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My Can’t-Live-Without Makeup Basics
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items Whether you’ve never touched makeup before or you’re just on the hunt for some 10/10 product recs, this list has you covered.
Sections
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Primer
Foundation
Concealer
Blush
Setting/Finishing Spray
Eyebrows
Primer
Apply after skincare and before makeup. Its job is to help your makeup go on more evenly, stay in place longer, and even blur pores or control shine depending on the type you choose
Affordable primers that actually work?! yes please
Power Grip Primer
Foundation
Evens out your skin tone and gives you a smooth, uniform base. The coverage you choose depends on your makeup up preference!
Sits in the skin so nicely, I use a very small amount to get that “no make up” make up look
Fit Me® Matte + Poreless Foundation Makeup
Great option for a light weight, medium to full coverage foundation
TRUE COLOR® Skin Perfecting Stick Foundation SPF 15
On the more expensive side but it’s a really high quality foundation
NARS Foundation Makeup: Liquid, Powder, Matte
Concealer
Typically it’s used after foundation to cover up specific imperfections, carve out the eyebrows, or highlight places on your face
My personal favorite, it blends into the skin so well and lasts me ALL day
Under Eye Concealer for Dark Circles & Dark Spots
This concealer is so full coverage it’s crazy, it leaks tho which is annoying
I Am Magic Concealer
Blush
Adds dimension back to your face after foundation and concealer, the color and medium heavily depends on your preference.
The pigment in these in insane I love setting my cream blush with this color.
Buttermelt High-Pigment Blush | NYX Professional Makeup
The pigment is beautiful and it effortlessly melts into the skin
Cream Blush - Cheek Makeup
One of the BEST cream blushes out there. It comes with two shades so you can really play around with the dimensions of your face.
FENTY BEAUTY by Rihanna Double Cheek'd Up: Freestyle Cream Blush Duo
Setting/Finishing Spray
Setting spray: Locks in all the wet products you’ve already added, Finishing spray: Blurs any powder, and melts all the layers together
Matte finishing spray, keep making locked it all day, not very sweat resistant though.
Makeup Setting Spray
Sets down powder and leaves a very lightweight film to protect your makeup
Power Grip Dewy Setting Spray
Same brand but leaves a dewy, brightened look instead of matte
Makeup Setting Spray
Eyebrows
Used to shape, fill in, or define your eyebrows so they look fuller, neater, or more styled
I loveeee this product, it’s a good lightweight brow enhancer along with the NYX brow glue
Micro Brow Eyebrow Pencil | NYX Professional Makeup
I can’t live without this product, it makes your brow looks so clean and shapely even without pigment
Eyebrow Glue Instant Brow Styler | NYX Professional Makeup
Lips
Adds color, shine, moisture, or shape. Best results when applied on clean, exfoliated, and dry lips
I love this to finish off all of my lip combos, it comes in a variety of colors too
Super Lustrous™ Glimmer Gloss
I love this product! It has that menthol feel in it so it’s slightly plumping. However, it is NOT a lip oil, it’s more of a lip gloss consistency.
Glow Reviver Tinted Lip Oil - Jam Session
I want to gatekeep this so bad… this right here is a true lip oil, you’ll need to reapply atleast 64 times a day but it’s really affordable and makes your lips so soft, it also smells delicious
Glosstopia Lip Repair Oil - Hard Candy
“Cross the line” is a great dark brown shade with warm undertones
Lifter Liner Lip Liner Makeup with Hyaluronic Acid