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Long lasting, Affordable, Stunning Makeup
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items My key steps to the best affordable, minimal, glowy makeup! For all my girlies on a budget❤️💋
Sections
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Primers
Glow Serums✨
Bronzers🫶🏻
brows
Highlighter✨
Mascaras
Primers
Primers are the start of your makeup. What determines everything from blending to how long it lasts.
A great water-based primer that makes my makeup last all day and all night! A must have when doing makeup.
Power Grip Primer
A great primer for moisturizing and keeping a clean matte look. Really takes away the pores.
Marshmellow Smooth Makeup Primer
Key to a flawless base. Makes your makeup last all day long
Hydro Grip Hydrating Face Primer
Great for all day wear.
Grippy Serum 24-Hour Gripping Hydrating Primer
Another great gripping primer for your skin. Lasts all day long. I swear by this.
Grip on Lock
super great hydration drops. use this 24/7 whether i am wearing makeup or not!
Holy Hydration! Thirst Burst Drops Brightening Serum
Amazing for filling in pores without making me breakout! Creates a smooth base for the rest of your makeup!
Poreless Putty Face Primer
Glow Serums✨
Glow serums are my favorite for my natural days with not a lot of makeup. I also use them mixed in with foundation to add an extra glow!
The most affordable glowy and natural bronzing drops you will find. I get so many compliments on how this makes my skin look! Not to greasy but just enough shine!
Butter Glow Bronzing Serum – Sunkissed Glow
A great glowy addition to your makeup routine. Really brightens up your skin!
Makeup Revolution Bright Light Glow Drops Golden Star Dew
A really amazing under the base primer. Adds that extra glow to your skin.
L'Oreal Paris True Match Lumi Glotion Glow
love this for a natural day!!
Bare With Me Concealer Serum | NYX Professional Makeup
Bronzers🫶🏻
Bronzers are a great way to elevate your look. They add warmth, dimension, and color to your base!
An amazing long lasting bronzer. So easy to blend and work with. EXTREMELY pigmented and has lasted me so long. I use on the cheeks, nose, and eyes!
Buttermelt Bronzer: Long Wear Powder Bronzer
The creamiest bronzer and the most glowy highlighter for a two in one. Blends so easily and is great for nose contour!
Wonder™ Stick Contour and Highlighter Stick
An amazing way to brighten up your features and add warmth or depth to your face! Very pigmented and easy to blend!
Halo Glow Liquid Contour Wand
An absolute classic and staple to add to your powder bronzer collection. This bronzer has a stunning color and is incredibly easy to use!
Murumuru Butter Bronzer
Have used this bronzer since day one, absolutely love love love her. She will do wonders for your makeup!
Bronzer
Nice pigment. Melts into the skin and has a lovely finish.
Melted Sun Cream Bronzer
brows
Small details are still details! Brows can really shape and lift your face.
Creamy, easy to use staple when doing brows. Great for a natural looking brow!
Instant Lift Waterproof Brow Pencil
Leaves my eyebrows in place all day long! Best eyebrow gel I have ever used. It does flake a little bit if not used correctly.
Brow Lift - Clear Eyebrow Gel
I use this gel for my brows almost daily!!! My brows do not move. Also this gel does not make your brows white or crusty!
Shop Clear Brow Boss | Brow Gel by ColourPop®
Super creamy and very easy to apply. Does not move all day long. Extremely natural looking.
Shop Brow Makeup for Perfect Brows
Highlighter✨
Highlighter is a good way to add dimension to your face as well. It contrasts against the depths of your face like cheek bones so make sure to put it on the high spots.
I use this everyday, its so pigmented and so bright! Great for adding that extra sparkle to your face!
Shop Bronzer & Highlighter | Glow & Contour Essentials
Mascaras
Mascara can completely change your eye shape if you let it. It can widen or slim your eyes and draw attention to them as well. It can highlight your eye color as well.
Have used this mascara since day one! Holds a curl ALL day long. Extremely black. Creates thick long lashes! A must try for all you mascara lovers!!
