HotandFlashy
@angiehotandflashy
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13 YRSON YOUTUBE
212PRODUCT REVIEWS
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Products They Love
“These are priced really well. They're like $27 for Natasha Denona eyeshadows, which are some of the best eyeshadows, the best quality with no fallout…”
“This one is just a stunner…”
“This is the best brow glue I have ever tried…”
“I was so thrilled when I tried this. I was just gushing about them in the video…”
“My two favorite sunscreens of all time after testing 250 different sunscreens are the Healthy Skin Labs Protect SPF 50 and the Dermatology Physical Tinted Moisturizer SPF 44…”
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- “This blush was love at very first use”6:25–6:30
- “It's such a lightweight serum”6:34–6:38
- “It goes on like so sheer, but yet it's so beautiful”6:37–6:41
- “It really gives you that lit from within glow”6:40–6:43
- “It's so easy to blend”6:41–6:45
- “It's not like super pigmented. You'll never end up with like wearing way too much and looking like a silly clown”6:43–6:48
- Source: 100 Prime Day 2026 deals: beauty, fashion, home, fitness - Jun 23, 2026
Variant: Dusty Rose
- “These are both beautiful blushes. They're both very, very pigmented, so you got to be careful when applying these”
- “They look gorgeous on the skin”11:40–11:44
- “I would say that these are fairly similar to the Rare Beauty blushes”
- Source: Best makeup of 2025 for mature skin from drugstore to high end - Dec 19, 2025
Variant: 605 Dewy Bright Pink
- “These are both beautiful blushes. They're both very, very pigmented, so you got to be careful when applying these”21:00–21:07
- “They look gorgeous on the skin”
- “I would say that these are fairly similar to the Rare Beauty blushes”21:21–21:27
- “I love how it blends”
- Source: Best makeup of 2025 for mature skin from drugstore to high end - Dec 19, 2025
Variant: Bella
- “My favorite blush of the entire year that I love the most, use the most was the Saie Super Suede blush in this shade, Bella”19:47–19:54
- “It gives the most beautiful flush of color”20:14–20:21
- “It does have a little bit of reflectiveness to it. You don't need to wear a highlighter with it. It just gives you that beautiful lit-from-within glow”20:27–20:32
- “Sometimes I feel like powder blush is just so much easier to apply than liquid blush. Like I love a good liquid blush, but on an everyday like just popping on my makeup quick to run out the door, I like a powder blush. It's quick and easy”20:32–20:40
- Source: Best makeup of 2025 for mature skin from drugstore to high end - Dec 19, 2025
- “This one is just a stunner”12:18–12:21
- “It has these four cream products in here. So, it's a multitasker”12:22–12:30
- “This really smooths my eyelids. Makes the eye shadows go on like a dream”12:27–12:38
- “They blend beautifully. There's no fallout with them. It is just an incredible, incredible palette”12:36–12:42
- Source: Best makeup of 2025 for mature skin from drugstore to high end - Dec 19, 2025
Variant: Tan Lines
- “The bronzer that I use most this year, which means that I loved it the most this year, is from RMS Beauty”
- “It's not too dark. It's not too cool. It's not too warm. This shade is just perfect for me”24:12–24:18
- “It blends beautifully”
- Source: Best makeup of 2025 for mature skin from drugstore to high end - Dec 19, 2025
Variant: 03 Light
- “This is a nice bronzer”
- “This again is very heavily pigmented”
- “It blends like a dream”
- Source: Best makeup of 2025 for mature skin from drugstore to high end - Dec 19, 2025
Variant: Clay
- “This is a really nice bronzer. You know, you just scribble it around and then blend it in. It's very natural looking, easy to work with”10:52–11:01
- Source: Spring Sephora Sale 2026: Best Makeup for Mature Skin - Apr 10, 2026
Variant: Palermo
- “This is gorgeous”
- “I find a lot of the bronzers are too warm or too dark for me, and they just look very heavy-handed, and they can make you look a little bit muddy. And this one does not do that”11:07–11:19
- “It is the most subtle, beautiful color”11:19–11:21
- “It's not a flat matte. Even though it's called super suede, it does reflect a little bit of light. It's very skin-like and beautiful”11:32–11:45
- “The color is very subtle. It's not super opaque, which makes it super easy to blend”
- Source: Spring Sephora Sale 2026: Best Makeup for Mature Skin - Apr 10, 2026
- “This is a dedicated sunscreen just for your eyes”4:58–5:03
- “It's got this nice cooling tip”5:01–5:05
- “It's tinted, so it gives you some coverage under there”5:23–5:30
- Source: Amazon Big Spring Sale Top Picks - Mar 27, 2026
- “This has been my holy grail for so long”6:17–6:23
- Source: 100 Prime Day 2026 deals: beauty, fashion, home, fitness - Jun 23, 2026
- “That is such a good concealer, no wonder it's been a favorite for years. It is so pretty, it's so smooth, the coverage is so good”7:07–7:14
- Source: Testing new drugstore makeup 2025: Elf, L'Oreal, NYX & more - Feb 7, 2025
Variant: Three + Half
- “This is just such a beautiful foundation. It's very sheer and nice, but it gives you enough coverage so it evens out your skin tone and it covers up any redness”6:37–6:50
- “There's something about the way Saie does the luminosity. It is almost like it's a blurring glow somehow and it's just stunning”7:20–7:27
- “This is what I take with me when I go on vacation and when I want to have just easy makeup that I know is going to look great and wear well and just make my skin glow and look fantastic”7:27–7:39
- Source: Spring Sephora Sale 2026: Best Makeup for Mature Skin - Apr 10, 2026
- “It is beautiful on mature skin. I absolutely love it”7:50–7:53
- “It's the one that settles in my wrinkles the least and once I set it with a little bit of setting powder, it gives me like these perfectly smooth under eyes”7:56–8:01
- “It has great coverage, but it's not drying”8:01–8:04
- Source: Spring Sephora Sale 2026: Best Makeup for Mature Skin - Apr 10, 2026
Variant: Light Medium
- “This sunscreen glides over the skin and feels like skin care. I was so excited when I first started rubbing it in. I thought, 'Oh my gosh, this is going to be the winner.'”7:51–7:59
- “But that ended really quickly when this started to ball and pill with the skin care that I had used under it, E.L.F. Holy Hydration Cream. There were little balls all over my hands, all over my face”8:02–8:08
- “I went downstairs, washed my face, put on my Sarah Ve lotion, and tried it again. But sadly, it was the same thing”8:18–8:25
- “I had to give it a zero out of five as a sunscreen. It's unwearable on its own”
- Source: I tried $750 of mineral sunscreens so you don't have to - May 31, 2025
Variant: Shade 9
- “This is a tinted lotion. This feels like a wet lotion going on but not greasy or heavy”20:02–20:07
- “It is very shiny and shade 9 works well for my skin tone. It's easy to spread and good around the hairline and eyebrows”29:04–29:13
- “It does feel moisturizing and hydrating. And it is wearable on its own as long as I set it with a little bit of setting powder to take down the shine”29:19–29:26
- “The makeup goes on over it nicely, but the shine does come through. And a little bit of shine that does come through gives me that nice lit from within glow”
- “At the 8 hour check-in, it was mainly still in place. Wasn't really wearing off anywhere. This one feels really hydrating and it wasn't sliding around”29:47–29:52
- “I gave it a four out of five as a standalone sunscreen and a five out of five under makeup”
- Source: I tried $750 of mineral sunscreens so you don't have to - May 31, 2025
- “This is a fabulous drugstore foundation”3:17–3:21
- “It lasts all day with that sunscreen. It doesn't wear off. It doesn't settle into wrinkles. It looks natural on my skin”3:23–3:32
- Source: I tried $750 of mineral sunscreens so you don't have to - May 31, 2025
- “I've been using this for over a year now and I love this”5:41–5:47
- “It really lasts”5:47–5:52
- “No foundation ever lasts all day on my nose, but this does”5:47–5:54
- “It's like a loamy matte, so it's not super luminous, but it's not super matte either. It's just right”5:52–5:56
- “It is fairly medium to full coverage, so it does give you a lot of coverage, but it's beautiful on the skin”5:59–6:02
- “I feel like it smooths the texture of my skin, and I just feel like it makes my face look smoother and so much nicer”6:02–6:07
- Source: 100 Prime Day 2026 deals: beauty, fashion, home, fitness - Jun 23, 2026
Variant: 22 Oak Bisque
- “This has an SPF 50 that's mainly from zinc oxide. This has 15% zinc oxide, so it is a really effective sunscreen”18:10–18:19
- “With this, you can put on enough to get the SPF on the label and it still looks great”18:31–18:35
- “The pigments in this are so lightweight and so beautiful”18:33–18:37
- “Somehow they made it be not shiny, not greasy, not heavy feeling. This feels lightweight. It gives you beautiful lightweight coverage”18:38–18:43
- “It covers what you want to cover, but it doesn't look like a heavy mask of makeup. It's very natural looking”18:45–18:51
- “I had a full face of makeup on and I had been in it for I want to say five or six hours and I was like, 'Oop, I'm going out. It's the sun's still out. I need to touch up the sunscreen.' So, I just put on more of this and it blended right over the top of everything else so beautifully, so seamlessly”18:57–19:02
- Source: Best makeup of 2025 for mature skin from drugstore to high end - Dec 19, 2025
Variant: Lightest Shade
- “This is a lightweight, runny liquid that feels great going on, but the shade is just so dark and orange on me”9:25–9:37
- “If you have darker skin, this could be a beautiful sunscreen on you. And I'm so glad that they released this one, even though it's not necessarily for me”9:37–9:51
- Source: I tried $500 worth of new mineral sunscreens - May 15, 2026
- “This is a very pigmented, tinted, thick formula that goes on super streaky. So, you have to really pay close attention when you're applying it”14:04–14:19
- “The tint is a little warm and dark for me. The application is just very uneven, especially around the edges and the hairline”14:19–14:26
- “It just looks bad and it settles into wrinkles, including neck wrinkles”14:31–14:37
- “After 20 minutes of dryback, this one, like many of the other kind of greasy ones, it just doesn't dry back. It still feels heavy. It still feels greasy when I touch it. It comes off on my fingers”14:39–14:45
- “This one gets a zero out of five for me”
- Source: I tried $500 worth of new mineral sunscreens - May 15, 2026
- “This is such a great sunscreen for like normal to oily skin people because it's so dry feeling”
- “If you have enlarged pores, it's so smoothing on your pores”
- Source: I tried $500 worth of new mineral sunscreens - May 15, 2026
- “This is a runny tinted liquid. It is heavily pigmented sunscreen that feels pretty moisturizing going on and also lightweight. It's not sticky”11:48–12:02
- “You do have to pay attention because the tint can be a little smeary or patchy if you don't blend it out perfectly”12:02–12:09
- “It does cling a little bit to face hair. It does bunch up around the edges, so it's not great around the hairline or in the eyebrows”12:09–12:22
- “It immediately settles into every wrinkle on your face and your neck. So, neck wrinkles are very visible once I put this on”12:22–12:30
- “It comes off on everything. It does feel slightly drier after 20 minutes, but in that time, I had already left fingerprints all over the house and it still felt very wet on the surface of my skin”12:30–12:42
- “For me, I gave this one a zero out of five just because I could never wear it because of the settling in the neck wrinkles”12:42–12:53
- Source: I tried $500 worth of new mineral sunscreens - May 15, 2026
- “It is definitely giving me that kind of lightweight foundation look. It is very glowy, very very luminous”5:48–5:57
