Best New Beauty Products (June 2022)

Best New Beauty Products (June 2022)

Here's a look at the top 25 products reviewed in the month of June, 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...

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L'Oreal Medium Infallible Bronzer

L'Oreal Medium Infallible 24H Fresh Wear Soft Matte Bronzer ($15.99 for 0.31 oz.) is a medium brown with warmer, slightly orange-leaning undertones and a matte finish. It performed well for a typical bronzer, but it was marketed as both buildable (it was quite pigmented) and...

L'Oreal Medium Infallible 24H Fresh Wear Soft Matte Bronzer ($15.99 for 0.31 oz.) is a medium brown with warmer, slightly orange-leaning undertones...

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Urban Decay Half Baked Mini Naked Palette

Urban Decay Half Baked Naked Your Way Mini Eyeshadow Palette ($29.00 for 0.12 oz.) includes three matte eyeshadows and three shimmers across a mix of warmer-toned neutrals. The quality was so-so; not the worst, not particularly compelling, and you'll definitely need to apply...

Urban Decay Half Baked Naked Your Way Mini Eyeshadow Palette ($29.00 for 0.12 oz.) includes three matte eyeshadows and three shimmers across a mix of...

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Pat McGrath Venus Nectar Divine Glow Highlighter

Pat McGrath Venus Nectar Divine Glow Highlighter ($48.00 for 0.17 oz.) is a light-medium, somewhat rosier copper with moderate, warm undertones and a luminous sheen.

  • Opaque coverage
  • Smooth, not too firm or too loosely-pressed
  • Picked up readily with dry brush, blended out evenly
  • Long-wearing...

Pat McGrath Venus Nectar Divine Glow Highlighter ($48.00 for 0.17 oz.) is a light-medium, somewhat rosier copper with moderate, warm undertones and a...

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Haus Labs Black Onyx, Titanium, White Onyx Optic Intensity Eyeliners

Fenty Beauty Chocolate Swiller Toast'd Swirl Bronzer

Fenty Beauty Chocolate Swiller Toast'd Swirl Bronzer ($42.00 for 0.42 oz.) is a medium-dark brown with warm, reddish undertones and contrasting, gold and copper shimmer throughout that gave it a lightly metallic sheen on my skin.

  • Opaque coverage
  • Smooth, almost wet feel, no...

Fenty Beauty Chocolate Swiller Toast'd Swirl Bronzer ($42.00 for 0.42 oz.) is a medium-dark brown with warm, reddish undertones and contrasting, gold...

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What made you decide to try indie products?

What made you decide to try indie products?

A lot of people I followed/respected were into some of the indie brands, and of course, their products wered often tempting to begin with, but it was really the strength of recommendations that did it.

— Christine

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Urban Decay Foxy Mini Naked Palette

Urban Decay Foxy Naked Your Way Mini Eyeshadow Palette ($29.00 for 0.12 oz.) includes three matte shades and three shimmer shades. The quality was on the lower side here--just scraping by into the B- range--due to consistent powderiness or dryness in the textures, which...

Urban Decay Foxy Naked Your Way Mini Eyeshadow Palette ($29.00 for 0.12 oz.) includes three matte shades and three shimmer shades. The quality was on...

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Pat McGrath Bronze Mirage Divine Glow Highlighter

Pat McGrath Bronze Mirage Divine Glow Highlighter ($48.00 for 0.17 oz.) is a soft, medium-dark copper with warm, brown undertones and a high-shine, metallic finish.

  • Opaque coverage
  • Smooth, not too firm or too loosely-pressed
  • Picked up readily with dry brush, blended out evenly
  • Can...

Pat McGrath Bronze Mirage Divine Glow Highlighter ($48.00 for 0.17 oz.) is a soft, medium-dark copper with warm, brown undertones and a high-shine,...

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