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KT Avatar

Blush: tie btwn. MAC & B. Brown
Foundation: Laura Mercier
Primer: none– my moisturizer & sunscreen combo ( Paula’s Choice) are great so I don’t need another product.

Leslie Avatar

Blush: Illamasqua! Their blushes are unique and complex and have this amazing subtle sweet smell.

Foundation: I can’t pick only one. My favorite foundations come from different brands like MAC (Pro Longwear), Estee Lauder (DoubleWear Light), Mehron (Celebre Pro HD) and on and on.

Face primer: I truly haven’t found an amazing face primer yet but I do like Hard Candy’s Sheer Envy. It’s only $6 and is basically the same as every other silicone primer out there.

Daniela Avatar

Favorite brand of blush? Urban Decay and MAC
Favorite brand of foundation? Make up Forever
Favorite brand of face primer? I’ve never used a primer in my life

Mel Avatar

Favourite brand of blush?

Tough one. Probably between Illamasqua and Chanel (and Clinique)

Favourite brand of foundation?

Chanel all the way, with Illamasqua Skin Base foundation in a good 2nd place.

Favourite brand of primer?

Prob Illamasqua too. The matt primer is great

Chelsea Avatar

Favorite brand of blush? Most def Nars Or La Femme

Favorite brand of foundation? Face atelier hands down for liquid best liquid foundation ever, it eliminates the need for concealer and spot treating and color correcting, and looks so dewy and natural.

For creams I like cinema secrets

Favorite brand of face primer?
I have never been a face primer fan, I just dont see the need. Moisturize alot .. 5 mins before makeup apply foundation.. set with powder..

Thats what I do on all my clients

Veronica Urban Avatar

Favorite brand of blush? Jemma Kidd
Favorite brand of foundation? Higher end- NARS, Drug Store- Maybelline
Favorite brand of face primer? Any of my face moisturizers (usually mixing aloe and sunscreen)

Nicole Avatar

Favorite brand of blush? I almost always reach for Milani Luminous
Favorite brand of foundation? Clinque, currently (perfectly real)
Favorite brand of face primer? MUFE

Shubana Avatar

Favorite brand of blush?
NARS “deep throat”

Favorite brand of foundation?
NARS sheer glow “barcelona”

Favorite brand of face primer?
I have never used one… YET. I’m thinking of getting MAC prep+prime

RosieG Avatar

Favorite blush? MAC

Favorite Foundation? Chanel, Giorgio Armani,Nars and Shiseido (sorry couldnt pick one)

Favorite Primer? None! not one has worked for me, i use a garnier gel lotion (reminds me of a nars gel moisterizer)and that works well.

John Avatar

Favorite brand of blush? I don’t wear blush.

Favorite brand of foundation? Taking into consideration powder, liquid, cream, tinted moisturizer or a hybrid of any of the four types of foundation, it would definitely be Laura Mercier but it’s only ahead of the rest by a small margin.

Favorite brand of face primer? People really don’t need primers, despite what any SA will tell you.

Mariella Avatar

Favourite brand of blush: MAC
Favourite brand of foundation: toss up between MAC and Clarins (for liquid foundation, that is)
Favourite brand of primer: toss up between Benefit and Clarins

Carrie Ann Avatar

Favorite brand of blush? MAC. I love the Mineralize Blushes and MSFs!

Favorite brand of foundation? Revlon. I only use Colorstay foundation.

Favorite brand of face primer? I don’t really use primer on my face, just moisturizer.

Rachel Avatar

Favorite brand of blush? MAC or Nars
Favorite brand of foundation? Laura Mercia, I also really like MAC studio sculpt.
Favorite brand of face primer? Smash box.

Tuna Lala Avatar

Favorite brand of blush? – NARS, for the heavy pigment formula
Favorite brand of foundation? – MAC Mineralize
Favorite brand of face primer? – N/A

Laurina Avatar

Favorite brand of blush? Lorac, their blushes are not super shimmery, have great color payoff, and last all day on me 🙂
Favorite brand of foundation? I’ve fallen for Cargo’s Oil Free Liquid Foundation because its a good color match, lasts all day, gives natural medium coverage, and is easy to blend. So I’ll say Cargo.
Favorite brand of face primer? Clarins

Tatiana Avatar

blush is between Nars and Clinique.
foundation I tend to grab Clinique,MUFE HD and Matte Velvet.
Primer I have only used MUFE or I will use Orgins vita-zing if im in a rush.

Liz Avatar

Blush: I love Benefit’s Bella Bamba. It’s amazing. I tried Coralista and it didn’t work out. I wish they would make more blushes that will work for deeper skin tones.

Foundation: I think Make Up For Ever HD is amazing, especially in photos.

Primer: I use Make Up For Ever HD primer in 0

Chris Avatar

Favorite brand of blush? Tarte or MAC
Favorite brand of foundation? MAC Studio Fix Powder is pretty much all I wear!
Favorite brand of primer? Smashbox Photo Finish is lovely

Ana Krum Avatar

Favorite brand of blush? NARS
Favorite brand of foundation? I haven’t tried many, but I vote for Bourjois. Their 10h sleep effect foundation is the only one that doesn’t cake on me.
Favorite brand of face primer? I don’t use any.