- “I feel like I'm looking a little metallic, a little tin man-ish”5:57–6:01
- “It seems like it dried really quickly”13:52–13:56
- “It's just doing all the things that I really don't love in a foundation”22:01–22:05
- “It looks kind of cakey and it looks very modeled on the surface, very cracked, sliding around up here. It's definitely settled in wrinkles”21:51–21:56
- “There are better foundations from the drugstore that don't get shiny six or seven hours in, and so you know for me this is kind of a miss”22:04–22:07
- Source: Testing new drugstore makeup 2025: Elf, L'Oreal, NYX & more - Feb 7, 2025
- “This is one of my holy grails and this is such a good foundation”3:25–3:35
- “It is full coverage, but it comes in so many shades”3:37–3:40
- “It does look great on mature skin”
- Source: Spring Sephora Sale 2026: Best Makeup for Mature Skin - Apr 10, 2026
Variant: 2.5n
- “I really, really enjoy wearing this”5:42–5:44
- “My daughter complimented my skin and my makeup and she was like, 'Wow, mom, your face looks so smooth today. That makeup looks really nice.'”5:52–5:58
- “This wears really well. It looks beautiful all day”5:58–6:07
- “I tested for a 10-hour day and it looked great for eight of the 10 hours and then just the last two hours, it just got a little shiny right through my T-zone”6:16–6:26
- “If you're looking for like a medium to full coverage bulletproof foundation for those special occasions, that is a great one and I can highly recommend that”6:26–6:37
- Source: Spring Sephora Sale 2026: Best Makeup for Mature Skin - Apr 10, 2026
- “It has become an absolute fave”
- “I think it's a holy grail foundation”
- “This is really, really good”
- “Beautiful, long-wearing foundation”
- Source: Amazon Big Spring Sale Top Picks - Mar 27, 2026
- “It's a little bit paler than the Kopari and it gives more of a kind of a highlighter look”21:25–21:38
- “Once this is dry and set, it really feels great on the skin. It reflects light in such a beautiful way, but it almost acts like makeup primer”21:38–21:42
- “This is so good under makeup. And if you want your makeup to be extra glowy and just have that extra lit from within glow look to it, this is a really great sunscreen to try”21:42–21:54
- Source: Spring Sephora Sale 2026: Best Makeup for Mature Skin - Apr 10, 2026
- “This one is just a stunner”12:18–12:21
- “It has these four cream products in here. So, it's a multitasker”12:22–12:30
- “This really smooths my eyelids. Makes the eye shadows go on like a dream”12:27–12:38
- “They blend beautifully. There's no fallout with them. It is just an incredible, incredible palette”12:36–12:42
- Source: Best makeup of 2025 for mature skin from drugstore to high end - Dec 19, 2025
- “This is a tinted lotion that hides any white cast, but doesn't tint the skin. It's easy to rub in. There are no problems around the hair or the eyebrows. It blends easily, and it feels like skin care”21:46–21:52
- “It feels slightly tacky, and it has a luminous finish”21:57–22:05
- “With makeup, it is just lovely. It really does live up to its name, which is that it is a primer. And I felt like it made my skin looked so smooth and it made the makeup look so smooth”
- “At the 8-hour check-in, the makeup was pretty worn off everywhere, and my skin looked really dry, especially under my eyes, making it look crepey under there. I felt like this felt drying throughout the day”
- “I'm giving this a three out of five as a standalone sunscreen and a three out of five under makeup”22:58–23:02
- Source: I tried $750 of mineral sunscreens so you don't have to - May 31, 2025
- “This is a runny tinted liquid. It is heavily pigmented sunscreen that feels pretty moisturizing going on and also lightweight. It's not sticky”11:48–12:02
- “You do have to pay attention because the tint can be a little smeary or patchy if you don't blend it out perfectly”12:02–12:09
- “It does cling a little bit to face hair. It does bunch up around the edges, so it's not great around the hairline or in the eyebrows”12:09–12:22
- “It immediately settles into every wrinkle on your face and your neck. So, neck wrinkles are very visible once I put this on”12:22–12:30
- “It comes off on everything. It does feel slightly drier after 20 minutes, but in that time, I had already left fingerprints all over the house and it still felt very wet on the surface of my skin”12:30–12:42
- “For me, I gave this one a zero out of five just because I could never wear it because of the settling in the neck wrinkles”12:42–12:53
- Source: I tried $500 worth of new mineral sunscreens - May 15, 2026
- “This promises to glue your makeup into place for 24 hours”2:10–2:15
- “It's not really sticky, like not overly sticky. I'd say it's definitely like a little tacky”4:52–4:57
- “Everywhere that I put on the primer it looks twice as bad as it does on the non-primer side”22:35–22:40
- “It doesn't seem to be gluing it in place. It's just very patchy by the side of my nose, it looking a little grippy and a little flaky”
- Source: Testing new drugstore makeup 2025: Elf, L'Oreal, NYX & more - Feb 7, 2025
Variant: 15 Light
- “Every time I put it on, I was like, 'Wow, that's really nice.' But then every time I would look at it close up, an hour later, I was like, 'Not so nice.'”22:28–22:33
- “Some powders, you put them on, they make your pores disappear, but then an hour later, your pores are back. This one. An hour later, I was like, 'Oh, they're back.'”22:33–22:38
- Source: Best makeup of 2025 for mature skin from drugstore to high end - Dec 19, 2025
Variant: 01 Pink
- “I feel like it does make my pores and my under eyes look less puffy, less big for a while, longer than an hour, but not all day”22:49–22:56
- “I come back later in the day and I'm like, do I love it? Do I not love it? I think I love it, but I'm not 100% sure. Like, I can't give it that glowing recommendation like I want to”22:59–23:02
- “It's very finely milled and it doesn't feel dry and it doesn't make my makeup look cakey”23:13–23:19
- “If you have never really wanted to try a powder because you were nervous that it would make your makeup feel dry or make your skin feel dry, give this one a try because it doesn't do that”23:17–23:22
- Source: Best makeup of 2025 for mature skin from drugstore to high end - Dec 19, 2025
- “I love this setting powder. I think this one is by far the best for setting my under eye concealer and really locking it down and helping it to not crease”21:53–22:00
- “I use it down my T-zone to really disguise my pores and make them look diminished and make the texture of my skin look diminished”22:05–22:12
- “This is still my top number one setting powder”22:14–22:18
- Source: Best makeup of 2025 for mature skin from drugstore to high end - Dec 19, 2025
Variant: Banana
- “It just made everything look a little bit cakey and not great and it didn't keep the shine from the makeup from coming through”22:46–22:51
- Source: Testing new drugstore makeup 2025: Elf, L'Oreal, NYX & more - Feb 7, 2025
Variant: Pink
- “Another one that I really like is the Tarte Creaseless Powder”8:06–8:16
- “If you have really dark complexion, they have a setting powder that you can use that won't look white on your skin or give you flashback in photos”8:23–8:34
- Source: Spring Sephora Sale 2026: Best Makeup for Mature Skin - Apr 10, 2026
Variant: Light/Medium
- “Let me just write a love poem to the NYX powder and how much I love this stuff because it just makes everything all better”20:37–20:42
- Source: Testing new drugstore makeup 2025: Elf, L'Oreal, NYX & more - Feb 7, 2025
Variant: Medium
- “This is just a great little tinted powder and I just dust it on over any shiny sunscreen and it just takes down the shine, mattifies”8:43–8:54
- Source: Spring Sephora Sale 2026: Best Makeup for Mature Skin - Apr 10, 2026
- “It is awesome for topping up your sunscreen later in the day, mattifying your makeup”6:31–6:37
- “If you tend to get sunburn along your scalp, it's great for putting sunscreen in your part so that you don't get burned up there”6:35–6:42
- Source: Amazon Big Spring Sale Top Picks - Mar 27, 2026
- “I've been meaning to try that one”
- Source: 100 Prime Day 2026 deals: beauty, fashion, home, fitness - Jun 23, 2026
Variant: Caramel Latte
- “It's so comfortable on the lips”
- “They're so hydrating”
- “If you're not like a lipstick lip combo girly and you just like a plain balm that's easy to put on, these are so great”7:30–7:35
- Source: 100 Prime Day 2026 deals: beauty, fashion, home, fitness - Jun 23, 2026
Variant: Pink Peppermint
- “I actually keep this right next to my door, so that when I go out to walk my dog, I just pop this on before I go”15:15–15:22
- Source: 100 Prime Day 2026 deals: beauty, fashion, home, fitness - Jun 23, 2026
Variant: Vaca Mode
- “These are more of like a grab-and-go kind of lippy where you're not going to put on a lip liner and you just want to hydrate your lips but with a little bit of color. These are perfect for that”2:18–2:28
- “These are beautiful. They're very hydrating”
- Source: Best makeup of 2025 for mature skin from drugstore to high end - Dec 19, 2025
Variant: Fu$$y
- “They come in great colors, and I feel like it's just enough pigment in it”4:28–4:35
- “This also has a really great fragrance to it. It's fruity, but like a sophisticated fruity”4:47–4:52
- “These do have the tiniest bit of a sparkly fleck in it, but it's so so tiny that you really don't see it on the lips”4:54–5:02
- Source: Best makeup of 2025 for mature skin from drugstore to high end - Dec 19, 2025
Variant: Blazed Donut
- “This lipstick is just incredible, especially for hydrating and moisturizing your lips”1:06–1:16
- “After trying so many different lipsticks, this one is by far the most hydrating lipstick I think I've ever tried”1:33–1:40
- “It goes on like butter and it just makes my lips feel so good”1:49–1:54
- “It glides over and it really smooths out all of my dry looking lip skin and makes it look so so good”1:51–2:02
- “It feels light. It doesn't feel sticky. It just feels like hydration drenching your lips”2:04–2:11
- “I especially love it paired with this particular lip liner”2:13–2:18
- Source: Best makeup of 2025 for mature skin from drugstore to high end - Dec 19, 2025
Variant: Pinky Up
- “These are more of like a grab-and-go kind of lippy where you're not going to put on a lip liner and you just want to hydrate your lips but with a little bit of color. These are perfect for that”3:49–3:55
- “These are beautiful. They're very hydrating”4:21–4:25
- Source: Best makeup of 2025 for mature skin from drugstore to high end - Dec 19, 2025
- “This is very thick, very pigmented. It's hard to get less on here”14:55–15:00
- “The Duck Plump Lip Gloss is also really nice. It is very thick and it's hard to get like a lightish coating of it on your lips is my only complaint about it, but I do like it and it did look pretty and the colors are very nice”
- Source: Testing new drugstore makeup 2025: Elf, L'Oreal, NYX & more - Feb 7, 2025
- “Today I have on my all-time favorite lipstick, which is the Fenty Gloss Bomb lipstick”15:49–15:54
- “I own this in three colors”15:56–15:58
- Source: Spring Sephora Sale 2026: Best Makeup for Mature Skin - Apr 10, 2026
Variant: 44 Nude Lavalier
- “From the first use, I was hooked on this”16:20–16:32
- “I love the big doe foot applicator”
- “This one is so nice and sheer that I can just put it on. I don't need to check myself in a mirror. It looks great”16:57–17:06
- “I love the smell of this so much. It smells like fresh watermelon and it feels so good on the lips”17:06–17:13
- “It really is so hydrating”
- “It never makes my lips feel dry once it's worn off”17:36–17:40
- Source: Spring Sephora Sale 2026: Best Makeup for Mature Skin - Apr 10, 2026
Variant: Slip
- “It's got a very small doe foot that doesn't bring any product up out of the vial. Like every time I go to use this, I have to literally put it back in, scrape around the edge to get some gloss on there”17:49–18:03
