Lipstick and fic senpai, what are your favorite/most recommended makeup brands?? :0
Oh dear. I’m still very much a makeup novice (you’d be better off asking my sister this question), but I do have some recommendations that you definitely should check out!
Lipstick- NARS (their matte lip pencils are my go-to)- Beauty Bakerie (my new favorite everything)- NYX (the super cheap alternative to designer brands – their mattes are amazing)- MAC (particularly their mattes and semi-mattes)- Jeffree StarEyeshadow (note: all the shadows I own are neutral shades)- Grace My Face Minerals (love love LOVE – read my review here)- NYX ( @tallames has given me two amazing palettes from them)- Makeup Revolution’s Iconic palettes- Lorac (particularly their Unzipped palette)- Urban Decay (the Naked palettes are fan faves and their individual shadows are bomb! I also highly recommend their shadow primers!)- BareMinerals (their glimmer shadows are gorgeous)
Mascara & Mascara Primers- Benefit’s They’re Real! lengthening mascara- Tarte’s Lights, Camera, Lashes 4-in-1 mascara- Urban Decay’s Perversion mascara- Smashbox’s Full Exposure mascara- Maybelline’s Volum’ Express Colossal mascara (the not waterproof one)- Maybelline’s Stiletto Ultimate Lash mascara- Bare Escentuals Buxom Lash mascara- Smashbox lash primer- UD’s Subversion lash primer
Foundation (note: I wear foundation maybe twice a year, so my knowledge of it is pretty sparse)- Bare Minerals Starter Kit (I highly recommend this!)- Maybelline’s Fit Me! matte and poreless foundation- Urban Decay’s Naked Skin Weightless Ultra Definition (I’ve only used this once, but it was divine)- MAC Studio Fix SPF 15 (I use their Studio Fix moisturizer every morning, too)- Bare Minerals Prime Time foundation primer
Blush (note: I only use the blush within one of my NYX palettes on the regular now, but I have used others in the past)- NYX HD blush & Ombre blush- Bare Minerals loose powder blush- ULTA Mineral blush (I used this for a while before using my NYX palette)- Makeup Revolution The Matte Blush