Breanna Avatar

Blush- NARS. Specifically Deep Throat powder blush or Penny Lane cream blush
Foundation- NARS again.. Sheer Glow. But I also like MUFE HD.
Face Primer- I don’t really use it.. I’ve only tried two (Bare Essentials and Palladio) and don’t really care for face primer that much.

Becca Avatar

Blush? NARS and MAC
foundation? don’t know….. I haven’t tried any high-end foundations
primer? I’ve only used Pixi’s primer and the one from the body shop (matte it) so I’m not really qualifies to answer this….

Michelle Brown Avatar

Favorite brand of blush? NYX
Favorite brand of foundation? Revlon Colorstay
Favorite brand of face primer? Avon
I haven’t tried very many options, but I’m happy with these for now. I like NYX’s cream and powder blushes, Revlon Colorstay has good coverage and a good match for me, and the Avon primer is like Smashbox’s primer but cheaper.

Jessica Avatar

* Favorite brand of blush? Chanel! Great range of colors, natural looking flush
* Favorite brand of foundation? It’s a tie between Smashbox and Bobbi Brown
* Favorite brand of face primer? I break out when using any primer!

Philo Avatar

Favorite brand of blush? None in particular
Favorite brand of foundation? Shu Uemura Face Architect
Favorite brand of face primer? Shu Uemura Under base & Bobbi Brown Vitamin enriched face base

Amy Avatar

Favourite brand of blush?
MAC, though I only own like 4, LOL!

Favourite brand of foundation?
Currently MAC, though as soon as I can afford to I’m getting Benefit’s Hello Flawless – my skin seemed to really like it in an all-day test.

Favourite brand of primer?
Used to be English Ideas, now I’m using MAC, but I am not super-thrilled with either now. I liked a Benefit one in a test, but it’s out of my budget.

Evan Ha Avatar

Favorite brand of blush? Benefit

Favorite brand of foundation? RMK and Banilaco

Favorite brand of face primer? Banilaco
(Banilaco is Korean cosmetic brand. Their face primer is the world best one. You should try it)

Ashley B. Avatar

Favorite brand of blush? If you asked me a few months ago, I probably woulda said MAC. But, now with the Tarte Amazonian Clay blushes, Tarte has taken MAC’s place.
Favorite brand of foundation? I currently use NARS Sheer Glow, but MAC foundations have never done me wrong, so I’ll go with MAC.
Favorite brand of face primer? MUFE HD (the clear one)

Liang T Avatar

Favorite brand of blush? MAC & Chanel
Favorite brand of foundation? Chanel
Favorite brand of face primer? Currently using MAC primer but I’m willing to try other brands

Ayzee Avatar

Favorite brand of blush?
NYX and Milani. (Haven’t tried NARS yet ’cause I find it quite expensive)

Favorite brand of foundation?
Make Up For Ever Mat Velvet. (Really curious about Laura Mercier, though)

Favorite brand of face primer?
Philosophy(evening) Make Up For Ever(daytime) 🙂

Melisse Avatar

Favourite brand of blush – Shu Uemura Glow on blushers, NARS
Favourite brand of foundation – Shu Uemura (particularly face architect smoothing fluid foundation and Nobara Stick foudation)
Favourite brand of primer – Cle De Peau, Shu Uemura

I love Japanese brands for base products. The colour matches are much more suitable for asian skin!

Nalina Avatar

*Favorite brand of blush? – NARS!

*Favorite brand of foundation? – NARS so far, but I am dying to try the new MAC and one of the Chanel formulas.

*Favorite brand of face primer? – Smashbox Photo Finish Oil Free Primer

amanda Avatar

Fave blush brand- MAC.
Fave foundation brand- tie between MAC and MUFE [for the HD]. I will have to wait til i try more of MACs
Fave foundation primer brand-Smashbox. Definitely =]

MJ Avatar

Favorite brand of blush? I don’t have a favorite. I like MAC, NYX, NARS, Milani, Benefits…

Favorite brand of foundation? Changes all the time. Love Chanel and Laura Mercier. NARS is an old fallback.

Favorite brand of face primer? Stila. By far the One Step Color Correct works for me best. I will sometimes use Benefit POREfession when I am using a lot of silicone based products.

lazeny Avatar

Favorite brand of blush? Chanel Joues Contraste
Favorite brand of foundation? I still love Shu Uemura but I recently been using Graftobian HD. It’s unbelievably amazing!
Favorite brand of face primer? Kanebo Coffret D’or

Mavel Avatar

Favorite brand of blush – NARS (am in love with Lovejoy)
Favorite brand of foundation – MUFE (HD all the way!)
Favorite brand of face primer – Hourglass

berries Avatar

Favorite Brand of Blush? NARS <3
Favorite Brand of Foundation? I'm loving Diorskin Nude Liquid Foundation at the moment~
Favorite Brand of Face Primer? I suppose this doesn't count as a 'primer' as such, but Le Blanc de Chanel. It's lovely. More like a makeup base, though IMO

Adelita Avatar

Favorite brand of blush?
» Tarte (Amazonian Clay 12-Hour Blush), La Femme & NARS.