- “Other than that, I love this. I love how it feels”18:09–18:18
- “I love how long it lasts. I had put this on and like 5 hours later, I could still feel that cushiony gloss on my lips”18:22–18:30
- “My lips felt so hydrated”18:39–18:41
- Source: Spring Sephora Sale 2026: Best Makeup for Mature Skin - Apr 10, 2026
Variant: Bubblegum Burst
- “The shade on this is bubble gum burst”
- “This stuff amazing”20:55–20:56
- Source: Testing new drugstore makeup 2025: Elf, L'Oreal, NYX & more - Feb 7, 2025
Variant: Pinkjection
- “This is my favorite lip liner of the year”2:36–2:40
- “I love the shape of this lip liner. It's a rectangle, so it's wider in one way than it is the other. So, it gives you the choice of doing a traditional lip liner or if you turn it the other way, you can fill in your lips really, really easily”2:39–2:47
- Source: Best makeup of 2025 for mature skin from drugstore to high end - Dec 19, 2025
Variant: Puffy Nude
- “This is a plumping lip liner. I don't know if it actually does, but it definitely gives that minty tingle, which I'm a fan of”15:38–15:49
- Source: Spring Sephora Sale 2026: Best Makeup for Mature Skin - Apr 10, 2026
Variant: Melanie
- “It is just a gorgeous coraly red”3:14–3:20
- “I love it because it stays put”3:17–3:22
- “It's a red that doesn't run up into my lip lines whether I wear a lip liner with it or not”3:20–3:27
- “This stains your lips and it really lasts. This is a very, very long lasting lipstick and one that I highly recommend”3:27–3:34
- Source: Best makeup of 2025 for mature skin from drugstore to high end - Dec 19, 2025
- “This is much less goopy gloopy than the duck plump”17:28–17:37
- “This is really nice. It really stains your lips and it's really really hydrating”
- “My only complaint about these is that it did run up into my lip wrinkles a little bit”26:47–26:53
- “If you're going to use this and you have upper lip wrinkles, I would get a clear lip liner pencil and just line the outside of your lips”26:51–26:57
- Source: Testing new drugstore makeup 2025: Elf, L'Oreal, NYX & more - Feb 7, 2025
Variant: Caramel Latte
- “It's so comfortable on the lips”
- “They're so hydrating”
- “If you're not like a lipstick lip combo girly and you just like a plain balm that's easy to put on, these are so great”7:30–7:35
- Source: 100 Prime Day 2026 deals: beauty, fashion, home, fitness - Jun 23, 2026
Variant: Melanie
- “It is just a gorgeous coraly red”3:14–3:20
- “I love it because it stays put”3:17–3:22
- “It's a red that doesn't run up into my lip lines whether I wear a lip liner with it or not”3:20–3:27
- “This stains your lips and it really lasts. This is a very, very long lasting lipstick and one that I highly recommend”3:27–3:34
- Source: Best makeup of 2025 for mature skin from drugstore to high end - Dec 19, 2025
Variant: Pinky Up
- “These are more of like a grab-and-go kind of lippy where you're not going to put on a lip liner and you just want to hydrate your lips but with a little bit of color. These are perfect for that”3:49–3:55
- “These are beautiful. They're very hydrating”4:21–4:25
- Source: Best makeup of 2025 for mature skin from drugstore to high end - Dec 19, 2025
Variant: Beige
- “I picked this one up in shade beige. It's a very sheer shade, but it does offer a little bit of color to your lips”19:06–19:18
- Source: Spring Sephora Sale 2026: Best Makeup for Mature Skin - Apr 10, 2026
Laneige$24.00
Lip Sleeping Mask
- “Just lather it on your lips overnight and they will feel so hydrated come morning”7:57–8:02
- Source: Amazon Big Spring Sale Top Picks - Mar 27, 2026
Variant: Dulce De Leche
- “I absolutely love this one”1:28–1:31
- Source: Testing new drugstore makeup 2025: Elf, L'Oreal, NYX & more - Feb 7, 2025
- “I bought this a few years ago and I really like it”8:39–8:44
- “This lip oil is so nice in that it has the SPF 50 in it is an added bonus, but it tastes delicious and it smells delicious and it looks really nice on the lips, too”9:10–9:16
- Source: Amazon Big Spring Sale Top Picks - Mar 27, 2026
Variant: Melanie
- “It is just a gorgeous coraly red”3:14–3:20
- “I love it because it stays put”3:17–3:22
- “It's a red that doesn't run up into my lip lines whether I wear a lip liner with it or not”3:20–3:27
- “This stains your lips and it really lasts. This is a very, very long lasting lipstick and one that I highly recommend”3:27–3:34
- Source: Best makeup of 2025 for mature skin from drugstore to high end - Dec 19, 2025
Variant: Blonde
- “This one is just as easy to work as the NYX”7:50–7:56
- “I just draw in my brow, fill in where I need to go into the spoolie end, feather it out with the spoolie, and bam. Beautiful brow done in a couple seconds”7:54–8:00
- “Again, lasts all day”
- Source: Best makeup of 2025 for mature skin from drugstore to high end - Dec 19, 2025
Variant: Cool Ash Brown
- “You can use the wider part to like fill in the parts of your brows that need filling in, but yet you can turn it on its side and use that part to draw those hairike strokes to really draw in a believable looking brow”7:00–7:05
- “The shades in this are so good”7:14–7:19
- “This stays all day long. It doesn't budge”7:26–7:34
- “It's a really creamy formula, so it's not difficult to get it to go on”7:31–7:36
- Source: Best makeup of 2025 for mature skin from drugstore to high end - Dec 19, 2025
- “This one is just a stunner”12:18–12:21
- “It has these four cream products in here. So, it's a multitasker”12:22–12:30
- “This really smooths my eyelids. Makes the eye shadows go on like a dream”12:27–12:38
- “They blend beautifully. There's no fallout with them. It is just an incredible, incredible palette”12:36–12:42
- Source: Best makeup of 2025 for mature skin from drugstore to high end - Dec 19, 2025
Variant: Taupe
- “This is the best brow glue I have ever tried”8:25–8:34
- “I wore this in a video where I brushed my brows with it straight up. Made my brows look really thick and puffy”8:31–8:36
- “It will hold them in place all day long. They will not budge with this”8:36–8:44
- Source: Best makeup of 2025 for mature skin from drugstore to high end - Dec 19, 2025
Variant: Rich Taupe
- “Really love the shape and the tininess of this brow pencil. It's really, really small”14:56–15:09
- “It's really creamy and easy to use. It's easy to fill in your brows, draw in those tiny little brow hairs, and really just beef up your brows if you're a little bit brow challenged”15:10–15:15
- Source: Spring Sephora Sale 2026: Best Makeup for Mature Skin - Apr 10, 2026
- “If your lids get oily, your eyes shadow isn't moving around. This is a great lid primer”15:07–15:11
- “It's really lightweight and it also helps to smooth your lids if you have crepey skin up there”15:11–15:17
- “If you have wrinkles up there, if you have discolorations, this can really help to minimize all that and to help your eyes shadow to go on beautifully”15:16–15:22
- “It'll blend better and it will stay in place longer”15:27–15:31
- Source: Best makeup of 2025 for mature skin from drugstore to high end - Dec 19, 2025
Variant: Black
- “This has a template right here in the cap that you can use to make your little wing. And this was so easy to get your wing on in exactly the right place”16:06–16:13
- “Because the brush is so fine, it makes it really easy to work with. Makes it really easy to draw a wing”
- “It was so longwearing. Once this dried and set, it was in place, waterproof, not moving, not budging for the entire day”16:26–16:32
- Source: Best makeup of 2025 for mature skin from drugstore to high end - Dec 19, 2025
Variant: Stardust Love
- “It's long-lasting. It's waterproof. And when they say it's waterproof, it really is”15:36–15:41
- “I have been a fan of the Essence eyeliners, gel eyeliners for a long, long time”15:41–15:46
- Source: Best makeup of 2025 for mature skin from drugstore to high end - Dec 19, 2025
Variant: Fresh Mint
- “Both collections come in both mattes and shimmers”
- “With the colorful eyeliners, you do have to sharpen them”
- Source: Spring Sephora Sale 2026: Best Makeup for Mature Skin - Apr 10, 2026
- “I use them every single day in the waterline”1:29–1:32
- “You put them on, they don't budge, they don't come off until you take them off, but they're so creamy and they're easy to apply”1:34–1:38
- “They come in such great colors”1:38–1:40
- Source: Spring Sephora Sale 2026: Best Makeup for Mature Skin - Apr 10, 2026
- “That's an awesome palette”6:55–7:00
- “It has a nice mix of mattes and shimmers”6:59–7:04
- “The shimmers are gorgeous”7:01–7:06
- “No fallout”
- “Really good quality eyeshadows”7:04–7:08
- Source: 100 Prime Day 2026 deals: beauty, fashion, home, fitness - Jun 23, 2026
- “These are priced really well. They're like $27 for Natasha Denona eyeshadows, which are some of the best eyeshadows, the best quality with no fallout”11:05–11:13
- “They blend beautifully”11:15–11:17
- “This has been probably my most reached for palette of the year this year”
- Source: Best makeup of 2025 for mature skin from drugstore to high end - Dec 19, 2025
- “This one is just a stunner”12:18–12:21
- “It has these four cream products in here. So, it's a multitasker”12:22–12:30
- “This really smooths my eyelids. Makes the eye shadows go on like a dream”12:27–12:38
- “They blend beautifully. There's no fallout with them. It is just an incredible, incredible palette”12:36–12:42
- Source: Best makeup of 2025 for mature skin from drugstore to high end - Dec 19, 2025
Variant: Mini
- “This one has three mattes and two shimmers. And again, it's just a beautiful palette”11:53–12:01
- Source: Best makeup of 2025 for mature skin from drugstore to high end - Dec 19, 2025
Variant: Strobe
- “I was so thrilled when I tried this. I was just gushing about them in the video”13:35–13:41
- “You are the first one that made a noncreasing eyeshadow”12:58–13:04
- “I put these on over powder eyeshadows and they look beautiful over powder eyeshadows, but you can also wear these just alone”13:21–13:29
- “I have tried so many of these kind of cream eyeshadows and they all gather up in my crease by the end of the day. And these are the first ones that I've tried that actually do stay in place”13:37–13:46
- Source: Best makeup of 2025 for mature skin from drugstore to high end - Dec 19, 2025
- “I liked them so much I reviewed them twice this year”14:02–14:06
- “This formula is so good. They're so creamy. They just glide over the eyelids. They're so easy to blend”14:24–14:33
- “They don't dry super fast. You can blend them with your fingers or you can blend them with a brush”14:33–14:38
- “These have a cooling minty sensation when you put them on”14:36–14:43
- Source: Best makeup of 2025 for mature skin from drugstore to high end - Dec 19, 2025
- “If you're a mature person and you wanted to get one of the Mario eyeshadow palettes, I would go with the Master Mattes Neutral Palette because this is a beautiful palette. It's all matte”14:44–14:56
- Source: Spring Sephora Sale 2026: Best Makeup for Mature Skin - Apr 10, 2026
Variant: Moonlight
- “I was really disappointed with this”13:21–13:22
- “The shimmers in this palette, they have so much glitter and so much fallout, and they don't give you any payoff on the eyelid”13:26–13:31
- “I like the mattes in this. I don't like the shimmers”13:54–13:56
- Source: Spring Sephora Sale 2026: Best Makeup for Mature Skin - Apr 10, 2026
- “This has been my favorite palette since I bought it before the holidays”3:26–3:31
- “If you tend to have drier skin on your eyelids, they really smooth over the dry skin and make it look good”3:44–3:48
- “The eyeshadow blends so perfectly and so beautifully”3:50–3:55
- “I've been obsessed with this since I got it”3:55–3:59
- Source: Amazon Big Spring Sale Top Picks - Mar 27, 2026
- “This is a beautiful mascara that makes your lashes look long and silky and actually gives them a little bit of curl”6:00–6:08
- “With this mascara, it does take a couple of coats to build up volume, to build up length”6:08–6:14
