Alexandra Anele brings a fine-art background and brutally honest standards to in-depth makeup reviews across foundation, eye, and lip. Her 1.4M followers love that she's a genuinely tough grader, when so many products get a 'nay,' her rare raves carry real weight.
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Oh my god, I forgot how much I liked this powder. It has like such a nice luminosity to it. It's smoothing, but it has that like fine pearl, so it doesn't look heavy on the skin. It gives this like slight reflect.
I'm going in with the Urban Decay All Nighter Setting Mist. If you have something with a good grip to it, a little bit of a stick, that's what's really going to hold all of the makeup so it doesn't go anywhere.
I was obsessed with this. It was the only foundation I was wearing for such a long time. It really stays put but it provides that beautiful blur to the skin. This is the skin balancing foundation with hyaluronic acid and adaptogens. It is really soft, really smoothing. It's meant to really melt into the skin and mimic skin. It's supposed to work with your skin type. So if you are dry it's supposed to balance that by adding moisture, and if you're oily it's supposed to balance that by not absorbing the moisture. It's supposed to adapt to your skin type. My experience with this foundation has been nothing but positive every single time I've used it. Just wish the shade range was better.
The Kosas Revealer Concealer in the shade 0.5 N is very close to olive. It's quite nice, a little bit more on the neutral side, so it has a little bit less of an off tone to it than the About Face concealer, but the formula I like a little bit better. It adds a little bit more coverage, and also has beautiful wear.
I have a dry shampoo, Living Proof mini dry shampoo, it's a necessity for me when I'm traveling. I try to only wash my hair every like three days or so, and I usually can get away with using a dry shampoo only once before I have to wash it. Living Proof is the best one, it's the only one that keeps my hair feeling clean, actually cleans hair.
I just did my Bioma Balancing Face Mist and then my Caravelle PM lotion, like moisturizing lotion. It's pretty much been what I do to prep my skin for everything.
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The Huda Beauty one is a little thick for my taste. I'm a little bit on the fence about the actual applicator. The color is so beautiful and it really stays put.
The mascara is a no for me. I don't like the wand. It's too big and fluffy. If you have really skinny lashes that have a lot of length and you're looking for volume, it seems to provide volume, but on my lashes, it just kind of got clumpy. I do like that it's super black. The brown color is fine. But I just don't like it. It gave me a very messy application on my lower lash line. I have much better mascaras that I use. It's definitely a pass for me on the mascara.
I'm not a fan. It felt like it kept drying out really quickly. I had to keep flipping it upside down and shaking it out because it kept drying out very quickly. I do think I've used it in the past and it was fine, so maybe I got a dud, I don't know.
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"Curling my lashes with my Shiseido Chaseedo lash curler. I've been loving this lash curler. I actually start with the middle, then I go into the inner corner of the eye, and then I go to the outer corner of the eye."
"I'm going to be using the Rare Beauty eyeshadow palette. Just like a very nice neutral palette. This is called Essential Neutrals, aptly named."
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All 2 takes on Essential Neutrals Eyeshadow Palette
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"I'm going to be using the Rare Beauty eyeshadow palette. Just like a very nice neutral palette. This is called Essential Neutrals, aptly named."
Hmm ok... NEW Rare Beauty
"I think the colors that they chose are nice. I do appreciate that they included the burgundy to kind of give you a little bit of wiggle room. It's not just like your typical neutral palette where you have just neutrals because neutral can be interpreted in different ways for different skin tones. So I kind of appreciate that there's a little bit of variation in there. That being said, this is nothing new. The matte formulas are nice. I think they're blendable and easy to use, and there's enough pigment there that they'll work for a multitude of skin tones. I do like the metallics as well. Again, they're nothing groundbreaking, nothing that we haven't seen before, but pretty tones. If you need a neutral palette and you have been interested in this or you love Rare Beauty and you want to support them, then I think it's perfectly fine to make a purchase. If you don't need a neutral palette, if you have five neutral palettes already, you can probably skip it. I do like the packaging. I think it's cute for travel size, and it comes with a mirror."
"Beautiful color. Watch this. Have you ever seen anything blend out so beautifully? Like a cream eyeshadow blending out into like the most beautiful, like sheer wash of even stunning gunmetal. And you can also build on top of it. It's not like those cream eyeshadows or eye paints that just thicken up and then you can't build on top of it. Look at what is happening on my hand. It's so beautiful. I'm obsessed with it. They're so gorgeous. This was the color that really spoke to me when I first tried it because it's just not your typical shade. When I look at the pearl it looks like there's little bits of lavender pearl in there which just gives it this something a little bit different. It's not like a strictly dark gray black base and then a silver pearl. And then the matte ones are just as beautiful."
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All 2 takes on Liquid Silk Eyeshadows
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"Beautiful color. Watch this. Have you ever seen anything blend out so beautifully? Like a cream eyeshadow blending out into like the most beautiful, like sheer wash of even stunning gunmetal. And you can also build on top of it. It's not like those cream eyeshadows or eye paints that just thicken up and then you can't build on top of it. Look at what is happening on my hand. It's so beautiful. I'm obsessed with it. They're so gorgeous. This was the color that really spoke to me when I first tried it because it's just not your typical shade. When I look at the pearl it looks like there's little bits of lavender pearl in there which just gives it this something a little bit different. It's not like a strictly dark gray black base and then a silver pearl. And then the matte ones are just as beautiful."
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"I love these, these are my new favorites. Lisa Eldridge came out with her liquid silk eyeshadows, which are literally the perfect name. Nothing blends more perfectly. These give you blending time, so you don't have to freak out about putting them down and working too quickly. Pigments go a nice long way too. It's another one of those products where if you love one of these shades, it's not like you're going to go through it immediately. It's going to really last you. It blends so perfectly and it just looks stunning, and that's one of the reasons that I've almost exclusively been using these on my lower lash line."
"The mascara is a no for me. I don't like the wand. It's too big and fluffy. If you have really skinny lashes that have a lot of length and you're looking for volume, it seems to provide volume, but on my lashes, it just kind of got clumpy. I do like that it's super black. The brown color is fine. But I just don't like it. It gave me a very messy application on my lower lash line. I have much better mascaras that I use. It's definitely a pass for me on the mascara."
"It is supposed to be like a lamination gel. So if you are not able to really laminate your brows then like what's the point. But I think it held them well enough. I'm happy with the way that they set. I don't think that it looks bad. They haven't completely fallen down. So I'm going to continue using the brow gel and we'll see where it goes."
"I'm not a fan. It felt like it kept drying out really quickly. I had to keep flipping it upside down and shaking it out because it kept drying out very quickly. I do think I've used it in the past and it was fine, so maybe I got a dud, I don't know."
"I love the NYX brow pens. Those are so great and they have wonderful colors. I love this brow pen because it is really tiny. You can really draw in those strokes."
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All 3 takes on Lift and Snatch Brow Pen
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"I love the NYX brow pens. Those are so great and they have wonderful colors. I love this brow pen because it is really tiny. You can really draw in those strokes."
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"NYX has great ones, so many colors. Honestly, I think NYX are the best. I use every color. The brow pen, you don't want to be so dark. Like, if you have dark brown hair, you don't necessarily want to use a dark brown; you might want to go down a shade or so because it looks a lot more natural."
If you dye your hair this is for you boo
"If you have never used a brow pen, my favorites are the NYX ones. That's why I have like 400 of them. They're so good, a range of color. You just need a really, really light hand. It's going to be a nice feathery kind of thin line. If you hold it more straight or perpendicular against your skin, the flatter you place it against your skin, the more product is going to come out, the thicker the line is going to be. So I like to kind of do something in between and then angle it a little bit more as I get to sparser areas."
"I do like this mascara though. I think this is like brownish black, but that's fine because we have brown eyeshadow on. I like it."
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All 2 takes on Colossal Bubble Mascara
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"I do like this mascara though. I think this is like brownish black, but that's fine because we have brown eyeshadow on. I like it."
This makeup is PERFECT
"I've been obsessed with this mascara. I think it's so good. I got the black brown color, which I just think works really beautifully for my coloring in general. It's like ever so slightly softer without being gray toned. I wore it the other day with no waterproof mascara, just this. And I thought it looked really nice. Held up really nicely, too. I've just seen some people talk about how they love it and I've seen other people talk about how it's terrible. So I'm just like, okay, I like it."
"This does use a lot of product. So if you don't want to go through product so quickly, like if you do your brows every single day and you like this technique, get yourself a brow powder that is a comparable shade because this definitely, like I prefer a pencil, but damn, dude, does this waste product."
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All 2 takes on Micro Brow Pencil
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"I did start using the NYX Micro Brow when I dyed my hair red. And I did think that it was kind of like a wet formula. I didn't notice it like it wasn't something that was like a bad thing for me necessarily."
Holiday Glam using ALL Drugstore Makeup
"This does use a lot of product. So if you don't want to go through product so quickly, like if you do your brows every single day and you like this technique, get yourself a brow powder that is a comparable shade because this definitely, like I prefer a pencil, but damn, dude, does this waste product."
"The Velour lash glue is quick, very quick. It's kind of like immediately out of the tube, tacky, a little bit more tacky. It doesn't have a ton of dry time if you kind of take it out and put it out on your lash, it's just instantly tacky. It's very, very sticky. Personally, I'm not a huge fan of that because if you get a glue that is too tacky, it actually can be very difficult for beginners and it can end up just kind of globbing up in certain areas and it can result in too much glue. It can get messy. If you're someone who hates a runny lash glue and you've been looking for something more sticky, this is great."
"I'm going to be using the Stone Cold Fox palette from ColourPop because this might be one of my favorite palettes. I just like go to it for so many things and it's perfect for this look because we have this really good cool toned gray here and then this nice silver."
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All 4 takes on Stone Cold Fox Palette
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"the stone cold Fox palette from ColourPop because it's sitting right here it has a lot of really beautiful like cool tones gray tones um it doesn't necessarily have that stark white this is Shimmer but you know what I mean"
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"I'm going to be using the Colourpop Stone Cold Fox palette because I love it. Look at all these colors, look at all these cool tone neutrals. Oh God, I love it so much. Colourpop comes out with so many palettes, especially neutral palettes all the time, but this one has a special place in my heart."
This is a SICK eyeshadow look for hooded eyes
"I'm going to be using the Stone Cold Fox palette from ColourPop because this might be one of my favorite palettes. I just like go to it for so many things and it's perfect for this look because we have this really good cool toned gray here and then this nice silver."
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"I'm going to pick up Cory days from the Stone Cold Fox palette by ColourPop. I'm going to focus this in the crease going back and forth, and I want this to be the overall light color of my eye look."
"I'm using this brown shade from the Makeup by Mario Ethereal Eyes palette to just set that liner and just kind of like intensify that color and the colors complemented each other so perfectly."
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All 7 takes on Ethereal Eyes Palette
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"I'm grabbing the Ethereal Eyes Palette from Makeup by Mario and mixing those two colors to create a slightly lighter color just to set that eyeliner and kind of build up a little bit of smoke. That contrast between the color I'm putting underneath my lashes and the peach in the light peach in the waterline is just so beautiful."
here's the eyeshadow look you wanted to see
"The Makeup by Mario Ethereal eyes palette is just like so perfect for this. It's so good. Please bring it back."
Recreating AI Yearbook photos
"I'm going to use the Makeup by Mario Ethereal Eyes Palette, which is back. It's back, I don't know how long it's going to be back, but this is such a good palette. When they said it was limited edition I was so upset, but it's back. This color is my fave. It's maybe a little too cool toned, but I love it."
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"I'm going to grab the Makeup by Mario Ethereal Eyes Palette and mix with my finger these two shimmers right here. That's pretty good, I feel like that tones down nicely."
Ohhh, I LOVE this Sparkly Makeup for Spring 2025
"I'm using this brown shade from the Makeup by Mario Ethereal Eyes palette to just set that liner and just kind of like intensify that color and the colors complemented each other so perfectly."
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"I'm going to dip into this Makeup by Mario palette, this is the Ethereal Eyes palette. I'm going to grab and mix this color with this color just to get like a slightly deeper color and use it to intensify the contour, especially focusing it on the outer part of the eye so like the outer two-thirds just so we balance that a little bit."
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"The Ethereal Eyes Palette is such a beautiful palette. When I need a neutral look, this is what I grab immediately, especially all the little toppers. The finishes are so beautiful, sparkly and gorgeous. It has a perfect combination of cool tones with warmth with the blush tones. He really nailed it with this one. I don't get excited about neutral palettes, but this is like the first neutral palette I got excited about in a long time."
"It's a hybrid brush, so you have a more comb side on one end and then a more brushy, fluffy side, which is interesting to me. It seems like a nice formula. I haven't used it yet but it seems like not too wet, which I always appreciate. I like the split design, it's literally one half of the wand is a comb and one half is a brush, which is intriguing to me. I'm always skeptical of mascaras because of my lashes, but I've been embracing the fact that my lashes just don't hold a curl."
"I've been loving this new L'Oreal mascara I got. This is the blackest black I think, love it, it's so good. It's not waterproof but it stays on and it really holds your lashes."
"I'm going in with L'Oreal Telescopic. Now this is a waterproof mascara, which isn't necessary for this look. I could use a regular mascara, but to be honest all of my drugstore mascaras are waterproof for some reason, so use what works for you."
"I'm going to use Duo lash glue. Just make sure that you're focusing on the ends because I feel like people tend to neglect that area of the lash, and just make sure you're letting it get tacky. You also have the option to do like a really light layer, wait for it to get a little bit tacky, and then apply a little bit more. I usually apply like a little bit more to the ends after it gets a little tacky."
"I'm using this Colourpop eyeliner in a gorgeous red because I knew that everything I was going to be using is going to be very gray toned, so I wanted to kind of include a pop of color that was really going to make my eyes pop."
"I'm going to grab the Master Mattes the Neutrals palette from Makeup by Mario and I'm going to go in with MN5. This color is really nice because it very much emulates the colors that I've already used on my face, my contour and bronzer color."
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All 2 takes on Master Mattes Neutrals Palette
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"I'm going to grab the Master Mattes the Neutrals palette from Makeup by Mario and I'm going to go in with MN5. This color is really nice because it very much emulates the colors that I've already used on my face, my contour and bronzer color."
If you have hooded eyes this is for you my friend
"I was using the Makeup by Mario Master Mattes Neutrals Palette. I'm going to pick up this shade right here, this nice taupey kind of color on my e54 brush, and I'm going to cover my entire lid with this shade. This is to prevent any weird disconnect when I look down, it's going to help define the eye."
"I'm going to throw down a little bit of Urban Decay Primer Potion, just the teeniest amount."
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All 9 takes on Eyeshadow Primer Potion
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"I'm just priming my eyes with my Urban Decay primer potion to prep."
here's the eyeshadow look you wanted to see
"I've already primed my eyes with Urban Decay Primer Potion, which helps with blending and ensures a nice and seamless blend."
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"I'm going to prime my eyes using Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion."
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"For both my eyes I'm going to prime using the Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion."
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"I like using some kind of an eye primer, especially this one has been like the one that I've been using the most just because it has like some grip to it."
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"I'm going to Prime my Lids using my Urban Decay eye primer."
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"I did prime my eyes already with a little bit of Urban Decay Primer Potion the original primer potion."
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"I'm going to Prime my eyes with Urban Decay because I just haven't had time yet to pick up a new eyeshadow primer."
If you have hooded eyes this is for you my friend
"I'm going to throw down a little bit of Urban Decay Primer Potion, just the teeniest amount."
"I'm doing my mascara with Give Beauty. I would say like a medium coat of this mascara on my upper lashes. I am making sure to really curl them."
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All 8 takes on Mascara
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"I'm going to go in with a coat of the Give Beauty mascara, just basically one even coat. It's a nice comb. I actually like it."
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"I'm going to go in with my Give Beauty mascara just like one even coat."
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"I use a waterproof mascara if I'm not wearing lashes because my lashes do not hold a curl unless I do that. I'm using the Give Beauty mascara."
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"For my lower lash line I'm going to use the Give Beauty Mascara for the lower lash line, focusing on that outer half so fading it gently with a really really light application in the very center but mostly focusing everything on the outer half of the lashes and bringing them a little bit angled out."
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"I'm doing my mascara with Give Beauty. I would say like a medium coat of this mascara on my upper lashes. I am making sure to really curl them."
We’re putting Lisa to the test yall
"I prefer the wand for this mascara and it does create a really beautiful natural look, very combed out, very soft, very feathery. For an everyday simple natural kind of makeup look I think this is really nice because it does define the eye without being too much. When I wore this the first time and removed it, it comes off basically with water, it's so gentle on your eyes, you really don't have to rub hard or anything, which is really nice."
The quickest grunge eye makeup ever
"I'm going to use the Give Beauty mascara. I'm going to coat all my lashes from the base and then once I have them all coated, I'm going to start angling them so I'm going to pull them to the side. So once I have that first coat, I'm really loading them up and pulling them, angling them. I'm going to do the same thing with the lower lash line, just going to go back and forth, kind of mess them up a little bit, and then angle them so thick amounts."
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"I'm going to apply a few coats of the Give Beauty Mascara and then I'm gonna go in with these lashes. It took a second to get there but we got there and I love it."
"I'm using the liquid eyeliner from Lisa Eldridge just because it's so tiny and it's perfect for this kind of thing. I'm fixing that line by just kind of dotting that liner and then filling in any gaps that might show so that the lashes look like they're one with my lashes."
"For my extra little lift I'm using the little trios from Ardell. I'm using the long and the medium, so I think it's one long and two medium. I'm just focusing it on the very very outer corner to create that kitten lash lift."
"I'm using a tubing mascara from Hourglass on my lower lashes because I got to do the most."
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All 2 takes on Unlocked Mascara
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"I'm using a tubing mascara from Hourglass on my lower lashes because I got to do the most."
We’re putting Lisa to the test yall
"One of the most recent ones that I've used that I really liked was the Hourglass Unlocked Mascara, pretty good for a tubing mascara but nothing can replace Cleo Kill Lash."
"I prefer the wand for this mascara and it does create a really beautiful natural look, like it's very combed out, it's very soft, it's very feathery. For an everyday, simple natural kind of makeup look, I think this is really nice because it does define the eye without being too much. When I wore this the first time and I removed it, it comes off basically with water, like it's so gentle on your eyes. You really don't have to rub hard or anything, which is really nice."
