Best Products of the Week | Vol. 290

Hope your weekend is starting off on the right note! Every Saturday, I like to share the top 10 products from the last week of reviews. It’s a nice way to highlight what reviews have been published recently. Similarly, I love reading–and I know others enjoy sharing!–their own “week in review” when it comes to what makeup/beauty products they may have used and/or enjoyed.

What was your week in review like? Copy and paste the lil’ survey below and share your answers in the comments 🙂

  • Your skin tone/coloring:
  • Look you loved this week?:
  • Any new or old favorites discovered?:
  • Any product you’re hoping to use next week?:

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Mariella Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: pale, cool
Look you loved this week?: I used the “old” UD Revolution formula lipstick in Rapture yesterday for the first time in ages. Ditto Sephora’s concealer (I think it’s called Make No Mistake – it’s in a squeeze-y tube) I can’t remember anything else about my “look” but I was so happy with how that lipstick looked and was pleased with the performance of the concealer also
Any new or old favorites discovered?: Old has to be the Rapture lipstick, along with MAC’s Golden Gaze eyeshadow. I had forgotten how lovely and wearable that shadow is (it looks so dark and murky in the pan but transforms into the most beautiful shade of sludge green/brown with some bronze thrown in).
Any product you’re hoping to use next week?: Golden Gaze and also my 2 new ABH shadows – Chiffon and Chocolate Crumble (not necessarily all together!)

Celesta Avatar

Oh, Mariella! The concealer that we were talking about earlier this week, the Shiseido Self Refreshing Concealer, it’s a good one! I would call it a high end dupe of my beloved Maybelline Better Skin Concealer. It’s the first concealer I’ve tried in forever that I love and actually looks like skin but covers things up. If you decided to pick it up, I think you would enjoy it.

Mariella Avatar

This is so good to know, Celesta. Thanks for reporting back with this information. My favourite Shoppers Drug Mart carries Shiseido and it’s 20% off every Thursday. I have to get a few other things but with our current Stay At Home order, I’m reluctant to go out for anything other than groceries or prescriptions so I might wait until things are better here because as much as I do think makeup is a necessity (and most here understand the desperate urge), in this current emergency, I don’t want to be making the sorts of excuses I criticize others for.

Celesta Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: above with freckles, green/gray/blue eyes, warm brown hair.

Look you loved this week?: I did a springy pink and turquoise look that I adored as well as a graphic liner look that I loved so much. Here are the links if you are interested!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CNm7SbzpA9u/?igshid=fgvir9j37mmc
https://www.instagram.com/p/CNurbAOJvNq/?igshid=10opi84vb2jk9

Any new or old favorites discovered?: I’m starting to enjoy my Juvia’s Place Wahala 2 palette again. It’s really large and can be overwhelming, but I used it a couple of times this week and it’s great quality.

Any product you’re hoping to use next week?: I have so many beautiful but neglected palettes, so I am going to start pulling one out every week and make a concerted effort to use it a couple of times.

Sarah Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: See above

Look you loved this week?: Neutral eye, red lip
https://www.instagram.com/p/CNn8EDtghO1/?igshid=1m64jllfxy40j

Any new or old favorites discovered?: I am still on the lookout for a coral red lip. (No floral scent.) suggestions welcome!

Any product you’re hoping to use next week?: I splurged on a lipstick at the Sephora sale (otherwise I just purchased skincare backups) and I will wear it this week. ( Gucci Satin Lipstick 402: A Fuchsia)

Erica Avatar

Your skin tone/coloring: light MAC NC 20

Look you loved this week?: I went back to an old favorite: the Lorac California Dreaming palette. Soft muted colors. Easy to blend. Perfect for Spring!

Any new or old favorites discovered?: Lorac California Dreaming. Lorac Pro 2

Any product you’re hoping to use next week?: Paula’s Choice BHA liquid after I use up a glycolic acid toner I’m finishing up

Genevieve Avatar

Your skin tone/colouring: Porcelain, with pink undertones

Look you loved this week?: I did do a few more looks I liked this week – PMG’s Sublime Mini, with Golden Septre on the lids, Sinful in the crease and Lapis Luxury as the pop of colour in the middle of the lower lid. I paired it with CP’s Liquid Courage.

Any new or old favorites discovered?: PMG’s Sublime Mini

Any product you’re hoping to use next week?: Probably Lorac’s Noir, Maybelline’s Burgundy Bar and CP’s Tea Thyme lipstick.

Kimberly Avatar

Look you loved this week?: I did a super basic look where I just took Natasha Denona “Zand” and gently smoked it out on the outer lid, put on some Ardell Demi Wispies, and Benefit Badgal Bang. For face I used Bobbi Brown Bronzing Powder in “Medium”, Nature Republic By Flower Blusher Face Cheek Blush in “No. 4 Candy Rose”, and Wet ‘n Wild megaglo Highlighter in “Precious Petals”. For lips I used the Truly Beauty Unicorn Lip Plumping Balm and the NARS Satin Lipstick in “Orgasm”

Any new or old favorites discovered?: For the longest time I just thought of Natasha Denona “Zand” as a misc. little single I got from a Sephora perk, but just lightly smoked out by itself with false lashes on top makes for a really simple, modern look that makes me think I could be one of those effortlessly flawless Tiktokers

Any product you’re hoping to use next week?: I think I want to pull out my Colourpop Sailor Moon palette in the next week

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