- “This one wore pretty flawlessly all day long”6:14–6:24
- Source: Best makeup of 2025 for mature skin from drugstore to high end - Dec 19, 2025
- “If you love a tubing mascara, then you will love this mascara because you put it on once, it stays put all day”5:17–5:27
- “It doesn't flake, it doesn't smudge, it doesn't come off until you take it off”5:27–5:32
- “It only takes one coat to give me long, silky lashes that last all day”5:42–5:47
- Source: Best makeup of 2025 for mature skin from drugstore to high end - Dec 19, 2025
- “The most cost effective of the balm cleansers that I like is going to be the Geek & Gorgeous Mighty Melt”20:58–21:08
- “It's very effective at breaking up like waterproof mascara, waterproof eyeliner, sunscreen that just won't budge. Give this a try. It will take it all off”21:08–21:15
- Source: Budget friendly anti-aging skincare that actually works - Jun 12, 2026
- “This one is from Prequel. This is their cleanser. This is made with mainly glycerin which is a humectant and so it's very hydrating”
- “I want to wash my face and have it feel moisturized and that's what these both do”11:59–12:05
- Source: Budget friendly anti-aging skincare that actually works - Jun 12, 2026
- “This one is the CeraVe hydrating facial cleanser”20:38–20:46
- “I want to wash my face and have it feel moisturized and that's what these both do”20:35–20:38
- Source: Budget friendly anti-aging skincare that actually works - Jun 12, 2026
- “This is a dedicated sunscreen just for your eyes”4:58–5:03
- “It's got this nice cooling tip”5:01–5:05
- “It's tinted, so it gives you some coverage under there”5:23–5:30
- Source: Amazon Big Spring Sale Top Picks - Mar 27, 2026
- “The Alpha is their essential renewal 10% lotion”6:34–6:41
- “What I love about the Alpha Skincare is that they tell you what the pH of the product is right on the label”6:48–6:52
- “All of their products are a pH of four, which is a very effective range for alpha hydroxy acids”
- Source: Budget friendly anti-aging skincare that actually works - Jun 12, 2026
- “Two of my favorite lactic acid products are... the Ordinary lactic acid 10% plus HA”7:10–7:17
- Source: Budget friendly anti-aging skincare that actually works - Jun 12, 2026
- “The Naturium is the glycolic acid resurfacing gel 10%”
- “So these are both 10% leave-on gels”
- Source: Budget friendly anti-aging skincare that actually works - Jun 12, 2026
- “You actually get two products in this. You get the peeling solution and you also get their hyaluronic acid gel”8:54–8:57
- Source: Amazon Big Spring Sale Top Picks - Mar 27, 2026
iRESTORE$399.00
LED Face Mask- “It's very comfortable, very lightweight, very easy to use”
- “Nice mask”
- Source: 100 Prime Day 2026 deals: beauty, fashion, home, fitness - Jun 23, 2026
- “This is a dedicated sunscreen just for your eyes”4:58–5:03
- “It's got this nice cooling tip”5:01–5:05
- “It's tinted, so it gives you some coverage under there”5:23–5:30
- Source: Amazon Big Spring Sale Top Picks - Mar 27, 2026
Variant: Light Medium
- “This sunscreen glides over the skin and feels like skin care. I was so excited when I first started rubbing it in. I thought, 'Oh my gosh, this is going to be the winner.'”7:51–7:59
- “But that ended really quickly when this started to ball and pill with the skin care that I had used under it, E.L.F. Holy Hydration Cream. There were little balls all over my hands, all over my face”8:02–8:08
- “I went downstairs, washed my face, put on my Sarah Ve lotion, and tried it again. But sadly, it was the same thing”8:18–8:25
- “I had to give it a zero out of five as a sunscreen. It's unwearable on its own”
- Source: I tried $750 of mineral sunscreens so you don't have to - May 31, 2025
- “My two favorite sunscreens of all time after testing 250 different sunscreens are the Healthy Skin Labs Protect SPF 50 and the Dermatology Physical Tinted Moisturizer SPF 44”
- “They are tinted. These are truly all mineral sunscreens”
- “They're thicker and a little bit heavier feeling going on than say the Kopari or the Chromat and they do have a shinier finish. So, they do need something over them. I either have to set them with powder, I have to put foundation on over them”23:51–23:56
- “When I want my foundation to look its best and when I'm really looking for a sunscreen to wear with foundation, these are the two that I go to”
- Source: I tried $750 of mineral sunscreens so you don't have to - May 31, 2025
Variant: Shade 9
- “This is a tinted lotion. This feels like a wet lotion going on but not greasy or heavy”20:02–20:07
- “It is very shiny and shade 9 works well for my skin tone. It's easy to spread and good around the hairline and eyebrows”29:04–29:13
- “It does feel moisturizing and hydrating. And it is wearable on its own as long as I set it with a little bit of setting powder to take down the shine”29:19–29:26
- “The makeup goes on over it nicely, but the shine does come through. And a little bit of shine that does come through gives me that nice lit from within glow”
- “At the 8 hour check-in, it was mainly still in place. Wasn't really wearing off anywhere. This one feels really hydrating and it wasn't sliding around”29:47–29:52
- “I gave it a four out of five as a standalone sunscreen and a five out of five under makeup”
- Source: I tried $750 of mineral sunscreens so you don't have to - May 31, 2025
- “This is a tinted lotion that feels very wet and slippery, but not overly greasy going on”
- “The tint is a really good shade match for me. It hides the white cast and it evens out skin tone a little bit”11:46–11:50
- “It's easy to apply and it blends well around hair and eyebrows, but it does cling to face fur”
- “It settled into my neck wrinkles and it has a very shiny wet finish that just doesn't dry back. I waited 30 minutes for it to dry back and it still felt really wet, really slippery”
- “I'm giving this one a two out of five as a sunscreen”
- Source: I tried $750 of mineral sunscreens so you don't have to - May 31, 2025
- “This is a lightly tinted lotion sunscreen. It feels pretty thick going on, but not wet or greasy. It feels more dryish, and it spreads easily”
- “The finish is velvety, but not a flat matte”13:18–13:23
- “It looked okay, but it settled into wrinkles right away everywhere, including neck wrinkles”13:21–13:25
- “As a standalone sunscreen, I gave it a two out of five”13:25–13:29
- Source: I tried $750 of mineral sunscreens so you don't have to - May 31, 2025
- “This is a whitish lotion that feels really greasy and wet going on and very sticky”
- “It clings to hair and eyebrows. It has a strong white cast and it goes on streaky and patchy”6:59–7:05
- “It settled into my neck wrinkles”
- “I give it a zero out of five as a sunscreen”
- Source: I tried $750 of mineral sunscreens so you don't have to - May 31, 2025
Sarah Creal$64.00
Brilliant Repair Shield Illuminating Broad Spectrum Face Mineral Sunscreen Serum SPF 50Variant: Stationation
- “This is a tinted runny liquid. It feels wet and oily going on. It rubs in easily, but the pigments don't spread that evenly, leaving tiny like specks all over my face”10:25–10:31
- “It has a very very shiny finish”10:49–10:54
- “I gave it a zero out of five as a sunscreen”
- Source: I tried $750 of mineral sunscreens so you don't have to - May 31, 2025
- “This is a tinted runny liquid. The tint covers any white cast, but it's not heavily pigmented, so it doesn't look like makeup sitting on your skin”30:29–30:37
- “It glides over the skin easily. It feels lightweight and not greasy. It dries and sets really, really quickly”30:45–30:50
- “It has a softly luminous but not shiny finish. It looks so natural on the skin. It is a gorgeous put it on and go sunscreen. No fussing with it. No need to powder it”30:53–30:59
- “It doesn't feel greasy. It feels dry and set. It doesn't settle into wrinkles. Absolutely love it”31:05–31:09
- “With makeup, foundation goes on beautifully over this sunscreen. It looks super smooth and it made my pores look really smooth and smoothed over all of my texture”31:09–31:17
- “At eight hours, the makeup is still in place. From a coverage perspective, it looks just applied. It was comfortable to wear all day. It didn't feel drying at all. It didn't make my skin sting”31:40–31:47
- “I gave it a five out of five as a standalone sunscreen and a five out of five under makeup”
- Source: I tried $750 of mineral sunscreens so you don't have to - May 31, 2025
Variant: MP200
- “It feels lovely going on like a lightweight oil or serum. It has a wet yet powdery feel to it. It blends well around hair and eyebrows”14:29–14:37
- “The finish is softly dewy but not shiny. The tint is a good match for me and it evens out my skin tone and looks really natural”14:40–14:49
- “With makeup, I don't love how this foundation looks over this sunscreen. It looks more dry and cakey than normal, and it's more settled into wrinkles than it normally is”14:49–15:01
- “This felt itchy and made my skin feel so dry and so prickly all day long that even though I wore it all day, I could not wait to take it off”15:39–15:48
- “If you have sensitive skin, I would be careful with this one”15:58–16:02
- “As a standalone sunscreen, I give it a three out of five”16:02–16:07
- “Under makeup, I'm only giving it a three out of five”16:16–16:20
- Source: I tried $750 of mineral sunscreens so you don't have to - May 31, 2025
- “This is a tinted runny liquid that glides easily over the skin. It blends in perfectly with no problems around the hair or the eyebrows”
- “The tint hides any white cast and evens the skin tone, but it doesn't look like makeup sitting on the surface of your skin. It feels like a lightweight serum”
- “It has a satin matte finish. And every time I put it on, I just say, 'Wow, my skin looks great.'”27:03–27:09
- “It dries and sets almost instantly. And I can literally put this on and go and look natural and normal and not white casty and not greasy and not shiny with no settling into wrinkles”27:12–27:18
- “With makeup, it was another wow for me. I was like, 'Holy cow, this looks great under this foundation.' It was almost primerlike in how it smoothed my skin”27:26–27:31
- “It felt non-drying and comfortable to wear, and it wasn't getting shiny”27:50–27:54
- “It does shorten the wear time of the makeup by a little bit, but it wasn't settling into the wrinkles”
- “I give it a five out of five as a standalone sunscreen and a four out of five under makeup”
- Source: I tried $750 of mineral sunscreens so you don't have to - May 31, 2025
- “This is a tinted sunscreen with a lotion texture. It applies easily and blends smoothly. There are no issues around the hair or the eyebrows”16:52–16:58
- “It comes in one shade that color corrects and evens skin tone, but it's fairly pigmented, so it can be worn as a sheer foundation on its own”
- “It dries and sets and feels nice on the skin and it has a soft, luminous finish”17:19–17:25
- “But the makeup immediately settled into my forehead wrinkles”17:31–17:36
- “It shortens the wear time of the makeup by a couple of hours”17:56–18:01
- “I gave it a three out of five as a sunscreen. I love how it looks, but I'm just not sure about the UVA coverage”
- “I gave it a three out of five under makeup”
- Source: I tried $750 of mineral sunscreens so you don't have to - May 31, 2025
Variant: Fair-Light
- “This is a tinted lightweight lotion. It feels silky and it's easy to apply”18:37–18:46
- “It's got a very shiny finish. And this shade is slightly light for me, but okay”
- “It has a little tack, but doesn't feel greasy. And it smells like rice cooking”18:54–18:59
- “The makeup bald and peeled a little bit and the shine definitely comes through the foundation”18:59–19:06
- “It shortens the wear time of makeup by a few hours, but it didn't feel uncomfortable or drying to wear”19:24–19:31
- “I'm giving this one a three out of five for sunscreen and a three out of five for how it sits under makeup”
- Source: I tried $750 of mineral sunscreens so you don't have to - May 31, 2025
