Kackie Reviews Beauty
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Products They Love
“When this first came out you saw me fall head over heels in love with it…”
“I love these because they are such an insanely good shade match for me…”
“They have really expanded this shade range in such a beautiful way…”
“It is uncommonly good at being worn alone. Not necessarily all over the face, but it doesn't need like skin prep and foundation and stuff to kind of lock onto in order to blend in…”
“Not only is this like the easiest version of this formula to work with…”
Browse All Their Reviews
Variant: Boy Tears
- “I have been crying khaki tears ever since I ran out the last time”0:55–1:03
- “I was not going to get caught unawares again this time. And I bought two more myself in addition to the ones that he sent me because I do not want to run out of boy tears anytime soon”1:05–1:12
- “It is a very very important thing to me”1:19–1:23
- “Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh my god”
- “It is peach, but it's so neutral”
- “You can just get total shimmer payoff with this if you want. This is really easy to control”25:09–25:17
- “Oh, I just love the way that it catches the light. It's so freaking pretty”25:28–25:35
- Source: Hindash Color Fluids and Jones Road Foundation Review - Jun 2, 2026
Variant: Bespoke
Variant: Hottie
- “The finish on the Saie cream is really cool because even though, yes, it is dewy, it kind of still soaks in and I don't feel like I'm piling on more dewiness like unnecessarily”
- “This is such a stinking beautiful formula”
- “This is going to just stain your skin immediately”24:17–24:21
- “Oh, it's just so stinking pretty. Mhm. It's so cute. I love it”24:27–24:32
- “Hottie was lovely. It's not too neon. It's just very stinking pretty”32:22–32:29
- Source: Trying new makeup from Violette_FR, Sarah Creal, Vieve, Guerlain, Givenchy, Byredo and more - May 5, 2026
- “I think the Matte Beauty Blush Wand from Charlotte Tilbury is a virtually perfect product”20:46–20:51
- “Somehow, the Charlotte Tilbury one just kind of does exactly what it says it's going to do without trying. Like, I can stamp it onto my face and then blend it and it works”20:59–21:03
- “It does not punish you if you are in a hurry. It's amazing stuff”21:16–21:21
- Source: Sephora sale 2026: Do's, don'ts & what's in my cart - Apr 9, 2026
- “They're really affordable, too, for how much product you get and everything”20:04–20:08
- “Even though they're only four shades, I think they did something really special with those shades”20:08–20:12
- Source: Sephora sale 2026: Do's, don'ts & what's in my cart - Apr 9, 2026
Variant: Unsweetened
- “Not only is this like the easiest version of this formula to work with”18:41–18:45
- “This has a whole range of really weird, fun, excellent colors”18:52–18:58
- “This right here is unsweetened and it's just this beautiful kind of like rusty mauvey color. It's just like what? Oh my god”19:02–19:07
- “What I really like about any serum blush formula is that it gives you the glycerin finish, that really nice skin, you know, better than skin texture when it dries down, but it dries down”19:07–19:16
- Source: Sephora sale 2026: Do's, don'ts & what's in my cart - Apr 9, 2026
Variant: Coette and Mimi
- “I use the absolute crap out of it”
- “It's so good. It's so good. It's so good. It's so good. And it's just really summery skin to me”15:58–16:01
- “These two things fill each other in so beautifully”16:01–16:05
- Source: Sephora sale 2026: Do's, don'ts & what's in my cart - Apr 9, 2026
NARS$36.00
Powder Blush
- “I don't think that the old ones were bad, but when they reformulated, I like the formula even better. It is way less prone to hard panning”16:39–16:42
- “The colors that they have continued to expand the range with are delicious. Delicious”
- Source: Sephora sale 2026: Do's, don'ts & what's in my cart - Apr 9, 2026
NARS$40.00
The Multiple
- “NARS has put out such nuanced shades either in the multiple stick or in their powder blush. There are these really weird inbetweeny colors”17:38–17:44
- Source: Sephora sale 2026: Do's, don'ts & what's in my cart - Apr 9, 2026
- “While I have not tried this specific one, I have learned my lesson on their palettes”6:20–6:24
- “I've just always found the palettes to be like not as good as the blushes themselves”6:53–7:00
- “It's weird. It's like the formulas are different. They hard pan instantly. They've been really frustrating”7:00–7:03
- Source: NARS Friends & Family: What's worth it & what's not - May 21, 2026
Variant: Dolce Vita
- “This disappears before you've got your makeup done. It just completely disappears”3:24–3:32
- “Dolce Vita was so so ideal. Just chef's kiss”3:47–3:55
- “It just didn't stick around”3:53–3:55
- “It's really, really, really, really pretty, but there are fantastic serum formulas on the market now”3:55–3:59
- Source: NARS Friends & Family: What's worth it & what's not - May 21, 2026
- “Not only is this formula absurd, it is the most gorgeous velvety balmy putty hybrid thing. Oh my god”23:30–23:36
- “It also just glides onto the skin in a way that you could I always say it's like you know with all the fuss and trouble that I insist on you taking when it comes to putting on a serum blush on top of another face of makeup. This is the total opposite. You could blend this with a sandwich bag. It is so easy”
- “It also packs quite a bit of pigment and the colors are so good”23:56–24:01
- “They are unbelievably beautiful”24:03–24:05
- “If you have a credo near you, I highly recommend just going and touching them because it's an addictive texture”24:04–24:08
- Source: Best of the best makeup of 2025 - Dec 19, 2025
Variant: Pinky Lavender
- “The colors were so excellent”
- “It is also just a really beautiful formula”4:08–4:13
- “Color theory. The salow under eyes were no longer in the building. We deleted them”
- “It did ignite my love in the beginning of this year for serum blushes”4:10–4:16
- Source: Best of the best makeup of 2025 - Dec 19, 2025
- “It was such a gorgeous shade range and the formula was so easy to work with”9:10–9:16
- “It was in contours and bronzers and blushes and highlighters, but they didn't tell you that that's what they were. It was just kind of like do whatever you want with these”9:16–9:20
- “I'm a huge fan of that kind of thing, especially if they actually function in all of those ways”9:23–9:29
- “It was just a really, really beautiful release. I got a lot of use out of those”9:34–9:38
