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If you could only have three make up products for your daily routine, what would they be?

If you could only have three make up products for your daily routine, what would they be? Be specific!

Kiehl’s Tinted Moisturizer, MAC Espresso Eyeshadow (brows!), and Benefit Sugarbomb.

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Christine Avatar

1. Soliel Tan De Chanel (aka Bronze Universal) 2. L’Oreal Voluminous Carbon Black Mascara. 3. Urban Decay Naked Palette If that counts as a single item. If not, I’ll choose MAC Smut Eyeshadow.

Patty Avatar

Hmmm, this is a hard one.

I’d have to pick MUFE Smokey Lash, Rimmel brow pencil, and either MUFE concealer OR blush (if my skin’s cooperating that day hahaha)

this one was tough!!

Maria Porto Avatar

Nars the Multiple in Orgasm (beautiful color for your cheeks and works for your lips and can brighten the eyes also), Diorskin Nude Perfecting Hydrating Concealer in beige (the best concealer ever! my opinion!), Benefit The Porefessional (I love it!).

Ash Avatar

Lush Colour Supplement in “Light Pink,” Stila Stay All Day Waterproof Liquid Eyeliner in “Carbon Black,” and MAC lipglass in “Spite.” 😀

brian Avatar

Tarte tinted moisturizer, cargo matte medium bronzer and urban decay 24/7 liner in ransom. The three things I use everyday..not including skincare.

anon Avatar

wow, this is hard… skincare AND makeup? (I’m assuming at least cleanser doesn’t count)

daywear moisturizer (balances, slight green tint corrects redness), doublewear foundation (doubles well as concealer), buxom blackest black. if moisturizer didn’t count I’d add a moisturizing lipstick or gloss

I’d be jonesin hard for my lipliner/primers/shadow though 🙁

Athena Avatar

Sephora collection waterproof mascara, sephora clear brow gel, mac baby sparks dazzleglass. 🙂 (my skin is pretty good, so I don’t wear face products anyways, but sometimes just a light dusting of translucent powder if I’m extra oily that day)

Carrie Ann Avatar

Revlon Colorstay foundation or a really good concealer, a multi-use cream product for cheeks and lips, like the ones from NARS or Stila, and a good mascara. My favorites are the mascaras from Fresh and Bare Escentuals Buxom Lash.

Kay Avatar

Vichy dermablend corrective foundation, MACs blushbaby blush, and False lash effects mascara, okay so boring choices but you know the rest of my face would look silly without mascara!

kelly Avatar

oooh thats a tuff one. because you can do full face of makeup with that. ok here goes; i’d use Fuschia mineral foundation(Irish brand,www.fuschia.ie) and flat top Bronzer/kabuki brush, and maybelline volominous mascara.
Thats two not including brush, so Id say A blush by nars deep troat.

Julia Minamata Avatar

I’m into products that perform more than one function, so I’ll go with LORAC’s Double Feature Concealer/Highlighter, Tarte’s Natural Beauty lip/cheek stain and an Anastasia Brow Powder I can use on my brows and an eyeshadow 😛

Maya C Avatar

MUFE HD foundation – I just can’t go out without foundation on
Benefit BadGal mascara, and…
NARS Orgasm blush – It’s my absolute fave on cheeks, plus I can use it on my lids in a pinch.

Torill Avatar

Ugh, my skin is not very clear…
I think I would have to go with mac studio fix fluid concealer, loreal duo superslick eyeliner, and a blush (I don’t know which hahah) 🙂

marikuska Avatar

pixi illuminating tint and conceal (because i need both foundation and concealer), max factor 2000 calories black mascara,s-he eyebrow pencil…

baby in a corner Avatar

Diorskin nude foundation, urban decay eyeshadow in sellout, and mascara, I like lancome mascaras but i haven’t found my HG judging effectiveness and price!