- “This is a tinted lotion that hides any white cast, but doesn't tint the skin. It's easy to rub in. There are no problems around the hair or the eyebrows. It blends easily, and it feels like skin care”21:46–21:52
- “It feels slightly tacky, and it has a luminous finish”21:57–22:05
- “With makeup, it is just lovely. It really does live up to its name, which is that it is a primer. And I felt like it made my skin looked so smooth and it made the makeup look so smooth”
- “At the 8-hour check-in, the makeup was pretty worn off everywhere, and my skin looked really dry, especially under my eyes, making it look crepey under there. I felt like this felt drying throughout the day”
- “I'm giving this a three out of five as a standalone sunscreen and a three out of five under makeup”22:58–23:02
- Source: I tried $750 of mineral sunscreens so you don't have to - May 31, 2025
Variant: Tinted
- “This tinted lotion feels like a lightweight face lotion going on, like a moisturizer. It's not heavy or greasy at all”
- “The tint is slightly dark and a little bit warm for me. It's very pigmented and the color goes on a little streaky and patchy in some areas”20:10–20:15
- “It has a shiny finish and it feels tacky but not greasy”20:21–20:27
- “With makeup, it looks fine from a distance, but it's just okay close up. The shine comes through accentuating pores and puffiness”
- “I gave it a three out of five as a sunscreen and a three out of five under makeup”
- Source: I tried $750 of mineral sunscreens so you don't have to - May 31, 2025
- “This is a tinted runny serum consistency sunscreen. It spreads and rubs in really easily with no problems at the hairline or eyebrows”
- “It feels like a lightweight face oil going on. The tint hides any white cast and evens out the skin tone slightly. It's sheer and has a soft, luminous finish that makes the skin look hydrated and glowy”
- “With makeup, it's really pretty with makeup on over, and it gives a little bit of extra glow to the makeup, but there was some slight settling in forehead wrinkles”25:19–25:28
- “At 8 hours, it looks fine from a distance, but up close, it looked very dry and very crusty. It had shortened the wear time of the makeup”
- “I'm giving it a four out of five for sunscreen and a three out of five for under makeup”
- Source: I tried $750 of mineral sunscreens so you don't have to - May 31, 2025
- “This is a tinted lotion that feels like an emollient skin care lotion going on”6:53–6:59
- “The tint is a golden almost metallic shade that goes on streaky and doesn't blend well around the hair or the edges of the face”
- “If I try to rub it more to blend it in, it balls and pills”
- “Sadly for me, this one was not wearable. So, I give it a zero out of five points”6:29–6:34
- Source: I tried $750 of mineral sunscreens so you don't have to - May 31, 2025
- “This is a white lotion that feels lightweight yet greasy yet powdery”5:16–5:20
- “It goes on very smeary. It goes on very streaky. It doesn't blend in great around the eyebrows and around hair”5:31–5:37
- “This one also left a strong white cast. For me, it is unwearable”
- “This one gets a zero out of five as a sunscreen for me”
- Source: I tried $750 of mineral sunscreens so you don't have to - May 31, 2025
- “This is a white thick lotion. It goes on feeling super heavy, super greasy, and it has a really strong white cast that doesn't dissipate even after 20 to 30 minutes of dryback”4:22–4:30
- “This never dries back. It stays greasy feeling”4:38–4:44
- “I gave it a zero out of five as a sunscreen”4:40–4:48
- Source: I tried $750 of mineral sunscreens so you don't have to - May 31, 2025
- “This is a mint green tinted lotion that is supposed to color correct your skin if you have a lot of redness in it”6:08–6:14
- “On me, this leaves a greenish whitish cast on the skin that doesn't rub in well. It gathers in the hair. It clings to skin flakes”6:14–6:22
- “I give it a zero out of five as a sunscreen”5:45–5:49
- Source: I tried $750 of mineral sunscreens so you don't have to - May 31, 2025
- “My two favorite sunscreens of all time after testing 250 different sunscreens are the Healthy Skin Labs Protect SPF 50 and the Dermatology Physical Tinted Moisturizer SPF 44”32:32–32:39
- “They are tinted. These are truly all mineral sunscreens”32:47–32:55
- “They're thicker and a little bit heavier feeling going on than say the Kopari or the Chromat and they do have a shinier finish. So, they do need something over them. I either have to set them with powder, I have to put foundation on over them”33:01–33:09
- “When I want my foundation to look its best and when I'm really looking for a sunscreen to wear with foundation, these are the two that I go to”33:15–33:20
- Source: I tried $750 of mineral sunscreens so you don't have to - May 31, 2025
- “This is a tinted, runny liquid that feels lightweight, not heavy or greasy or sticky. It's quick and easy to apply”23:27–23:36
- “It has just enough pigment to cover any white cast, but it doesn't cover or tint the skin, so it looks very, very natural sitting on the skin. It dries down quickly to a soft satin finish”23:36–23:45
- “The foundation goes on over it pretty well, but with a little bit of balling and peeling, and it immediately makes the makeup settle into wrinkles and accentuates them”23:51–23:59
- “At the 8-hour check-in, the makeup was almost completely worn off. So, it drastically shortened the wear time of the makeup”
- “As a sunscreen, I give this a five out of five. It is perfection”24:22–24:27
- “Under makeup, I give it just two out of five”
- Source: I tried $750 of mineral sunscreens so you don't have to - May 31, 2025
Variant: 22 Oak Bisque
- “This has an SPF 50 that's mainly from zinc oxide. This has 15% zinc oxide, so it is a really effective sunscreen”18:10–18:19
- “With this, you can put on enough to get the SPF on the label and it still looks great”18:31–18:35
- “The pigments in this are so lightweight and so beautiful”18:33–18:37
- “Somehow they made it be not shiny, not greasy, not heavy feeling. This feels lightweight. It gives you beautiful lightweight coverage”18:38–18:43
- “It covers what you want to cover, but it doesn't look like a heavy mask of makeup. It's very natural looking”18:45–18:51
- “I had a full face of makeup on and I had been in it for I want to say five or six hours and I was like, 'Oop, I'm going out. It's the sun's still out. I need to touch up the sunscreen.' So, I just put on more of this and it blended right over the top of everything else so beautifully, so seamlessly”18:57–19:02
- Source: Best makeup of 2025 for mature skin from drugstore to high end - Dec 19, 2025
- “This is a white runny liquid that feels like an emollient skin care serum going on. Skin feels slightly tacky when first applied. It has surprisingly little white cast”18:33–18:48
- “After 20 minutes of dryback, this one still felt slightly tacky, but skin felt moisturized, not oily or greasy or sticky”
- “At the 4-hour check-in, I was already not loving it. It had started feeling drying a couple hours before”19:17–19:23
- “It had been coming off under my nails all day long. And it was getting a little bit shiny, but also felt so so very drying throughout the day that I really couldn't wait to wash my face”19:46–19:58
- “I really can't fully recommend it to people with dry skin”19:58–20:01
- “I'm going to give it three out of five for a standalone sunscreen and two out of five for how it did with makeup”20:04–20:10
- Source: I tried $500 worth of new mineral sunscreens - May 15, 2026
- “This is a runny tinted liquid. It feels like a lightweight oil going on, but does leave a slight white cast”15:21–15:29
- “The finish on this one is super shiny and greasy looking”15:29–15:34
- “This one smells like a combination of rotting bananas and lighter fluid. And no, it doesn't dissipate after 20 minutes”15:37–15:43
- “This one clings to face fur. It looks streaky. It doesn't dry back. It's super slippery. My face just felt wet, oily, greasy. My hair was sticking to it and the smell”15:48–16:01
- “For me, zero out of five. Completely unwarable”16:01–16:04
- Source: I tried $500 worth of new mineral sunscreens - May 15, 2026
- “This is an off-white lotion with a slight tannish greenish tint. It looks white going on, but rubs in almost clear, leaving only the slightest white cast on me”22:40–22:47
- “It feels like a normal skin care lotion going on. It feels moisturizing, not tacky or sticky”
- “I put makeup on over this one and I was really wowed when I put the makeup on. Can I just say, EltaMD, you've outdone yourself on this one. Makeup goes on over this super beautifully. It looks smooth. It looks skin-like. It feels dry and set. I am so happy with it”23:14–23:26
- “Foundation goes on over this so beautifully. It almost acts like a primer”23:26–23:37
- “At the 8-hour check-in, I was not as excited about it anymore. The foundation was very worn off everywhere and it felt so drying throughout the day. And throughout the day, I thought my skin looked very textured every time I saw myself and it was modeled on my forehead and giving polka dot pores everywhere else”23:48–24:02
- “As a standalone sunscreen, I'm giving this a three out of five because it was so drying throughout the day. with makeup. Three out of five because it didn't look terrible at the end of the day, but it didn't look great either”24:14–24:24
- Source: I tried $500 worth of new mineral sunscreens - May 15, 2026
Variant: Lightest Shade
- “This is a lightweight, runny liquid that feels great going on, but the shade is just so dark and orange on me”9:25–9:37
- “If you have darker skin, this could be a beautiful sunscreen on you. And I'm so glad that they released this one, even though it's not necessarily for me”9:37–9:51
- Source: I tried $500 worth of new mineral sunscreens - May 15, 2026
- “This is a very pigmented, tinted, thick formula that goes on super streaky. So, you have to really pay close attention when you're applying it”14:04–14:19
- “The tint is a little warm and dark for me. The application is just very uneven, especially around the edges and the hairline”14:19–14:26
- “It just looks bad and it settles into wrinkles, including neck wrinkles”14:31–14:37
- “After 20 minutes of dryback, this one, like many of the other kind of greasy ones, it just doesn't dry back. It still feels heavy. It still feels greasy when I touch it. It comes off on my fingers”14:39–14:45
- “This one gets a zero out of five for me”
- Source: I tried $500 worth of new mineral sunscreens - May 15, 2026
- “This is an awesome sunscreen for dry skin people. It's also an awesome sunscreen for more oily skin people or combo or normal. It's super hydrating”30:37–30:50
- “This one is a purely mineral sunscreen, meaning it doesn't have any of the sunscreen boosters in it”30:50–31:02
- “It wears beautifully under makeup. It'll hydrate your skin all day”31:02–31:06
- “It is a little bit heavier and a little bit tacky, you know, kind of oily feeling, and it doesn't really dry and set”31:08–31:14
- “This just wears under makeup way better than the Tower 28, and it's an SPF 50 instead of an SPF 30”31:24–31:28
- Source: I tried $500 worth of new mineral sunscreens - May 15, 2026
- “This is such a great sunscreen for like normal to oily skin people because it's so dry feeling”
- “If you have enlarged pores, it's so smoothing on your pores”
- Source: I tried $500 worth of new mineral sunscreens - May 15, 2026
- “This is a very runny white liquid. It feels lightweight and slippery, like very elegant skin care going on. I actually love the feel of this one when I'm putting it on”5:30–5:37
- “It does leave a slight white cast and it does rub in unevenly and it feels fairly sticky and greasy”5:37–5:50
- “After 20 minutes, the white cast does settle in a little bit, but not enough for me. Plus, it settles into all my wrinkles, including my neck wrinkles. It does still feel a little bit tacky and heavy even after an hour”5:50–5:56