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All 2 takes on MakeWaves Mascara
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"I prefer the wand for this mascara and it does create a really beautiful natural look, like it's very combed out, it's very soft, it's very feathery. For an everyday, simple natural kind of makeup look, I think this is really nice because it does define the eye without being too much. When I wore this the first time and I removed it, it comes off basically with water, like it's so gentle on your eyes. You really don't have to rub hard or anything, which is really nice."
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"Tower 28 is a little bit more like natural everyday but it's so gentle on the lashes and creates like a really beautiful finish on the lashes without being waterproof, so it's going to be gentle when you're removing it. It's fantastic. I've been recommending it to people who ask."
"It's a heavy formula, it's very wet, and when I put it on my lashes, a lot goes down. So it is very thickening, but it's extremely heavy and wet. If you are like me and you have a problem with your lashes falling flat, not holding a curl, or just being weighed down, you're not going to like this at all. If you already have curly lashes or you don't have a problem with mascaras weighing your lashes down, it is very thickening, so if you have really skinny lashes and you want extra volume, it might be worth looking into. But I just know that it does not work for me at all."
"I like that it has a little bit of shimmer in it because it's just going to kind of make the eyes sparkle a little bit. The creams in here are very pigmented. I tried one yesterday on my lid and it took me like 3 million years to blend out, but it did stay okay, so that might be a good option if this is a palette that you like wanted to use."
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All 2 takes on Palette
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"I like that it has a little bit of shimmer in it because it's just going to kind of make the eyes sparkle a little bit. The creams in here are very pigmented. I tried one yesterday on my lid and it took me like 3 million years to blend out, but it did stay okay, so that might be a good option if this is a palette that you like wanted to use."
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"I have this Patrick Ta palette that I basically never use but I'm kind of starting to dip into it. The formula is stunning, so beautiful, so easy to use, user friendly, and it really packs an impact without being like this insane foil."
"I recently picked this up because I got to have all of them. These are like really soft powders, and the larger pan is a Pomade. It's weightless velvet Pomade that works for eyes, brows, face, lips, everything."
"The reviewer received the Kitten Lash Mascara and is wearing an extremely light coat of it to begin the video. She is wearing it in Burnt Umber, which is not included in the Marilyn Monroe collection, but is using the black from the collection."
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All 4 takes on Kitten Lash Mascara
My Go To Makeup when I want to look FLAWLESS
"I'm going in with my Lisa Eldridge Kitten Lash Mascara, twirling it to push my natural lashes into those falsies, and using the end of it to really push in. It looks so seamless. It's fantastic and it's very gentle on the lashes as well."
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"Lisa launched this new mascara, her kitten lash mascara, in this beautiful warm brown shade. The color is so perfect for my eye color. I'm going to be using this on my top and bottom lashes."
We’re putting Lisa to the test yall
"It is extremely gentle on the lashes, so if you have very brittle lashes or you don't want to be using waterproof because maybe you don't want to deal with a cleansing balm all of the time, then I do think that this is a really nice option. I prefer the wand for this mascara and it does create a really beautiful natural look. It's very combed out, it's very soft, it's very feathery. For an everyday, simple natural kind of makeup look I think this is really nice because it does define the eye without being too much."
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"The reviewer received the Kitten Lash Mascara and is wearing an extremely light coat of it to begin the video. She is wearing it in Burnt Umber, which is not included in the Marilyn Monroe collection, but is using the black from the collection."
"I want to recreate that finish with a product that I know isn't going to do that. So, that prompted me to want to mix my Haus Labs foundation, which is a water-based foundation that my skin has been absolutely loving, with a mineral powder."
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All 9 takes on Triclone Skin Tech Foundation
Oh wow. I think this is it.
"I want to recreate that finish with a product that I know isn't going to do that. So, that prompted me to want to mix my Haus Labs foundation, which is a water-based foundation that my skin has been absolutely loving, with a mineral powder."
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"I'm obsessed with it. I love it. As far as foundations go, it's pretty much the only one I've been using. It's beautiful. It has an incredible finish. I love the color range. It has a really natural finish. I would say medium coverage. It's very lightweight on the skin. It's relatively buildable, but I typically like to use it to even out my skin tone and just create a really beautiful base and then rely on my skincare and my concealer for extra coverage. The thing that I love about it the most is that it's a water-based formula, so it's a little bit more liquidy and it doesn't feel heavy on my skin."
So NARS has a new foundation…
"I was very interested in this foundation when I received it. But so often when I receive complexion products, people will send me as close to my undertone as they can get, which usually ends up being a little too dark, which isn't great for those of us who are really, really pale because for whatever reason, brands think that pale people are pink all the time. That was absolutely the case here. These are just way too dark for me. But even these colors, even the colors that were sent to me are quite yellow and orange."
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"My favorite foundation for a while now has been the Haus Labs Triclone Skin Tech Foundation in the shade 030 Fair Cool. It's a really light formula. I really love the formula. It's actually the first time in a long time that I've really been going through a foundation because it's what I pick up every single time I do my makeup."
THIS replaced THAT
"The House Labs foundation has essentially replaced all of my foundations. It's like that simple. Like it's just replaced all of them. If you watched my video where I talked about like water-based makeup for acne prone skin, I do tend like I am congestion prone. Okay, I just am. I'm acne prone."
SO you have a patch that WON’T BLEND
"I used Haus Labs today, 030. You don't need a lot. Obviously, you can see like very, very tiny amounts, but this is going to be our little mixing palette. And we're going to mix our custom shade."
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"My favorite foundation like almost all around recently has been from Haus Labs. This is the Triclone Skin Tech Foundation. This is a water-based foundation. Usually a water-based foundation is a much more liquidy formula. This is like somewhere in between. It's not so liquidy, but it is more so than MAC Studio Fix or something like that. I'm loving the Haus Labs one."
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"The Haus Labs Triclone Skin Tech Foundation really has replaced everything. It's like if I want medium coverage that I can build up on top of, then that's the foundation that I use. I love it. It's so good. It's good for everybody. It's really hydrating. It's lightweight. There's good coverage, beautiful colors. They really nailed it with that."
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"I have been loving the Haus Labs Triclone foundation. It's medium buildable, which is really nice. But it is water-based, so it is a little bit more lightweight. It feels a lot more lightweight on the skin, which is great. It wears really beautifully. On days when my skin is a little bit more dry, I tend to prefer using the moisture of a damp sponge. If your skin has been dry, a little extra moisture isn't going to hurt."
"I loved the finish. I thought it was beautiful. It's like a satin matte full coverage. Gorgeous. But it makes me break out, man. Not like horribly, not like with rashes or anything like that, but it just suffocates my skin and any tiny little breakout I might have is going to be 10 times as big when I wash this off at the end of the day. And if I didn't have anything there, I'm going to have something there. So I just avoid the heavier coverage foundations. I really did think it was beautiful, but personally because of that experience and I've heard from some of you that you also had that experience, I would skip it. But if you don't have sensitive skin or you're not like congestion prone, it's gorgeous and you should absolutely pick it up."
"Even the recent reformulation with Armani Luminous Silk, the lighter shades, though they did start to include a little bit more of the olive and ultramarine tones into their foundation, the pigments into their foundations were still quite orange. The shade Mont Blanc is a little bit too on the orange, yellowy orange side. The formula does feel quite nice, I have to say, like hydrating for a matte foundation."
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All 6 takes on Luminous Silk Foundation
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"Even the recent reformulation with Armani Luminous Silk, the lighter shades, though they did start to include a little bit more of the olive and ultramarine tones into their foundation, the pigments into their foundations were still quite orange. The shade Mont Blanc is a little bit too on the orange, yellowy orange side. The formula does feel quite nice, I have to say, like hydrating for a matte foundation."
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"I'm an oily girl but I like Armani Luminous Silk. I just bake the hell out of it. I kind of gravitate towards like every type of foundation. I like all of them except for the extremely dewy ones because they'll just make me so oily. I use really small amounts of it."
Let’s see if these are REALLY Olive
"I have always kind of liked the Armani Luminous Silk foundation, but I have foundations that are just a better color match. So, I don't really use them that often. The formula looks thinner, and it has slightly more of a grip. It's not a heavy coverage foundation. It's not like a full coverage matte foundation. It tends to be soaked up by sponges. I just really like applying with sponges. I would rather go through a little extra foundation and be able to apply it with a sponge than a brush, but a brush might be better in terms of maintaining that coverage."
Let’s see if these are REALLY Olive
"The color has like neutralized the tone of my face a little bit more. So it's definitely not a perfect match, but that's not the end of the world. Because I am just like very yellow looking, I feel like I prefer the old color. It has a little bit more brightness to it, and when there's a little too much red in a foundation, that can make me and the olive in my skin look kind of like drab. It really just kind of like removes the saturation and the color from my skin. The coverage is fine. It's not definitely not meant to be like a heavy coverage or even really medium coverage foundation in my opinion. It's more so like a natural, like a very natural coverage. I went over this area three times and didn't really like build up coverage. However, I was using a sponge, and so if you do want to build up more coverage with this type of foundation, a brush is probably best."
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"This is an OG for many people for a reason. It's a beautiful formula. Now if you're someone who's ridiculously oily you probably aren't going to like it. But I will say that it's gorgeous. This is a gorgeous, I would say medium coverage foundation. It is extremely hydrating without being like oily for me at least. As someone who does tend to lean a little bit more oily, I love this foundation for so many reasons. It feels like it has a serum feel and kind of a satiny feel. Like as you blend it out it gives a little bit of this moussey satin kind of feel. You can build it up a little bit but it's definitely not a full coverage foundation. It's more like somewhere between, I wouldn't say it's light. It's more of a medium finish."
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"I did try to go in with the Armani foundation on its own but it's very very light. I typically use that shade when I mix it with other things, so I ended up mixing it with the MAC and it was fine."
"It gave me a nice glow. It didn't make my skin look too oily. It's been a minute since I've worn a more full-coverage foundation, and I'm liking it. Overall, I'm pretty pleased with the finish. I don't know if it's necessarily worth $55, because that's an expensive foundation, especially considering the tone is not right. I do think that we were able to balance it a bit with a concealer trick -- using a slightly lighter concealer that's a little more on the yellowy side. I don't think that if you're just looking at me you'd be like, 'Her foundation is so not the match,' but I can see that it's not right. I am pretty happy with the finish overall, and I think it's something I'm going to continue using."
"Make Up For Ever has always had this problem with me and obviously I'm a very pale person. So my experience with the shades is going to be more so in the pale range. But yeah, even the recent uh reformulation, the lighter shades, though they did start to include a little bit more of the like olive and ultramarine tones into their foundation, like the pigments into their foundations were still quite orange. The shade Mont Blanc is a little bit too on the orange, like yellowy orange side. The formula does feel quite nice, I have to say, like hydratingish for a matte."
"MAC tends to lean that way. Even their olive tones tend to be like a little bit too like yellowy orange. I'm going to use the shade Mont Blanc, which you can even just see from the packaging that it is a little bit too on the orange, like yellowy orange side."
"Now, you could use something like MAC Studio Fix or something. Um, I've sort of stopped using any other foundations other than these two."
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All 3 takes on Studio Fix Powder Plus Foundation
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"Now, you could use something like MAC Studio Fix or something. Um, I've sort of stopped using any other foundations other than these two."
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"For my Foundation I'm going in with Mac Studio fix uh this shade I think it's N I don't remember it'll be linked NC 17 it doesn't matter um the the point of this makeup or the whole the whole like idea of this makeup is for for the the Finish to look Flawless like melted into your skin but I want that staying power okay which is why I chose this Foundation because this Foundation wears so beautifully it doesn't move"
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"Because MAC Studio Fix as beautiful as it is and I love that foundation it's not the perfect color match for me it is a little bit of an orangey yellow tone"
"This is such a beautiful foundation. It has really nice coverage and a beautiful finish, but it doesn't feel heavy on the skin. It's the best when you find a full coverage foundation that doesn't feel like it's suffocating your skin. I tend to prefer a more full coverage foundation, especially when I'm breaking out around my temples and my forehead. If I can get a good amount of coverage with the foundation, it makes spot concealing a lot easier. Gorgeous formula."
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All 2 takes on Infallible Freshwear Foundation
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"This is such a beautiful foundation. It has really nice coverage and a beautiful finish, but it doesn't feel heavy on the skin. It's the best when you find a full coverage foundation that doesn't feel like it's suffocating your skin. I tend to prefer a more full coverage foundation, especially when I'm breaking out around my temples and my forehead. If I can get a good amount of coverage with the foundation, it makes spot concealing a lot easier. Gorgeous formula."
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"This is a beautiful formula, just if anybody was wondering. Very lightweight and comfy. I do need a lighter shade though. Quite nice. That's actually a very beautiful base. I'm happy with it."
"The Dior Backstage foundation is water-based. Typically with water-based products, they're going to apply a little bit better with a brush. Synthetic fibers are really good for this because it's not going to soak up the product as much."
"For my foundation, I'm going to be using the L'Oreal True Match. This was actually a foundation that Nenah called out in a drugstore video where she was shopping for drugstore products. So, this is in the shade W1. I'm putting one pump of this on the back of my hand, and she applied it with her fingers, which I just don't ever do, but I'm going to try."
"I'm going to use the E.L.F. Soft Glam Satin Foundation. This is in the shade 12 Fair Warm, just a little bit on the yellow side, but I'd rather that because I am quite yellow than like orange. I'm going to use this because it's a soft satin foundation. So it'll maintain flawlessness in the center of the face, but it'll go over that glow, that glowy primer really nicely. This foundation's a little bit light for me. It's pretty light. I usually mix it with other foundations."
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All 3 takes on Soft Glam Satin Foundation
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"The e.l.f. Soft Glam Satin Foundation in the shade Fair Warm 12 definitely leans a little bit more on the yellowy side. It's supposed to be a buildable, just right coverage, longwearing satin finish, hydrating foundation that is anything but basic. You can use a brush or a sponge."
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"I'm going to use the E.L.F. Soft Glam Satin Foundation. This is in the shade 12 Fair Warm, just a little bit on the yellow side, but I'd rather that because I am quite yellow than like orange. I'm going to use this because it's a soft satin foundation. So it'll maintain flawlessness in the center of the face, but it'll go over that glow, that glowy primer really nicely. This foundation's a little bit light for me. It's pretty light. I usually mix it with other foundations."
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"This is a beautiful formula. It's definitely like a mousey, ridiculously light. It is a little bit more of a matte satin in my opinion and it provides like a good amount of coverage. I would say definitely medium buildable. This is going to be really beautiful for those of you who have like normal to oily skin. If you have normal to oily skin and you're looking for like a more budget friendly foundation, this is really really great. It's like a blurring foundation. It gives me a similar vibe to the Huda Beauty foundation but I would say that this is slightly less on the hydrating side. So if you are someone who's really really oily and you're looking for like a high performance foundation that's affordable, this is a wonderful formula."
"Several years ago, I got Too Faced Born This Way foundation. I got shade matched at the counter. It's my perfect shade and I love the foundation for my combination. I would probably say it's my holy grail foundation. So, one day I just basically started to use it as a concealer instead and I've been doing it ever since as I don't mind my natural skin being shown either."
"This is a foundation that will always be in my collection. It's very full coverage. It's described as a serum but it's got like a pretty mousey texture to it. The mousse is so lightweight. When I start to blend it out, it feels like a lightweight creamy mousse. With a full coverage foundation you sometimes have this kind of heavy feel, like it just sits on the skin, but this sinks into the skin. This does not feel that way. It has a very lightweight feel to it. The formula is so beautiful. It's really really creamy. It's hydrating. It's comfy. It leaves my skin with like more of a satin finish. It provides a really nice blur to the skin without being too matte. It does have SPF 50."
"I was obsessed with this. It was the only foundation I was wearing for such a long time. It really stays put but it provides that beautiful blur to the skin. This is the skin balancing foundation with hyaluronic acid and adaptogens. It is really soft, really smoothing. It's meant to really melt into the skin and mimic skin. It's supposed to work with your skin type. So if you are dry it's supposed to balance that by adding moisture, and if you're oily it's supposed to balance that by not absorbing the moisture. It's supposed to adapt to your skin type. My experience with this foundation has been nothing but positive every single time I've used it. Just wish the shade range was better."
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All 8 takes on Always On Foundation
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"The Smashbox Always On, I'm obsessed, obsessed. I love it so much. It's so good, especially if you get oily anywhere throughout the day. It's so good. It's like the only one that prevents it."
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"The Smashbox Always On, I'm obsessed, obsessed. I love it so much, it's so good, especially if you get oily anywhere throughout the day. It's so good, it's like the only one that prevents it. In my experience, SPF really creates a really really nice grip to the skin, like if you have a little bit of that tacky feeling after you apply your SPF."
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"Still continuously loving the Smashbox Always On. I'm holding two because I mix these two colors, mostly this one and then this one. Usually I go in with F10 O and then F30 N, but honestly I have F20 W and sometimes I throw that in there too, so it's just how I'm feeling, how yellow am I feeling today. Still the foundation that I've been obsessed with and I'm wearing, and that hasn't changed. I've been super happy with my skin, it's fantastic. I'm not going to change that anytime soon. That is still my foundational choice."
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"I have three shades of Smashbox Always On Foundation and I just don't know what to mix to get my perfect shade, so I'm just going to do a combination of a couple of them."
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"I was obsessed with this. It was the only foundation I was wearing for such a long time. It really stays put but it provides that beautiful blur to the skin. This is the skin balancing foundation with hyaluronic acid and adaptogens. It is really soft, really smoothing. It's meant to really melt into the skin and mimic skin. It's supposed to work with your skin type. So if you are dry it's supposed to balance that by adding moisture, and if you're oily it's supposed to balance that by not absorbing the moisture. It's supposed to adapt to your skin type. My experience with this foundation has been nothing but positive every single time I've used it. Just wish the shade range was better."
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"I've just absolutely been loving the Smashbox Always On Foundation. It just wears so beautifully and it works with my skin so nicely. I've been recommending it to a lot of people. If you've been interested I would check it out and see if they have your skin tone. I've been mixing a couple of shades and they have some nice olive tones."
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"I'm going to use a teeny bit of my Foundation, which is Smashbox Always On."
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"The Smashbox Always On Foundation, the formula itself is pretty thin feeling, very comfy, very lightweight, but it also provides a lot of coverage, like a surprising amount of coverage, but nothing about this feels heavy in any way. It's very lightweight and it just looks beautiful on everybody no matter what. No matter what state my skin is in, if it's too dry, if it's too oily, if I've got some irritation, this just adapts to my skin no matter what. This has been the foundation that I've basically been recommending to everyone who asks me."
