If you're a woman who likes to look good, makeup is a great place to start. Makeup can help you achieve your goals of looking younger, feeling better about your skin, and making yourself more attractive to the people in your life. It can also help you express yourself through colors and styles that are unique to you. Here are some of the best options available.
$49.00
Keeps makeup on all day!...Great for oily skin and for those that find their makeup separates after a few hours. I tried milks grip primer but this primer does a better job of keeping my makeup on all day....No complaints, does its job well and helps my makeup last longer.
What it is: An ultimate sidekick for MAC Cosmetics’ number-one foundation. Start your customized complexion routine with this must-have mattifying base.
Finish: Matte
Skin Type: Normal, Oily, Combination
Concerns: Oil
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, and triclosan.
What Else You Need to Know: Achieve complexion perfection with this matte primer that delivers an all-day reduction in the appearance of pores, controls oil and shine, improves the wear of foundation for up to 12 hours, and promises a visible improvement in skin texture for up to six hours.
Size: 0.04 oz/ 1.2 g·ITEM: 2116648
Color: Love Trap - peachy brown
$35.50
I’m not a CT girly but I love the lip liners! My favorite shades and applies very well. ...One of the most gorgeous lip liner, especially for all the brown skin girlies! Any nude lipstick would go really well with this.
What it is: A velvety, transfer proof, waterproof formula that lasts up to six hours without smudging feathering.
Formulation Type: Lip Liner
Benefits: Long-wearing
What Else You Need to Know: Lip Cheat Lip Liner creates a smooth, seamless line to resize and reshape for a fuller pout. The no-smudge, waterproof formula lasts up to six hours with no feathering or transferring. The texture is rich and velvety to layer comfortably on your lips. Wear alone or with a gloss for a lighter finish.
$33.00
I have never been a primer girly because I’ve never used one that made a difference in how my makeup looked/how long it lasted. ...I didn’t have to touch up my makeup throughout the day.
What it is: A perfecting primer that smooths the complexion, absorbs shine, and delivers a blurred, airbrushed finish while extending makeup wear.
Skin Type: Normal, Oily, Combination
Concerns: Oil, Pores
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, phthalates, mineral oil, and sulfates SLS & SLES. It is also vegan, gluten-free, and cruelty-free.
What Else You Need to Know: Formulated with innovative micro-spherical powders, this multipurpose primer visibly blurs imperfections, minimizes pores and fine lines, and absorbs excess oil for a skin-perfecting finish in no time.
Clinical Results: In a consumer test on 31 participants:
- 96% said oil was absorbed all day
- 96% said skin instantly looked m
$74.50
The pigmentation is great and the sparkle shade is a perfect classy gleam but still flirty and girly. The orange/red hughes typically wash me out but these colors surprisingly compliment my skin tone very well!! ...Ive gotten SO MANY compliments on my eye makeup. When wear it, its a guaranteed compliment.
What it is: A four-step eyeshadow quad with buildable, non-creasing formula and pigmented shades for day to night.
Ingredient Callouts: Free of sulfates. This product is gluten-free.
What Else You Need to Know: Each palette contains four harmonious eye colors: Prime, Enhance, Smoke, and Pop. Create a smooth base for your eye look using the Prime shade; build up definition with Enhance; add drama with the Smoke shade; and finish your dazzling look with the shimmer Pop shade. The collection ranges from bronze and golden to deep reds and purples, and can be built for a day, desk, dusk, or disco look. The step by step application is artistry made easy.
Size: 0.07 oz / 2 g·ITEM: 2792075
Color: Soft Brown - for light brown hair with warm/cool undertones
$22.00
I really wanted to love this, as Anastasia produces excellent makeup. I like the formulation but the large spoolie makes it difficult to control application. ...great way to try. good value for the price. great for someone who doesn't wear makeup every single day of their life.
What it is: A tinted gel that colors and volumizes brows with a precision, dual-action brush and mousse-like texture that coats each hair for natural definition.