- “For me, it wasn't wearable on its own”
- “This one gets a zero out of five as a standalone sunscreen”
- Source: I tried $500 worth of new mineral sunscreens - May 15, 2026
- “This is a runny tinted liquid. It is heavily pigmented sunscreen that feels pretty moisturizing going on and also lightweight. It's not sticky”11:48–12:02
- “You do have to pay attention because the tint can be a little smeary or patchy if you don't blend it out perfectly”12:02–12:09
- “It does cling a little bit to face hair. It does bunch up around the edges, so it's not great around the hairline or in the eyebrows”12:09–12:22
- “It immediately settles into every wrinkle on your face and your neck. So, neck wrinkles are very visible once I put this on”12:22–12:30
- “It comes off on everything. It does feel slightly drier after 20 minutes, but in that time, I had already left fingerprints all over the house and it still felt very wet on the surface of my skin”12:30–12:42
- “For me, I gave this one a zero out of five just because I could never wear it because of the settling in the neck wrinkles”12:42–12:53
- Source: I tried $500 worth of new mineral sunscreens - May 15, 2026
- “This is a white mediumweight lotion that feels nice going on, but has a very strong white cast”13:26–13:33
- “It sticks to hair and it immediately settles into every wrinkle, especially neck wrinkles”13:33–13:39
- “This is not wearable on its own for me. I give it a zero out of five as a standalone sunscreen”13:40–13:45
- Source: I tried $500 worth of new mineral sunscreens - May 15, 2026
- “Put it on. It's tinted. You're dry and set. You're ready to go. It's a one and done”32:42–32:47
- Source: I tried $500 worth of new mineral sunscreens - May 15, 2026
- “This is a tinted runny liquid that feels like a lightweight lotion. It rubs in easily, but it only comes in one shade, which is way too warm and too dark for me”8:21–8:27
- “It goes on very splotchy and very unevenly”8:35–8:38
- “It never dries back after 20 minutes. It is just coming off on everything”8:46–8:50
- “This one got a zero out of five for me as a standalone sunscreen”8:52–8:56
- Source: I tried $500 worth of new mineral sunscreens - May 15, 2026
- “It's a white cream that feels heavy and greasy going on”4:04–4:08
- “The first layer gave a fairly strong white cast. By the time I got the second layer on, very strong white cast, clings to hair, is not good around the hairline, gets all tangled up in your eyebrows, and it just doesn't rub in very well”4:20–4:30
- “After 20 minutes, it didn't change at all”4:41–4:43
- “As a standalone sunscreen, I gave this zero out of five stars”4:46–4:50
- “for other people like surfers, athletes, maybe you would like it”4:52–4:56
- Source: I tried $500 worth of new mineral sunscreens - May 15, 2026
Variant: Sandy
- “This is a tinted sunscreen with a lotiony texture that rubs in easily but feels slippery, wet, and a little bit oily going on the skin”20:40–20:47
- “The tint covers any white cast. It evens the skin tone a bit, but it doesn't look like a heavy pigmented covering of makeup”20:47–21:01
- “After 20 minutes of dryback, I felt like this hadn't really dried back at all. It still felt fairly oily and wet on my skin, and it just wasn't sitting quite right on my skin. It looked like tiny speckles on my forehead, and it was still very shiny”21:01–21:07
- “I felt like the makeup went on really well over it. And that overall it looked really, really nice”21:27–21:32
- “At the 8 hour check-in, I thought it was very worn off, very shiny in my T-zone. For me, it had felt oily on my skin all day”21:38–21:52
- “It didn't settle in neck wrinkles. It didn't have a white cast”22:03–22:06
- “As a standalone sunscreen, I'd give it three out of five under makeup. Three out of five”22:08–22:12
- Source: I tried $500 worth of new mineral sunscreens - May 15, 2026
- “This is a tinted lotion that glides over the skin and rubs in super easily”
- “The tint, I would say, doesn't really give any coverage. It's not super heavily pigmented. So, it looks very natural on the skin. The tint is mainly there to just hide any white cast, which it does very effectively”25:00–25:12
- “This feels very much like skin care going on, and it just looks like your skin”
- “The foundation goes on over it really nicely, just like it normally would”25:24–25:36
- “At the 8-hour check-in, I thought it was very worn off on my nose, my chin, my cheeks, above my eyebrows, was shiny in my T-zone. It was giving me speckly polka dot pores on my cheeks and on my chin. So, this definitely shortens the wear of foundation”25:53–26:06
- “It didn't feel drying to wear throughout the day”26:12–26:16
- “As a standalone sunscreen, I would give this one a four out of five. As a sunscreen to wear under makeup, I'm going to give it a three out of five”26:19–26:25
- Source: I tried $500 worth of new mineral sunscreens - May 15, 2026
- “This is a very light green tinted runny lotion. It rubs in very easily. It does leave a very very minimal white cast”27:39–27:55
- “It feels like a lightweight elegant skin care lotion going on. It does have a fairly shiny finish though and it's good around hair and it's not thick or greasy feeling”27:55–28:09
- “After 20 minutes, it dries back and doesn't feel sticky or heavy on the skin. There was no settling into wrinkles”28:09–28:17
- “Makeup goes on over this really well. The radiance does come through the makeup a little bit, but adding the foundation over it reduced the amount of settling in wrinkles that I would normally get”28:38–28:49
- “At the 8 hour check-in, I could see from a distance that it was really worn off on my nose and my chin, but it was in place on my forehead and my cheeks. It wasn't doing anything super naughty like sliding around or getting super shiny or settling into wrinkles”29:12–29:25
- “This one had felt a little bit drying around my chin at about the 8 hour mark”29:32–29:37
- “For this one, because it does still leave that tiniest little bit of white cast, I'm going to give it four out of five as a standalone sunscreen. And for under foundation, a four out of five”30:05–30:17
- Source: I tried $500 worth of new mineral sunscreens - May 15, 2026
- “Another one of my all-time favorites is the ISDIN Eryfotona Ageless sunscreen”6:46–6:51
- Source: Amazon Big Spring Sale Top Picks - Mar 27, 2026
- “One of my all-time favorites is the EltaMD UV Elements sunscreen”5:58–6:04
- “I don't use it as much myself since it's been reformulated because the color on it is a little bit too warm for me”6:01–6:08
- Source: Amazon Big Spring Sale Top Picks - Mar 27, 2026
- “I wear this more as a foundation over an SPF sunscreen mineral sunscreen that has a high level of zinc”4:13–4:21
- “It's a really good one and I love how it looks and how it evens out my skin tone”4:44–4:50
- Source: Amazon Big Spring Sale Top Picks - Mar 27, 2026
- “Another one that I like a lot”16:16–16:19
- Source: 100 Prime Day 2026 deals: beauty, fashion, home, fitness - Jun 23, 2026
Variant: SPF 50
- “The smell of it is great”
- “I love how it feels on my skin”9:06–9:09
- “It's just beautiful. It makes me feel hydrated and nice”9:08–9:11
- Source: 100 Prime Day 2026 deals: beauty, fashion, home, fitness - Jun 23, 2026
- “I also keep this next to my front door and I just sunscreen up my hands every time I'm going out to walk my dog”15:40–15:47
- “Great little sunscreen, very lightweight, fragrance-free, really terrific”
- Source: 100 Prime Day 2026 deals: beauty, fashion, home, fitness - Jun 23, 2026
- “This is Haruharu Wonder Black Rice Airy Fit SPF 50. It's got a PA++++ rating, which means the highest rating on UVA”19:37–19:44
- “This is a chemical sunscreen that uses a lot of the newer chemical filters that are coming out of Europe and Asia”19:51–19:55
- “For a chemical sunscreen, doesn't irritate my skin at all”19:57–20:02
- “You put it on, your skin looks just like your skin. It's not overly shiny. It's not greasy. It dries and sets. It's a beautiful sunscreen, and it's at a very affordable price”20:02–20:06
- Source: Budget friendly anti-aging skincare that actually works - Jun 12, 2026
- “Fantastic sunscreen that doesn't look like anything on your skin and plays great under makeup”0:45–0:49
- Source: Testing new drugstore makeup 2025: Elf, L'Oreal, NYX & more - Feb 7, 2025
- “It's a little bit paler than the Kopari and it gives more of a kind of a highlighter look”21:25–21:38
- “Once this is dry and set, it really feels great on the skin. It reflects light in such a beautiful way, but it almost acts like makeup primer”21:38–21:42
- “This is so good under makeup. And if you want your makeup to be extra glowy and just have that extra lit from within glow look to it, this is a really great sunscreen to try”21:42–21:54
- Source: Spring Sephora Sale 2026: Best Makeup for Mature Skin - Apr 10, 2026
- “It is awesome for topping up your sunscreen later in the day, mattifying your makeup”6:31–6:37
- “If you tend to get sunburn along your scalp, it's great for putting sunscreen in your part so that you don't get burned up there”6:35–6:42
- Source: Amazon Big Spring Sale Top Picks - Mar 27, 2026
- “My two favorite sunscreens of all time after testing 250 different sunscreens are the Healthy Skin Labs Protect SPF 50 and the Dermatology Physical Tinted Moisturizer SPF 44”
- “They are tinted. These are truly all mineral sunscreens”
- “They're thicker and a little bit heavier feeling going on than say the Kopari or the Chromat and they do have a shinier finish. So, they do need something over them. I either have to set them with powder, I have to put foundation on over them”23:51–23:56
- “When I want my foundation to look its best and when I'm really looking for a sunscreen to wear with foundation, these are the two that I go to”
- Source: I tried $750 of mineral sunscreens so you don't have to - May 31, 2025
- “My two favorite sunscreens of all time after testing 250 different sunscreens are the Healthy Skin Labs Protect SPF 50 and the Dermatology Physical Tinted Moisturizer SPF 44”32:32–32:39
- “They are tinted. These are truly all mineral sunscreens”32:47–32:55
- “They're thicker and a little bit heavier feeling going on than say the Kopari or the Chromat and they do have a shinier finish. So, they do need something over them. I either have to set them with powder, I have to put foundation on over them”33:01–33:09
- “When I want my foundation to look its best and when I'm really looking for a sunscreen to wear with foundation, these are the two that I go to”33:15–33:20
- Source: I tried $750 of mineral sunscreens so you don't have to - May 31, 2025
- “This is an awesome sunscreen for dry skin people. It's also an awesome sunscreen for more oily skin people or combo or normal. It's super hydrating”30:37–30:50
- “This one is a purely mineral sunscreen, meaning it doesn't have any of the sunscreen boosters in it”30:50–31:02
- “It wears beautifully under makeup. It'll hydrate your skin all day”31:02–31:06
- “It is a little bit heavier and a little bit tacky, you know, kind of oily feeling, and it doesn't really dry and set”31:08–31:14
- “This just wears under makeup way better than the Tower 28, and it's an SPF 50 instead of an SPF 30”31:24–31:28
- Source: I tried $500 worth of new mineral sunscreens - May 15, 2026
- “This is a runny tinted liquid. It is heavily pigmented sunscreen that feels pretty moisturizing going on and also lightweight. It's not sticky”11:48–12:02
- “You do have to pay attention because the tint can be a little smeary or patchy if you don't blend it out perfectly”12:02–12:09
- “It does cling a little bit to face hair. It does bunch up around the edges, so it's not great around the hairline or in the eyebrows”12:09–12:22
- “It immediately settles into every wrinkle on your face and your neck. So, neck wrinkles are very visible once I put this on”12:22–12:30
