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What is your all-time favorite makeup product?
What is your all-time favorite makeup product? Share!
Would Jack Black Lip Balm count? Seriously, it’s one of those products I have bought over and over again and HAVE to keep STOCKED in my house at all times. If it’s more about a color cosmetic, then I’d have to say Cle de Peau #2 Lipgloss or Chanel Dragon Rouge Allure Lacquer. Both the color and everything I associate with it.
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Ooooh this is so hard but I’m going to say my Urban Decay Book of Shadows 3. Just because it’s my most expensive makeup purchase so far (I’m 17!) and the formula of those eyeshadows are amazing. Plus Psychedelic Sister is the best shadow in the palette, I love purple eyeshadow :]
L’Oreal Blush Delice in Raspberry sorbet. The Delice blushes were in perfect small sqare compacts with an awsome brush included. They are now discontinued 🙁
Does makeup include skin care? If so, then I would have to say Estee Lauder Verité Moisture Relief Creme.
If it doesn’t include skin care, then I would have to say my MAC eyeshadows. I have hundreds and can’t seem to get enough.
I loved the old metal Urban Decay face cases so very much, particularly Bad Girl. Four eyeshadows, four lipsticks, a blush, and instructions for three different looks. These were so amazing, and helped teach me how to do my makeup. I still have most of them, though I’d probably never use the lip stuff.
Yes, yes, I am in fact ancient.
OMG I loved that face case. I think that was one of my first makeup palettes ever. And I loved the dark purple lipgloss that came with it. I would totally buy it again.
Oh, totally, I’d buy them all again in a heartbeat. So glad someone else loved them too. 😀
Ah, nothing immediately comes to mind, but after looking through my stash, I’d have to say that I can’t friggin’ choose! Sentimentally, I guess MAC’s Carbon eyeshadow–it was my first non-drugstore piece of makeup. Two and a half years later, I don’t use it so much, but I do have to thank it for introducing me to my passion.
For sheer prettiness, I can’t not say Orly’s Space Cadet nail polish. Multichromes are hard to beat.
And for usefulness, Jack Black’s lip balm! I haven’t had my lips crack open once since I started using it.
None come to mind because I consider everything in my makeup routine essential! I’ve literally trimmed down my routine to just what I need. And there’s nothing that I ever switch out, except liquid foundation and/or setting powder, and even those only have one other option to switch out. Everything else is the same, EVERY TIME! Haha.
By the way, Christine do you have a preference for which Jack Black lip balm you like best? My favorite is the Black Tea & Blackberry one. I honestly can’t stand the Original one; the mint is way too strong.
I prefer Mint! 🙂 I also like the Lemon one a lot.
mac marine life cheek powder.
Guerlain Rouge G lipstick in #62 Georgia
MAC Mineralize Foundation Loose, MAC Brow Set in Clear, MAC brow Shader in Blonde Taupe.
Bright, pigmented lip products. I can’t just choose one, I have to choose a category 😛
Something that’s been discontinued–Revlon Colorstay Active Light foundation :(. I found the perfect shade for my skin tone, it gives me the perfect amount of coverage (not too heavy), it has SPF, lasts all day and doesn’t irritate my skin or break me out. To me, it’s even better than the regular Colorstay foundation.
Revlon Colorstay Eyeliner in Black. It’s my HG black eyeliner. I use it everyday, and it doesn’t smear or spread. It’s a great matte black. It’s the only product I use to the very end of its days! In fact, I’m on my 3rd one already and this eyeliner lasts a long time! Awesome product 🙂
chanel liquid black liner.. although i started to like pencil liner more and more lately.
Estee Lauder Lucidity foundation has been consistently with me for at least 18 years…even when my setting powder, eyeshadows, lipsticks have changed over the years. Unlike Guerlain or YSL which creates these refillable compacts, then discontinued the product before you even get a chance to buy the refill, Estee Lauder has been a loyal favorite for me. Even when my skin texture from very oily/ acne to now semi-normal skin has changed, I can still use Lucidity. Amd I dont put all these face and eye primers to get my eyeshadows to stick…Plus, it never hurts when Estee brings out a gift with purchase.
Clinique Daily Protective Base SPF 15 or Dior Harmonie de Blush in Coral Riviera.
My holy grail mascara GOSH Eye’deal that’s now discontinued.. I try not to cry about it, because then I’ll cry the last bits of mascara off my lashes 😉
this is a tough one but I think it would be eye shadow primer (if that counts as “makeup product”) because it allows all the eyeshadows I love to look good for more than 2 hours. If I have to choose an actual “product”, I’m going to say TheBalm’s Balmbini palette because it has a bit of everything – eye, cheek and lip products plus a highlighter! (and I see someone else chose a palette so I’m guessing I can too). If it has to be ONE single item, probably blush – Her Blooming Cheek, most likley.