KT Avatar

Clinique Even Better Foundation, Max Factor cream blush in Soft Murano and Max Factor loose powder…this is my every day routine when I’m too lazy to do makeup and know I wont be bothered to take off mascara at night!

kasiaj85 Avatar

Oh My… That’s difficult…
I’d say a mineral base (as a foundation), my fav Clinique Lash Power Mascara and a MAC Just Add Colour lipgloss. 🙂

z Avatar

Wow! This is hard. I’d have to say Korres watermelon tinted moisturizer, Mac bite of an apple blush, and mac creamsheen glass in deelight (my absolute fav lip color bc it matches my natural lip color perfectly)

Sunny Avatar

1. Benefit Brows-a-go-go
2. MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack on my upper lashline
3. Mascara, at the moment it’s Maybelline Volume Express

Jill Avatar

Wow…the last time I used just 3 products I was probably in middle school (sad).
1. MUFE Mat Velvet + Foundation (love)
2. Clinique Lash Doubling Mascara, Black
3. UD Naked Palette (hey it is just one product at purchase haha)

montygrl4131 Avatar

YSL touch eclat
Korres lip butter
MAC Hipness blush

Making this list makes me grateful I don’t REALLY have to choose 3 items!

caleigh Avatar

Covergirl Tinted Moisturizer, Clinique Lash Doubling Mascara, and Bobbi Brown Brow Gel, this is actually what I wear on school days because I dont have time for much else.

Anil Avatar

Thanks for answering my question!!!
My three products would be
1. MAC Soft and Gentle MSF highlighter
2. Loreal Voluminous Mascara
3. UD eyeliner in zero

Hannah Avatar

1. Revlon colourstay foundation, it can double as a concealer
2. Loreal voluminous carbon black mascara
3. Some form of blush/bronzer/highlighter…i just need something to make me look alive in general (currently ill with exams)

Lea Avatar

Estée Lauder Doublewear (doubles as foundation and concealer), MAC Shell Pearl Beauty Powder (for blush and highlighter) aand Helena Rubinstein Sexy Blacks mascara for gorgeous lashes.

Melinda Avatar

Hmmm. I guess I would go for Lancôme Teint Miracle foundation, Golden Crown eyeshadow by MAC and Estée Lauder Double Wear zero-smudge liquid eyeliner.

Niki Avatar

Only 3 products…it’s difficult to choose and I can’t even pick my 3 favorite products (eyeliner, mascara & lipstick), so I guess I would say: eyeliner, mascara and concealers for I need to cover my under eye dark circles so I don’t go out the house looking like the first-cousin to a racoon. LOL.

Anitacska Avatar

Guerlain Le 2 mascara in black, Mac MSF Natural + Shimmer duo (Medium), and a warm pink lipstick or lipgloss. Would hate it though, I love using colourful eyeshadows and eyeliners, and I feel “naked” without a blush. 🙂

Sarah Avatar

MUFE Face and Body Liquid Makeup, Urban Decay Lipstick in Vinyl (I like using this one on my cheeks, too, and in a pinch I’d try it as an eye color!) and L’Oreal Voluminous Millions Lashes!

It was a tough call between Vinyl and Benefit’s Dallas (which I like on my face as a bronzer, more heavily as a blush, and on my eyes as a shadow… Ooh, maybe I would do Dallas instead! Please don’t ever make me actually choose!)

morena123 Avatar

A MUFE palette for eyeshadow,
MUFE face & body for everyday foundation (love it) and i have this already
and a pink lipstick sheer lipgloss

Julia Avatar

Ouch! This question is fun but it’s like asking a parent to pick their favorite child.
1. Makeup Forever HD foundation OR benefit erase paste (ok, I am majorly cheating on the only three rule)
2. Urban Decay shadow in Sin
3.Dior Show Mascara

Esperanza Avatar

A good medium brown eyeliner which I can use to do my eyebrows and use it to define my eyes as well. Mac Violetta lipstick which I can use as both a blush and on the lips. I could use it very lightly or deeper depending on the mood of the day. a good eye mascara I have so many favorite ones I just choose a really good one.

DallasBrownEyes Avatar

Sunscreen, foundation, brow pencil.

This question reminds me of the MAC MUA who sold me Coquette eyeshadow a few years ago. She said I could use it for brows, crease, liner, and with the right brush, contouring. LOL!

Alisha in WI Avatar

Okay we’re going for favorites here, not budget friendly picks!

1. MUFE mat velvet + foundation 2. mascara clinique high impact or lashblast (or whatever else is comfortable & not crunchy w/o flaking on me) 3. Illamasqua intense ligloss in Frenzy or mac snob

Jennifer S. Avatar

1. EOS lip balm in Mint (Christine, I know you are a Jack Black fan but you have to try this if you have not already. All natural, so moisturizing and such a cute packaging!)

2. Benefit’s Coralista

3. Guerlain’s Meteorites in Teint Beige 02

And when you were not looking, I would tuck away Guerlain’s Rouge G in Galia in case I needed more of a polished look!