- “It comes off on everything. It does feel slightly drier after 20 minutes, but in that time, I had already left fingerprints all over the house and it still felt very wet on the surface of my skin”12:30–12:42
- “For me, I gave this one a zero out of five just because I could never wear it because of the settling in the neck wrinkles”12:42–12:53
- Source: I tried $500 worth of new mineral sunscreens - May 15, 2026
- “One of my all-time favorites is the EltaMD UV Elements sunscreen”5:58–6:04
- “I don't use it as much myself since it's been reformulated because the color on it is a little bit too warm for me”6:01–6:08
- Source: Amazon Big Spring Sale Top Picks - Mar 27, 2026
- “I wear this more as a foundation over an SPF sunscreen mineral sunscreen that has a high level of zinc”4:13–4:21
- “It's a really good one and I love how it looks and how it evens out my skin tone”4:44–4:50
- Source: Amazon Big Spring Sale Top Picks - Mar 27, 2026
Variant: Fragrance-Free
- “It has Matrixyl 3000 in it”
- Source: 100 Prime Day 2026 deals: beauty, fashion, home, fitness - Jun 23, 2026
- “Another product to get niacinamide in is of course CeraVe PM lotion. Just a good basic workhorse moisturizing lotion”15:15–15:21
- “This also contains ceramides, which are fatty lipids that are great for your skin. They really help to protect the skin barrier”15:30–15:36
- “Both these products include all three ceramides plus the helper”16:08–16:16
- Source: Budget friendly anti-aging skincare that actually works - Jun 12, 2026
- “This is my activate peptide and antioxidant loaded lotion for beautifully aging skin”12:07–12:15
- “This contains two peptides. Matrixle 3000 at 8% and Matrixle Synth 6 at 2%”12:15–12:23
- “Most other companies will put them in in like 1% or a half a percent, very small percentages, so you're not going to get the same kind of bang for your buck that you do with my products”12:23–12:28
- “This also contains ceramides, nyioinomide, glycerin, hyaluronic acid, CoQ10, and green tea”12:39–12:47
- “This lotion just rubs in so beautifully. It feels so great on the skin. And I love it”17:07–17:11
- “It's a soothing formula that helps to strengthen your skin barrier while providing all these great peptides, all these great antioxidants, some hyaluronic acids”
- “When you combine it in the same skincare routine with my all-in serum, then you've got a complete skincare routine in just two little bottles”17:20–17:26
- “It makes my life so much easier. It makes my morning routine, my night routine so much easier. It's great to travel with”17:33–17:38
- Source: Budget friendly anti-aging skincare that actually works - Jun 12, 2026
- “This is a tinted, runny liquid that feels lightweight, not heavy or greasy or sticky. It's quick and easy to apply”23:27–23:36
- “It has just enough pigment to cover any white cast, but it doesn't cover or tint the skin, so it looks very, very natural sitting on the skin. It dries down quickly to a soft satin finish”23:36–23:45
- “The foundation goes on over it pretty well, but with a little bit of balling and peeling, and it immediately makes the makeup settle into wrinkles and accentuates them”23:51–23:59
- “At the 8-hour check-in, the makeup was almost completely worn off. So, it drastically shortened the wear time of the makeup”
- “As a sunscreen, I give this a five out of five. It is perfection”24:22–24:27
- “Under makeup, I give it just two out of five”
- Source: I tried $750 of mineral sunscreens so you don't have to - May 31, 2025
- “This is a white runny liquid that feels like an emollient skin care serum going on. Skin feels slightly tacky when first applied. It has surprisingly little white cast”18:33–18:48
- “After 20 minutes of dryback, this one still felt slightly tacky, but skin felt moisturized, not oily or greasy or sticky”
- “At the 4-hour check-in, I was already not loving it. It had started feeling drying a couple hours before”19:17–19:23
- “It had been coming off under my nails all day long. And it was getting a little bit shiny, but also felt so so very drying throughout the day that I really couldn't wait to wash my face”19:46–19:58
- “I really can't fully recommend it to people with dry skin”19:58–20:01
- “I'm going to give it three out of five for a standalone sunscreen and two out of five for how it did with makeup”20:04–20:10
- Source: I tried $500 worth of new mineral sunscreens - May 15, 2026
Variant: 0.1%
- “It's a retinaldehyde”
- “It comes in a lot of different strengths”
- Source: 100 Prime Day 2026 deals: beauty, fashion, home, fitness - Jun 23, 2026
Variant: 10% / 0.10%
- “This one from Geek & Gorgeous is a really good one. This is their power peptides”13:16–13:20
- “This contains four different peptides. It's got 3% Matrixle 3000. It's got 2% Matrixel Synth 6”13:18–13:26
- “It's a really nice serum”13:50–13:53
- Source: Budget friendly anti-aging skincare that actually works - Jun 12, 2026
Dr. Brenner$23.99
Vitamin C Serum 20% Pure L-Ascorbic Acid, Ferulic Acid, Vitamin E and Hyaluronic Acid
- “For the least expensive vitamin C serum going, I recommend Dr. Brenner's vitamin C”10:32–10:39
- “This formula is going to be the closest to the skin suiticles formula, CE furulic, that costs $188 an ounce”10:39–10:45
- Source: Budget friendly anti-aging skincare that actually works - Jun 12, 2026
- “Two of my favorite lactic acid products are... the Ordinary lactic acid 10% plus HA”7:10–7:17
- Source: Budget friendly anti-aging skincare that actually works - Jun 12, 2026
- “Two of my favorite lactic acid products are Angie's Actives All-In Vitamin C plus Lactic Loaded Serum for beautifully aging skin”7:10–7:17
- “In this bottle there are six active ingredients”7:38–7:46
- “It's formulated correctly. It's at the right pH for all of those ingredients to work in your skin”
- “It gives you the equivalent of three or four different skincare products all in one bottle for $29”7:59–8:03
- “Kind of a bargain when you consider how much you pay for this, plus a vitamin C serum, plus a resveratrol serum, plus a hyaluronic acid serum”
- “I use this in the morning”
- “It's got 20% pure ascorbic acid”7:46–7:51
- “It's got the two stabilizing helpers in there, ferulic acid and vitamin E”10:05–10:10
- “It's got resveratrol, which is another antioxidant that's been shown to really help to anti-age your skin, really helps to soothe your skin”
- “It's got hyaluronic acid in here at 1%, and it also has the lactic acid in here at 10%”10:27–10:32
- Source: Budget friendly anti-aging skincare that actually works - Jun 12, 2026
- “The last peptide serum is from COSRX. It's their six peptide booster”13:52–13:58
- “It's easy to work into your skincare routine if you just want to try peptides for the first time. See what you think of them”14:08–14:14
- “This is, I think, a decent product to go with”14:14–14:19
- Source: Budget friendly anti-aging skincare that actually works - Jun 12, 2026
Variant: 0.2%
- “The snail mucin is not one of my faves. It's a little like stringy and slimy for me”8:30–8:34
- Source: Amazon Big Spring Sale Top Picks - Mar 27, 2026
- “The most effective retinoid that you can get over the counter”13:10–13:15
- Source: 100 Prime Day 2026 deals: beauty, fashion, home, fitness - Jun 23, 2026
- “The first over-the-counter retinoid is called adapylene, and you can find it in different gel”3:24–3:32
- “With consistent use, this has been shown to reduce wrinkles, reduce skin roughness, and even skin tone”3:32–3:37
- “That is probably the strongest retinoid that you can get over the counter at the drugstore”3:24–3:28
- Source: Budget friendly anti-aging skincare that actually works - Jun 12, 2026
- “It's 12% glycolic acid”
- “It will really exfoliate your skin and help your skin to look its absolute best”8:41–8:48
- “It really helps with the crepey skin”8:46–8:51
- “It helps lighten up any sunspots that you may have”8:48–8:53
- “It helps to firm your skin”8:51–8:54
- “It's just a fabulous product”8:53–8:56
- Source: 100 Prime Day 2026 deals: beauty, fashion, home, fitness - Jun 23, 2026
- “It's 12% glycolic acid”
- “It will really exfoliate your skin and help your skin to look its absolute best”8:41–8:48
- “It really helps with the crepey skin”8:46–8:51
- “It helps lighten up any sunspots that you may have”8:48–8:53
- “It helps to firm your skin”8:51–8:54
- “It's just a fabulous product”8:53–8:56
- Source: 100 Prime Day 2026 deals: beauty, fashion, home, fitness - Jun 23, 2026
- “It being a lotion, it really hydrates your skin”8:32–8:36
- Source: 100 Prime Day 2026 deals: beauty, fashion, home, fitness - Jun 23, 2026
Variant: Medium to Deep
- “They give you the most natural-looking tan”13:54–13:59
- “The lotion is the longest-lasting self-tanner that I've ever used”14:03–14:07
- “I use the medium to deep tone. It gives me the nicest color to my skin”14:09–14:15
- Source: Amazon Big Spring Sale Top Picks - Mar 27, 2026
Variant: Lavender Coconut
- “It's got 10% shea butter. It promises 10 hours of hydration”4:17–4:20
- “It smells really nice, really fresh. It doesn't feel greasy, but yet makes my skin on the back of my hands feel nice and moisturized”4:29–4:39
- Source: Spring Sephora Sale 2026: Best Makeup for Mature Skin - Apr 10, 2026
- “This is a white thick lotion. It goes on feeling super heavy, super greasy, and it has a really strong white cast that doesn't dissipate even after 20 to 30 minutes of dryback”4:22–4:30
- “This never dries back. It stays greasy feeling”4:38–4:44
- “I gave it a zero out of five as a sunscreen”4:40–4:48
- Source: I tried $750 of mineral sunscreens so you don't have to - May 31, 2025
- “This is a fluffy white cream that feels like buttercream frosting going on the skin. It glides over the skin, but it does feel super greasy and it does give a super shiny finish”16:17–16:32
- “It has surprisingly little white cast considering that it's got 25% zinc oxide in there”16:32–16:45
- “It smells like a candy necklace. The smell on this one isn't like bad per se. It's just so strong trying to cover up the tallow smell. It just is overly cloyingly sweet”16:45–16:52
- “After 20 minutes of dryback, I felt like, wait, now it's looking really streaky and really spotty. And if I looked at it in my really up close mirror, I could see little tiny white specks all over my face”16:58–17:08
- “If you have super dry skin, you love the whole Tallow Clean thing, then this could be a great sunscreen for you”17:08–17:18
- Source: I tried $500 worth of new mineral sunscreens - May 15, 2026
- “This is a white thick cream that feels thick and greasy going on like butter”7:11–7:24
- “It leaves a strong white cast on the skin and it's very, very shiny”7:25–7:30
- “After 20 minutes, it stays exactly the same, which is to say white, greasy, shiny. Plus, it settles into neck wrinkles”7:31–7:39
- “Can't really recommend this one, mainly because of the white cast that it leaves on me”
- Source: I tried $500 worth of new mineral sunscreens - May 15, 2026
Variant: SPF 50
- “The smell of it is great”
- “I love how it feels on my skin”9:06–9:09
- “It's just beautiful. It makes me feel hydrated and nice”9:08–9:11
- Source: 100 Prime Day 2026 deals: beauty, fashion, home, fitness - Jun 23, 2026
Verb$22.00
Ghost Conditioner- “I consider to be the closest dupe to the Oribe”
- “It's just not quite there”
- Source: 100 Prime Day 2026 deals: beauty, fashion, home, fitness - Jun 23, 2026
Variant: Conditioner
- “They make my hair so soft, so silky, so healthy looking”
- “Before that, I struggled with my hair every single day. It was frizzier. It was drier. It just didn't look as good. And now my hair is so strong and looks so great”
- “I always found that my blonde would get really brassy with other shampoos and conditioners. With this, no brassiness ever. It's just the best”
- Source: Spring Sephora Sale 2026: Best Makeup for Mature Skin - Apr 10, 2026
- “If you're suffering with any menopausal or perimenopausal hair loss”5:03–5:06
- Source: 100 Prime Day 2026 deals: beauty, fashion, home, fitness - Jun 23, 2026
Variant: i.d.