Favorite brand of foundation?
» Shiseido (Sun Protection Liquid Foundation SPF 42 PA+++), Guerlain (Parure Extreme) & Lancôme (Teint Idole Ultra).

Favorite brand of face primer?
» Clinique (Pore Minimizer Instant Perfector), but now they replace it with something new and I don’t like it, so now my favorite are Smashbox (Photo Finish Targeted Pore & Line Primer) & Pure Luxe (Eraser). But whatever primer I use, I always put Milk of Magnesia beforehand.

Thiviya Avatar

Favorite brand of blush?
Bourjois / NYX

Favorite brand of foundation?
Revlon Colorstay / Bobbi Brown Oil-free Foundation

Favorite brand of face primer?
ELF Mineral-Infused Face Primer

Kylie Avatar

Favorite brand of blush? | MAC & NARS
Favorite brand of foundation | Armani (Luminous Silk)
Favorite brand of face primer | Clarins (Beauty Flash Balm)

Z Avatar

*Dont know about the brand in general because I have not tried all products from same brand, but these are my favorites*

Blush – Coastal Scents (because of the variety of matte shades) but I LOVE my Milanni Luminous
Foundation – Revlon Colorstay or Estee Lauder 🙂
Powder – MAC Mineralize Skin Finish Natural or the Prep and Prime Finishing Powder (Studio Fix breaks me out)

Roseline Avatar

Blush: Benefit Sugarbomb, it’s HUGE, and it looks natural for everyday wear, while also allowing me to look innocent ;).

Foundation: Noevir N5 Liquid Treatment Foundation SPF15, Noevir is a Japanese brand. I just love the way it looks, it feels and looks like quality makeup.

Primer: Tarino Tarantino Pearl Glow Primer- It does what it says, it gives you a glow =D.

misschris2025 Avatar

BLUSH? Tarte, Bobbi Brown, Kevyn Aucoin
FOUNDATION? Cover FX, Giorgio Armani
PRIMER? Nurturing Force Blot Out Offensive, the BEST primer for anyone (like me) who cannot tolerate silicone-based primers. Cover FX ClearPrep is a good second choice

Dove267 Avatar

I sorta had to cheat with this one…:0 So many good drugstore products!
(Btw I have dark, acne prone oily skin)
Favorite Blush-
High End: Tarte 16 Hour Blush in Tipsy, Natural Beauty and Blushing Bride
Low End: NYX Powder Blush in Mocha and Pinky
Favorite Foundation
High End:Nars Sheer Glow(dunno what color right now have to repurchase)
Low End:Revlon Colorstay in Caramel 400 Sheered Out With moisturiser
Favorite Face Primer-
High End- Skin Fx, I forget the exact name.
Low End- Havent found one yet!:)
U r awesome Temptalia! 🙂

THE PERIOD BLOG Avatar

* Favorite brand of blush?
JANE BLOOMING BLUSHES so cheap and soo good!!! colour selection is great too!!
* Favorite brand of foundation?
MAC STUDIO FIX POWDER or ZA 2WAY FOUNDATION

* Favorite brand of face primer?
Currently I’m using URBAN DECAY FACE PRIMER which is great for dry skin. I would liek to try the L’oreal one that comes in the pot next.

Amy D Avatar

Favorite blush?
Too many to name but really love Benetint by Benefit Cosmetics for a nice, natural color. Wear under makeup to soften the look.

Favorite foundation? Has to be the Estee Lauder Double Wear Foundation line. Long-wearing, natural looking, adjustable coverage. Da-bomb!

Favorite primer? Usually, I don’t wear a primer but the soft-focus look that L’Oreal’s Studio Secrets Primer gives is great for diffusing the uneven look of large pores and acne scarring. And the light pink tint gives a slight glow to the skin.

Katie Avatar

Favorite brand of blush? NARS
Favorite brand of foundation? Hm…NARS for summer (sheer glow) Estee Lauder for winter (double wear light)
Favorite brand of face primer? Make Up For Ever face primer in “green” to combat redness in the face 🙂

Mariela Avatar

Favorite brand of blush? MAC, Tarte & Stila
Favorite brand of foundation? Maybelline & Revlon
Favorite brand of face primer? I think I want to try the Urban Decay! Still don’t own a face primer. I use fix plus by MAC for everything lol! 🙂

LollipopSiouxsie Avatar

Blush: NARS and Gosh
Foundation: MAC at the moment but still on the hunt for something better
Primer: Milk of Magnesia – no joke! Silicone primers are absolutely useless on my skin. Milk of Magnesia is the only thing that keeps me oil free all day. And it’s cheap!

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