"For my foundation I'm using About Face, which felt like the right vibe for a makeup look that is inspired by Charli XCX because it's kind of like a medium buildable coverage you can really sheer it out. It's the perfect tone for my skin, just a great formula all around. It's very comfortable but it wears really well."
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All 2 takes on Foundation
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"For my foundation I'm using About Face, which felt like the right vibe for a makeup look that is inspired by Charli XCX because it's kind of like a medium buildable coverage you can really sheer it out. It's the perfect tone for my skin, just a great formula all around. It's very comfortable but it wears really well."
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"I've been loving the About Face Foundation. The finish of and the wearability it has is really great, it has a really beautiful natural kind of satiny finish on my skin which is usually what I go for. It's definitely more warm toned."
"I decided to mix these two foundations from e.l.f. and Rimmel to get the correct shade for me, and the way that I'm going to be applying that is with a damp sponge."
"I mixed the elf soft Glam satin foundation and the Rimmel Lasting Finish Foundation because this is a little dark, this is a little light, this is a little too on the neutral side, and this is a little too yellow. Made a perfect color made a perfect color for my skin, also perfect finish."
"If I didn't already have this Foundation I would absolutely be adding this Foundation because I have this Foundation is so good. If you haven't tried it, everything they say about it, the fact that it blurs and provides this incredible coverage, highly recommend. I like the packaging, it's nice and travel friendly, it's nice and lightweight. The color that I use is 140G in Cashew, which is ever so slightly more on the peachy kind of neutral side compared to my skin tone, but it works beautifully."
"It is a matte, full coverage foundation but it's very lightweight like it doesn't feel heavy on the skin. It provides such a really beautiful amount of coverage. It just kind of melts into the skin, it literally just melts into the skin. The coverage is so impressive, I was so impressed when I used it. I used just that little pump that I put out, I haven't picked up any more than that. I'm not layering a ton of product on my face, I'm just making sure that it's well blended and pounced in. It looks so beautiful and it creates such a smooth effect to my skin."
"It looks so glisteny, really glowy. I'm actually using it today as a highlighter and it's stunning, so beautiful. I really love it as a highlighter, very, very natural glowy, not too much. Looks really like soft and kind of blurry on the skin, which is nice. It's like Flawless Filter in a stick. If you're extremely dry, maybe you could use it all over your face, but I'm not using this all over my face."
"The more I wear this foundation the more I think it looks too dark and too peach. I don't know, it's just making the overall look of my makeup kind of strange. I wish I'd gone with the yellow one."
"I love this foundation. This is such a go-to. I know that it will always work for me and it really does absolutely last. The nice thing about this is because it's slightly more of a medium coverage foundation you have the option to build it up but it shears out really nicely. So if you're someone who just doesn't like a full coverage foundation but you still want the performance of a more full coverage foundation and you want that beautiful satin finish, this is hands down one of my absolute top."
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All 3 takes on Performer Foundation
I swatched ALL my foundations to find the most olive shades
"This foundation formula is amazing. I'm obsessed. Since I tried the olive shade, it's all I've been using. The foundation formula is so beautiful, it's really satiny. It's called the Performer so it's meant to be long wear, and I haven't had any problems with oil breaking through or anything like that. The wearability has been fantastic. I would highly recommend it. One thing I'll say about the doe foot applicator: I usually just put it out on the back of my hand for sanitary reasons, but for regular use I would suggest putting it on the back of your hand and picking it up with a sponge or brush. If you're a professional makeup artist the doe foot can be kind of annoying, but for regular old use that works well."
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"The About Face Performer Foundation is the first one that pops into my head for medium full coverage foundation for combination skin. I love this formula so much. It's really lightweight but it definitely gives you that coverage. I have combination skin because I'm always dehydrating my skin so I end up with dryness in certain areas, but I'm also congestion prone. I love this formula. I just think it's so beautiful. It wears beautifully and it doesn't feel heavy on the skin. I don't find this drying at all, and I live in a dry climate. The color is fantastic for olive."
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"I love this foundation. This is such a go-to. I know that it will always work for me and it really does absolutely last. The nice thing about this is because it's slightly more of a medium coverage foundation you have the option to build it up but it shears out really nicely. So if you're someone who just doesn't like a full coverage foundation but you still want the performance of a more full coverage foundation and you want that beautiful satin finish, this is hands down one of my absolute top."
"Sometimes I forget to use my Sigma Switch and I like reach for a paper towel. I always have a paper towel in case I like spill stuff, but it just doesn't work. It doesn't work as well. This is so good. It's just like this rubber, if you didn't know, it's just this little rubber pad. This just pulls off all that product so you can switch between shades without changing your brush, which is the point of this."
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All 2 takes on Switch
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"I like this as an option to mix when I'm working with my cheekbones. This really helps pull off all that product a hell of a lot better than a paper towel if you're someone who uses paper towels. You can switch between creams and powders, which is what this brush is meant for. This is really going to lock them in place. If you're someone who struggles with your makeup disappearing, it really creates that undeniable dimension when you layer light layers of creams and powders."
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"Sometimes I forget to use my Sigma Switch and I like reach for a paper towel. I always have a paper towel in case I like spill stuff, but it just doesn't work. It doesn't work as well. This is so good. It's just like this rubber, if you didn't know, it's just this little rubber pad. This just pulls off all that product so you can switch between shades without changing your brush, which is the point of this."
"Something that I've really been struggling with recently is oiliness in my T-zone. I recently used another skin tint that otherwise should be pretty nice, but it just ends up always making my T-zone a little too oily. Luckily, Lisa Eldridge doesn't really do that."
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All 9 takes on Seamless Skin Enhancing Tint
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"Something that I've really been struggling with recently is oiliness in my T-zone. I recently used another skin tint that otherwise should be pretty nice, but it just ends up always making my T-zone a little too oily. Luckily, Lisa Eldridge doesn't really do that."
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"I love it so much. It's beautiful. It has an incredible finish. I love the color range. For reference, I am 030 cool, which is a really beautiful olive tone for my skin especially. It might be like half a shade light, but it works really, really nicely. So gorgeous. Like really a natural finish. I would say medium coverage. It's very lightweight on the skin. It's relatively buildable, but I typically like to use it to even out my skin tone and just create like a really beautiful base and then rely on my skin care and my concealer for like extra coverage. The thing that I love about it the most is that it's a water-based formula, so it's a little bit more liquidy and it doesn't feel heavy on my skin."
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"The skin tint I had never I don't think I'd ever liked a skin tint until I tried hers. And not to mention the fact that she actually came out with olive shades. True olive shades T1.5. I'm so used to receiving complexion products from a brand, especially skin tints, because there are so many brands that think that oh, well, it's a tint, so we'll have one shade that'll work for a bunch of different skin tones. And it's like, no. Just because it's a tint and it's a more sheer formula doesn't mean that orange is going to look good on me. It's just going to tint me orange. So the shade of this is just incredibly beautiful. And the formula in general is like this beautiful satiny kind of finish. A lot of skin tints are just too heavy on my skin, like way too much moisture, and I would just break through my T-zone throughout the day, or immediately, like I couldn't set it. It would kind of like slip off. This does not do that. Like, not at all."
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"It provides a really beautiful amount of coverage without feeling heavy on the skin, without exacerbating my acne prone skin or congestion. I've fallen in love with this. It's the only foundation that I've been using, except occasionally when I'm feeling a little bit more dry. The T1.5 is ever so slightly more warm than other shades, which is perfect if you are like a pale warm olive. I love it. I think it's fantastic and it's replaced all of my foundations. I also really like the packaging. It's kind of heavy but it is nice."
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"I've sort of stopped using any other foundations other than these two, and the Lisa Eldridge Skin Tint because they just feel really heavy on my skin. The Lisa Eldridge Skin Tint provides a beautiful amount of coverage that is buildable and it evens out my skin tone enough and creates a beautiful and flawless looking finish that works really nicely as a base so that I can go in and spot conceal."
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"This is the Lisa Eldridge Seamless Skin Tint, a skin enhancing tint. She launched the shade 1.5 which is the most gorgeous pale olive shade, warm olive shade. It is literally my skin tone. I have never been a skin tint person, ever, especially because my skin tends to be a little bit more on the oily side and I've always preferred to have something like a little more medium to full coverage and just sheer it out than use something that is already meant to be sheer. However what Lisa achieved with this, not just the shade because the shade is the main reason that I cannot stop using this. The formula is incredible. It's incredibly satin, very smoothing, it's hydrating without looking oily. You do need to shake it."
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"I have just my typical Lisa Eldridge Seamless Skin Enhancing Tint and powder. I did some contouring."
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"I use my Lisa Eldridge Skin Tint and that's like it. Like those are the two products."
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"It really does give such a flawless finish to the skin, especially if you're going to be going in with a skin tint or foundation. It works beautifully underneath my Lisa Eldridge Seamless Skin Enhancing Tint. It gives luminescence to the skin without making the skin look at all oily, like not at all. So if you're someone like me who can be oily, I highly recommend checking it out."
"This is a beautiful luminizer. It's very, very, very, very pretty. Just sort of softens everything, you know, very nice and sheer."
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All 2 takes on Halo Glow Liquid Filter
Holiday Glam using ALL Drugstore Makeup
"This is a beautiful luminizer. It's very, very, very, very pretty. Just sort of softens everything, you know, very nice and sheer."
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"This is the E.L.F. Halo Glow Liquid Filter, which is really beautiful. The shade zero is supposed to be like the fairest shade or the palest shade, and it's like pretty orange and it's definitely darker than me, but it does like mix into foundation really well if you're looking for something to mix into your foundation or apply before foundation. When you sheer it out, it does have a really beautiful like sheen. Once it's blended out, you don't really see the tone of it."
"My AirPods. I literally can't live without these. I absolutely cannot live without my headphones. I love having the option of transparency mode and also the noise cancellation. It's so convenient. It is so nice. I can turn on that noise cancellation if I'm brushing my teeth or doing the dishes and shit's loud around me. If I'm going for a walk, I can turn on transparency mode so I can hear if there's any sketchy people walking around."
"This is such a good texture spray. It's really fantastic for just creating like a nice body. You don't need like a ton of it either. You can kind of just like mist it throughout and mess it up. And it smells so good. It's kind of like a fruity berry scent, but not like too sweet. If you're somebody who has been looking for a hairspray that will create body but is touchable, this is a way better option to go for a dry texture spray than a hairspray because I've used a lot of hairsprays that claim to do that and they don't. They really make you crunchy. So yeah, love it. It lasts forever. It took me a really long time to go through this. The only thing is, if you have darker hair, it can leave a white cast."
"I also do this with the MAC Fix Plus Stay Over Spray. This is also really great for this. It really depends on your skin type. If you are someone who has extremely dry under eyes, maybe you want to use a more hydrating setting spray. If you're someone who has really oily under eyes, you can use a mattifying setting spray for this."
"This is a 24-hour matte foundation with oil control. As a person who is a little bit on the oily side, it's not ridiculously matte and it's not a ridiculously drying formula. I tend to prefer my foundations to be a little bit more on the satin side, and this is a beautiful, beautiful formula. It creates a flawless base for your makeup and it stays put all day. When they say 24-hour wear they mean it. The main reason it's described as a matte foundation with oil control is that it absolutely stays looking exactly the way you applied it all day long. This is the foundation that I choose when I know that I need something to last and perform. It has a very sort of mousey texture to it. If you are extremely dry it may settle into certain areas, so you want to make sure that you are really taking your skin prep seriously."
"For my highlights I'm going to be using this Rare Beauty Positive Light Liquid Luminizer. I love the liquid luminizer. I'm going to be placing this in my inner corner and I'm going to be using this kind of like all over the face because especially in this image she has this really beautiful like natural looking glow, it almost looks like sweat, but like in the best way possible, it looks like a natural glow. I'm placing this in my inner corner, I'm going to be placing this on the eyelid, I'm going to use it on my cheekbones on all the high points of the face. I didn't build it up too much because this is a pretty intense highlighter. Like if you use a lot it is intense, like it is foiled. So I'm using small amounts with a fluffy brush just to create these really beautiful natural looking highlights, which just makes it soften the look, it makes it look a little bit more pretty."
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All 3 takes on Positive Light Liquid Luminizer
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"Rare Beauty, these highlighters are so gorgeous. Oh my God, look at that glow. It's amazing. I love it. It's just so necessary. Look at that little glow, we're just glowing."
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"For my highlights I'm going to be using this Rare Beauty Positive Light Liquid Luminizer. I love the liquid luminizer. I'm going to be placing this in my inner corner and I'm going to be using this kind of like all over the face because especially in this image she has this really beautiful like natural looking glow, it almost looks like sweat, but like in the best way possible, it looks like a natural glow. I'm placing this in my inner corner, I'm going to be placing this on the eyelid, I'm going to use it on my cheekbones on all the high points of the face. I didn't build it up too much because this is a pretty intense highlighter. Like if you use a lot it is intense, like it is foiled. So I'm using small amounts with a fluffy brush just to create these really beautiful natural looking highlights, which just makes it soften the look, it makes it look a little bit more pretty."
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"I want to beam in highlight so I'm going to use Rare Beauty. I've got two of these, I have the more golden one and then the really pale one. I'm gonna mix and lighten and exhilarate, and Leighton is the lightest one. Yeah, I want an intense highlight. I'm gonna hit the tip of my nose, above my lip, my brow bone. Damn, I forgot how intense these were. That's what I wanted."
"I don't know if I like that Ilia eye cream just saying I think it's kind of unnecessary and I think it's like adding a little too much underneath my eyes."
"I didn't have anything for my sink where I wash my face a lot of the time so I like to pat off the nasty LA water and then rehydrate with something that's cleaner. Avène in general is expensive and in comparison to the Bioma, I think I would probably go with my Bioma Mist to be honest with you. I'm just going to kind of hold off and maybe finish it before I decide."
"Inglot Duraline, tried and true little Inglot Duraline in there to make it a little more liquidy and easier to use. If you find that your gels are drying out, it's a really good product to have to bring them back to life or just make them a little more malleable and easy to use."
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All 3 takes on Duraline
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"Inglot Duraline, tried and true little Inglot Duraline in there to make it a little more liquidy and easier to use. If you find that your gels are drying out, it's a really good product to have to bring them back to life or just make them a little more malleable and easy to use."
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"I'm going to use a little bit of Inglot Duraline in to my Sigma gel eyeliner... I mix a little bit of Inglot Duraline in with my Sigma gel, so now the trick is trying to get it as even as possible."
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"I have this cupcake pastel Duo Chrome loose eyeshadow from Carla cosmetics and I'm going to mix that with a little bit of Inglot Duraline and I'm going to make a little liquid situation to put underneath that extension."
"I was going to a wedding of people who are partyers, and I took one Liquid IV and holy hell did it help. It's got 11 grams of sugar, but sometimes you just got to do it to get through the day. I have two Liquid IVs just in case."
"I'm allergic to dogs and also allergic to other animals and things. Claritin definitely comes in handy. I recently visited a friend who had two dogs and they were making me very itchy, so Claritin is a must."
"I happen to have very nice white teeth I'm just trying to maintain so I basically just use them for maintenance. I use them essentially once a month for like 20 minutes just to keep it up, remove stains and stuff. It's just something that I feel like I always need because sometimes there are those days, especially if you're a coffee or tea drinker, you just look in the mirror and you're like, how did it catch up with me. So pick up your Crest Whitening Strips."
"I've been using Sensodyne, and it's very very good. It's not just like the regular Sensodyne, it's like something a little bit more specialized because I have sensitivity from clenching."
"My dentist recommended I graduate to one of these. The Oral B is perfect because it gets all around your teeth and really gets into every little crevice. The shape helps you get behind the back molars, which is a tough spot, and it's really good for that. It also has a few different settings so you can hit it from intense to a little bit more gentle if you have tooth sensitivity. I do the more gentle one. I got one for me and my boyfriend on Amazon and it's been fantastic."
"I'll drench it in rubbing alcohol, squeeze squeeze squeeze squeeze squeeze because you want to make sure that you're getting like all the way to the middle of that sponge. You'll also start to feel the sponge kind of like fluff up a little bit more, like it'll stop being so dense because sometimes when you go in with the dish soap it can get like stuck in the middle of it. So I personally have found that the rubbing alcohol really helps to like break up all of that stuff that gets stuck in the middle and get rid of it. I'll just squeeze squeeze squeeze squeeze squeeze with the rubbing alcohol and then I will rinse it with water. You just want to make sure that the rubbing alcohol is in there long enough so that it's killing everything, killing all the gross stuff."
"This is the fixing tint. I did use one of these when I was there and I absolutely loved it. I just loved it so much, it was so nice. The formula I really really liked. It smells like strawberry."
"The Omnia pillow was specifically designed to prevent sleep wrinkles. It was designed by orthopedists to make sure that you have proper posture while you're sleeping. What's really nice is it has these tiny little grooves in here, so your face just sort of nestles in here while you're sleeping and it just protects the delicate center of your face, especially those under eyes, whereas a typical pillow doesn't have those grooves. So you're just like mushed against it, which just causes all of this creased skin. And let's face it, you're sleeping for 8 hours. This was designed by orthopedists and it was specifically designed to create proper spine alignment, which is really important when you're sleeping. They also conducted a study in Barcelona which found that 87% of patients saw their wrinkles reduced. I've been using it for years since they first sent me one."
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All 6 takes on Omnia Pillow
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"The Omnia pillow was specifically designed to prevent sleep wrinkles. It was designed by orthopedists to make sure that you have proper posture while you're sleeping. What's really nice is it has these tiny little grooves in here, so your face just sort of nestles in here while you're sleeping and it just protects the delicate center of your face, especially those under eyes, whereas a typical pillow doesn't have those grooves. So you're just like mushed against it, which just causes all of this creased skin. And let's face it, you're sleeping for 8 hours. This was designed by orthopedists and it was specifically designed to create proper spine alignment, which is really important when you're sleeping. They also conducted a study in Barcelona which found that 87% of patients saw their wrinkles reduced. I've been using it for years since they first sent me one."
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"This is what I sleep on every single night, it's fabulous. It has this little divot right here that your face just kind of nestles into to prevent things like under eye lines, smile lines, forehead creases, any line that can form on your face from being mushed into your pillow. If especially if you're a side sleeper, I'm a side and stomach sleeper, and this has made such a huge difference, such a huge difference. Just like with expression lines, mushing your face against a pillow for eight hours, you're going to end up creasing your skin and creating more lines. So if you can do something while you're sleeping, you might as well."
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"I end up on my stomach a lot and I'll kind of turn and end up with my neck turned, and even still when I end up on my stomach, my face is protected, which is really nice. I highly recommend it. If you're going to invest anywhere, invest in your pillow, invest in your sleep, invest in your skin care."