- “The only drawback is that Make Up For Ever needs to stop putting that terrible scent in everything”9:38–9:41
- Source: Best of the best makeup of 2025 - Dec 19, 2025
- “There is something so sumptuous about the way that the texture of that looks in these photos”7:06–7:09
- “I do think she comes closer in terms of grungy colors and like imagination in terms of her colors than Violette has for me so far”7:24–7:27
- “These are so gorgeous”
- “I do want them”
- Source: Tepid takes on new beauty releases - Apr 23, 2026
- “Am I the only one who thought that the Victoria Beckham Beauty Color Wash was bad? Not that it was unusable or that some people couldn't make it pretty, but that like there are much easier things out there”31:05–31:11
- “From a luxury company, it like was not it for the price, okay? Like yikes”31:18–31:22
- “It's not that it's not pretty, it's that it's this weird incredibly loose liquid that's very difficult because it stains on contact”31:45–31:50
- “I will eat the $46 if y'all want me to just to have something new to complain about”32:11–32:17
- Source: Tepid takes on new beauty releases - Apr 23, 2026
Variant: Bare
- “This is bare. It's so beautiful, like for me, you know, like this is just kind of a color that I would really gravitate towards”9:37–9:43
- “that beautiful kind of translucent mauve that works just really well with my skin. Like you can just see how that just sings with like my lip color and stuff like that. That mauve color works really well on me”
- “I look at that and I'm just like, It just becalms me. I'm like, there's nothing that I can do wrong with that color on my skin”16:17–16:21
- “They are a lot like the Merit blushes, and so all the ones that we were talking about today, both the Jones Road and the Lisa Eldridge, have that like sheer, glassy, balmy quality to them”28:13–28:22
- Source: Trying new makeup from Jones Road, Lisa Eldridge, ILIA, RMS & more - Apr 16, 2026
Variant: Cinnamon Bun
- “They have enough payoff that you're not putting like a ton ton of them on”9:01–9:08
- “With my dry skin, they're not greasy”
- “Cinnamon Bun is also kind of warmer brown. I find it to be on my, you know, warm neutral skin incredibly lovely, like just really, really beautiful”9:52–9:59
- “It's going to simulate a sunburn in a really nice way”13:38–13:41
- “They are a lot like the Merit blushes, and so all the ones that we were talking about today, both the Jones Road and the Lisa Eldridge, have that like sheer, glassy, balmy quality to them”28:13–28:22
- Source: Trying new makeup from Jones Road, Lisa Eldridge, ILIA, RMS & more - Apr 16, 2026
Variant: Film Noir
- “It's actually, I think, browner and cooler than that Chanel blush, but it's incredibly beautiful, very very very lovely on all of undertones”18:01–18:06
- “Yes, it's a tiny bit ashy muddy on me, but it does change the temperature on my way that makes me want to put on Chanel Boy”20:01–20:10
- Source: Trying new makeup from M.Ph, MAC, Hung Vanngo & more - May 20, 2026
- “All of the Surratt ones, at least the ones that I have in my hands, they do this is weird. I don't like when you run your finger through it, some of them start to kind of like flake up like that, like pill up. It's weird. It doesn't do anything to the application, but I thought it was interesting”19:27–19:31
- “They are really intensely pigmented. They are and it's like easy to get carried away with them by accident”
- “They all have this like soft reflective quality to them. Not glittery, not highlight-y, but just like, "Oh, yeah." Oh, yeah. That's just it's so nice. It's such a delicate amount of sheen that's just blurring. I love it”19:39–19:46
- “I feel like this would run away from you. Now if you do have I'm speaking specifically to people who have fair skin. If you don't, if you got like a medium or deep skin tone, go off. Like these are going to be great for you”
- “They are pretty expensive. $45 is a lot for a blush”
- Source: New at Sephora: Urgent Reviews for the Sale - Apr 14, 2026
Variant: Personal
- “The Powder Kiss is a fantastic product for both lip and cheek”33:41–33:47
- “It is a completely delicious desaturated like gray mauve color”34:03–34:12
- “This color changed my life”34:24–34:28
- “If you're very very fair, like very fair, and everything is too disastrously saturated on you, especially if you have like a green undertone and things tend to go orange, it's personal is going to be like the most gorgeous natural looking soft flush on your skin”34:28–34:34
- Source: Sephora sale 2026: Do's, don'ts & what's in my cart - Apr 9, 2026
Variant: Boy Tears
- “I have been crying khaki tears ever since I ran out the last time”0:55–1:03
- “I was not going to get caught unawares again this time. And I bought two more myself in addition to the ones that he sent me because I do not want to run out of boy tears anytime soon”1:05–1:12
- “It is a very very important thing to me”1:19–1:23
- “Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh my god”
- “It is peach, but it's so neutral”
- “You can just get total shimmer payoff with this if you want. This is really easy to control”25:09–25:17
- “Oh, I just love the way that it catches the light. It's so freaking pretty”25:28–25:35
- Source: Hindash Color Fluids and Jones Road Foundation Review - Jun 2, 2026
Variant: 1.5
- “I prefer the shade, but I think that the Vieve is like entirely new to all of us, right?”1:51–1:54
- “1.5 being rosy, like yes, absolutely. This is right for my cold dead hands. Like this is definitely the perfect combo of like color and formula and pigmentation for me”32:04–32:09
- “I liked it more than I liked the Soft Sculpt Skin Enhancer from Makeup by Mario because it had more pigment to it so you didn't have to put as much on”
- Source: Trying new makeup from Violette_FR, Sarah Creal, Vieve, Guerlain, Givenchy, Byredo and more - May 5, 2026
Variant: 01 Light
- “Here is the Dior in 01 light from Dior. My good. Yeah, pretty similar”5:27–5:34
- Source: Trying new makeup from Violette_FR, Sarah Creal, Vieve, Guerlain, Givenchy, Byredo and more - May 5, 2026
- “This is this gel weight bronzer that I just use like the most gigantic brush in the world on”14:46–14:53
- “It's just something that I love having in my routine, especially when it's warm outside because it's so lightweight and it adds the skin texture back to the skin. Like it gives that like nice sheen back to the skin”14:59–15:04
- “It's really hard to mess it up. That's what I really really enjoy about it is that it's just so low risk, you know?”