Olivia A Avatar

Fun question 🙂
I’d pick MAC Her Blooming Cheek blush (which would last forever because it’s so pigmented!), Maybelline The Falsies mascara, and MAC Russian Red lipstick (what can I say, I’m feeling saucy 🙂 ).

Quinctia Avatar

Ha, this is sort of a convergence with a “what’s the minimum you’d leave the house in” question.

– UD Pore Perfecting Primer
– Physicians Formula Mineral Foundation
– Swipe of a Cream Eyeshadow (I have a pearl Wet n Wild one in a tube that’s great for mornings you’re running horribly late.) / UD Sin PP

Though I suppose it helps that I have long, dark lashes and rarely wear lipstick, so I don’t think of those as must-haves.

jen Avatar

1. Bare Minerals Matte Foundation (can double up as concealer too)
2. Giorgio Armani Eyes to Kill Excess mascara
3. A tie between Urban Decay’s Naked lipstick and MAC Ample Pink plushglass

Katie Avatar

Wow this is almost impossible.

1. Bare Minerals powder foundation 2. MAC eyeshadow (don’t know off the top of my head, but whichever one I use for my eyebrows) 3. MAC blushbaby blush.

Gaga4Gaga Avatar

Revlon PhotoReady Liquid Makeup in Golden Beige, L’Oreal Colour Juice Sheer Juicy Lip Gloss in Golden Splash, MAC Brow Set in Mink

Jennifer Lee Avatar

Bare minerals in Brunette for dem brows, some black eyeliner (IDK what brand, any I guess) and some RED lipstick (maybe Lady Danger by MAC?)

Fernanda Pozzi Avatar

Pressed powder (Adcos, a brazilian brand)
Concealer (Victoria’s Secret PRO Camouflage FX Concealer)
and blush (I cant decide a brand)

Kellie Avatar

under eye concealer (I have *awful* dark circles, thanks to genetics), lip gloss and mascara. If chap stick counts as a “make-up product”, than replace lip gloss with chap stick. 🙂

arianne Avatar

MUFE e/s 138 (for brows), Lumiere Cashmere mineral foundation in Med Warm and MAC See Sheer lipstick. If moisturizer is included in the top 3, I’d pick my HG Korres Wild Rose, MUFE 138 and See Sheer 🙂

Val Avatar

Almost went crazy with this….
I need my Make Up For Ever green makeup base to tone down my redness, need my MAC Prep + Prime SPF 50 for my oil control, need my Urban Decay/Too Faced eyeshadow insurance to keep my oily lids at bay, need my eyebrow pencil to give me a “normal” looking brow, need my eyeshadows to hide my puffy eyes and eyeliner to make me look awake, and my lipstick to keep my extra extra red lips look less red….

I give up……

Annick Chantal L. H. Avatar

Tinted moisturizer, concealer (mac but I’d like to buy the touch éclat of YSL), and eye pencil (chanel crayon yeux, or mac smolder, or and now mac feline). (but I need an eye-shadow and/or a paint pot, so it will be indianwood, carbon, mulch. And a mascara, and lipstick and lipgloss). So instead of 3 it will be 6 or 8 MU products. Sorry Christine…

NeenaJ Avatar

Mascara: Maybelline Full n Soft Waterproof in Very Black
Concealer: MAC Moisture Cover Concealer in NW15
Gel Blush: Pixi Sheer Cheek Gel in Natural – bonus use on lips

Georgia Avatar

MAC NW15 Pro Longwear Concealer
Urban Decay Beige Betty Brow Box
MaxFactor False Lash Effect Mascara here in the uk (Covergirl lashblast in the US)

Geek Faerie Avatar

Urban Decay Primer Potion, Benefit’s Glowla palette, Benefit’s Brow Pencil. Do palettes count as one item? If not then take out the palette and the brow pencil and swap in Urban Decay’s Naked Palette and any one of the Stila Lip and Cheek tints. 😀

Laurel Avatar

“Make-up products” implies that I have unlimited access to my skincare and lip balm, right? 🙂 In that case, Perricone No Foundation Foundation, Benetint and black Rimmel Glam’Eyes mascara.

Niki Avatar

1. Ben Nye Cake Eyeliner (and if I could sneak it in Kryolan CEL Sealear/Cake Eyeliner Sealer)
2. L’Oreal Voluminous Waterproof Mascara in Black
3. Bobbi Brown Concealer

Mar Avatar

1. Lash Curler
2. Black, waterproof mascara (MF False Lash Effect)
3. Korres MultiVitamin compact powder

And if I can cheat just a little… Maybelline 24Hrs Superstay concealer!

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