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Is there one beauty product you can't leave the house without applying?


Is there one beauty product you can’t leave the house without applying? Share!

Moisturizer!! That is an absolute must.

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artemis Avatar

Moisturizer, too…but since I usually moisturize at night, if I really gotta hurry up, I would just wipe off the excess oil and put foundation on(in colder months) or wash just a tiny bit so it won’t strip away everything and put foundation on(everywhere). So yeah, foundation, preferably a medium coverage natural looking one….

Jade Avatar

I was going to say nothing (I often go out barefaced) but I would also have to say moisturiser! I don’t even think about it, I just do it! But I also have to do SOMETHING with my hair, it’s short (only just at my ears) and when I wake up it’s usually a spectacular homage to Medusa ….

Faiza Avatar

For me too….moisturizer is must to apply in skin on daily basis…I use Jergens coconut hydration creme…which one do you use christine/favourite??

Kat Avatar

Well yeah, moisturizer, but I don’t exactly count that as a beauty product. It’s more of a skin care product in my opinion.

I won’t leave the house without mascara. Like I’ve said in other comments, my small, blonde-eyelashed eyes disappear without definition!

Sarah Avatar

I’m big on eyeliner! It’s really all I need, even though I love to do more than that. It makes me look awake and bright-eyed. 🙂

Lisa Avatar

Sunscreen! My moisturizer contains sunscreen though so maybe I cheated. 😉 But if we’re talking makeup, then it’s a tie between eyeliner and concealer. I have terrible dark circles and I just think I look rather odd without eyeliner!

Lee Avatar

Like a lot of people, sunscreen is my top pick. If I had to pick a cosmetic, I’d say mascara since my eyelashes are strawberry blonde tho’ I go without anything on the weekends fairly often.

Emily Avatar

I am so proud to see so many people saying sunscreen :’)

I would also say sunscreen, and if I had another few minutes definitely brows.

Tammy Avatar

Lipstick! I won’t even be in my house without it. As soon as I get up in the morning, I brush my teeth and put on lipstick, even if I am going to spend the day in my pajamas.

issy Avatar

Moisturizer too ( I am using the Clinique one, in yellow package, I think it has decent spf too)
That or a bit of the Clarins Flash Balm if I feel my skin specially dull.

AudreyNZ Avatar

Aside from moisturiser (which I do apply anyway whether I do go out or not), …foundation. My freckles had kinda merged into bigger ones and lately, I’ve been very conscious about it :p But honestly, there are at least two products I can’t leave the house without. The other, is a dark brown eyeliner/eyeshadow just on the outer corners of eyes to enhance my round puny eyes 🙂

Nikki J. Avatar

Lip balm! I can’t stand the feeling of dry lips so I keep lip balm near by at all times (one on my nightstand, one in the medicine cabinet, one in my car, and one in my purse). I usually apply it each morning, right after brushing my teeth and allow it to sink in, then apply my lip color right before leaving the house.

Brenda Avatar

I can’t even leave the bathroom without moisturizer LOL!! And my eyebrows. Always eyebrows if I have to leave my house, sometimes even if I’m just staying at home – I feel funny without doing something to them.

Emy Avatar

Sunscreen. Although there HAS been time I’ve left the house without applying sunscreen, those were more of a wake-up-and-run-not-even-brush-my-teeth sort of lateness.

Michelle Avatar

Concealer is my must-have product, and my brow pencil/gel combo is almost as important. I want my skin less flawed, and my eyes framed.

StrangeOne Avatar

Sunscreen for me.

Although, I did have a moment a couple of days back when my face felt awfully dry and I was wearing makeup. I didn’t know whether to put moisturizer on my makeup itself or take the whole thing off.

The Mrs Avatar

I’m terrible but I rarely leave the house without all my makeup on. If I have to leave I put on foundation or a BB cream at the bare minimum. I feel I have a bad complexion and am not at all confident without that coverage.

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