- “Very beginner friendly”
- “I would not recommend it for people who need oil control though because it is like a gel consistency”
- Source: Sephora sale 2026: Do's, don'ts & what's in my cart - Apr 9, 2026
- “My god they look spectacular. I am so excited about this”42:27–42:34
- Source: Sephora sale 2026: Do's, don'ts & what's in my cart - Apr 9, 2026
- “It has a coconut scent in it, which I absolutely despise”7:20–7:24
- “While it is a nice formula, it's just not an unusual shade range at all”7:24–7:32
- “I feel like if you can find a shade in this range, you can find a shade anywhere”7:31–7:35
- Source: NARS Friends & Family: What's worth it & what's not - May 21, 2026
- “While I love the multiple stick for blush, I don't really think that the multiple sculpting stick is like that exciting”14:09–14:15
- “It's fine but it's like I want more slip to a contour or a bronzer and I want more grip to a blush”14:15–14:24
- Source: NARS Friends & Family: What's worth it & what's not - May 21, 2026
- “I think it's kind of a classic. It's fine”5:27–5:32
- “I think that their bronzers are a little bit warm. They're not that imaginative”5:30–5:34
- “If I'm not mistaken, they also have a fragrance”5:34–5:37
- “I don't think that Laguna, the Laguna line, one or the other, is particularly unusual”5:42–5:49
- Source: NARS Friends & Family: What's worth it & what's not - May 21, 2026
Variant: Sand
- “Listen, I actually kind of like it”9:18–9:21
- “It's a nice color. Like bring life right back to my face”9:39–9:44
- “This is like a gel weight balm”
- “It's the thing that keeps saving a look”
- “It just fills it all in and makes it look natural again”12:30–12:33
- “It has bailed me out of trouble more than once”12:33–12:36
- “I consider to be a pretty darn good formula”31:56–32:00
- “I really like the color. I really like the color. I like how well it works”32:03–32:09
- “I'm glad I bought it. I'm going to keep using it”32:19–32:23
- Source: New at Sephora: NARS Liquid Blushes, Make Up For Ever Foundation, Natasha Denona - May 27, 2026
- “It was such a gorgeous shade range and the formula was so easy to work with”9:10–9:16
- “It was in contours and bronzers and blushes and highlighters, but they didn't tell you that that's what they were. It was just kind of like do whatever you want with these”9:16–9:20
- “I'm a huge fan of that kind of thing, especially if they actually function in all of those ways”9:23–9:29
- “It was just a really, really beautiful release. I got a lot of use out of those”9:34–9:38
- “The only drawback is that Make Up For Ever needs to stop putting that terrible scent in everything”9:38–9:41
- Source: Best of the best makeup of 2025 - Dec 19, 2025
- “It looks like a beautiful bronzer”25:20–25:22
- “I will probably try it and I will probably apply it as if it is a bronzer because that is what it looks like”26:21–26:26
- Source: Tepid takes on new beauty releases - Apr 23, 2026
BASMA Beauty$32.00
The BronzerVariant: Light
- “I really like it. Wow, it's adding such a natural level of dimension to the blush that was already there, kind of making it harmonize with my skin more”25:48–25:56
- “Basma bronzer was lovely, lovely”29:58–30:04
- “I think that it did an amazing job for what we did to it. It only enhanced what I ended up with. I'm really, really happy with it”
- Source: Trying new makeup from Jones Road, Lisa Eldridge, ILIA, RMS & more - Apr 16, 2026
Variant: Light
- “I think that that's the point, right? That's the point of my channel is to be able to, you know, compare new versus old. So, yeah, I just think that that is a more universal universally flattering in terms of like this lightness for multiple undertones. It's a much easier color to wear”13:43–13:46
- “I just think that if you are a fair-skinned individual, Hong Bang Go's line is not for a you. I find that this is something also that again, I was going to swatch it against the MAC is something that does a great job of almost being a setting powder for my bronzer because it blends everything together”13:44–13:48
- Source: Trying new makeup from M.Ph, MAC, Hung Vanngo & more - May 20, 2026
Variant: LN2
- “I love these because they are such an insanely good shade match for me”
- “This complexion combination for me gives me so much confidence”
- “I bought LN2 and LN1. I ended up giving LN1 to Rebecca because it is beautifully, delightfully pale green”
- Source: Trying new makeup from Violette_FR, Sarah Creal, Vieve, Guerlain, Givenchy, Byredo and more - May 5, 2026
- “It is uncommonly good at being worn alone. Not necessarily all over the face, but it doesn't need like skin prep and foundation and stuff to kind of lock onto in order to blend in”8:43–8:54
- “Even though it is pretty high coverage, the coverage is flexible enough and kind of hydrating enough that when you spread it out on your skin, it can look pretty undetectable”9:00–9:06
- “The formula is delightful, especially for maturing skin”9:30–9:36
- Source: Sephora sale 2026: Do's, don'ts & what's in my cart - Apr 9, 2026
- “As like uh on the on the on the face concealer, you know what I mean? A blemish concealer and things like that. Not only is it self-setting, so you don't have to use a powder, which I really really like. I find it to be really blurring”7:11–7:15
- “It's inexpensive, you know, it's affordable”7:24–7:29
- “It is one of the best, like most well-rounded shade ranges for people who have like blue and green and purple undertones”7:29–7:39
