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What are your top five favorite beauty brands? Share your must-reads!

Guerlain, Chanel, Kate Somerville, MAC, Make Up For Ever… but those are just the first five that popped into my head. It’s more about individual products than brands for me!

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Dusty Avatar
Dusty

MAC
AVEDA
BEN NYE (for effects like blood and latex)
SHISEIDO (creamy eyeshadow thingies! lol! love em!)
INGLOT (just the shadows)

Was tempted to say MAC & MAC PRO for two of these! LOL! Cause Pro offers a variety of really cool products… But I just went with an all-inclusive MAC instead 🙂

Paddychat Avatar
Paddychat

Chanel (above all for lipsticks)
Nars (blush)
MUFE (eyepencils, powder and star powder)
Dior (eyeshadows)
Urban Decay (eyeshadows)

That’s an hard question !

Melanie Avatar
Melanie

I just have three : Chanel, MAC & Bobbi Brown 🙂

I know, this is completely off topic, but where can I managa my subscriptions? I just can’t find it, sorry 🙁

Bree Avatar
Bree

Are you getting Emailed every time someone comments….if so read that email & manage your subscription should be one of the options that have a link you click on it & viola…hope this helps.

maja pastori Avatar
maja pastori

My top favourite brands are:
-MAC (lipsticks,glosses,eyeshadows,eyeliners,lip liners,blushes)
-YSL (blushes, mascara)
-DIOR (eyeshadows)
-LANCOME (mascaras+silky mat foundation)

iliana Avatar
iliana

So far it’s just MAC (for everything), The Body Shop (skin care and fragrance), and Revlon (lipsticks and gloss) since I don’t really splurge on other brands. I like Revlon for the value of their products – quite good for a non-high end brand.

I still can’t justify buying stuff that are beyond MAC’s prices but if I were to choose other brands whose products have made me wish I had a higher budget for cosmetics, I’d add MUFE and shu uemura to that list, for the color/product range and quality. 🙂

danitalie Avatar
danitalie

5:

dior (eyeshadow)
clinique (eyeshadow plus blush)
estee lauder (lipstick…for me the best must have)
guerlain (brown eyeliner, the more longer)
lancome (foundation)

Leenie Avatar
Leenie

MAC has a wide selection of eyeshadows and brushes
MUFE has the bright colors
NARS I love the lipsticks
Eve Pearl I love the foundation & concealers
Bobbi Brown when I want that perfect nude look

nunuiviet Avatar
nunuiviet

durance, kiehl’s, philosophy, mac, make up forever and i want to add another one anna sui 5 is not enuf for me coz i like stuffs in all these brands

KellyK. Avatar
KellyK.

Chanel, Bobbi Brown, MAC, Tarte, Dior… i can go on and on, but the question only asked for 5… as far as skin care brands, i prefer bliss and kate somerville…

BellaLola29 Avatar
BellaLola29

MAC- EYELINER,LIPSTICK,EYESHADOW,CONCEALER
BOBBI BROWN- FOUNDATION, SHIMMER BRICKS, NEUTRAL EYESHADOWS, BLUSH
NARS- THE MULTIPLE
URBAN DECAY- EYELINER AND EYESHADOWS
BORGHESE- THEY HAVE AN AWESOME MASCARA

Randi Avatar
Randi

I can only think of 3, as I don’t use enough from any other brands to have it as a favorite:

MAC
Clinique (for skin, never tried any of their makeup)
Urban Decay (eyeshadows)

Maybe #4 is Estee Lauder, I’m trying out their Double Wear foundation and I love the coverage, just need to use it more to make sure it doesn’t cause me any skin problems.

Mar Avatar
Mar

The first that come to mind are:

MAC (complete collections)
Chanel (lipsticks)
Clarins (skincare)
Clinique (skincare and a few foundations)
Helena Rubinstein (mascara)

I certainly forgot some… Maybe I’ll edit later 😉

JaneS Avatar
JaneS

Makeup: Bobbi Brown (concealers/correctors, older range eyeshadows, brushes LE accessories); Mac (eyeshadows, foundations, holiday stuff); Benefit (concealer- I consider boi-ing the best concealer, though it can be a little dry, and fun stuff- very irresistable…:)

Skincare: Clarins (everything!) Avon (especially Anew range)

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Tyson F. Gautreaux

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