Best New Beauty Products (August 2021)

Here’s a look at the top 25 products reviewed in the month of August, plus a summary of how many products and brands were reviewed and a break out of ratings! 🙂

I think it’d be fun to go through what we used, purchased, resisted, and so forth each month, here are some questions:

  1. Did anything new get added to your wish list?
  2. What release tempted you the most?
  3. Did you make any new purchases?
  4. Or successfully dupe a new product with something you already own?

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kjh Avatar

8 As, and all the rest A+s. Whatta month for new products. All are pretty covetable, too. I have to check the extended dupes to stop my cards from burning a hole through my pants. So glad that you’re featuring some of the less expensive dupes. The ticket is getting pretty high on so many products.

Mariella Avatar

Did anything new get added to your wish list? That Huda Beauty Jaguar palette
What release tempted you the most? MAC’s Tempting Fate. I am rarely tempted (pardon!) by a whole collection but the e/s palette and that gold pencil liner really piqued my interest though I’m going to wait for Temptalia’s reviews
Did you make any new purchases? Yes – that Jaguar palette (technically I ordered it in August but arrived yesterday – so in September)
Or successfully dupe a new product with something you already own? I do have dupes of several shadows in this palette (what a shocker, no?) but they are shades I love and it was no surprise that I have dupes for 4 or 5 of the shadows.

Rachel R. Avatar

DID ANYTHING NEW GET ADDED TO YOUR WISH LIST? UD Vice Lipstick in Gridlock.
Maybe PML Huetopia and ND Retro palettes but I’ll wait for a sale if I get them.

WHAT RELEASE TEMPTED YOU THE MOST? UD Vice Lipsticks, especially Gridlock (didn’t buy — we’re back to wearing masks). Dior Rouge Blush in New World and the two new Jaclyn Cosmetics blush palettes (bought all three). Beauty Bay Wilderness Palette (bought).

DID YOU MAKE ANY NEW PURCHASES? *Sheepishly*…Too many. I went HAM on some sales. Laura Geller Baked Balance-n-Brighten Foundation, Dior Rouge Blush in 865 New World, Beauty Bay Wilderness Palette, Alien Cosmetics Lore Palette, and the two new Jaclyn Cosmetics blush palettes. Lethal Cosmetics Lethal is Dead Palette and gel liners, Root Palettes, Quartz contour, purple blush, and lavender highlighter. Some eye palettes and cheek palettes from Moira Beauty’s $5 anniversary sale. Backups of the discontinued Milani Conceal+ Perfect Foundation in Porcelain. Plus more. I won’t lie, it was fun to be interested in new makeup again, but now I need to cool it for awhile!

OR SUCCESSFULLY DUPE A NEW PRODUCT WITH SOMETHING YOU ALREADY OWN?
UD Vice Lipstick in Hollyweird tempted me greatly, but I decided Anarchy was a close enough dupe.

Kimberly Avatar

Did anything new get added to your wish list? The new Fenty eyeshadow palette as well as the Urban Decay Naked Cyber palette. They both give the soft but playful looks that are popular in Asian makeup looks, and in the case of the Naked Cyber palette, it makes total sense that the palette will be launched in Asia long before it hits the states

What release tempted you the most? The new MAC fall collection. I’m not the biggest fan of the packaging for the lipsticks, but I do love the eyeshadow palette. However, I know that MAC’s limited edition formula can be hit or miss, and I don’t know if this should be my first outing with MAC’s eyeshadow formula

Did you make any new purchases? I purchased some of the items from the NYX Sex Education collab. The eyebrow glue, jumbo eye pencils, eyeshadow palette, and butter gloss

Or successfully dupe a new product with something you already own? While the Charlotte Tilbury Nudegasm palette looks very pretty, I recently bought the Enchant variation of the Mircosmooth Multi-tasking Baked Face Palette from Sephora Collection and the tones are very similar

Genevieve Avatar

Did anything new get added to your wish list? All these fabulous lipsticks on offer and we are still wearing masks….I really liked a lot of the new YSL lipsticks – especially the Chili ones, but they are too expensive for me to buy here.

What release tempted you the most? I think the new UD lipsticks – especially Callback and some of the SG eyeshadows and that gorgeous CP blush Magic Moon.

Did you make any new purchases? No I haven’t lately.

Or successfully dupe a new product with something you already own? Yes I have tried to dupe the YSL lipsticks with those from CP or Maybelline.

Helene Avatar

Did anything new get added to your wish list? Yes, UD No Parking, YSL Rouge Paradoxe, SG Biscott and SD Superstar.
What release tempted you the most? ND Retro Palette and the new LE from MAC, all of it!
Did you make any new purchases? Yes, from CT but it got lost in transition and I got a full refund. The same happened with my BECCA order. 🙁
Or successfully dupe a new product with something you already own? Yes, Smashbox Harley Quinn, I had a few dupes for it.

Celesta Avatar

Did anything new get added to your wish list? After seeing a few tutorials, the ND Midi Retro palette is on my wishlist, especially because I’ve wanted tones similar to the Melt She’s in Parties palette. I’ll wait for a sale though… one thing I really like about ND: even if something is limited edition, it’s not sold out immediately and stays in stock for a couple of years, so there’s plenty of chance to purchase and I don’t get caught up in the NEW NEW NEWness of it all.

What release tempted you the most? The Beauty Bay Wilderness palette, Glamlite + Mikayla palette and ND Retro palette.

Did you make any new purchases? I did purchase the Wilderness palette, Huda Jaguar, Glamlite Mikayla, and ND Love (50% off!).

Or successfully dupe a new product with something you already own? I’m sure I could dupe any of these, but just felt like purchasing anyway.

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