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"It has this little area right here where it nestles your face so that when you're sleeping you're not being smooshed by your pillow. When you wake up in the morning your face is not all mushed against your pillow, you wake up not looking super puffy or all creased up. I sleep on it every single night. The brand conducted a study in Barcelona and said that 82% of cases sleep wrinkles were reduced after 3 months of sleeping on the pillow. It makes a huge difference in the way that you wake up in the morning. One thing you should be investing in is the way that you're sleeping and taking care of your skin. I always want to pack it with me when I go places because it's the worst when you travel and have to sleep on a normal pillow and your face ends up all smudged up."
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"It is the only pillow that I sleep on, my boyfriend sleeps on it as well. I have not stopped sleeping on this pillow since they first sent it to me, years ago at this point, except for when I got a new piercing and I had to sleep on like a travel pillow, and I can tell you right now, oh my neck, my neck was a wonder once I was able to start sleeping on it again."
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"It's super comfy. It has like a little bit of a divot back here for if you kind of roll over onto your back, if you end up sleeping on your back or if you're just making your way onto the other side. I'm obsessed with this pillow. I absolutely love it so much. It's made such a huge difference, especially for someone like me who has dark circles and relatively hollow under eyes. This is an area that is obviously already so delicate for everybody, but for me in particular, I don't have a lot of volume there. I already have a lot of lines based on my natural anatomy. I'm not trying to exacerbate that. Sleep and Glow did conduct a study in Barcelona that showed that 87% of patients within three months noticed that their wrinkles reduced by more than double. Nasal labial sleep wrinkles up to 52%, vertical forehead wrinkles up to 67% and wrinkles around the eyes up to 61%. The pillow was designed by orthopedists to make sure that you are getting the best sleep possible. I am very prone to neck and shoulder discomfort, tenseness discomfort. One thing that has not changed and won't change is that pillow. My boyfriend sleeps on one, too. We have ones in our guest room as well. I just love it. It's changed my life. It's the best thing ever."
"They found 87% of cases where sleep wrinkles were reduced after 3 months of sleeping on the pillow. I can attest to that, and the diameter of the wrinkles and depths were reduced, which is great. The Sleep and Glow Copper Pillowcase has copper threads woven into the tensile pillowcase preserving the natural strength of copper molecules. Copper helps to heal the skin and reduces skin inflammation and rashes by preventing harmful bacteria from building up and other organisms from spreading. It provides an anti-acne effect by killing the acne-causing bacteria that lives on the face. Copper can also help to stimulate collagen, which promotes elastin and is going to help keep the skin looking young. I highly recommend it. I love it so much."
"Curology reached out to me and they were like hey we would love to offer you a subscription, basically it was like 6 months or something free to try. I did it, it was amazing. I saw incredible benefits. My formula, I believe if I remember correctly, was benzoyl peroxide, tretinoin, and something else, azelaic acid maybe. It was still pretty gentle and I was still getting breakouts here and there, but overall my skin texture was amazing, so much better."
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"I was on that for about six months to a year on a relatively low dose of tretinoin including some other acne fighting ingredients. I experienced the tretinoin purge for like a good month or two, it was definitely rough. What I noticed most of all, especially when I switched to a stronger tretinoin percentage strength, was the overall tightening effect of my skin. The main reason that I got on tretinoin was because I was experiencing acne, lots of breakouts. Tretinoin is a retinoid as compared to a retinol. After using tretinoin for a couple months, people were asking me if I had Botox because tretinoin goes deep down and it stimulates collagen."
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"Curology reached out to me and they were like hey we would love to offer you a subscription, basically it was like 6 months or something free to try. I did it, it was amazing. I saw incredible benefits. My formula, I believe if I remember correctly, was benzoyl peroxide, tretinoin, and something else, azelaic acid maybe. It was still pretty gentle and I was still getting breakouts here and there, but overall my skin texture was amazing, so much better."
"It's made with a natural blend of peppermint, lavender, and tonka bean aroma therapy oils to help destress and decompress. It's a leak proof pen. When I would use this is probably like on my way to an event when I'm going by myself and I'm afraid that I'm not going to know anyone and I'm just going to be standing there by myself alone feeling awkward. This would be really good for that."
"I really like the lip lingerie lip liner stain from NYX in the shade Lip Lock, but it's pretty dark for my skin. It's a beautiful cool tone, but for me, I'm a little too pale for it to not just look like a line. So I have to blend it really quickly. My only criticism of it is I don't love the applicator. It's firm and round and then it gets fluffy at the end, which is where the product is supposed to come out. But I find it to be a little bit inconsistent with the amount of product that comes out. Sometimes I feel like I have to turn it upside down to get the product out. I would have liked it to be more like the NYX Lip Lingerie, which is so tiny and precise. I don't have to work super hard for the product to come out, and it's soft enough."
"The Huda Beauty one is a little thick for my taste. I'm a little bit on the fence about the actual applicator. The color is so beautiful and it really stays put."
"This is the lip gloss from Rare Beauty in the shade Dazzle, which is a sparkly lip gloss. It smells like fruit by the foot. If you want this look to really last, then you might want to implement some lip stains."
"I'm going to be using the Anastasia Beverly Hills lip liner in muted mauve. I think this is going to give like a nice sort of like definition to the lips and be like a good tone for the rest of the lip look."
"I'm going to be using the creamy matte lipstick from Hung Van Go in the shade 88. This is a matte lipstick, which I didn't typically use, but I am going to layer it. I really just wanted this for the tone."
"I'm just going to grab my Makeup Forever Wherever Walnut lip liner, and I'm going to do the most like messy smudged out lip liner ever. This is literally my go-to everyday kind of lip liner."
"My favorite lip gloss from Lisa Eldridge Dancing Rose is so pretty. I typically focus the gloss in the center of my lips where it can tend to be a little bit dry, and I don't bring it out to my lip liner so that area can stay just a little bit more matte."
"The satin cream formula feels very comfy on my lips. I like it better than I thought. It's not bad, it's actually pretty. I feel like I just want to wear it with a lip liner, but no, it's not bad. The regular Pillow Talk matte I think I like better, but I don't know which one I prefer. Since buying this, the regular one has been what I've been using the most recently."
"For my lips I'm using this liner from Tower 28. This liner was really beautiful but it was a little bit more saturated than what I wanted, so I'm really softening it."
"The formula is so nice. I can't believe how much I was like I'm going to hate this product and it was the complete opposite. I absolutely ended up loving it. There is like a slight tingle, like the slightest tingle, but it's not irritating like a plumping gloss at all. It doesn't hurt, it just feels like a little bit minty."
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All 2 takes on Dream Lip Oil
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"The formula is so nice. I can't believe how much I was like I'm going to hate this product and it was the complete opposite. I absolutely ended up loving it. There is like a slight tingle, like the slightest tingle, but it's not irritating like a plumping gloss at all. It doesn't hurt, it just feels like a little bit minty."
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"As soon as I put it on my lips I was like, oo I love that. It's so delicious and it does have a little bit of that plumping tingle, but like so incredibly slight, so slight, because usually that kind of thing turns me off. I love it so much I can't stop wearing it. The formula is gorge, stunning, obsessed, can't get enough of it. The applicator is super nice, the formula is so delicious, it's not sticky, it's like somewhere between an oil and a... I'm obsessed. Totally worth it."
"I believe that is just Makeup Forever Endless Cacao, just a contour shade, really really contouring the lips, sticking with those cool tones, fading in a little bit, blending with a little brush."
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All 2 takes on Endless Cacao lip liner
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"I believe that is just Makeup Forever Endless Cacao, just a contour shade, really really contouring the lips, sticking with those cool tones, fading in a little bit, blending with a little brush."
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"For my lip liner I'm going to use Endless Cacao from Makeup Forever, very light amount just gonna kind of define, and then I'm just going to apply the Sigma Lip Cream."
"I picked up this lip liner from e.l.f., which is the Cream Glide Lip Liner in the shade Baddest Beige. There's way more pigment to this than I thought there was going to be. I really really like that lip color with this."
"I don't have allegiance to lip liners, but one day I just reached into my lip liner bucket and pulled this out and it's now my obsession. It's the only lip liner that I've been using. The first time I used it I thought it was too warm or maybe too brown, but it's so good. It works so well with my blush."
"These lip liners are very smooth. I'm really liking them a lot. My only criticism would be I feel like I'm going through it really fast. They're so nice, they're very very soft. I love them. They're beautiful for blending, beautiful for blending for most of my nude lips. They give you the opportunity to do a lot of shaping and blending that a lip liner that's more waxy and pigmented doesn't necessarily, because if you've ever tried to do shaping or contouring to your lips with a lip liner that's a little bit more waxy formula it just kind of starts to ball up on itself or it just doesn't necessarily blend and you kind of end up with a little bit more of a harsh line."
"This is the lip treatment, it's the same formula but instead of being in their little pot, it's in a stick form which I love. It's unscented and untinted, so it's just got a little applicator that pops out and then you can just put it on your lips and use the cooling metal applicator to smooth it on. I love it so much. I was really hoping they would do this. It's so nice to just have a little one of these that you can throw in your bag, and this is just a little bit easier for travel."
"I'm gonna use nude truffle from NYX which is a little bit warm but why not. I feel like it'll complement this lip stain. It just kind of adds that to the lip."
"I've really been loving the Rhode Peptide Lip Treatment. They're just really nice, very very very hydrating. I was super surprised because as you guys know I pretty much only ever wear the Auric lip treatment. This was probably the first time that I used a lip treatment, lip balm, anything like that that didn't dry out my lips and actually hydrated them. I love this and I will not stop using it."
"Oh my god, I forgot how much I liked this powder. It has like such a nice luminosity to it. It's smoothing, but it has that like fine pearl, so it doesn't look heavy on the skin. It gives this like slight reflect."
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All 13 takes on Halo Glow Setting Powder
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"I would probably just use the prism prism uh powder to set or maybe a little bit of my elf Halo glow so that it didn't look so matte in that area"
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"For an under eye setting powder I like the Elf Halo Glow. The reason for this is because it's very sheer. It also has a fine pearl in it so it's luminous. I have a lot of lines and creases underneath my eyes, so if I go in with a really heavy powder it's just going to end up looking crepey. With this one, I pick up a decent amount of the powder, tap it off into the cap, pick it back up, tap it off, pick it back up, tap it off, so that I'm really loading up the brush with the product but I'm evenly distributing it throughout the brush bristles."
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"The powder that I do use is the elf Halo glow powder what I like about this powder is it's the only one that I've used that is not super heavy or dense with pearl but it does have a little bit of pearl it has like a very very fine sheer Pearl in it"
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"I'm going to set my under eyes with the elf Halo glow powder"
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"I'm gonna set my under eyes using my elf Halo glow powder like always"
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"I'm gonna go in with the elf Halo glow powder just like the tiniest amount underneath my eyes just to kind of set that concealer"
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"For my setting powder I have been using the elf Halo glow powder for I don't know how long it's really great"
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"Oh my god, I forgot how much I liked this powder. It has like such a nice luminosity to it. It's smoothing, but it has that like fine pearl, so it doesn't look heavy on the skin. It gives this like slight reflect."
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"To set my under eyes I'm going to use my elf. halo glow powder"
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"To set underneath my eyes I'm using elf. Halo glow powder which I know I've talked about so much but it is so good like it is just nice and brightening"
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"I'm going to use my E.L.F Halo Glow, which is my absolute favorite under eye setting powder in the entire world. I'm picking up the powder, tapping it off into the cap, picking it up, tapping it off a few times to make sure that my brush is evenly coated but that I'm not going in with way too much powder. And then I want to make sure that I'm sufficiently blended, which I haven't gotten any creasing truthfully. I press this gently in tiny little amounts just to make sure that this area is nice and set, no longer shiny."
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"This is Halo glow powder which again fave so like most of you probably know um and I actually get a lot of questions about this brush"
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"The elf Halo glow powder is so good so good I highly recommend switching to it"
"Milani Make It Last, they have a regular one and then they have a mattifying one, which is just like really nice to have the options. And these are both water-based."
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All 2 takes on Make It Last Setting Spray
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"Milani Make It Last, they have a regular one and then they have a mattifying one, which is just like really nice to have the options. And these are both water-based."
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"I spritzed the whole brush with this setting spray from Milani. I've really been liking it, but I don't love the scent. It is scented, so just be warned. It's like pretty heavily scented."
"Another primer that I actually really like is the Pore Eclipse from Milk. If you're looking for something that's going to do a little bit of mattifying, this is really nice because it is water-based, but it is also mattifying, but it's also hydrating enough. There's a lot of mattifying products out there that are just like they just feel like heavy and dry on the skin. I don't like that. I like my skin to feel hydrated. So, if you don't want something that's like heavy and mattifying, this is a really great primer to try out from Milk."
"I am going to use Milani Conceal and Perfect Blur Out Smoothing Primer. Going to place a little bit of that in the center of my face, just in my T-zone."
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All 3 takes on Conceal and Perfect Blur Out Smoothing Primer
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"I'm iffy on it just because I've had, I feel like I've been burned so many times by blurring primers. But I'm interested, and I at the very least appreciate that it feels a little bit innovative. It feels like something. The scoop is this tiny little scoop, but they put it right in the little cap, which I think is fantastic. It's shielded because it's inside, and I think that's great."
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"I am going to use Milani Conceal and Perfect Blur Out Smoothing Primer. Going to place a little bit of that in the center of my face, just in my T-zone."
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"I personally really like this Milani Conceal and Perfect Blur Out Smoothing Primer. The reason that I like it so much is because it's very moisturizing, but it does do a good job blurring. I think it's worth a shot. It's kind of cool to the touch. This is like particularly good if you have combination skin because typically those blurring primers just they'll tend to like cling or make your skin like a little too dry. Make sure you're starting off with like a small amount so you're not building up way too much. And it does help with these kind of primers to kind of like press it into those areas."
"The combination of one of the cones and the E.L.F. Power Grip Primer to me sounds like a bad combo. It feels like that's where we're going wrong. I would suggest trying to skip the E.L.F. Power Grip Primer in this situation and see if that does something. The combination of the E.L.F. Power Grip Primer and the dimethicone in the moisturizer to me it just feels like those might be clashing. They might not be working together very easily. I would personally start by trying to just skip the primer."
"Setting that a little bit with a powder setting underneath the eyes, same powder Huda, Huda Easy Bake. Love it."
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All 8 takes on Easy Bake Loose Setting Powder
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"I kind of regret it, it really settled into my lines. I'm going to from now on stick to my puff. I think it's better. I don't know, it doesn't work for me if it works for you fantastic, you can give it a shot. I have a lot of loose skin and I don't want this to settle into lines. And then I'm taking this around to the rest of the face I didn't mind it for the rest of the face, but especially with the Tatcha cream, the water cream, it didn't really like mattify it. I ended up having a little bit of oil come through later on, which isn't horrible, but it wasn't exactly what I wanted."
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"For my powder I'm using Pound Cake from Huda Beauty with my little Linda Hallberg puff. I load up my puff, tap it on the back of my hand to make sure I'm not going with too much, then I rehydrate my sponge and blend. I make sure that my under eyes are all blended, that there's no creasing, pressing it into the skin using the butt of the sponge to make sure that things are melted together. Then I go in with a brush to make sure there's no creasing or blending against the eyeshadow. Yes, lots of steps, but it's all those little steps that make everything look so flawless and wear perfectly. I wore this makeup for like 16 hours and it just looks so perfect."
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"I'm going to set my lids with just like a little bit of Huda powder."
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"To set my under eyes I've been recently mixing the elf Halo glow with this Huda Beauty powder. I thought it looked pretty decent, maybe a little bit dry. These do really, really, really set. If you have more mature skin you might want to just use the elf Halo glow instead, because powders end up being a little bit too powdery for you under your eyes."
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"I've fallen in love with the Huda Beauty powder that I've been using."
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"The Easy Bake powder, that's like what I used to set my under eyes. I used the shade Pound Cake today underneath my eyes. The formula is gorgeous, very very smoothing."
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"I'm going to use a little bit of my Huda Beauty Pound Cake Powder to set underneath the eyes, making sure that everything is nice and blended first, then brushing away things that might get stuck in my crease, and then going in with a puff to apply the powder underneath my eyes, really focusing on setting it. I want to make sure it's nice and smooth but I don't want it to look cakey. Then going in once again with my Huda Beauty powder and my puff to set the rest of the face, always focusing in the center of the face where I tend to get a little oily, and then just slowly blending that into the outer perimeter of the face."
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"Setting that a little bit with a powder setting underneath the eyes, same powder Huda, Huda Easy Bake. Love it."
"It creates luminosity to the skin without making your skin look oily. If you don't like primers that end up being a little bit too matte, I've had problems in the past with primers that are supposed to be mattifying or blurring and they just end up either making my skin look dead or they settle into areas weird or they end up making my T-Zone look even more oily somehow. This is such a beautiful primer. It's kind of made me fall in love with primers again. I have a pretty matte base on right now so it's not going to make you look oily. I'm someone who tends to look a little bit oily especially in my T-Zone. I used this all over my face, everywhere I could get oily, and I think I'm looking pretty good. It's really fabulous. It creates that gorgeous smooth base with a little bit of a glow to just kind of compliment whatever foundation you put on top of it. I highly recommend checking it out."
"I'm going in with this Fenty Beauty Pro Filt'r Setting Spray, which I've been loving by the way. Very good, keeps your makeup set all day and night. But it doesn't manipulate it, doesn't make you look dewy. It just, however your makeup looks when you apply it, it's going to look the same. I love that."
"I'm adding a little bit of the e.l.f setting spray to just kind of rehydrate, which really, it's one of my favorite tips for making your makeup like sink into the skin and stay put."
"This is the L'Oreal Infallible 3-Second Setting Mist which is supposed to be like super long wear and transfer resistant. It just looks like a hairspray, it kind of reminds me of their version of like a Patrick Star setting spray. It just smells like hairspray, oh my God that was really intense. This is a hairspray for your face."
"I use the Milk HydroGrip, something that's grippy that gives me a little bit extra moisture depending on how my skin is feeling. It's a more hydrating primer that helps everything melt in and last."
"if you are young and you got super tight taut under eyes you could probably get away with it, you could use a powder color corrector and then maybe hit it with a little bit of a mist, maybe a MAC Fix Plus, any kind of mist that's just kind of set it in."