- Source: Sephora sale 2026: Do's, don'ts & what's in my cart - Apr 9, 2026
- “It just continues to stand the test of time because it's so hydrating. It's so hydrating. It's so kind to dry skin”7:48–7:55
- “It is really good under the eyes in my opinion”7:55–8:00
- “It has been called the Shape Tape for 30 plus for a reason. It's just a very, very easy thing to slap on and forget about”8:06–8:11
- “Even though they've raised the price by a few dollars, you get so much of it in the package that it is actually a really well-priced item pound-for-pound”8:13–8:18
- Source: Sephora sale 2026: Do's, don'ts & what's in my cart - Apr 9, 2026
Variant: Ln2
- “It's lovely. It's really, really lightweight. I'm wearing it right now. It's super lightweight”9:55–9:58
- “I am pleased to report it is like a phenomenal shade for a pale olive undertone”10:12–10:16
- “So pretty much like weightless once it's on the skin. It's just really adaptable. Uncomplaining”10:16–10:24
- “The lightweightness of it is something I find really appealing because it never like slips around and I just like something that doesn't like build up and get into like little lines and stuff like that. So, it is very cooperative”
- Source: Sephora sale 2026: Do's, don'ts & what's in my cart - Apr 9, 2026
- “Everybody loves the Soft Matte Complete Concealer because it's so high coverage”2:37–2:40
- “It's been around for so long that things have surpassed it in terms of performance”2:43–2:49
- “The Lisa Eldridge Concealer Pencil is way more effective, and it actually disappears into my skin instead of leaving a matte dot in the middle of my makeup, which is what the Soft Matte Complete Concealer does”2:51–2:57
- Source: NARS Friends & Family: What's worth it & what's not - May 21, 2026
- “This is a classic. I'm not a fan”
- “If they say it's radiant, it's not that radiant on me”2:12–2:15
- “I don't find it to be super hydrating”2:15–2:19
- “I have never found a shade that really harmonizes with my skin tone”2:21–2:27
- Source: NARS Friends & Family: What's worth it & what's not - May 21, 2026
Variant: 2.5 Fair
- “This is a much more much more high-performing version of a formula like this that does, you know, have long wear and a lot of coverage. And it's a natural finish”8:29–8:35
- “This concealer alone from Charlotte Tilbury does everything that that Makeup Forever one can't do”9:00–9:06
- Source: New at Sephora: NARS Liquid Blushes, Make Up For Ever Foundation, Natasha Denona - May 27, 2026
- “I'd be willing to try this. It is $12, you know? That's great”
- Source: Tepid takes on new beauty releases - Apr 23, 2026
Variant: NW11
- “I got the Studio Fix 36-Hour Smooth Angles Concealer in a correct shade for me, which I think is NW11”
- “I think it's supposed to be matte cuz it's a little bit dry, you know? Like I don't love how it looks on my under eyes”5:43–5:47
- Source: Trying new makeup from M.Ph, MAC, Hung Vanngo & more - May 20, 2026
- “I bought the Studio Radiance 24-Hour Luminous Lift Concealer, which I already bought in the wrong shade, and I bought it in another wrong shade. Go me”1:32–1:35
- Source: Trying new makeup from M.Ph, MAC, Hung Vanngo & more - May 20, 2026
- “I like it so far”
- “It's a lightweight face of makeup. I do think that it's really pretty”
- Source: Sephora sale 2026: Do's, don'ts & what's in my cart - Apr 9, 2026
Variant: Boy Tears
- “I have been crying khaki tears ever since I ran out the last time”0:55–1:03
- “I was not going to get caught unawares again this time. And I bought two more myself in addition to the ones that he sent me because I do not want to run out of boy tears anytime soon”1:05–1:12
- “It is a very very important thing to me”1:19–1:23
- “Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh my god”
- “It is peach, but it's so neutral”
- “You can just get total shimmer payoff with this if you want. This is really easy to control”25:09–25:17
- “Oh, I just love the way that it catches the light. It's so freaking pretty”25:28–25:35
- Source: Hindash Color Fluids and Jones Road Foundation Review - Jun 2, 2026
Variant: Light
- “This is a really lovely, believable, neutral-to-cool contour for me”5:53–5:59
- “It's like neutral, but it's desaturated, I guess you'd say. So it's like a neutral gray instead of being like a purply gray”5:59–6:02
- “I do really like this”
- “I like this formula better than the one from Haus Labs. It's got more glossiness to it”6:22–6:29
- “I actually prefer the formula to the Haus Labs by a lot”7:21–7:26
- “I very much enjoy this. I'm the second lightest shade to achieve this, the paragon beauty. And yeah, I do think that this is another home run for her”
- Source: Trying new makeup from Violette_FR, Sarah Creal, Vieve, Guerlain, Givenchy, Byredo and more - May 5, 2026
Variant: 01 Light
- “Here is the Dior in 01 light from Dior. My good. Yeah, pretty similar”5:27–5:34
- Source: Trying new makeup from Violette_FR, Sarah Creal, Vieve, Guerlain, Givenchy, Byredo and more - May 5, 2026
- “Westman Atelier did just expand their shade range for their contours and they're lovely”13:46–13:51
- “The undertones have so much nuance to them. It's really lovely”14:04–14:09
- “And the formula is delightful”
- Source: Sephora sale 2026: Do's, don'ts & what's in my cart - Apr 9, 2026
- “While I love the multiple stick for blush, I don't really think that the multiple sculpting stick is like that exciting”14:09–14:15