Wow!! Tough, tough question.Part of me wants to make it easy and say Essie’s ‘Ballet Slippers’ polish….But that wouldn’t be fair to my MAC products!! So I’m going with Essie and my bar of Dove Soap. Gets my face squeaky clean for my Mac, BE, UD, etc!!
Hands down, Nubar’s Pasadena Purple. Can go without face stuff, but my PP would be a thing to grab if an emergency siren went off. I don’t care what I have on, makeup, cologne, etc. I always get asked what color of nail polish I have on. The rest of me sucks, but not my nails!
MAC Paint Pots because I have seriously never encountered anything like it. Amazing product! This has really changed the way I do my eyes every day. I seriously have days wherein I’d have to apply my makeup at 7am and it’ll last until 11pm without creasing nor fading. Definitely expanding my collection to every color imaginable.
UDDP, if that counts.
Probably would be MAC Marquis ‘D lipstick. Love the stuff, and I’m aggravated that it remains LE.
MAC Vex eyeshadow and Yves Rocher fatigue erasing gel cleanser are running a close second.
Does skincare count if so my clinique skincare line if not than I’ll go with my mac brow set in girl boy. Its the most magical product ever! It changes my dark eyebrows tpo match my blonde hair. Its the only part of my makeup routine that never changes.
For fun, it’s color makeup. I absolutely love Milani’s mineral blushes – OMG, especially Corallina! For utlilty and sheer usefulness – in my personal and work kits – it’s my Graftobian color corrector wheel. I use it every time I sit at the makeup shrine to put my makeup on. I feel like, if I have a good foundation and my color issues have been handled, my face looks its best.
UDPP. I love to focus my eyes and it just wouldn’t be possible without this because of my oily lids. Being able to show off my art helped me discover a passion for makeup!
Bobbi Brown concealer in Honey – it works wonders!
Yay! It’s my question!
Mine would either be MAC ProLongWear foundation (my holy Grail foundation) or NYX femme lipstick 🙂
Yes NYX Femme Lipstick. This!
I wish a company would make a higher quality longer lasting version of this, my biggest complaint is that its so easy to smudge or fall off.
This is so hard…..
I’ll have to go with Tarte Amazonian Clay blush in Exposed because that’s what I’ve been wearing every single day since I got it.
My go-to lipgloss for the last 15 years is Cover Girl lipslicks lipgloss http://www.covergirl.com/lipslickslipgloss. It’s the only product I’ve bought over and over again, and I even buy in multiples so I’m never without it.
Not possible to pick just one..So I narrowed it down to my top 5
YSL Touche Eclat#1
La Mer moisturizer
Osmotics Calming cleansing milk
MAC Mineralize loose foundation
L’Oreal Shine Delice lipstick in Coconut Craze(sadly discontinued)
MAC Mineralize skinfinish in soft and gentle
Might be my Guerlain Rouge G in Garance, or the new Topkapi quad from Chanel making it’s way to my doorstep on Tuesday!
Mac Prrr lipglass and Snob lipstick and Chanel Rouge Noir and black liquid eyeliner
It’s an obvious choice…but it is fantastic…NAKED PALETTE UD!!
A blush in “All Smiles” from everyday minerals. It’s a very natural peach coral. No matter how much new makeup I get, I always come back to this staple because it makes me look sweet and radiant!
Probably a toss-up between Urban Decay Sin (my go-to neutral eyeshadow) and my Mac Russian Red Lipstick. For skincare it’s Philosophy’s On A Clear Day retinol clarifying lotion – only thing I have found that reliably keeps my skin clear.
urban decay primer potion! been buying it forever and cant live without it!
My tried and true makeup items are Laura Geller Bronze n’ Brighten in Fair, Bobbi Brown Pink Quartz Shimmerbrick, and Maybelline Colossal Volume Mascaras. I use the mascaras daily and reach for the other two most often.
Revlon Colorstay Foundation in Mahogany
Definitely MAC’s prolongwear liquid foundation. I’ve tried so many different foundations and nothing has suited my skin as perfectly this does…it does’t budge, it covers well, it’s lightweight, and it doesn’t break me out at all; the more I wear itthe more my skin clears up!!! 😀
can’t live without these; Bobbi Brown tinted moisturizer oil free, MAC mineralize powder, Dior Show maximizer lash serum, Dior Show Extase mascara
Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturizer. Can’t live without it!
Ooh, a hard one! For lips I’d have to say Korres Mango Butter Lipstick in Natural Purple. My-lips-but-better, moisturizing, and SPF10! The perfect thing when I’m headed out the door.
For cheeks it’s MAC’s blush in Cubic. It seems to go with whatever else I have on my face. I’ve hit the pan and wondering if I should pick up another — it’d be the first colour cosmetic I’d be repurchasing!
What skintone are you? I’ve been wanting to get cubic blush, but it swatches as nothing on me.
Illamasqua Powder Blush in Lover at the moment. Would definitely repurchase.
Or just generally… MAC eyeshadows!