- “I love this”
- “I've been using the Dyson for oh, I don't know, maybe 10 years”3:39–3:47
- Source: 100 Prime Day 2026 deals: beauty, fashion, home, fitness - Jun 23, 2026
Verb$22.00
Ghost Shampoo
- “I consider to be the closest dupe to the Oribe”2:52–2:57
- “It's just not quite there”3:09–3:13
- Source: 100 Prime Day 2026 deals: beauty, fashion, home, fitness - Jun 23, 2026
- “It has really changed my hair for the better”2:08–2:13
- “My hair never gets brassy, it never gets frizzy, my blonde stays true, my hair stays cleaner between washes”2:16–2:23
- “I only wash my hair like twice a week now”2:25–2:30
- “It's just the best stuff”2:27–2:31
- “It's worth every penny, and the smell is just heavenly”2:30–2:34
- “This is the lowest it's been all year”2:37–2:47
- Source: 100 Prime Day 2026 deals: beauty, fashion, home, fitness - Jun 23, 2026
- “It's a like root volumizer and hold product that you put in your hair when it's damp, and then you style it with it in”3:19–3:24
- “It doesn't make my hair feel sticky or stiff or anything”3:28–3:33
- “It just comes out really, really nice, and I love that”3:31–3:37
- Source: 100 Prime Day 2026 deals: beauty, fashion, home, fitness - Jun 23, 2026
- “It's just a quick and easy way to keep the grays away”5:20–5:23
- Source: 100 Prime Day 2026 deals: beauty, fashion, home, fitness - Jun 23, 2026
- “It's very light hold hairspray. But the thing I love about it is it just makes it just look a little bit messier and a little bit less, you know, like done”22:55–23:08
- “I highly recommend this if you want your hair to not be quite so neat and tidy all the time. If you like a little bit more of a messy look, this is great for achieving that”23:08–23:19
- Source: Spring Sephora Sale 2026: Best Makeup for Mature Skin - Apr 10, 2026
- “I use the Dyson Airwrap every single time I blow dry my hair”15:12–15:24
- Source: Amazon Big Spring Sale Top Picks - Mar 27, 2026
- “The opposite sides of the plates are rounded and they have these little holes and so air flows out of these”
- “I've been using a regular curling iron for the last couple of years, but I always wanted to learn how to make those nice beachy waves using a flat iron”6:22–6:33
- “I actually managed to curl my hair with it”6:49–6:52
- “Instead of coming out like really ringing curls like they were where it was looking a little too styled and a little too curled, I really like how these come out more as just like beachy waves”6:55–7:01
- “It's dual voltage. So it's solving my problem that I had on two trips to Europe this year where I didn't have a good hot tool to bring with me for the trip”7:01–7:12
- “I can air dry my hair and then I can either flat iron it or I can curl it with this and I can get it looking good”7:12–7:23
- Source: Best hair, beauty, and lifestyle products of 2025 for mature women - Jan 23, 2026
Variant: i.d.
- “I love this”
- “I've been using the Dyson for oh, I don't know, maybe 10 years”3:39–3:47
- Source: 100 Prime Day 2026 deals: beauty, fashion, home, fitness - Jun 23, 2026
- “Everyone's duping it now, but this is the original”
- “This is the best one”
- “It's so soft”
- Source: 100 Prime Day 2026 deals: beauty, fashion, home, fitness - Jun 23, 2026
- “This is what I used today to put on my makeup”
- Source: 100 Prime Day 2026 deals: beauty, fashion, home, fitness - Jun 23, 2026
- “This is supposed to give you fuller coverage out of your foundation”4:59–5:02
- Source: Testing new drugstore makeup 2025: Elf, L'Oreal, NYX & more - Feb 7, 2025
- “My seven-piece brush set is also 25% off for the rest of the week”
- Source: Amazon Big Spring Sale Top Picks - Mar 27, 2026
- “It's small and compact, so you don't have this giant, you know, massive towel up on top of your head”4:48–4:52
- “It's microfiber, so it's really nice to your hair and it really absorbs a lot more water”4:55–4:59
- Source: 100 Prime Day 2026 deals: beauty, fashion, home, fitness - Jun 23, 2026
- “One of my favorite LED masks is 50% off”
- “It's a really good mask”1:57–2:00
- “It has three wavelengths of light”1:59–2:04
- “It's a hard mask rather than a soft pliable mask, but I got to say it's very lightweight”2:13–2:20
- “It's very comfortable to wear, and it has so many light bulbs in it”2:20–2:25
- “I love this mask”2:38–2:41
- Source: Amazon Big Spring Sale Top Picks - Mar 27, 2026
NuFACE$250.00
MINI+ Starter Kit
- “It's such a nice treatment”14:27–14:30
- “It's relaxing. It's soothing”14:30–14:34
- “It really helps to like lift the cheeks, lift the jowls, lift the sagging hooded lids”14:32–14:37
- Source: 100 Prime Day 2026 deals: beauty, fashion, home, fitness - Jun 23, 2026
- “Really helps to lift the hooded eyes”
- Source: 100 Prime Day 2026 deals: beauty, fashion, home, fitness - Jun 23, 2026
- “It's such a nice treatment”
- “It's relaxing. It's soothing”
- “It really helps to like lift the cheeks, lift the jowls, lift the sagging hooded lids”
- Source: 100 Prime Day 2026 deals: beauty, fashion, home, fitness - Jun 23, 2026
- “This is the best curling iron because it's so easy for a hair challenged person like me”4:01–4:06
- “It's got like a mini clamp, so you just kind of put your hair in, clamp the end, and then you press a button and it automatically wraps the hair in it”4:14–4:18
- “The hair comes out great”4:33–4:36
- “The curls are nice and kind of relaxed beachy curls”4:35–4:39
- Source: 100 Prime Day 2026 deals: beauty, fashion, home, fitness - Jun 23, 2026
- “This is the best brush soap I have ever used”7:40–7:50
- “It's all natural and vegan”
- “It's made with coconut oil, so it won't harm the bristles on your brushes”7:53–7:58
- “It comes with a little scrubby pad right inside the lid. So you can do all your brush washing right here”7:59–8:06
- “The smell of this is so good. It smells really fresh and clean and soft and lovely”8:12–8:17
- “This really made my brush cleaning really quick, really easy”8:29–8:33
- Source: Best hair, beauty, and lifestyle products of 2025 for mature women - Jan 23, 2026
- “I like fresh citrus island smells. And the smell of this is just magical”23:31–23:37
- Source: Spring Sephora Sale 2026: Best Makeup for Mature Skin - Apr 10, 2026
- “I started this about 6 months ago, I want to say, and I have really seen a difference in my hair already”4:06–4:13
- “The places on my hair that I was really noticing the thinning the most is up here at my temples. I mean, and I had literally a divot in here of no hair. And look at all that hair that's grown in. Like, look at these little baby hairs. That is all new growth since I've started using the minoxidil”4:13–4:25
- “I'm even seeing like little baby hairs coming in on this side, too”
- “I'm really really happy with the results I'm seeing already with Minoxidil”
- “I don't have any extensions. This is all my natural hair”
- “Alloy just in general is a great service for perimenopausal and menopausal and post-menopausal women”
- “If you're interested in trying anything from Alloy, I have a $10 off code, I believe, with them, which is Angie10”5:16–5:22
- Source: Best hair, beauty, and lifestyle products of 2025 for mature women - Jan 23, 2026
- “It's got the same minerals and the same type of calcium in it as algae cal but at a fraction of the price”
- “I take two a day. So that will last me 90 days. So that is $16 for 3 months”
- “For two capsules in here, you get 1,000 IUs of vitamin D, you get 480 mg of calcium, and you also get 35 mg of magnesium, and then it also contains 1,600 mg of their sea minerals that comes from that algae”12:51–13:10
- “I've been taking this one for about 6 months and so far I really like it”13:20–13:24
- Source: Best hair, beauty, and lifestyle products of 2025 for mature women - Jan 23, 2026
- “It's a foam, and when you put it on, it actually colors your skin right then and there”8:08–8:12
- “You can see where you're putting it. That really helps you to not end up kind of streaky”8:17–8:22
- Source: 100 Prime Day 2026 deals: beauty, fashion, home, fitness - Jun 23, 2026
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Getting hot-flashes? Wrinkles? Gray hair? Fifty is the gift that just keeps on giving!! If you're an over-50 woman who's looking for style, beauty, anti-aging, and health how-tos from an actual mature woman, then you're in the right place! email: angie@hotandflashy.com