comes in a wide shade range too!
Hollywood Flawless Filter: Glow Booster
This really is ‘your skin but better’, I love this foundation SO much. Skin-enhancing, smoothing, flattering, and never cakey. It blends like a dream and gives that flawless but still natural finish. I reach for this when I want more coverage and I’m...
Charlotte Tilbury Beautiful Skin Hydrating Foundation: 1 Neutral
Concealers
Brightening, blendable concealers that lift the under-eyes and even out tone without creasing – ideal for fresh, natural-skin looks.
Affordable, creamy, brightening, long-lasting and such good value. The doe-foot applicator makes it easy, it blends quickly, and it gives a lifted under-eye look without creasing. Great shade range too! I use 20.
SEPHORA COLLECTION Best Skin Ever Concealer - High coverage ...
Hydrating, lightweight, and I find it very brightening with a smooth, skin-like finish. It pulls quite cool and light but that’s great for days you want that fresh, wide-awake under-eye. Feels super luxurious too – Rare Beauty packaging is unmatched ...
Rare Beauty Liquid Touch Brightening Concealer | Non Comedogenic
Bronze & Sculpt
Creamy, blendable bronzers and contours that add warmth, definition, and shape for that sculpted but still natural soft-glam glow.
Super affordable, blends easily, and a little goes a long way – you can keep building this up. Gives a defined, snatched look plus a really gorgeous glow. I love the applicator too! I use Soft Tan.
SHEGLAM Sun Sculpt Liquid Contour
The most natural, pretty warmth – this cream bronzer/skin enhancer blends seamlessly and sculpts without being streaky or pulling too warm. I find it really brings out my cheekbones and gives me a sun-kissed glow. Gorgeous paired with glowy foundatio...
SoftSculpt Transforming Skin Enhancer®
Blush
Buildable, skin-first blushes that melt into the cheeks for a fresh, flushed, dewy look – from soft everyday colour to full glam radiance.
Tiny dot = big colour payoff! Blends and builds beautifully and feels way more expensive than it is, just like the sun sculpt contour. I really love this sponge tip applicator! A new fave. I use shade Hush Hush.
SHEGLAM Color Bloom Liquid Blush Matte Finish-Hush Hush
Creamy blush – a soft, natural flush that melts into the skin. Buildable, blendable, and so pretty. Pairs perfectly with the skin enhancer; I use Barely Blushing currently but all the shades are gorgeous. I find this blush is so dewy on skin.
Makeup by Mario Soft Pop Plumping Blush Veil
Glowy, romantic blush with that signature CT sheen. Perfect for soft glam and date-night cheeks. I don’t find it too matte, but it gives a beautiful pop of colour - easy squeeze applicator too. I use the OG Pillow Talk shade.
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk: Matte Beauty Blush Wand
Eyeshadows
Highly pigmented eyeshadows that blend effortlessly and give maximum payoff – from cream eyeshadows to metallics, mattes and more for soft daytime glam to bold, spotlight evening looks.
The easiest one-and-done eye. Gorgeously creamy. Tap on with your finger for a quick wash of shimmer, pop it into the corner of the eye or on the brow bone for a highlighting effect, or layer over other shades for a bit more drama. I love shade Champ...
Charlotte Tilbury Eyes To Mesmerise - Champagne Cream Eyeshadow
STUNNING. Highly pigmented, small but mighty. Ultra-blendable neutrals for everyday or glam, smokey looks – so easy to throw in your bag and take everywhere (which I do).
Natasha Denona Mini Glam Eyeshadow Palette | Elegant & Neutral Shades
Highly pigmented with stunning metallics and wearable mattes. Perfect for nude and pink glam lovers. You can take this little palette and make a great easy day look or a stunning night out look. I use the Light Nude palette but there are other kinds!
Huda Beauty Nude Obsessions Eyeshadow Palette Light
Soft pinks including matte and metallic/shimmer shades that flatter every day and honestly, everyone. Easy to dress up or down, and so travel-friendly.
Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk - Luxury Palette - Nude Pink Eyeshadow
I honestly don’t know if this is still available but I couldn’t leave it off… it’s my favourite EVER palette. Cosmic, colourful, shimmery heaven. Insane pigment, celestial vibes, and pure creativity in a palette. I create so many makeup looks with th...
Huda Beauty Mercury Retrograde: Our Most Stunning Palette Ever! | Blog
Mascaras
Lengthening and volumising mascaras for defined, volumised lashes that open the eyes and complete any look (I love how mascara brings it all together)!
Length and volume – no choosing. No spidery, clumpy lashes, either. The brown is beautiful for soft daily definition, and burgundy makes my blue eyes pop, so I recommend both! My drugstore icon.
Maybelline Lash Sensational Sky High® Mascara – Brown & Burgundy
Double-ended, super affordable, and delivers both length and volume. Love this as a budget go-to! I use shade Brown.
SHEGLAM All-In-One Volume & Length Mascara
Brows
Brow pencils/crayons/definers and gels that shape, lift and fluff for a clean, lifted, laminated brow effect that frames the face.
Gives that laminated brow look and actually stays in place! I really set my brows with this. Use lightly – less is more with this gel.
Too Faced Fluff & Hold Laminating Brow Wax
Precise, natural hair-like strokes, super affordable, and great for definition. I’m using Taupe atm.
Brows On Demand 2-In-1 Brow Pencil-Chocolate
Another great option for a clean, defined brows with a laminated yet natural finish. I find you can create really delicate strokes with this.
REFY Eyebrow Pencil With Brush | Ultra Fine, Pigmented Brow Pencil
Lips: lip liners, lipsticks and lip gloss
Everyday flattering lip shades in glossy, creamy and balmy textures – wearable, buildable and perfect for soft glam or statement looks.
My ride-or-die. Part balm, part gloss, part lipstick – buildable, flattering and effortless on any day, with any look. I love Black Honey so much and I think it looks amazing on everyone.
Clinique Almost Lipstick in Black Honey
The perfect pink lip pencil for shaping, defining and making lips look naturally fuller. I personally use the original Pillow Talk shade but I’m wanting the intense version – it’s beautiful! Very creamy formula and lasts.
Charlotte Tilbury Lip Cheat in Pillow Talk - Nude Pink Lip Liner Pencil
A pretty everyday gloss that doesn’t feel too sticky. So easy to top up on the go and I think it’s the perfect shade to go with every outfit. So when in doubt, I reach for this!
Pillow Talk - Lip Lustre - Nude-pink Lip Gloss
Sheer shimmer that can be subtle or built up to stand out. Beautiful alone or layered over lipstick. I use Beam which is a pretty buildable pink. But I want all of them!
Rare Beauty Positive Light Luminizing Lip Gloss (Beam)
Creamy, luxe, pigmented, and flattering. A beautiful everyday shade with a smooth finish. I also love the packaging; it has a flat side so your lipstick won’t roll off the table. I love the shade Worthy atm.
Rare Beauty Kind Words Lipstick in Worthy
Setting sprays & fixers
Setting sprays that lock makeup in place, boost longevity, and keep skin looking fresh, dewy and seamless all day or night.
Glowy, sensitive-skin-friendly, and keeps makeup fresh with a dewy look without tightness or dryness. A fantastic affordable staple, I always keep this to hand for travel.
NYX Professional Makeup Setting Spray - Long Lasting Dewy Finish
Locks everything in and melts makeup together for that seamless, perfected finish. A cult favourite for a reason!! Leaves your skin very glowy, too.
Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Setting Spray