My all time favorite product that I wouldn’t be able to find a replacement for and have bought the most times in my makeup wearing years is: Make Up For Ever Full Cover Concealer. I have never done a makeup look without it!
MAC lipglass in Oh Baby. It’s been my go to product for over ten years.
UDPP! I got a sample of it one day and have been hooked ever since!
my sugarpill eyeshadows!! they are just perfection and i can’t live without the sweet heart palette.
Definitely Chanel Dragon. Even the days when I don’t have time to do anything other than put some concealer under my eyes, I can wear Dragon and look completely put-together. It’s my desert island all-time favourite makeup product, hands down!
Benefit BADGal Lash
MAC Smoking Eyes Quad – I use sparingly so I’d never run out. It’s the only quad that all four colors are perfect.
Christine it was good to hear Jack Black Lip Balm 😀 😀 … I purchased that and as I know I mean all of us know you love it soooo much , i hardly use it 🙁 🙁 …. I seriously want to own each and every product you love ( although my budget doesn’t allow me )…
okay now for mine …
Its Clinique Super balanced foundation in # 6 Linen and TheBalm time Balm concealer in mid medium 😀 HG of mine and Yeah …pretty much this right now :D….
for lips it would be Enchantress Lipglass and for cheeks MAC Coppetone Blush … love the deadly combo 😀
Wow. I guess I would have to say UDPP. I use it everyday and it never fails me. Even two days ago in 100+ degree weather, I got done after 12 hours in the heat and saw one teensy tiny crease in my eyeshadow. First crease I’ve EVER seen with UDPP and I can forgive it… I’m surprised my makeup wasn’t sliding down my face!
Clarins Double Fix Mascara (Waterproofing Seal). This makes any mascara waterproof. I wear it everyday. Also, I just started using Urban Decay All Nighter Makeup Setting Spray and it’s fantastic – this may become my other all-time favorite.
I think it’d be my Naked Palette, very versatile and i’m loving it.. but it aint gonna work without mascara so I have to add Mac Zoomlash black
Definitely my Bobbi Brown shimmer brick for body! I love it for the face or wherever I wanna make my skin glow.
Mac Viva Glam V…my first Mac product and, even though I have dozens of lipsticks, I always have to have one of those. Goes good with everything and its perfect for my skin tone.
NYX Taupe blush because I don’t go anywhere without contouring!
I like my mac select spf foundation. Its what introducedme to foundation-i never used it before as i felt i didnt need it. Have tried many since and this is what ive always gone back to
Milk of Magnesia, MAC Blot, Stila CC Orchid, Maybelline Volum Express Hypercurl, Benefit Posietint, Tarte Amazonian Clay Blush, Burt’s Bees Lip Shimmer in Papaya, Fig & Rhubarb and Carmex!!!
Is makeup tools count? If they do, then my fave are Sigma F80 (for my sheer-med liquid foundation), BeautyBlender (for my full coverage foundation), Sigma F82 (MMU), MAC 134 (loose powder), MakeupShow H03 (blush brush).
Sorry typo, what I meant was MakeupShow H02 Blush Brush. H03 is their synthetic flat top foundation brush (also pretty good but too dense and small for me).
My Book if shadows volume 1! My first big makeup purchase and I’ve hit pan on almost every color 🙂 love it
Definitely a hard one! I think it’s a tie between MAC Stars N’ Rockets e/s and MAC Viva Glam I l/s. Although for pure utilitarian reasons I’m completely addicted to Sally Hansen Vita B lip moisturizer in Berry. I want to try the Peach too!
I absolutely love Laura Mercier Silk Creme Foundation, it always covers & makes my face look flawless. So happy to have found such a wonderful product 🙂
Make Up Forever Aqua Creams: Pink Beige & Taupe
Korres Mango Butter Lipstick: Natural Purple
Hands down Dior Lip Maximizer!!! Nothing has ever made my lips look even decent, so when I found this and my lips looked AWESOME… well, I will never go back!
Too Faced Shadow Insurance, anything Inglot, Loreal UV Perfect Mat, Eyeko Extra Glow
Virgin Isle cream colour base by MAC. Best blush (for my NW25 skin) ever.
MAC Oyster Girl lipglass 🙂
It goes perfectly with my NW15/NW20 skin. and i believe that even if you’re not wearing any other make-up, a little neutral/light lipgloss can add just a hint of sparkle and “made-up-ness,” if that makes sense. lol
BareMinerals Buxom Lipgloss in Sandy.
L’Oreal Voluminous Waterproof Mascara; Blistx Silk & Shine; Chanel Lipstick in Vamp and Estee Lauder Lipstick in Sugar Honey — I have repurchased all these product more that 6 times each and they are my die-hard HG staples.
UDPP, The Naked Palette, and MAC Refined Deeper Bronze bronzer that one I’m sad that it’s discontinued because it is perfect and I’ve had my same compact for about five years now, had I known I would’ve restocked:(