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All 6 takes on Fix Plus Setting Spray
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"If my sponge has been sitting for a little while and it needs to be rehydrated I like to use a little bit of Mac Fix Plus to rehydrate it. You could just get it wet with some water but I kind of feel like doing this makes my foundation look even better plus it smells delicious."
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"if you are young and you got super tight taut under eyes you could probably get away with it, you could use a powder color corrector and then maybe hit it with a little bit of a mist, maybe a MAC Fix Plus, any kind of mist that's just kind of set it in."
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"I'm just misting my sponge with a little bit of Fix Plus because it's been sitting for a little bit I need to rehydrate."
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"I'm going to apply this with my damp sponge which needs to be rehydrated so a little Fix Plus. I'm going to start in the center of my face."
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"I'm going to use a little Fix Plus to make sure those little pigment pieces don't go everywhere and also I want to maximize the payoff."
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"I'm going to rehydrate with my Mac Fix Plus. Not necessary but I do find myself doing it often. Squeeze it so it's nice and hydrated and then I'm going to go in and blend with that."
"Smashbox Photo Finish in the very center of my T-Zone, this has been like a go-to primer for me recently. I've been really just enjoying it in general for like really creating that grip."
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All 4 takes on Photo Finish Primer
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"I've just been kind of loving this little Smashbox combo so I'm mixing the Smashbox primerizer with the Photo Finish. I literally just mix them together and I really like it. I find that a lot of smoothing primers can sometimes just make my skin feel a little bit dry so mixing in the primerizer kind of like evens that out a little bit."
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"I was using the Smashbox Photo Finish Primer. I really liked this one because it's hydrating enough and it blurs and kind of smooths the area of your face where you can get larger pores, but it doesn't end up making your face look too matte. I don't know, I just get a lot of breakage a lot of the time with pore filling primers, so this is a really great option. If you're someone who gets excessive oiliness in your T-Zone, then that's something you want to look into."
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"Smashbox Photo Finish in the very center of my T-Zone, this has been like a go-to primer for me recently. I've been really just enjoying it in general for like really creating that grip."
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"Smashbox Photo Finish, the OG smooth and blur primer, I like to mix it with a primerizer. The Photo Finish works as a beautiful base for smoothing and long wear, makes my makeup really last. The addition of the primerizer just makes it a little bit more hydrating, especially if I'm going to be using powder. I usually start by smoothing it on like a moisturizer, and then once I've applied it all over my face I'll pat in areas where my pores might come off as a little bit larger, so I'm pressing that product in and filling in those areas."
"I'm going in with the Urban Decay All Nighter Setting Mist. If you have something with a good grip to it, a little bit of a stick, that's what's really going to hold all of the makeup so it doesn't go anywhere."
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All 9 takes on All Nighter Setting Spray
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"I'm going to use the All Nighter from Urban Decay for like extra staying power."
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"You could use the Urban Decay All Nighter just saying if you need it to be like very long wear."
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"One of the favorites is the All Nighter from Urban Decay. It's a good one. If you feel like you've applied a little too much powder, you just want to make sure that if you spritz your face with this you're not drenching your face. You want to make sure you're holding it back far enough and also you want to make sure that you're keeping your face like the way you want it to be, don't be doing anything while it dries. You just want to make sure you're not creasing up your face or whatever. And that's a really good way if you feel like you went in with a little too much powder to kind of just melt things back into your skin, and it also helps with long wear ability."
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"I'm going to set my face with the All Nighter Setting Spray."
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"I love the All Nighter setting mist because I feel like it keeps things in place for the most part but it was just like creating too much hydration especially in the center of my face. It was adding too much hydration and you know creating more oil in my face than I needed."
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"I'm going in with the Urban Decay All Nighter Setting Mist. If you have something with a good grip to it, a little bit of a stick, that's what's really going to hold all of the makeup so it doesn't go anywhere."
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"Urban Decay All Nighter Setting Spray, for instance, it's something that I constantly have stashed in my little skincare drawer. It's a go-to I use every single time, and it's one of those things that people are constantly having to replenish. Even if it's not super exciting, it's like, oh thank you, I always need this."
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"I'm going to mist my face with some Urban Decay All Nighter Setting Spray because I'm going to use a cream highlight."
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"I'm going to pick up a refill. All Nighter, you just always need All Nighter. For me this is an essential to stock up on."
"I'm getting fallout on the outer part of my cheekbone so I'm just going to go in with my Givenchy Powder and I don't typically bake it, it's like not something that I really do, but if I'm getting fallout I'll just place a lot of powder right there."
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All 3 takes on Powder
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"The powder that I've been using to set my face recently has been the Givenchy powder. I'm going to mix that with a little bit of Bare Minerals Well Rested, which is a powder concealer. I like to make sure that there's no like additional powder just coming off and then I'm going to very lightly pat on top of that so this is maximizing coverage."
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"I'm getting fallout on the outer part of my cheekbone so I'm just going to go in with my Givenchy Powder and I don't typically bake it, it's like not something that I really do, but if I'm getting fallout I'll just place a lot of powder right there."
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"I'm using my Sigma skin perfector brush and I'm gonna go in with that Givenchy powder again just in my T-Zone."
"I'm going to use a little bit of the elf liquid poreless putty primer in the center of my face. I'm gonna swipe it on and then press it once it's evenly distributed."
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All 2 takes on Liquid Poreless Putty Primer
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"I'm going to use a little bit of the elf liquid poreless putty primer in the center of my face. I'm gonna swipe it on and then press it once it's evenly distributed."
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"I have the elf Liquid Poreless Putty Primer which I don't know, poreless primers I kind of have a difficult time with but whatever we're trying new things. I'm gonna try this in my T-Zone since I do tend to get a little bit oily there and I kind of prefer the idea of a liquid over the one in the little pot or compact. For some reason I feel like poreless primers always make me more oily in those areas and kind of make my pores stand out more."
"I always use a primer before application. The products I use are... the NYX Marshmallow Primer. Love that primer. I have naturally oily skin."
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All 2 takes on Marshmallow Primer
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"I always use a primer before application. The products I use are... the NYX Marshmallow Primer. Love that primer. I have naturally oily skin."
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"The primer has marshmallow root and I love it. It's such a nice combination of hydrating and blurring. It comes out white and kind of thick, like somewhere between a hydrating primer and a pore-filling primer. It's almost got a little bit of a mousse feel to it, and it takes a second to kind of work into the skin. I blended it onto my skin and then when it was close to being fully blended I would pat so that I'm filling my pores. I just love the finish of it. The sweet scent doesn't really bother me, so I think it's fine. I really love the formula. I would obviously prefer it without the scent just because typically I prefer things that are unscented."
"The OG Luminoso. God, what a throwback. Then they reformulated and it's never been the same. It's still pretty, but it's just not what it was. This is just bringing a little bit more of that like peach and gold to the cheek plus like that beautiful luminescence. It does have like slightly larger golden specks in it than it used to, but it's still pretty."
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All 2 takes on Luminoso Blush
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"The OG Luminoso. God, what a throwback. Then they reformulated and it's never been the same. It's still pretty, but it's just not what it was. This is just bringing a little bit more of that like peach and gold to the cheek plus like that beautiful luminescence. It does have like slightly larger golden specks in it than it used to, but it's still pretty."
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"I wanted to tone it down a little bit and I started to notice that this was a little too pink so I decided to mix it with this Milani blush which is a little bit more on the coraly side, a little bit more warmth. You have the option to go a little bit more icy pink baby pink colors or a little bit more peach depending on your undertone and what you're going for either one really beautiful."
"I have these little cream putty blushes from E.L.F. I'm going to mix these two together because this is a little too orange and this is a little too pink. One part Bora Bora, two parts Bahamas for reference. Yeah, I like that."
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All 2 takes on Putty Blush
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"For my cream blush I'm going to be using the E.L.F Putty Blush in the light, kind of baby pink shade. I'm going to use a really tiny amount so that I can build up as necessary because if I want my makeup to look like skin I don't want it to be too intense immediately. It's already really pretty, and it's such a pretty color."
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"I have these little cream putty blushes from E.L.F. I'm going to mix these two together because this is a little too orange and this is a little too pink. One part Bora Bora, two parts Bahamas for reference. Yeah, I like that."
"I'm using the Sephora Contour. I'm really going in with the Contour."
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All 2 takes on Contour
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"I'm starting off with the Sephora Contour, the super gray one for my jawline. I love the tip of taking it down the contour of the neck. It makes it look much more sculpted and also natural. However, if I did that, it would do the complete opposite of what I want, which is why I'm placing all of my contour underneath because I do not have that jawline."
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"I'm using the Sephora Contour. I'm really going in with the Contour."
"I used to use Fenty Amber which is pretty similar. It's kind of in the middle between the bronzer and the contour, almost as if you mixed the two, which is an option for you if you're trying to not have a million different products for a million different things. You can absolutely mix the two to create a custom shade."
"I have the exact blush that she was wearing, it's the blush in Happy. I'm going to try not to use too much of this because she has a darker skin tone than me and this is like a relatively bright blush and it just doesn't look as like, you know, on her. So I'm going to blend it out a little bit so that it's thinner and I'm not picking up too much."
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"I have this Rare Beauty one that for some reason I was like you know what let's just layer a little bit more because again her cheeks are popping, okay there's so much blush happening and I'm not mad at it."
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"I have the exact blush that she was wearing, it's the blush in Happy. I'm going to try not to use too much of this because she has a darker skin tone than me and this is like a relatively bright blush and it just doesn't look as like, you know, on her. So I'm going to blend it out a little bit so that it's thinner and I'm not picking up too much."
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"I'm going to mix this Rare Beauty one that's obviously way too bright on the back of my hand with a little bit of my foundation because I want the tone but I want to tone it down a little bit and I'm going to be using this as my blush. It's got that peach, it's got a little bit of gold and it just looks really beautiful dusted all in that C shape of the face."
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"I like the packaging, it's nice and travel friendly, it's nice and lightweight. The color that I use is cashew, which is ever so slightly more on the peachy kind of neutral side compared to my skin tone, but it works beautifully."
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"It is an eye steo so it does set, so it has like a slightly more waxy kind of consistency to it. It blends nicely but you got to work quick. It's not as creamy as Fawn, but the color is just much better for my nose, doesn't look quite as warm. I've been mixing Rare Beauty 170W and 100W because I've been experimenting with a little bit more brightening recently."
"I'm using the Rare Beauty Bright Side bronzer stick. This isn't like the warmest bronzer, it's slightly more neutral for my skin. It's not like so bronzy because it's just a little softer, everything is a little bit more soft, a little bit more natural, a little bit more on the neutral side."
"L'Oreal came out with these Lumi liquid blushes that are very very pretty. There are some that have like this one is like a matte formula you can see like this really beautiful peach color and then this one is which is um dewy rich coral that makes like a coraly kind of color and then um this one is glowy gold pink which is exactly that like super glowy definitely like um a little bit more on the pink side than this but it still has that kind of like coraly tone to it and it has um like a slightly pinker base but with gold reflex in it."
"I'm using Anastasia Beverly Hills Contour in Fawn. I'm pressing at my ear and then blending up so this is going to narrow this area and snatch it, so we're really going to define that cheekbone. Since my cheekbone area is already wide, I can get away with contouring to define the sharper, higher part of my cheekbone. I don't want to drag it down too far or bring it in too far because once I start taking product in that area it ends up dragging my face down and making it look too hollow and less voluminous."
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All 2 takes on Contour
WHY I changed my contour routine…again…
"I'm using Anastasia Beverly Hills Contour in Fawn. I'm pressing at my ear and then blending up so this is going to narrow this area and snatch it, so we're really going to define that cheekbone. Since my cheekbone area is already wide, I can get away with contouring to define the sharper, higher part of my cheekbone. I don't want to drag it down too far or bring it in too far because once I start taking product in that area it ends up dragging my face down and making it look too hollow and less voluminous."
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"I'm going to Contour using Anastasia Beverly Hills. There are two very important things that you need to know to prevent this from happening. Number one is you need to make sure that the color of your product is going to work with your skin tone. The problem is when you run into all three if we're talking Contour bronzer and blush, if all three of those are very jarring on your skin tone then you're gonna get muddiness just because it's not going to look correct, it's not going to look right on your skin. So number one is obviously going to be finding those colors that work well for your skin. Number two is how you apply them. I like light layers. I typically like to layer a really really light layer of cream products with a really really light layer of powder products on top."
"Sometimes if I'm feeling more glam then I'm going to go in with my Becca Champagne Pop."
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All 7 takes on Champagne Pop Highlighter
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"I used the Becca Champagne Pop highlighter. I am actually like really obsessed with it."
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"I'm using Becca Champagne Pop as my blush with a very small amount, applying it all over my cheeks and up onto the temples. It's really pretty for a summer look because it's got that peach, it's got a little bit of gold, and it just looks really beautiful dusted in that C shape of the face."
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"For my inner corner and a little bit of brow bone highlight I'm going to use Becca Champagne Pop because I use it on my cheeks and I'm actually bringing a little bit of that into my under eye because I think it's something that I'm gonna start doing now."
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"I think Becca Champagne Pop is going to be a really beautiful compliment to the cheeks and also everything that we got going on. It's just such a versatile color because it has peach, it's got gold. So beautiful."
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"I've just been using Champagne Pop and it's just like such a pretty golden peach that I just feel like complements my skin tone no matter what makeup I'm wearing."
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"I'm gonna go in with Becca Champagne Pop. I'm gonna bring it on the top of the cheekbone all over the blush up the c-shape just above the temple. Just the skin in general looks so healthy and beautiful."
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"Sometimes if I'm feeling more glam then I'm going to go in with my Becca Champagne Pop."
"For my blush, I've just, I can't stop talking about this, it's the Makeup by Mario Soft Pop Plumping Blush Veil in the shade Barely Blushing, just like a nice natural color. I love it. And I just put the butt of my sponge and then I just pop it and since I haven't done my concealer, I'm going to kind of like build it up a little bit extra because that concealer is probably going to go over a bit of it."
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All 2 takes on Soft Pop Plumping Blush Veil in Barely Blushing
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"For my blush, I've just, I can't stop talking about this, it's the Makeup by Mario Soft Pop Plumping Blush Veil in the shade Barely Blushing, just like a nice natural color. I love it. And I just put the butt of my sponge and then I just pop it and since I haven't done my concealer, I'm going to kind of like build it up a little bit extra because that concealer is probably going to go over a bit of it."
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"For the cream side for my blush I'm going to use Makeup by Mario, it's so nice. This is the Soft Pop Plumping Blush Veil in Barely Blushing, gorgeous color. I actually typically apply this blush with a sponge which I kind of like, but you can apply it with a brush. You can see how seamless that cheek looks, so we have that really nice definition of the cheek with the contour, and then you can't even really see a distinction between the bronzer and the blush like they just kind of become one."
"I'm using this as my blush so I'm using like a little bit of cream but I'm using a very small amount and I'm applying that with the Rare Beauty blush brush. I'm gonna adjust this all over my cheeks and up onto the temples just like very pretty for like a summer look because it's got that peach, it's got a little bit of gold, and it just looks really beautiful dusted like kind of all in that C shape of the face."
"I'm going to reinforce those creams with a little bit of the Maybelline City bronzer. Using the elf blush brush, I'm just going to do a light dusting of this pretty much everywhere, like all around the perimeter of my face, all the areas that I applied contour and bronzer, because this is a very bronzy makeup look. I want to make sure that everything is lasting and setting, especially because I didn't use a setting powder everywhere, so I'm using a very light hand, dusting this basically everywhere. I'm going to build it up onto the cheeks and then just dust it around the outer perimeter of my face."
"I'm going in with my Cleo Prism highlighter, which is kind of like a sheer gold. I'm using this on ever so slightly on my brow bone, and then patting it out to create that glow on the very inner and lower inner part of the eye, the tip of the nose, and the tops of the cheekbones. I'm pressing it in because I wanted kind of like a soft glow. I decided it was maybe ever so slightly too much, so I went back in with the blush brush and blended it out so it would look a little less like highlighty and a little bit more glowy."
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All 2 takes on Prism Highlighter
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"I've been using this in every single pretty much since I received it, which was a while ago. I've been using it every time I do my makeup. I'm obsessed with it. What I love about this is that it's extremely like the base of it is slightly more on the sheer side but it gives the most beautiful glow. It's got like a slightly more sheer base so it's slightly more translucent. It gives this beautiful glow, it gives this stunning reflect but it doesn't, there's nothing opaque about it, there's nothing like overwhelming about it. So it gives you the option to build up the amount of glow that you want and you can definitely build it up like you can get a glazed donut effect if you want but if you want just like a really natural looking glow, like very bridal, very like glow from within, this is so beautiful as a powder highlight."
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"I'm going in with my Cleo Prism highlighter, which is kind of like a sheer gold. I'm using this on ever so slightly on my brow bone, and then patting it out to create that glow on the very inner and lower inner part of the eye, the tip of the nose, and the tops of the cheekbones. I'm pressing it in because I wanted kind of like a soft glow. I decided it was maybe ever so slightly too much, so I went back in with the blush brush and blended it out so it would look a little less like highlighty and a little bit more glowy."
"Since I started using this product, I've been getting so many questions about what blush am I wearing, what are you wearing on your cheeks. This one is in the shade Cheeky. Gorgeous. It's what I'm wearing on my cheeks right now. I'm obsessed with it. You can shear it out nicely. It is a balm, so it's a bit hydrating. If you are someone who tends to be a little bit more on the oily side and you like your blush to be very much on the apples of the cheeks, you might want to skip it because it might just be a little bit too much for you. But since I wear my blush out here, it's totally fine. It works so beautifully and it really creates a beautiful hydration to the face, and it really does create a flush, like a beautiful flush. The color is this really beautiful saturated color, but it shears out really beautifully on pale skin. You can also use it on your lips -- I've used it in the center of my lips. It blends so beautifully. It has this really soft, kind of satiny feel to it for a balm. It's not like too wet."
"I've used multiple ceramide moisturizers. I keep going back to that one. I'll use it, finish it, and move on to something else, but I always end up repurchasing it because one use, like if my barrier is ever in a state of disrepair, then I use it like one night, the next morning my skin is so supple and soft. It really is just one of those products that I'm like, I need to have this for those times. I've used other products in the past and I don't know, this one just really does it. I don't like using it many times in a row because I feel like it's a little too moisturizing. But when I really need it to come in clutch, it does."
"I just did my Bioma hydrating mist or balancing face mist and then my CeraVe PM Facial Moisturizing Lotion. It's pretty much been what I do to prep my skin for everything."