- “It's fine but it's like I want more slip to a contour or a bronzer and I want more grip to a blush”14:15–14:24
- Source: NARS Friends & Family: What's worth it & what's not - May 21, 2026
- “I really like that one contour color”21:14–21:17
- “That is a fabulous contour shade that I would just buy on its own”21:23–21:28
- “It just blends right in and actually looks like a contour on me”21:25–21:32
- Source: New at Sephora: NARS Liquid Blushes, Make Up For Ever Foundation, Natasha Denona - May 27, 2026
- “It looks like a beautiful bronzer”25:20–25:22
- “I will probably try it and I will probably apply it as if it is a bronzer because that is what it looks like”26:21–26:26
- Source: Tepid takes on new beauty releases - Apr 23, 2026
Variant: Boy Tears
- “I have been crying khaki tears ever since I ran out the last time”0:55–1:03
- “I was not going to get caught unawares again this time. And I bought two more myself in addition to the ones that he sent me because I do not want to run out of boy tears anytime soon”1:05–1:12
- “It is a very very important thing to me”1:19–1:23
- “Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh my god”
- “It is peach, but it's so neutral”
- “You can just get total shimmer payoff with this if you want. This is really easy to control”25:09–25:17
- “Oh, I just love the way that it catches the light. It's so freaking pretty”25:28–25:35
- Source: Hindash Color Fluids and Jones Road Foundation Review - Jun 2, 2026
Variant: LN5
- “I love these because they are such an insanely good shade match for me”3:27–3:33
- “It's just like I'm putting better skin on to my skin”3:35–3:41
- “This complexion combination for me gives me so much confidence”4:14–4:20
- “It does allow me to ever so briefly forget that there are indiscretions happening on my skin”4:20–4:25
- “I think the coverage is really helpful for me, even just working from home, even if I'm not on camera, because then I'm less likely to pick my face”4:25–4:31
- Source: Trying new makeup from Violette_FR, Sarah Creal, Vieve, Guerlain, Givenchy, Byredo and more - May 5, 2026
- “It is uncommonly good at being worn alone. Not necessarily all over the face, but it doesn't need like skin prep and foundation and stuff to kind of lock onto in order to blend in”8:43–8:54
- “Even though it is pretty high coverage, the coverage is flexible enough and kind of hydrating enough that when you spread it out on your skin, it can look pretty undetectable”9:00–9:06
- “The formula is delightful, especially for maturing skin”9:30–9:36
- Source: Sephora sale 2026: Do's, don'ts & what's in my cart - Apr 9, 2026
Variant: 4
- “I am just so pleased and pleasantly surprised at what a matte claiming foundation is doing on me right now. Cuz man sometimes a matte claiming foundation is like horrible horrible for my dry skin and this is not”5:18–5:32
- “I have found that it's pretty adaptive for whatever I want to put underneath it”5:39–5:45
- “It's really blurring and smoothing without being like crinkly”5:43–5:51
- “If you're an Estee Lauder Double Wear person, this is not the matte foundation for you. It's a teeny bit more matte than the Prada, but I still think it's really really lovely even on my dry skin”6:06–6:10
- “I would say that like normal and combo would love this”6:15–6:21
- Source: Sephora sale 2026: Do's, don'ts & what's in my cart - Apr 9, 2026
Variant: 130N
Variant: 9
- “I've worn the new reformulation a few times”3:53–3:58
- “I guess if you love the old one, you'll love the new one, but I don't find it to be like that special testing it with new eyes within the context of what else is out there right now”4:13–4:17
- “It's good. It is good, but it doesn't make me feel as confident as like the Prada does”4:24–4:29
- Source: Sephora sale 2026: Do's, don'ts & what's in my cart - Apr 9, 2026
- “I just think that as a skin tint, quote unquote, goes, it is the one that makes me feel the most confident”6:29–6:37
- “It's really hydrating, but it's also really longwearing”6:37–6:43
- Source: Sephora sale 2026: Do's, don'ts & what's in my cart - Apr 9, 2026
- “It is a silicone-free, very luminous, hydrating foundation”1:30–1:34
- “While I was very impressed with it when I first bought it, other things have surpassed it in terms of performance for me”1:34–1:37
- “It's very pretty, but it's pretty unstable”1:39–1:43
- “It doesn't have a lot of wear time as a result of being silicone-free”1:41–1:45
- “I've heard really great things from people with sensitive skin”1:47–1:53
- Source: NARS Friends & Family: What's worth it & what's not - May 21, 2026
Variant: 101N Porcelain
- “I will give them one thing and that is that I finally have a shade”0:39–0:46
- “It's a really nice shade match though”4:37–4:40
- “the issue that I have with this, okay, is that for all of its claims on being long-wearing, high-performance, medium coverage, whatever, we have a classic case of not drying down”5:15–5:21
- “it stays sludgy and sticky on me”6:11–6:16
- “It looks glorious from where you're sitting, but much like the Natasha Denona foundation, the Hy-Glam foundation that I don't really like, the issue is the feeling of it because you feel like it's just going everywhere”
- “if I reach up and just scratch, like it it it peels off. Like if I even touch my face at all, just like it comes off so easily”6:41–6:47