Voluminous Original Washable Mascara - L'Oréal Paris
A really good natural mascara. Holds a natural curl and lengthens lashes and lasts all day long.
essence Lash Princess Curl & Volume Mascara
Eyes
The CENTER of makeup. Your eye look can determine the whole look!
The most pigmented, long lasting, blend able eyeshadow brand there is! So many varieties in pallet colors. A little goes a long way so these pallets will last you a lifetime!
Naked Eyeshadow Palettes
Very easy liquid eyeliner to use for beginners! The handle is easy to work with and allows you to create the sharpest wing. The pigment is very strong!
Kohl, Liquid, Pencil, Gel Eyeliner
I use this pencil in the black shade on my waterline daily. It lasts all day when you set it with a black eyeshadow!
Epic Wear Waterproof Eyeliner Stick
Curls my eyelashes to the max! Holds a curl all day. I repurchase this all the time.
Makeup Tools: Pro Eyelash Curler
Lips
NYX lip has the best liners! They are so creamy and pigmented! They blend so easily and last forever.
Lip liner Makeup
AMAZING PIGMENT. The butter gloss by NYX is so creamy and (tastes good.) Its very long lasting and looks amazing.
Butter Gloss Non-Sticky Lip Gloss | NYX Professional Makeup
My everyday gloss its got just the right amount of pigment! Super glossy and not sticky! I do have to reapply but thats with every lip gloss.
Fat Oil Lip Drip Lip Gloss| NYX Professional Makeup
concealers
My go to!! Get the matte one. She is a great for no creasing, full coverage, and long lasting!
16-Hour Camo Full Coverage Concealer
Great for under your base. Really will smooth out your skin, and hide imperfections! Full coverage but natural looking. One of my favorites.
Conceal + Perfect Blur Out Skin Tint
So hydrating for under the eyes. Also waterproof! A little creasing under the eyes but its honestly not terrible and not that noticeable. Very easy to blend and dries quickly.
True Skin High Cover Concealer
Setting sprays
This paired with the coconut dewy spray is a great combo. I dont prefer it by itself though.
Power Grip Dewy Setting Spray
A good long lasting dewy setting spray! Makes your makeup look flawless, glowy, and dewy. This is for my more natural days when I dont want to go too heavy on the makeup. And honestly this smells amazing!!
Dewy Coconut Setting Spray Mist
A matte setting spray for my matte days! Lasts all day and really locks everything in. My makeup really does look the same hours later.
Makeup Setting Spray - Matte
Blush
Blush is going to be how you bring life back to your face. Unless you want to look pale (nothing bad about that) then I definitely recommend some of these blushes!
Milani has a great variety of blush colors. They are super buildable and add a nice pop of color to your face.
Blush Products & Powders
Super pigmented blush. A little goes a long way! Very easy to blend and is very long lasting throughout the day.
Buttermelt High-Pigment Blush | NYX Professional Makeup
Very easy to blend. A favorite of mine. Long lasting and stunning. Is slightly glowy so this if for my girls who like to look a little dewy rather than matte.
Blushin' Charm Multi Stick
powders
There are a lot of different powders that go for a lot of different makeup styles. One can be more lightweight for natural or the other can be heavier for a full coverage matte look. Choose accordingly.
Constantly reaching for this. Really sets in your makeup and blurs out all pores. It adds a great mat finish especially to your under eyes. Does a great job at brightening.
L'Oreal Paris Infallible Blur-fection Powder
Super blurring!! A staple for drugstore makeup. A good cheaper option for a setting powder. Doesnt brighten as much as other powders but does a great job at mattifying and blurring.
Photo Focus Loose Setting Powder | Translucent
A great pressed powder to add to your collection! No creasing for me and looks amazing. Brightens but not too much which is what I prefer for a more natural look.
MCoBeauty Miracle Flawless Pressed Powder 3
Foundations
The foundation of looking good. Your foundation is really what makes or breaks your look!
Really great. Lightweight but has medium coverage. Really long lasting.
FOUNDATION stick