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"This is a nice calming and very, very moisturizing cream. I love it because it's not so oily. If you're congestion prone, you don't want something that's going to be way way way too heavy, but when it was like 30 degrees and so dry, this is what I needed. Thin milks were not enough. Sometimes I use my CeraVe PM moisturizer. It's funny because it's PM, but I like to use it in the daytime as a daytime moisturizer. After a mist it's also really good."
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"I just did my Bioma hydrating mist or balancing face mist and then my CeraVe PM Facial Moisturizing Lotion. It's pretty much been what I do to prep my skin for everything."
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"She recommended CeraVe PM Facial Moisturizing Lotion. This one is the one that I like the best. It's a little bit more moisturizing feeling, but it's still very lightweight. Three essential ceramides, niacinamide, hyaluronic acid. It's very basic. It's oil free. It's great for acne prone skin. I do really like this."
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"This is the facial moisturizing lotion PM. This is what I use as my basic moisturizer all the time. Daytime, nighttime, when I'm just doing like if I have like an off night off of actives, this is what I use for my moisturizer. It's just nice. It's got ceramides. It's got niacinamide. It's got hyaluronic acid, but it is more of like a gel formula. So it is very lightweight on the skin. So if you happen to deal with like congestion or acne or anything like that, it's really good for that kind of skin. I like the PM version because it's just like a little bit more moisturizing than the daytime. It's really good, basic, affordable, which I appreciate."
"This smells really bad. It smells so bad. Like really bad. I mean, it's not like horrible, but it like it smells bad. Like lactic acid just doesn't smell good. It has that like chemically like almost sulfuric like I just got some on my nose scent to it. The formula is like nice enough. It's like it's kind of like a gel somewhere between like a gel and a cream moisturizer. So, it glides really nicely on the skin. It's described as non-greasy and lightweight. I would agree with that. And to be honest with you, it did a pretty decent job. Like it was gentle enough, but it definitely like exfoliated well. So, it's actually quite nice. But like because the scent is so nasty, I actually think that I'm going to stop using exfoliating moisturizers."
"The Elizabeth Arden 8 Hour Cream is basically an ointment, but this has been used in the industry for years to create like a glossy effect on every area of the face, body, whatever."
"The Inky List Bioactive Ceramide Repairing and Plumping Moisturizer has been my replacement for Skin Fix Barrier Cream since it changed the formula. I picked this up and it has been the moisturizer that I use on the nights when I use my Tret and it has been so helpful, so helpful. I'm definitely going to be picking up more of this because I've just been like this is just a go-to now in my routine. It has replaced the Skin Fix because I was kind of like I don't know what I'm going to do. I'm a big fan of ceramides. They've just been very very helpful with my skin barrier, especially since I started Tret again. Ceramides are so helpful if you are experiencing that or if you're starting Tret or if you're starting a retinol."
"I also really like the Polish Choice Barrier Repair Advanced Moisturizer which is with tripeptides and ceramides really great and just like a little bit more accessible."
"Tretinoin, no, and shout out, seriously, like miracle product. Something that I've been struggling with for years has been figuring out how often and how much to be using of each of these products. I was healing my acne, I was getting rid of the painful stuff that was deep down, the top acne like tiny little bumps and stuff which I'm very prone to. I was seeing such incredible results with the firmness of my skin."
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"Tretinoin, no, and shout out, seriously, like miracle product. Something that I've been struggling with for years has been figuring out how often and how much to be using of each of these products. I was healing my acne, I was getting rid of the painful stuff that was deep down, the top acne like tiny little bumps and stuff which I'm very prone to. I was seeing such incredible results with the firmness of my skin."
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"Tretinoin has been a life changer for me. When I first started using it, it was a combination of like an acne treatment and just like anti-aging. I was using it kind of on and off through my Curology prescription for like a year but at a much lower dose. I'm currently on 0.05, and when I started using tretinoin at a higher dosage, within a few months people were asking me if I got Botox. It just tightened up my skin, it's amazing, it's like a miracle product. And it's also the main thing that prevents me from breaking out. Essentially tretinoin is doing all the work."
"I usually use Kiehl's Ultra Facial Cream for my moisturizer. I love it, it's my favorite daytime moisturizer. It's perfect, it's simple, there's nothing in it. It's moisturizing without being too heavy. It doesn't leave me looking oily or too shiny or anything."
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All 2 takes on Ultra Facial Cream
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"The ultra facial cream is my favorite daytime moisturizer now. This is a moisturizer that I use daily underneath my sunscreen. What I like about it is it's hydrating enough but it doesn't make my skin look wet. It has squalane oil in it so it's nice and hydrating, it's not too heavy for my skin. I really really enjoy it and I like that it's very simple, no scent. It's just such a nice product. I never thought that Kiehl's would be like a staple in my skin care because I used it like a long time ago and I wasn't super into it, but I really love this moisturizer. I really do and I buy it."
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"I usually use Kiehl's Ultra Facial Cream for my moisturizer. I love it, it's my favorite daytime moisturizer. It's perfect, it's simple, there's nothing in it. It's moisturizing without being too heavy. It doesn't leave me looking oily or too shiny or anything."
"It doesn't leave me looking oily or like too shiny or anything. I do mist the collagen serum and then the Outset Moisturizer when I do my makeup. It's my favorite for when I do makeup, that's just my favorite combination. It just creates such a beautiful base and then I usually don't even feel like I need to use a primer, which is fantastic. It contains squalane oil and squalene, one of them is plant derived and one of them isn't. It has squalene so it is very moisturizing, which I love. It's great for when I'm doing my makeup. It's a little bit much for my daytime but it's winter, it's winter in LA, it's a little bit drier than usual so I'm fine with it."
"I have two of the First Aid Beauty Ultra Repair Creams which I use as a body moisturizer because it's nice and hydrating but also lightweight. I just always pack these for body moisturizer because it works for me."
"For my base all I did was rinse with a little bit of water, mist with my aesop mist, and then I went in with the Tatcha Water Cream."
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All 6 takes on Water Cream
Super dry, post treatment skin that is sooo rude to your makeup
"I'm going to moisturize my face using the Tatcha Water Cream. I typically use this just underneath my eyes, but I'm going to put a glob of it on that spot because it is so irritated and dry. It is so irritated and dry, trust me, these are like the little steps that are going to make a huge difference when you are trying to conceal that under my eyes. It is very very thick around the edges."
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"That extra moisture is very helpful. It's the kind of thing that I would suggest for a wedding or a very special event. I use the Tatcha Water Cream as my moisturizer, and it's my favorite base for makeup now. These are very expensive so I use them when I'm doing a full face of makeup or when I have a special occasion."
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"I prepped my face with my Tatcha Water Cream and um kind of regret that just so you know I feel like it made my skin a little too dewy."
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"My favorite base are the Tatcha Water Cream and then the Tatcha Dewy Skin Cream. I use both of them. I usually use the water cream all over my face as my moisturizer and then I'll use the Dewy Cream sometimes like as a second layer, depends on how dry my skin has been, but at the very least I will focus that in more dry areas. I also always super hydrate underneath my eyes because obviously you can see dark circles, that's where I need a lot of coverage, so all the areas I need a lot of coverage and dry areas I want to make sure that they are sufficiently moisturized."
How to choose the RIGHT foundation formula for your skin type
"The Tatcha Water Cream is one of my favorite ways to moisturize and prepare my skin for makeup. This is a water cream, it's very moisturizing, it makes your skin look nice and dewy and hydrated, but it is not a heavy moisturizer. This is just a really good option for people who have more oily skin that might be a little bit more dehydrated without building up way too much moisture. Obviously it is very expensive, but I really do like it for prepping my skin."
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"For my base all I did was rinse with a little bit of water, mist with my aesop mist, and then I went in with the Tatcha Water Cream."
"The CosRX snail mucin moisturizer hydrates but it doesn't make you oily, leaves a very lightweight finish on your skin, and it doesn't clog your pores and make you break out. It's an extremely lightweight moisturizer, much more of a water cream. If you have dry skin, it's not providing yourself enough moisture to be able to handle certain foundations, so you'd want to prep your skin with a richer moisturizer first and then go in with your foundation for a much better finish overall."
"My favorite base are the Tatcha Water Cream and then the Tatcha Dewy Skin Cream. I use both of them. I usually use the water cream all over my face as my moisturizer and then I'll use the Dewy Cream sometimes like as a second layer, depends on how dry my skin has been, but at the very least I will focus that in more dry areas. I also always super hydrate underneath my eyes because obviously you can see dark circles, that's where I need a lot of coverage. So all the areas I need a lot of coverage and dry areas I want to make sure that they are sufficiently moisturized. I also really like using the Dewy Skin Cream on my lips to moisturize."
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All 6 takes on Dewy Skin Cream
Super dry, post treatment skin that is sooo rude to your makeup
"I typically use this just underneath my eyes, but I'm going to put a glob of it on that spot because it is so irritated and dry. These are like the little steps that are going to make a huge difference when you are trying to conceal that under my eyes. It is very very thick around the edges, but right on top of that spot I'm just going to pat it, and you can actually see it looks way less red and irritated. There's still a bump there but it's feeling a lot more hydrated."
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"I moisturized I used Tatcha Dewy Skin Cream, the light one, the pore one, for my moisturizer. You need to prep your skin if your skin is dry and flaky in certain areas, then your makeup is going to be dry and flaky in those areas too. If you have an area of your face that has broken out and is super irritated, hydrate it, and what I mean is put your heaviest moisturizer on it first thing when you wake up in the morning. It might feel counterintuitive because you're like it's a breakout I can't put moisture on this, but if you want it to look good with makeup on it you gotta do this step. You have to. Super hydrating any of those areas that are ridiculously dry or you're going to really really cover, you have to do it, you have to do it."
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"I went in with my Tatcha Dewy Skin Cream underneath and around my eyes and then I popped a little bit in some slightly drier areas of my face. These are very expensive so I use them when I'm doing a full face of makeup or when I have a special occasion. It's my favorite base for makeup."
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"My favorite base are the Tatcha Water Cream and then the Tatcha Dewy Skin Cream. I use both of them. I usually use the water cream all over my face as my moisturizer and then I'll use the Dewy Cream sometimes like as a second layer, depends on how dry my skin has been, but at the very least I will focus that in more dry areas. I also always super hydrate underneath my eyes because obviously you can see dark circles, that's where I need a lot of coverage. So all the areas I need a lot of coverage and dry areas I want to make sure that they are sufficiently moisturized. I also really like using the Dewy Skin Cream on my lips to moisturize."
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"I use the Dewy skin cream just to hydrate underneath my eyes for like extra moisture because that's an area that needs a lot of coverage so I just need that hydration there. When I do my makeup they create the most beautiful base, the most beautiful base. I just love it so much. They're so expensive and I am not using them every single day, but when I do my makeup, I use them essentially as primers for my makeup, it's my skin prep for makeup. If you've been coveting these top moisturizers for like a super hydrated beautiful makeup look, I highly recommend it."
How to choose the RIGHT foundation formula for your skin type
"Tatcha Dewy Skin Cream is real thick and real moisturizing. If I use this as a moisturizer every day I would probably end up breaking out more because it's just very very heavy. If you have extremely dry skin and you don't have a problem with congestion you could give it a shot. Personally I think that it's divine. It is extremely hydrating and silky feeling. It does create a waxy kind of barrier on the skin that just makes makeup look beautiful. But this is something that when I do use it I pretty much will only use it underneath my eyes because I need more hydration in that area, and I will not just go straight in with my concealer afterwards. I will allow it to sufficiently sink in."
"I really didn't like it for my face and so I just ended up using it for my hands. It was fine, but I just wasn't a huge fan of it. I didn't find it to be anything really special."
"I want to use like a relatively full coverage concealer. This one got a little bit thick. I'm going to go in with my Haus Labs concealer in the shade 01 Fair Neutral. I don't want to use like way too much of it, but I do want like a decent amount because I'm also going to use this to kind of help carve the brow."
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"The Haus Labs concealer has a slightly more thick formula compared to other options I've tried. It's very creamy and feels really nice, with a good set time that keeps it in place. It's not the most full coverage concealer, but in terms of buildability and formula, it's closeish to the Haus Labs foundation in concealer form. The color has something about it that brings a little bit more life to my under eyes, and the slightly peachy tone helps to brighten that area."
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"I want to use like a relatively full coverage concealer. This one got a little bit thick. I'm going to go in with my Haus Labs concealer in the shade 01 Fair Neutral. I don't want to use like way too much of it, but I do want like a decent amount because I'm also going to use this to kind of help carve the brow."
Recreating AI Yearbook photos
"I'm going to use the Haus Labs concealer in O2 Golden Affair. I always like to start off with the area that needs the least amount of product and work my way to the area that I want the most amount of product because as you're blending this stuff your sponge picks up product, so if there's an area where you just don't need as much do that first so that you're not accidentally applying way too much by picking it up as you move around your face."
Oh god... Trying the chin filler makeup hack
"I'm going to be using a 01 fair neutral from Haus Labs. I'm going to apply it the same way she does."
Beyonce’s makeup is perfection
"I've been loving using this concealer as a color corrector, it's been working so well for my skin tone. It's a pretty good concealer. I like, wasn't in love with it, but it's actually like pretty decent and it's very very light so it works really nicely for this like brightening look. I've received some comments from people who said that they have more mature skin and they don't like it, but I've heard from a lot of people who have mature skin who love it, so I don't know. I can't live without it. I hope that I love it forever."
Makeup for acne prone skin
"My Haus Labs concealer, similar to the foundation, is also water-based. This is in the shade 01 fair neutral. I use this to do some highlighting sometimes."
Jenna Ortega’s Bone Structure & Base Makeup, BROKEN DOWN
"For a little bit of highlighting I'm going to be using Haus Labs. This is in the shade 01 fair neutral."
Emma Stone's makeup is PERFECT
"I'm going in and mixing a little bit. I like to just kind of go between all of these depending on the area of my face. So around my nose, I like a little extra coverage and some highlighting."
"The Kosas Revealer Concealer in the shade 0.5 N is very close to olive. It's quite nice, a little bit more on the neutral side, so it has a little bit less of an off tone to it than the About Face concealer, but the formula I like a little bit better. It adds a little bit more coverage, and also has beautiful wear."
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All 7 takes on Revealer Concealer
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"I like to have those two as options. I have my Kosas concealer. This one is for my face and then this one is for underneath my eyes to brighten."
Let’s see if these are REALLY Olive
"The Kosas Revealer Concealer in the shade 0.5 N is very close to olive. It's quite nice, a little bit more on the neutral side, so it has a little bit less of an off tone to it than the About Face concealer, but the formula I like a little bit better. It adds a little bit more coverage, and also has beautiful wear."
Makeup for acne prone skin
"My Kosas Revealer concealer is the product that I use basically, it's basically like a match for my skin tone. I use this for spot concealing and just like little areas where I need a little bit more coverage, maybe like around the nostrils and around the mouth and such."
Jenna Ortega’s Bone Structure & Base Makeup, BROKEN DOWN
"My favorite concealer for my skin tone, Kosas Revealer Concealer in 0.5 neutral."
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"The Kosas Revealer Concealer is my favorite for concealing around my face. It's very close to my skin tone, a really nice olive concealer. The shade I have is 0.5N, the lightest shade they have. It's a really good concealer that I use for my complexion for spot concealing or just a little extra coverage in certain areas. I really, really like it. The only thing I have to say is that the packaging needs an upgrade. The cap broke off at some point, and the wand got damaged and was close to breaking, which made me terrified it would snap off when I tried to scoop concealer out."
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"These are my three concealers. Nars for color correcting, Kosas for like regular whatever."
Emma Stone's makeup is PERFECT
"I'm going in and mixing a little bit. I like to just kind of go between all of these depending on the area of my face. So around my nose, I like a little extra coverage and some highlighting."
"My Nars Radiant Creamy Concealer in the shade Nougatine. This is my color corrector. So I pretty much only use this around my dark circles, but I like to use it to mix with my other concealers to do spot concealing."
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All 4 takes on Radiant Creamy Concealer
I swatched ALL my foundations to find the most olive shades
"Doesn't look too bad especially as far as value goes it's like pretty close to the value of my skin it does have a little too much orange in it"
Beyonce’s makeup is perfection
"I've been loving using this concealer as a color corrector, it's been working so well for my skin tone. It's a pretty good concealer. I wasn't in love with it but it's actually pretty decent and it's very very light so it works really nicely for this brightening look. I'm just lightly blending with a sponge and in the tougher areas that are a little bit more difficult to reach I'm going in with a tiny brush to make sure that I have a really nice blend. I love setting my under eyes with this. I've received some comments from people who said that they have more mature skin and they don't like it but I've heard from a lot of people who have mature skin who love it."
Makeup for acne prone skin
"My Nars Radiant Creamy Concealer in the shade Nougatine. This is my color corrector. So I pretty much only use this around my dark circles, but I like to use it to mix with my other concealers to do spot concealing."
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"I have my NARS Radiant Creamy Concealer for color correcting underneath the eyes."
"I'm using Nars to do some color correcting around my eyes, which are so dark because I've been sick. I like to just kind of go between all of these depending on the area of my face. Around my nose, I like a little extra coverage and some highlighting because we tend to be a little bit more red around our nose. I get darkness around my lips, so I use Nars to work as like a basis, but make sure that you are tailoring it to you if there are certain areas that you feel like you need to pay more attention to."
"What worked really nicely actually was mixing my LA Girl concealer with my E.L.F. concealer in Light Ivory. It's quite peach and a little dark for my skin tone, but mixed with the LA Girl corrector it's great for my skin tone. If you don't have dark circles, you don't need to worry about this. The E.L.F. concealer isn't so full coverage, it's not getting rid of everything, which is actually what makes a look look lived in."
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All 2 takes on Hydrating Camo Concealer
This makeup artist USES your “flaws”
"What worked really nicely actually was mixing my LA Girl concealer with my E.L.F. concealer in Light Ivory. It's quite peach and a little dark for my skin tone, but mixed with the LA Girl corrector it's great for my skin tone. If you don't have dark circles, you don't need to worry about this. The E.L.F. concealer isn't so full coverage, it's not getting rid of everything, which is actually what makes a look look lived in."
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"E.L.F. Hydrating Camo is a hydrating camo concealer. They also have the regular camo, which is like the original Shape Tape dupe. It has a good amount of coverage."
"I'm trying this new, well not new, it's the Natasha Denona concealer and I haven't used this in a really really long time so I kind of wanted to give it a shot. It's a beautiful concealer, great coverage. I really liked this color."