- “At 8:00 p.m., I have dry skin. This stuff should not be molten lava 8 hours after I put it on”7:41–7:49
- “it's like creasing in like lip marks that I don't even have”7:52–7:59
- “we still don't have enough coverage to cover my blemish”8:09–8:17
- “I just feel like I have a shellacking everywhere but where I want it”8:17–8:21
- “This from Make Up For Ever stays really sludgy and uncomfortable for a very long time”
- “if I reach up and touch something, it's just gone”31:17–31:21
- “I don't really like much about it except the shade match. The shade match is pretty darn dead on”31:32–31:38
- “for $49, you can do so much better”
- Source: New at Sephora: NARS Liquid Blushes, Make Up For Ever Foundation, Natasha Denona - May 27, 2026
- “I have not in a long time actually come across a tinted moisturizer that was truly a tinted moisturizer”25:32–25:39
- “This is a true tinted moisturizer. It's moisturizing. It's fantastic”25:59–26:03
- “This one's really thin and it goes on like a very very thin foundation and it wears all day in that respect”26:08–26:14
- “The Jones Road like you rub it in with your hands”
- “That tinted moisturizer is that it's so good”
- Source: Best of the best makeup of 2025 - Dec 19, 2025
- “The Armani skin tint has a tiny bit of glow to it, which a lot of things did this year, but I feel like that one did it really tastefully”16:37–16:47
- “It has the distinction for me of being a skin tint in the truest sense that has quite little coverage”16:50–16:57
- “It looks so much like skin that you could wear it on its own”17:03–17:09
- “It literally just looks like skin”17:11–17:15
- Source: Best of the best makeup of 2025 - Dec 19, 2025
- “This is completely different. It has a again natural finish, so it's a little bit matte”18:33–18:39
- “It has this beautiful solidly medium finish to it”18:44–18:50
- “I feel like it's going to photograph really well because it's kind of half I mean a natural finish halfway between reflective and light absorbing in a way that's not like smoothing but it is perfecting if that makes sense”18:48–18:54
- “It's a very very lovely longwearing formula that I feel like will work for a lot of different skin types”19:06–19:12
- “I'm very dry skinned and it doesn't dry out on my skin, but like it does have that slight like natural finish mattification quality to it that I feel like would work for like combo skin as well”19:10–19:18
- Source: Best of the best makeup of 2025 - Dec 19, 2025
Variant: 38
- “38 being a really really nice shade match for me”3:22–3:28
- “I love how lightweight this formula is”
- “If I had to compare it to anything, I would compare it to the Blender Cover from Monika Blunder. It's got that same versatility to it”4:29–4:34
- “Great, great product, especially if you're not in the mood to wear something on your entire face kind of thing”4:54–5:02
- “It's really really versatile, and the shade match is fantastic, and it's not just me, you know? They've got a really fantastic shade match for just about everybody. I love this stuff”28:01–28:06
- Source: Trying new makeup from Jones Road, Lisa Eldridge, ILIA, RMS & more - Apr 16, 2026
Variant: Pale Alabaster
Variant: Opal 1
- “It reminds me of the Charlotte Tilbury Unreal Skin Sheer Glow Tint, which is a stick version, I think, of the Hollywood Flawless Filter”3:19–3:25
- “I loved the Charlotte Tilbury one when it came out”
- Source: Hindash Color Fluids and Jones Road Foundation Review - Jun 2, 2026
- “I'm going to use Lisa Eldridge today because my skin needs it. I just started my period, and that stuff helps my skin”1:10–1:14
- Source: Trying new makeup from M.Ph, MAC, Hung Vanngo & more - May 20, 2026
- “While I love the multiple stick for blush, I don't really think that the multiple sculpting stick is like that exciting”14:09–14:15
- “It's fine but it's like I want more slip to a contour or a bronzer and I want more grip to a blush”14:15–14:24
- Source: NARS Friends & Family: What's worth it & what's not - May 21, 2026
- “I really like that one contour color”21:14–21:17
- “That is a fabulous contour shade that I would just buy on its own”21:23–21:28
- “It just blends right in and actually looks like a contour on me”21:25–21:32
- Source: New at Sephora: NARS Liquid Blushes, Make Up For Ever Foundation, Natasha Denona - May 27, 2026
- “It was such a gorgeous shade range and the formula was so easy to work with”9:10–9:16
- “It was in contours and bronzers and blushes and highlighters, but they didn't tell you that that's what they were. It was just kind of like do whatever you want with these”9:16–9:20
- “I'm a huge fan of that kind of thing, especially if they actually function in all of those ways”9:23–9:29
- “It was just a really, really beautiful release. I got a lot of use out of those”9:34–9:38
- “The only drawback is that Make Up For Ever needs to stop putting that terrible scent in everything”9:38–9:41
- Source: Best of the best makeup of 2025 - Dec 19, 2025
Variant: Heartthrob
- “The primer is too. It's just really nice”13:38–13:43
- “It's like a nice hydrating lightweight sort of gel serum formula that does add a little bit of radiance to the skin but it is a nice amount of grip”13:39–13:46
- “It's really really great. Makes the skin look super healthy”13:47–13:53
- Source: NARS Friends & Family: What's worth it & what's not - May 21, 2026
Variant: Airy
- “It's got a little bit of coverage to it, which I think is really nice”11:04–11:10