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, phthalates, mineral oil, sulfates SLS & SLES, and contains less than one percent synthetic fragrance. It is also vegan and cruelty-free.
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Size: 0.55oz/15.5g·ITEM: 2903193
Color: Resilience - Medium Dark
$56.00
So excited to try Hung Vanngo Makeup!...I can understand the issue with the packaging, it could be a bit more luxury but it feels on brand like makeup by Mario. Great new addition to the bronzer collection!...As a pale girly, brozners can be intense. This bronzer, however, is soft, blurring, and buildable.
What it is: A lightweight blurring powder bronzer that naturally warms and enhances skin.
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Microspheres: Blur the look of imperfections with a soft-focus effect.
- Natural Powder Polymer: Improves blendability and wear while leaving a soft, matte finish.
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, triclosan, and contains less than one percent synthetic fragrance. It is also vegan and cruelty-free.
Size: 0.038 oz / 1 g·ITEM: 2855633
Color: Willow - sandy tan
$64.00
I was afraid it would be too dark, but it blends out so seamlessly and looks so natural, even on my no-makeup makeup days. You can also build it up for more drama when you're wanting to look real snatched. ...I am a fair skinned girly with neutral to cool undertones, and usually trend toward skincare over makeup.
What it is: A sculpting stick that is perfect for contouring and adding definition and features a tapered tip for precise application.
Coverage: Medium
Finish: Matte
Formulation: Stick
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Ceramides: Protects skin.
- Rice Bran Wax: Hydrates and smooths skin.
Ingredient Callouts: This product is vegan, gluten-free, cruelty-free, and comes in recyclable packaging.
What Else You Need to Know: This contour stick has a creamy, blendable texture that glides smoothly onto lips, cheeks, and eyes, delivering a fresh finish.
Size: 0.16 oz/ 4.4 mL·ITEM: 2449726
Color: Creamy Peach - soft muted peach
$46.00
I've always been a pink blush girly, but I started off with this soft peach color and its the best when you're trying to do a natural light makeup look....Obsessed as a cool-toned fair-skinned girly!!!
What it is: A long-lasting, silky powder blush that is super blendable and gives an instant pop of color to your cheeks, brightening and lifting your complexion.
What Else You Need to Know: The luxe, silky formula glides on, layers well over cream, and blends effortlessly. It is infused with micronized clay to restore radiance and a patented polymer for long-lasting color and comfort.
Size: 1 oz/ 30 mL·ITEM: 2558286
Color: 7W Warm - deep skin with warm undertones
$77.00
All makeup I now use is Dior. Totally boss....I’m a true combo skin girly, and during the winter get eczema under my eyes.
What it is: A clean Dior foundation that has up to 24 hours of wear and provides visibly radiant medium-to-full coverage and hydration.
Coverage: Medium
Finish: Radiant
Formulation: Liquid
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Iris Extract: Guards against oxidation.
- Hibiscus Extract: Helps renew the look of skin.
- Wild Pansy Extract: Maintains hydration for healthy-looking skin.
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, triclosan, and contains less than one percent synthetic fragrance. It also comes in recyclable packaging.
Size: 1 oz/ 30 mL·ITEM: 2477057
Color: Peach-tinted - all skin tones; translucent finish
$53.00
I’ve used this for approx 3 weeks, and I’m a dry skin girly. Upon the first week my skin definitely felt hydrated and plump. ...I’m more of a dewy girly though, so this wouldn’t be my go-to primer.
What it is: A do-everything serum-primer to visibly even tone and texture, boost radiance, and prep your skin for seamless makeup application.
Finish: Natural
Skin Type: Normal, Oily, Dry, Combination
Concerns: Pores and Uneven Skin Tone
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Shea Butter: Smooths, visibly plumps, and delivers an abundance of fatty acids, antioxidants, and vitamins.
- Citrus Unshiu Peel Extract: An antioxidant-rich ingredient that visibly brightens and reduces hyperpigmentation.
- Niacinamide (Vitamin B3): Promotes visibly bright, glowing skin.