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All 2 takes on High Glam Concealer
let’s see how these do on my dark circles
"It blends out beautifully and it's definitely not a highlighting shade. It fits my skin tone pretty well, and the golden tone in this concealer kind of helps to eliminate the darkness of my dark circles. It's a shade that I could use on a more natural day when I don't feel like using a color corrector. It's very yellow, which I'm not mad at because my dark circles are kind of like a purpley red color. It has a very lightweight formula and is kind of liquidy. It built up coverage a bit, which is nice, but it still feels pretty lightweight on my skin, not particularly heavy or thick in any way. It is pretty liquidy though. For full glam, this shade might be a little dark to be honest."
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"I'm trying this new, well not new, it's the Natasha Denona concealer and I haven't used this in a really really long time so I kind of wanted to give it a shot. It's a beautiful concealer, great coverage. I really liked this color."
"When was the last time you didn't see me use this concealer? It took forever before I replaced the rare Beauty Foundation. There are so many rare beauty products that are incredible. Like I said, some that just don't really hit with me, but what I appreciate the most about rare Beauty is she is absolutely practicing what she preaches. She has a message with this brand and it isn't just this hollow 'we need to be nice to each other' whatever. It isn't just this hollow throwaway slogan to sell products. She is absolutely backing it up."
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All 7 takes on Concealer
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"I'm actually going to go back to Rare Beauty concealer because I haven't used it in a while and I kind of miss it. Feel like it was my go-to for so long."
WHY I changed my contour routine…again…
"For my concealer I'm going to use my Rare Beauty concealer, I'm going to be using 170w which is a really nice yellow toned concealer. I use it for my under eyes because I have dark circles, I like to brighten up the sides of my nose which really helps with the nose contour, I get a little bit of redness between my brows so a little more coverage there, and I like to brighten this little area to balance out my chin."
How to get Sabrina Carpenter’s ‘Soft Baddie’ makeup look
"Rare Beauty concealer, been loving it. This is 170W. I have two shades. Laying it in with a brush, blending and pouncing with my sponge. It's nice and peach for my skin tone, like orangey peach, not as much red in it, a little bit more yellow, because my dark circles have a teeny bit of purple and are a little bit more red, but regardless we're using this to warm up that area so that when I brighten it doesn't look gray."
How to look Glowy NOT Oily
"I've just been using Rare Beauty. I stopped using this for a while but I've gone back to it. I would say in terms of formula it's somewhere in the middle, it's more of a satin kind of finish. I just love the colors like I love it so much. I find it to be like a very versatile kind of formula for different skin types."
Riri dropped a new concealer and I'm readyyy
"The neutral color is fine, it works. I'm pretty happy with it. If it were a little bit more full coverage, I would probably be obsessed with it. I think I'm going to keep using it. I might use it more for daytime, day-to-day sort of looks. I don't think it'll work for me for full glam because I just require a little bit more coverage."
How to achieve long lasting MATTE base makeup
"I'm going to go in with Rare Beauty so I'm using two different concealers, 170W and then I think the other one is 100W. This is 170W, this is the one that is like closest to my skin tone, it brightens it, conceals. It's a beautiful color. I decided to do a little bit of highlighting with 100W and you can see that I'm focusing in just two tiny little areas, not a ton of concealer, being intentional with the placement. I'm working from places that don't need as much coverage to the area that needs the most coverage. Focus that directly underneath my eyes but not taking it all the way up to my lash line to prevent creasing. Take your time with this stuff, all of your creams really take your time with it because then you can go in with your powders later on and do some finishing touches."
These brands are doing it RIGHT
"When was the last time you didn't see me use this concealer? It took forever before I replaced the rare Beauty Foundation. There are so many rare beauty products that are incredible. Like I said, some that just don't really hit with me, but what I appreciate the most about rare Beauty is she is absolutely practicing what she preaches. She has a message with this brand and it isn't just this hollow 'we need to be nice to each other' whatever. It isn't just this hollow throwaway slogan to sell products. She is absolutely backing it up."
"The elf camo concealers are very similar to the Tarte concealers however the shade range is very weird. That's something to keep in mind if you are someone who has a niche that you're looking for that is very difficult to find, you may need to spend a little bit more to find the correct product."
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All 5 takes on Shape Tape Concealer
How I conceal my dark circles ANNND prevent creasing!
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"The elf camo concealers are very similar to the Tarte concealers however the shade range is very weird. That's something to keep in mind if you are someone who has a niche that you're looking for that is very difficult to find, you may need to spend a little bit more to find the correct product."
Riri dropped a new concealer and I'm readyyy
"Tarte Shape Tape is definitely full coverage. It's one of those heavy hitters that provides really strong, reliable coverage."
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"I have the Tarte creaseless concealer which is really nice if I want something with a little bit more coverage. It's waterproof and it's actually a really nice formula, and I like it for travel."
"It's described as a yellow concealer that's supposed to neutralize purpley under eye circles. That's why I purchased it in the first place. The sponge is disintegrating on my face. That's nasty."
"Overall though I'm pretty happy with its performance. It provided a decent amount of coverage, it's definitely not as full coverage as Tarte Shape Tape or my L'Oréal Infallible concealer, but I would say that it's a really good mid kind of concealer for people who don't have super dark circles. Then it would probably feel way more full coverage because it does provide a good amount of coverage, and it worked well with all of my products. But it's just not quite as full coverage as I would want it to be. But the formula is so nice, like it's so light and creamy. It just doesn't feel heavy on the skin, which I really appreciate. So if you've been looking for something that's like, if Shape Tape or the L'Oréal Infallible if you've tried those and they're just like too heavy for you, this seems like a really good option. I'm not mad at the color. The color actually ended up working like pretty well with my skin. The neutral color is fine. It works. I'm like pretty happy with it."
"I'm using this concealer from Tower 28 that is a little bit lighter and I'm going over top of that and then I'm starting to blend that more into the rest of my skin. You can definitely go back in to build up."
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All 3 takes on Serum Concealer
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"Next concealer I'm going to be using the Tower 28 concealer, which I've really been liking. The only problem is that the colors are really weird for me, so I'm going to use BH and CC. I'm just gonna be mixing them."
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"I'm using this concealer from Tower 28 that is a little bit lighter and I'm going over top of that and then I'm starting to blend that more into the rest of my skin. You can definitely go back in to build up."
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"I'm using this Tower 28 concealer because I have really been liking the formula and it's very very light."
"I probably could have used something a little bit warmer and slightly darker first, maybe my Huda Beauty color corrector, and then gone in with this."
"That's coverage, girl, that's coverage. When you start to blend it, it just keeps going. Oh, I like that a lot. It feels nice. As I'm patting it out, it's becoming a little bit more matte, so this is going to be one of those full coverage, more matte concealers that if you have extremely dry under eyes you might not like, but if you are someone who has slightly more oily skin or if you just really need that extra coverage, this works well. It's a little bit tacky when I touch it now and not maintaining that luminosity, but it actually looks really really nice on the skin. I think it's really moving with my skin. The color is slightly light for me, which I'm upset about, but I think if I'm doing full glam and I'm highlighting it'll be fine."
"I always need a purple shampoo and this is hands down the best one. Hands down best purple shampoo in the entire world. You don't need to sit around and wait for it to tone the hair. You just wash it and rinse it out and you're good. It's amazing. I love this purple shampoo. My the girl who does my hair color put me on to it years ago and it's what I've been using since I have been platinum this whole time."
"As far as clarifying shampoo, I'm loving this one again from L'Oreal. This is the EverPure clarifying shampoo. This is really really great, it says specifically for hard water exposure. Removes residue and buildup. It has a clarifying complex with glycine and vitamin C. I find it to be very, very cleansing, not in a drying way, which is fantastic. I don't use it every single time I wash my hair, but there are times when I use it like two washes in a row because I have a lot of product in my hair, and even when I do that, I don't find it to be particularly drying in any way. This does contain salicylic acid and benzoic acid. I really like it. I think it's nice and I like the scent of it."
"I use it once a week, probably closer to every two weeks. It really gets down to the scalp and I feel like it fluffs everything up. If you're someone who uses a lot of product and you tend to get buildup, using a clarifying shampoo occasionally is so good. Or even if you have an oily scalp and fine hair, using a clarifying shampoo occasionally just makes such a difference. You'll notice so much more volume in your hair. I've really been liking this one. I already bought another one because I ran out of it."
"I've used all of the Ollex Bond Repair products. It's pretty much what my hair stylist uses on my hair every single time she washes and conditions. I think it's a really good basic go-to shampoo. It's pretty much my go-to shampoo if I'm not using my K18 one. The bond repair line is really great for if you're dying your hair. I trust them mostly because my stylist always uses Ollex and bonds are important for your hair."
"This is definitely hands down the best purple shampoo I've ever used. The other ones stain my hands like crazy or you have to leave it on for a really long time for it to like do anything. This is really great. I just mix these, work through my hair with my little scalp scrubber thing, rinse it and we're good. Color is perfect."
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"I have a dry shampoo, Living Proof mini dry shampoo, it's a necessity for me when I'm traveling. I try to only wash my hair every like three days or so, and I usually can get away with using a dry shampoo only once before I have to wash it. Living Proof is the best one, it's the only one that keeps my hair feeling clean, actually cleans hair."
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All 5 takes on Perfect Hair Day Dry Shampoo
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"My living proof has been getting clogged. This is actually the second time that I've been using the Living Proof dry shampoo and after a few days the nozzle won't go anymore. This is a second bottle where it's been like a full bottle and I've just been like so sucks."
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"I was so anti-dry shampoo for so many years. When I was in high school, middle school, my friends were using dry shampoo and I was like, how are you using that stuff? It never worked, it always left a film on my hair. Living Proof dry shampoo is the best dry shampoo I've ever used ever. It actually makes my hair feel clean. My process is I wash my hair at night, then in the morning I'll mist my hair, blow dry, don't really need any additional product. The next day, same thing, mist my hair, blow dry, dry shampoo. Now I can push that one more day if I need to. When I do that I'll mist my hair with a little bit of water, then mist it with a little bit of leave-in conditioner, blow dry, and then dry shampoo. That makes a really big difference. My hair looks so good with that sequence."
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"So many of them they just are duds. I open it and this happens, and then you try to poke, like 'is there a clog?' but it's like it's never been used before. Try to run it under some warm water, the nozzle nope, nothing worked, nothing at all. This is a full full dry shampoo, can't use it, completely unusable. I switched to another brand because that was just happening way too often and I was over it. A lot of you have been having that same struggle with Living Proof. It's really disappointing. Hopefully it's just a manufacturing error, but until I can be sure that I will not be receiving a dud, I am not buying it anymore."
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"I have a dry shampoo, Living Proof mini dry shampoo, it's a necessity for me when I'm traveling. I try to only wash my hair every like three days or so, and I usually can get away with using a dry shampoo only once before I have to wash it. Living Proof is the best one, it's the only one that keeps my hair feeling clean, actually cleans hair."
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"When the bleach is gone my hair gets greasy and I'm not trying to wash my hair every day because that just kind of exacerbates the problem. The Living Proof dry shampoo is the only one that keeps my hair clean. It's just the best, the only one that I would ever recommend, and this is coming from a girl with very very fine greasy hair."
"I will use a clarifying shampoo this one like twice a month probably. I try not to use it too much because I don't want to strip my hair because it is an intense one, it's a good one. Your hair is going to feel squeaky clean and then I'll do like a hair mask afterwards, but it's so good. If you need a really good clarifying shampoo, this is the one. I love all of Olaplex, they're just so good. All my shampoos are Olaplex, so good."
"Perfect Hair Day Advanced Clean dry shampoo, listen dry shampoos suck most of the time they really do they suck, I love this one. It's the first time I've ever used a dry shampoo that actually felt like it was doing something. It actually makes my hair feel clean, it doesn't leave a residue, it feels nice and lightweight, it adds a little bit of body to my hair without making it look crazy. I know that this one sprays white so if you have darker hair I don't know what the review would be. I don't know if they have tinted ones. But this really helps when my hair starts to get oily because when my roots start to grow in my hair is very fine and oily naturally, so when my roots start to come in this is like a necessity."
"The Olex blonde enhancer shampoo, hands down the best purple shampoo there is. It's the perfect tone, it doesn't stain, it's so good. You don't have to let it sit on your head forever for it to work. It lasts even though it's a little bottle. It's not stripping at all. It's fantastic. I'm never leaving this behind, this is my fave."
"I love it because it's super affordable. Love Inky List. I use this on my hands before I go with my retinol, or sometimes I give my hands a break and I don't use a retinol and I will just use a heavy moisturizer. I always go in with a layer of hyaluronic acid. I keep this in my nightstand and I put it on first because don't neglect your hands, you guys. Just as much as your face shows age, your hands do."
"I'd gone through at least like two bottles of this. I love it. I really do. I like it a lot. I did experience a purge with this when I first used it, but if you just stick with it, you get through to the other side and you look fabulous. I'm back on it and things have been going well. I like that it's nice and lightweight, but there's still like a little bit of a silk to it, so it adds like a little bit of moisture. Today I'm not really wearing a ton of makeup, but all I'm wearing for my base is this and some sunscreen."
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All 2 takes on Lucent-C Brightening Vitamin C Serum
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"The Prequel Lucent-C Brightening Vitamin C Serum is 15% L-ascorbic acid with ferulic acid and ergothioneine. The pH is 3.2, plus or minus. I started using this every day, going in full force. You use a few pumps on face and neck before all the other stuff and finish with sunscreen. I did it every single morning."
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"I'd gone through at least like two bottles of this. I love it. I really do. I like it a lot. I did experience a purge with this when I first used it, but if you just stick with it, you get through to the other side and you look fabulous. I'm back on it and things have been going well. I like that it's nice and lightweight, but there's still like a little bit of a silk to it, so it adds like a little bit of moisture. Today I'm not really wearing a ton of makeup, but all I'm wearing for my base is this and some sunscreen."
"It's really well balanced with the azelaic acid. This is a product that I use once a week at night and I have seen a massive improvement in my skin as a result of this, specifically the reduction in the salicylic acid. My skin has adapted relying heavily on the tretinoin and I don't need to be piling on these other exfoliants. As far as treatments, tretinoin is very much my hero and azelaic acid with just a dash of salicylic acid."
"I'm going to go in with a tiny bit of the Aino Common Restore serum. This is great for helping with redness. I like when I do skin care, I like to work it into the fingertips and then kind of dot it around the face. I feel like it's the easiest way to apply it evenly without having to apply a ton."
"I was using the one from Beauty of Joseon to just basically like brighten, to help like fade dark spots, things like that. And I really liked it because it seemed like a nice serum. It's very gentle, it didn't irritate my skin."
"I've been using this quite a bit when I feel like I just need a little bit more moisture. This has made a really really big difference. This is the green tea and panoli serum. I remember looking up what are the things that I can use with Tretinoin, like product or ingredient combinations that are okay, so this is a really nice hydrating calming serum. I use this first on my skin which makes the Tretinoin a little bit easier to spread a smaller amount on the skin."
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All 2 takes on Calming Serum
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"I like to use the Beauty of Joseon Calming Serum when I use that I got snail mucin got my kills moisturizer."
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"I've been using this quite a bit when I feel like I just need a little bit more moisture. This has made a really really big difference. This is the green tea and panoli serum. I remember looking up what are the things that I can use with Tretinoin, like product or ingredient combinations that are okay, so this is a really nice hydrating calming serum. I use this first on my skin which makes the Tretinoin a little bit easier to spread a smaller amount on the skin."
"I see repair I'm buying it. These are a really great supplement when you have gone a little bit too far with your exfoliants or your treatments. It's nice to have just kind of like in your back pocket. If I have like a special occasion, if I'm going to a wedding or something, I like to do this in the morning to just make sure that my face is extra hydrated so that there is no chance that my skin is going to be like peely or dry or anything anywhere. Extra hydration before you do your makeup just makes such a difference."
"I've had a complicated relationship with vitamin C serums, most of them have broken me out like crazy. I tried so hard, I probably bought like three or four bottles and they just broke me out no matter what I did. This is incredibly gentle, which I really really love. My experience with Korean vitamin C serums has been very positive, they're very very gentle, they don't break me out, they don't pill with anything. I've really been loving this one, so if you're looking for something and you've had that problem, I highly recommend it."
"One thing that really really helped was the SkinFix Barrier+ Triple Lipid + Peptide Cream. This is still the moisturizer that I use on the nights that I use my tretinoin, so three nights a week I apply this. It just helps to protect my barrier, keeps my face nice and hydrated, and it's also really great to have in your stash if you've over-exfoliated or something. This is the one that I would recommend for anyone who is beginning the tretinoin journey. If you're looking for a nice heavy moisturizer, this is it."
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All 2 takes on Barrier+ Triple Lipid + Peptide Cream
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"I first tried the SkinFix Barrier+ Triple Lipid + Peptide Cream which was great but they changed the formula and from what I've heard from a lot of people, a lot of people say it's just not as moisturizing so that's something to keep in mind."
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"One thing that really really helped was the SkinFix Barrier+ Triple Lipid + Peptide Cream. This is still the moisturizer that I use on the nights that I use my tretinoin, so three nights a week I apply this. It just helps to protect my barrier, keeps my face nice and hydrated, and it's also really great to have in your stash if you've over-exfoliated or something. This is the one that I would recommend for anyone who is beginning the tretinoin journey. If you're looking for a nice heavy moisturizer, this is it."
"I use a little bit of a hyaluronic acid serum from Vichy underneath my eyes first."
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All 2 takes on Mineral 89
Super dry, post treatment skin that is sooo rude to your makeup
"I'm going to go in with a little bit of the Vichy hyaluronic acid serum but it's just for your eyes. I just happen to have this one, just a teeny bit right on this so that I'm really getting that hyaluronic acid deep. I'm going to take whatever's left over underneath my eyes just because."
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"I use a little bit of a hyaluronic acid serum from Vichy underneath my eyes first."
"This is a lovely serum. It has like this beautiful pearl in it, it's great for underneath makeup and it's a really great step for like after a mist and before moisturizer, especially if you have very very dry skin or you have dehydrated skin. I was using it when my skin was really really dehydrated, especially when I had to do makeup and I would do a mist, I would do the serum and then I would do some kind of a moisturizer and it was just like such a nice combination. That said, it's super expensive and it's definitely not necessary. If you have some money to spend on skincare and you want to indulge in a little bit of luxury skincare it is really nice and it does make your skin glow. If you wear it on a day when you're not doing your makeup, like just on your face, it doesn't make your face look like shiny or sparkly in any way, it just makes your skin look hydrated, which is really nice."