- “This is a miracle because, you know, you just take like any old precision powder brush, right? And you just tippy tap it wherever you need it. And it never completely dries you out”11:32–11:39
- “If you need oil control, this is not the powder for you, okay? It's just going to like soak up and you're going to get really annoyed”11:43–11:48
- “If you're someone like me who has very dry skin and you like to look selectively dewy, but you want to be able to have the appearance, you know, of mattification, not necessarily oil control, but the appearance of mattification in select places on your face, this is the one”11:51–11:54
- Source: Sephora sale 2026: Do's, don'ts & what's in my cart - Apr 9, 2026
- “It is invisible. Invisible. Like you could wear it on bare skin and just for like I guess for oil control and no one would know that there was powder there”12:16–12:21
- “It is the only product that I have found that does that actually like mattifies without adding any coverage. It's awesome. It's awesome stuff”12:52–13:00
- “Especially if you are someone who really likes a super lightweight face of makeup. It is undetectable on the skin”
- Source: Sephora sale 2026: Do's, don'ts & what's in my cart - Apr 9, 2026
- “The component makes me big mad”
- “This component is excessively complicated. It's just really clumsy”23:20–23:29
- “She had the nerve to call it universal translucent, and even the models on the website wearing the powder, I'm like, 'Girl, the deep-skinned models look ashy.'”23:33–23:38
- “There's no such thing as a universal translucent. 'Cause that's white powder”23:51–23:59
- “I don't like the unnatural blur of something on my skin. This has an unnatural level of blur”25:10–25:17
- “I hate it on my chin. I hate that”25:48–25:52
- “It just makes everything look kind of surreal on the surface and then it just starts to slide and break up”25:55–26:01
- “I have dry skin. I do not need mattification. It is too blurring and drying for my skin”26:04–26:12
- “I still don't think that it has enough technology to it to be oil controlling”
- “This is such a no. This is just such a no from the shade to the component to the performance to the appearance to who the heck is it for?”34:03–34:08
- “Sometimes if you use this too close to your lips and it fluffs into you get it in your teeth”
- Source: New at Sephora: NARS Liquid Blushes, Make Up For Ever Foundation, Natasha Denona - May 27, 2026
- “Y'all, it's so pretty and it just remains so pretty”36:30–36:35
- “I like this one because it somehow gives me this beautiful glow but also doesn't melt my makeup to the point that it's translucent”36:41–36:49
- Source: Sephora sale 2026: Do's, don'ts & what's in my cart - Apr 9, 2026
- “It's so nice. It's so nice without being like super super glossy”13:05–13:11
- “It doesn't melt your makeup so much that it makes it see-through”13:11–13:17
- “The mist is just so fine. It's really beautiful”13:33–13:38
- Source: NARS Friends & Family: What's worth it & what's not - May 21, 2026
- “I'm almost done with the bottle of it”9:54–9:58
- “I feel like it does give your skin a really manageable glow”10:21–10:25
- “It gives you the glow without making all of your powders as translucent as something like the Fix Plus does”10:31–10:37
- “The spray nozzle is like a spray sunscreen, and something about that makes it so that it goes on really evenly and not too much”10:42–10:47
- “I will probably repurchase it when I finish it”10:50–10:56
- Source: Best of the best makeup of 2025 - Dec 19, 2025
Variant: 90s Kiss
- “Oh my god, look at that color. Are you serious? I need to know. It looks so freaking pretty”43:09–43:18
- Source: Sephora sale 2026: Do's, don'ts & what's in my cart - Apr 9, 2026
- “I am preliminarily underwhelmed. That's my review on them”1:29–1:32
- “I think they're thinner than I was hoping for”1:31–1:33
- “They don't have the grip that I wanted”1:32–1:37
- “The colors are really pretty, but they don't have a scent”1:36–1:40
- Source: Trying new makeup from Violette_FR, Sarah Creal, Vieve, Guerlain, Givenchy, Byredo and more - May 5, 2026
- “It is one of the most actually quenching lip balms that I've ever used”31:04–31:09
- “It's also very pretty to look at”
- Source: Sephora sale 2026: Do's, don'ts & what's in my cart - Apr 9, 2026
Variant: Soda
- “The formula is insanely wonderful. It is really hydrating”34:54–35:04
- “It is pretty low pigment”
- “All of them are sheer and gorgeous and unscented. The packaging is lovely”35:20–35:25
- “People I know who have bought one have tended to buy more because the shades work so well on so many different people”35:31–35:36
- Source: Sephora sale 2026: Do's, don'ts & what's in my cart - Apr 9, 2026
- “They're so pretty. They're the most nourishing vegan lip balm I've ever used”35:49–35:54
- Source: Sephora sale 2026: Do's, don'ts & what's in my cart - Apr 9, 2026
NARS$30.00
Afterglow Lip Balm
- “Man, I want to like it. I really really do”9:51–9:55
- “They're good, but they're still so slippy”9:53–10:00
- “I don't find myself reaching for this formula because the entire cosmetic world a few years ago decided to put out a bunch of tinted lip balms in this vein and so we really have our pick of the litter”10:05–10:12
- “I just don't think that like it's that good in the grand scheme of things”10:22–10:26
- Source: NARS Friends & Family: What's worth it & what's not - May 21, 2026