"The Round Lab Birch Juice, the filters do not sting my eyes, which is fantastic. This is slightly more of a dry formula, it's a little bit more lightweight, like it has a little bit more of that sort of milky, whipped milk sort of texture to it. And this is what I like to use underneath my makeup. So, this does not peel on me, which is fantastic, and it doesn't sting my eyes."
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All 3 takes on Birch Juice Moisturizing Sunscreen SPF 50 PA++++
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"I have switched my face sunscreen to the Round Lab Birch Juice. Which a lot of you also love. So, I love hearing that."
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"This is the Birch Juice moisturizing sunscreen from Round Lab, and I'm obsessed with it. This is the sunscreen that I've been looking for my entire life. I'm incredibly sensitive, my skin is sensitive to mineral sunscreens and my eyes are sensitive to chemical sunscreens. So I have to find the right UV filters that are not going to irritate my eyes because mineral sunscreen dries out my skin. If you are like me and your typical avabenzone, octinoxate, homoalate, all of those UV filters sting your eyes like crazy, this is a great option if you're someone who's a little bit more oily and you're looking for something that's like a little more matte but not dry."
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"The Round Lab Birch Juice, the filters do not sting my eyes, which is fantastic. This is slightly more of a dry formula, it's a little bit more lightweight, like it has a little bit more of that sort of milky, whipped milk sort of texture to it. And this is what I like to use underneath my makeup. So, this does not peel on me, which is fantastic, and it doesn't sting my eyes."
"I have four Haruharu Wonder Black Rice sunscreens. I've talked about this already. I like it. It's very good. It's my daytime sunscreen that I use like all the time. The only thing is that like one day it just started peeling on me when I do makeup. So I don't use it underneath makeup. I use something else. But I use them like on my regular days when I'm not wearing makeup. So it is very good. If you are like me and you're very sensitive, like your eyes are very sensitive to chemical filter sunscreens, these filters do not sting my eyes, which is amazing. It's like a little bit more lightweight, like it has a little bit more of that sort of like milky, like a whipped milk sort of texture to it."
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All 4 takes on Black Rice Moisture Airy Fit Daily Sunscreen SPF 50
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"I'm pretty impressed by the sunscreen finish of my skin. It's playing nicely with the foundation. The sunscreen seems like a really nice, like priming kind of sunscreen. The finish of it seems to be playing very very nicely with my foundation, which is so hard to find. I was extremely skeptical when I read that comment, but I was also a little bit intrigued."
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"My primer is just the Haru Haru Wonder Black Rice Moisture Airy Fit Daily Sunscreen, SPF 50. It's slightly more matte but moisturizing, which is nice."
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"The Haru Haru Wonder Black Rice Moisture Airy Fit Daily Sunscreen is SPF 50 PA+++, and it is so good. It's my favorite sunscreen. It says it's a non-greasy velvety finish. I would say that it's hydrating but it's not dewy, you know, hydrating in terms of like a moisturizer. This leaves me looking pretty like glass skin. It just makes me look like my skin is moisturized and is so good under makeup. I listened when I discovered this sunscreen and stocked up so I'm going to be using this for a while."
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"I have four Haruharu Wonder Black Rice sunscreens. I've talked about this already. I like it. It's very good. It's my daytime sunscreen that I use like all the time. The only thing is that like one day it just started peeling on me when I do makeup. So I don't use it underneath makeup. I use something else. But I use them like on my regular days when I'm not wearing makeup. So it is very good. If you are like me and you're very sensitive, like your eyes are very sensitive to chemical filter sunscreens, these filters do not sting my eyes, which is amazing. It's like a little bit more lightweight, like it has a little bit more of that sort of like milky, like a whipped milk sort of texture to it."
"This is my favorite sunscreen, hands down. It's a chemical sunscreen, not a mineral sunscreen. It's great, it's non-greasy, which is fabulous. It has a velvet finish and it's beautiful for underneath makeup. SPF 50+ PA++++. I love it, I love it. I finally went through a bottle and I'm probably always going to have this."
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All 2 takes on SPF
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"So far I really like it my complexion looks damn nice I have to say"
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"This is my favorite sunscreen, hands down. It's a chemical sunscreen, not a mineral sunscreen. It's great, it's non-greasy, which is fabulous. It has a velvet finish and it's beautiful for underneath makeup. SPF 50+ PA++++. I love it, I love it. I finally went through a bottle and I'm probably always going to have this."
"Beauty of Joseon Relief Sun which I love, it's beautiful, I love it so much. It specifically says non-greasy and velvety finish. I've had such a problem with oiliness in my T-zone with other sunscreens, but so far this isn't giving me any oiliness. It's great."
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All 5 takes on Relief Sun: Rice + Probiotics SPF 50+ PA++++
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"If they're using the one that I'm thinking of, the sunscreen might be a little too moisturizing for your skin."
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"If they're using the one that I'm thinking of, sunscreen might be a little too moisturizing for your skin."
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"Beauty of Joseon Relief Sun which I love, it's beautiful, I love it so much. It specifically says non-greasy and velvety finish. I've had such a problem with oiliness in my T-zone with other sunscreens, but so far this isn't giving me any oiliness. It's great."
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"I have my Beauty of Joseon sunscreen, this is the Relief Sun rice and probiotics sunscreen, it's SPF 50. The best one. So I always have one in my travel bag because I cannot live without it. It's the only one that works for my face. I'm wearing it today. It's so good."
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"I applied my Beauty of Joseon sunscreen. I'm wearing SPF 50 right now."
"I bought one like a long time ago and it smelled rancid. I think I got a bad batch or something. I heard from some other people who had that problem as well, and then I tried it later on and it didn't have that scent, so I'm pretty sure I got a really bad batch. But I have a complicated relationship with skin tint to be honest with you."
"It's a chemical sunscreen called the UV moisture gel and it's super lightweight, absorbs quickly, and there's nothing worse for me than putting sunscreen on my body and being able to feel it. This is one of my faves. I really like the one that has a pump, but this one's really good because I can travel with it."
"This is a really good sunscreen. It's SPF 30, it's mineral, it's Neutrogena, it's tinted, and they have like various shades which is nice as well. I do like it as a foundation replacement. This is also a very moisturizing formula. It adds a little bit of a tint, nothing too crazy, but for summertime and like bronzy skin I really like that, just like a nice sheer coverage that's comfortable."
"It's so fragrant. The fragrance is so heavy. I think it's so unnecessary and it actually bothered me how fragrant it was. If you feel like something cute like this would help you to actually apply retinol to your hands, then maybe it's worth it. That's what I thought. But it's just not."
"It's a very lightweight formula. It absorbs quickly. It glides on the skin, so you don't have to apply a ton of it to make it move around the skin, which is really nice. It does have kind of a medium strong scent, so if you're very sensitive to scents, maybe you wouldn't like it, but I would rather an unscented version. It's very moisturizing. It's a dream. It's an absolute dream. It was relatively affordable. The packaging is a little bit annoying though. The formula is slightly thicker and it's a lot harder to get out of the packaging. With the squeeze tube it's a little easier and you can cut open the top and scoop it out, but if you get the larger one with the pump, it's almost impossible to get out."
"I have a difficult time with any kind of skincare product that contains silicone or some kind of a cone in it. It can be really great, like it's a great ingredient, it is great for skin, especially for people who tend to be a little bit more on the oily side but need that hydration. However, the combination of one of the cones and the E.L.F. Power Grip Primer to me sounds like a bad combo. The combination of the E.L.F. power grip primer and the dimethicone in the Aino moisturizer to me it just feels like those might be clashing. They might not be working together very easily."
"I got this from Josie Maran, the pink algae Pro retinol body butter. I do use tretinoin on my face, so this is the kind of thing I'll use on my hands whenever a brand sends me a retinol serum. I just ran out of all of my retinol body cream, so this is perfect. It does have kind of a funky smell and it's a little bit of a pinkish color. I'm interested and I'll keep you posted."
"It has encapsulated retinol, allantoin, shea butter, and sodium PCA. I do wish they said what percentage of retinol was in it, because they don't, and that's annoying because they do for your face. It's nice. It's very moisturizing. It's definitely more expensive than the Gold Bond one. It absorbed nicely, felt very buttery and moisturizing without feeling heavy, but it feels a little bit heavier and kind of sits on the top layer of the skin. If you are someone whose skin on your body is just too sensitive or it has been very sensitive to retinol and you want to use a retinol lotion, this is nice because it combats that dryness with the amount of hydration. If you're someone who's sensitive or have dry skin, you would probably like this a little bit better. I've used other retinol body lotions before and I find those very drying, so if you've used those and you don't like them, this is a good option. I just don't know if it's my favorite for the price."
"I tried using Lumi, this is the whole body deodorant for pits privates and beyond. It's majority mandelic acid, which basically gently exfoliates your skin and prevents bacteria from growing that causes odor. Why I love this is it helps to neutralize odors and exfoliate that area, which makes your underarms look so nice and smooth. But it will not prevent you from sweating. It just helps to kind of neutralize odors and exfoliate that area. The only problem is it doesn't prevent sweating."
"The Prequel Non-Drying Glycerin Cleanser is something that is so fabulous. I started using this every day, using a few pumps on face and neck before all the other stuff. I did experience breakouts and flakiness around my nose, upper eyelid, and sensitive areas like around my eyes and mouth for about three weeks, but after that, things started to calm down and go away. Now I'm using this every single day in the morning and I'm not breaking out like that. I'm very happy with it."
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All 2 takes on Non-Drying Glycerin Cleanser
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"An overwhelming amount of you recommended the Prequel Cleanser, which is a glycerin based cleanser, which I bought and I'm loving."
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"The Prequel Non-Drying Glycerin Cleanser is something that is so fabulous. I started using this every day, using a few pumps on face and neck before all the other stuff. I did experience breakouts and flakiness around my nose, upper eyelid, and sensitive areas like around my eyes and mouth for about three weeks, but after that, things started to calm down and go away. Now I'm using this every single day in the morning and I'm not breaking out like that. I'm very happy with it."
"It's fine for breaking down sunscreen but waterproof mascara absolutely not. It took ages for me to work this into my lashes to be able to break down my waterproof mascara and even then I had flakes left over. I just couldn't rub my eyes anymore. So I personally would not recommend this product. It definitely doesn't remove waterproof mascara. I used it to remove sunscreen and stuff and then do my regular cleansing, but I was not really a fan of this."
"That's a cream cleanser, uh that one is La Roche-Posay which is what I used today and I'm going to be using tonight when I get home from the show because tonight is a retinol night."
"My oat cleansing balm from The Inkey List is nice and affordable and it's just really great for just like removing your sunscreen at the end of the day."
"I ran out of my sheet masks the other day and I realized how much I need them for when my skin is really dry. I've been really sick and my skin has been really really dry, and I have a lot of dryness around my nose from blowing my nose so much. A sheet mask, especially the Dr. Jart+ ones, are really nice. Even the more watery ones are very creamy. So good."
"The KP Bump Eraser from First Aid Beauty, I liked it for a while until I discovered the scrub from Narium, and this one is just very rough. The scrubbies in it, it's just a little too harsh for my skin. It's very easy to overdo it and end up actually scratching yourself, especially in more sensitive areas like around your underarms. And it's less of a cream sort of formula, so it balls up and falls off the skin pretty easily. It has 10% AHA, it's fine, but it's not my first choice. I much prefer the Narium one."
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All 2 takes on KP Bump Eraser Body Scrub with 10% AHA
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"I loved the First Aid Beauty KP Bump Eraser, the body scrub that has AHA and BHA. I had been using that forever. I don't really get KP bumps, I get a little bit sometimes like right here on my arm, very annoying, but when I use that scrub we get nothing, skin nice and exfoliated and healthy. I usually use it like one or two times a week. The First Aid Beauty one is a little bit more gritty, it's like kind of a gray color, a little bit more gritty. It kind of breaks up a little bit which I don't love."
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"The KP Bump Eraser from First Aid Beauty, I liked it for a while until I discovered the scrub from Narium, and this one is just very rough. The scrubbies in it, it's just a little too harsh for my skin. It's very easy to overdo it and end up actually scratching yourself, especially in more sensitive areas like around your underarms. And it's less of a cream sort of formula, so it balls up and falls off the skin pretty easily. It has 10% AHA, it's fine, but it's not my first choice. I much prefer the Narium one."
"I have the Summer Fridays Jet Lag Mask which I just always have as like an in case, you know, like if maybe I'm on a really long flight and my skin is just drying out like crazy I might go to the bathroom and like rinse my face and then maybe I'll drench my face in this."
"I just did my Bioma Balancing Face Mist and then my Caravelle PM lotion, like moisturizing lotion. It's pretty much been what I do to prep my skin for everything."
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All 4 takes on Balancing Face Mist
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"It really helped with healing my dehydrated skin and I actually really liked this formula. It lasted long enough and had a decent shelf life, which was nice. I just absolutely loved the formula and thought it did so much for my skin. I miss it now that I'm using something else, so I think I'm going to pick another one of these up."
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"This is the Bioma Balancing Face Mist. It has ceramides, probiotics, and allantoin. This is just like a hydrating mist that I like. If my skin hadn't been rinsed and then just kind of dry, if I had just rinsed my face and immediately gone in with my skincare, I probably would have skipped this step."
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"I just did my Bioma Balancing Face Mist and then my Caravelle PM lotion, like moisturizing lotion. It's pretty much been what I do to prep my skin for everything."
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"I love this. I love it. I love it. It's my favorite face mist. This has a triceramide complex, probiotics, and alentoin. I really like alentoin. It helps to repair your skin barrier, which if you've followed me at all, you know I have a horrible habit of overdoing my exfoliation and ruining my skin barrier. So this has absolutely just come in handy for me. I really like it a lot. It lasts pretty well. I hate Bioma's packaging, honestly. It's big and bulky and I don't like that it's square. It really bothers me. But I love the product. I really do think it's so fantastic and it's a really great way to hydrate my skin before I go in with any serums or moisturizers or whatever. I use it before my moisturizer every single time."
"I like to go in with a little bit of the snail mucin 96 power essence. I've gone through all of the snail mucin from CosRX honestly, like the all-in-one cream, the snail mucin and niacinamide combo, and I kind of like them all honestly. But yeah, I'm using this right now. Love to use a little bit of snail mucin. It's fantastic for kind of trapping in that moisture, so if you're trying to heal dehydrated skin, it's really really great for that. I find it to be much more effective for my skin than hyaluronic acid, but it might be something good to use on top of hyaluronic acid."
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All 3 takes on Advanced Snail 96 Mucin Power Essence
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"I like to go in with a little bit of the snail mucin 96 power essence. I've gone through all of the snail mucin from CosRX honestly, like the all-in-one cream, the snail mucin and niacinamide combo, and I kind of like them all honestly. But yeah, I'm using this right now. Love to use a little bit of snail mucin. It's fantastic for kind of trapping in that moisture, so if you're trying to heal dehydrated skin, it's really really great for that. I find it to be much more effective for my skin than hyaluronic acid, but it might be something good to use on top of hyaluronic acid."
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"I think it was like the COSRX snail mucin, whatever. I bought it, it's not a dupe for this. I'm sorry, it's not. It's not a dupe. I used it, it's okay. I have to use a lot. I gave it to my boyfriend. It doesn't compare."
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"It speeds up recovery time for blemishes and wounds. If you have post-acne, maybe you've popped something, this is going to help treat that area, keep it hydrated, and make sure that it heals quickly. It absolutely cured my dehydrated skin. I was using this basically every single day. Not underneath makeup because it creates kind of a waxy base. If I used it underneath makeup my Foundation would pill, so I wouldn't recommend it for that. But in the evenings underneath my moisturizer after having exfoliated, I'm glossy. I look like I have dipped my head in Vaseline. I wake up the next day looking glowing. I'm glowing in an oily way when I go to bed and in the morning I wake up and I'm just glowing."
"If you were interested in this and you want snail mucin and niacinamide just like in one go it's a really good product and I feel like it lasts relatively long. I'd usually just use like a pump or two and it's more so a daytime thing."
"This is a slightly more creamy sort of formula when it comes to a mist. I really liked it a lot, and I don't even know necessarily why. It contains alatan, probiotics, triamide complex, maybe ceramides, I don't know, but it was very creamy. I had been going through this long period of healing my dehydrated skin and this really really helped. In terms of the packaging, I felt like it lasted long enough. It was just a mist so I felt like it had a decent shelf life which was nice. I just absolutely loved the formula. I just thought it did so much for my skin and I miss it now. I'm using one from Cosrx which is just like centella and it's just not doing enough, it's not doing enough. So I actually think I'm going to pick another one of these up."
"I use this every single time I wash my brushes and I have ever since I received it. It is so good. It does come apart. I leave it assembled and I just kind of pop it underneath my desk. But you can take it apart and put it away if you want. It holds so many brushes and you can even stack them on top. I'll sometimes stack the smaller ones on top of larger ones if you run out of room. If you are someone who has a decent amount of brushes or you're just a makeup lover, it is such a game changer. It really helps dry your brushes out properly so you're actually taking care of them because you do not want moisture sitting in the base of the bristles. You want to make sure that you are drying them out properly. So it's kind of incredible."
"I've been loving the IT Cosmetics brush. I hate a dual-sided brush like I never use the concealer side, but I really love the way that brush applies foundation."
"I'm going to use a super tiny angled brush from BK Beauty and I'm going to pick up Moonbeam, the purpley periwinkle, and place this in the gap. I ran this along my lash line and then placed it in this gap between these two shadows, and I kind of faded it in that gap so that you had this nice reflective look in that area."
"I'm going to throw down the Rare Beauty eye patches because I've just been really liking them and these are they're so good they just like stick and they hold in all the moisture they're so they don't slide around I love them."
"They just sent this in like a little PR box not that long ago, this is the jet lag overnight eye serum, and I was like that's going in my little travel bag."
"I'm using a retinal from Medik8, which is one of my favorite brands. They're expensive, but most of the products that I've used from them I've really loved. This is the Medik8 Crystal Retinol 20, which is much higher. They have a series of retinols and you can start with the lowest percentage and kind of work your way up, which is really great. This is a stable retinol retinol night serum. It's not quite as strong as my tretinoin, and so I've seen quite the reduction in irritation, which has been fantastic. It is very expensive and it's like bright orange, which is really annoying, so when it comes to my sleep and glow pillow, most of the time I sleep on a black silk pillowcase because this will just stain the hell out of my pillowcases. But it's a really great formula."
"The rice toner by Anua is great for acne prone skin. The toner which is a little bit more like watery and then you go with something slightly more milky. Neither of them are heavy, but they provide a really perfect amount of moisture for my skin."
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