- “Proud to say that this does not turn my lips red”1:44–1:49
- “It is also not as they say it's like a plumping icy version of the original lip oil, but I don't think that it is because the original lip oil was really, really like luscious and like viscous and nourishing and this isn't. Well, disappointed there”1:47–1:51
- Source: Trying new makeup from Violette_FR, Sarah Creal, Vieve, Guerlain, Givenchy, Byredo and more - May 5, 2026
Variant: 6801
- “This formula is so gorgeous”30:40–30:43
- “That's a great lip gloss. It is really syrupy and so it fills in the lines. It has grip. It's what I'm looking for”30:54–31:00
- “Good grief, it's pretty. Look how pretty”31:02–31:06
- “I love a really shiny lip gloss”31:04–31:08
- “The scent is prohibitive for some people. I thought it was going to be prohibitive for me, but like that's a great lip gloss”30:49–30:52
- “It does stink”
- Source: Trying new makeup from Violette_FR, Sarah Creal, Vieve, Guerlain, Givenchy, Byredo and more - May 5, 2026
- “I like this one. It's kind of a liquid lip balm formula, and the colors are really surprising and lovely”12:47–12:53
- “I find it to be extremely comfortable and not sticky. It's a great formula”12:55–13:02
- Source: NARS Friends & Family: What's worth it & what's not - May 21, 2026
Variant: Archival
Variant: Dressed to Dazzle
- “Smells like vanilla, kind of like vanilla coffee, and it's not at all sticky”29:51–29:57
- “Ooh, and it tastes sweet. It's so nice”29:57–30:03
- “Weightless. Weightless. An absolute pleasure. I love it so much”31:03–31:07
- “This is not inexpensive, but it is well priced for what it is”34:50–34:56
- “I love it so much”
- Source: New at Sephora: NARS Liquid Blushes, Make Up For Ever Foundation, Natasha Denona - May 27, 2026
- “I just am so deeply bothered and not in a pearl clutching way, but in just like a cringe, why are you trying so hard kind of way about lip toy”
- Source: Tepid takes on new beauty releases - Apr 23, 2026
Variant: Boba Bounce
- “Even if that's our lip prep and I wipe it off, it doesn't matter. It's still like one of the fastest things to nourish my lips is this EADEM balm. It's ridiculous”29:02–29:06
- Source: Trying new makeup from M.Ph, MAC, Hung Vanngo & more - May 20, 2026
Variant: Bespoke
- “The lip liners are awesome”
- “I honestly feel like you could close your eyes and grab one of these out of a pile. Like none of them is a bad idea”32:56–32:59
- “They're all just a really nice kind of like soft, blendable, muted color that will flatter just about everybody”33:02–33:08
- Source: Sephora sale 2026: Do's, don'ts & what's in my cart - Apr 9, 2026
- “Fenty sent me some lip liners. Maybe we'll try some of those today too because the lip color is going to end up brown”2:07–2:12
- “I love this. This is my favorite color”35:39–35:43
- “It's about the color, right? And those were pretty colors”40:21–40:25
- Source: New at Sephora: Urgent Reviews for the Sale - Apr 14, 2026
Variant: 90s Kiss
- “Oh my god, look at that color. Are you serious? I need to know. It looks so freaking pretty”43:09–43:18
- Source: Sephora sale 2026: Do's, don'ts & what's in my cart - Apr 9, 2026
Variant: Bare
- “This is bare. It's so beautiful, like for me, you know, like this is just kind of a color that I would really gravitate towards”9:37–9:43
- “that beautiful kind of translucent mauve that works just really well with my skin. Like you can just see how that just sings with like my lip color and stuff like that. That mauve color works really well on me”
- “I look at that and I'm just like, It just becalms me. I'm like, there's nothing that I can do wrong with that color on my skin”16:17–16:21
- “They are a lot like the Merit blushes, and so all the ones that we were talking about today, both the Jones Road and the Lisa Eldridge, have that like sheer, glassy, balmy quality to them”28:13–28:22
- Source: Trying new makeup from Jones Road, Lisa Eldridge, ILIA, RMS & more - Apr 16, 2026
- “Wow. Wow. Wow”
- “That one stains the color that it is and the balm that is part of the formula that's like you know the top part of it is nourishing and lovely”11:35–11:41
- “The VIOLETTE_FR ones are just another iteration of that same beautiful concept in colors that I arguably like even more”11:49–11:56
- “I love the packaging as well. I think that her packaging is always really pretty and it's just a beautiful well-executed product”12:09–12:14
- “I liked it very much”12:16–12:18
- “These had options. These had nuance. They were lovely”12:34–12:39
- Source: Best of the best makeup of 2025 - Dec 19, 2025
- “I just am so deeply bothered and not in a pearl clutching way, but in just like a cringe, why are you trying so hard kind of way about lip toy”
- Source: Tepid takes on new beauty releases - Apr 23, 2026
Variant: 90s Kiss
- “Oh my god, look at that color. Are you serious? I need to know. It looks so freaking pretty”43:09–43:18
- Source: Sephora sale 2026: Do's, don'ts & what's in my cart - Apr 9, 2026
Variant: Grenada Guava
- “Fantastic that it does not make it spicy, right? It's not going to turn my lips red. Fantastic”2:16–2:23
- “I do enjoy this. Happy with it”2:23–2:29
- “Smells very fruity”2:26–2:28
- “It already kind of plumped my lips and they feel really good”28:46–28:52
- Source: Trying new makeup from Violette_FR, Sarah Creal, Vieve, Guerlain, Givenchy, Byredo and more - May 5, 2026
- “Proud to say that this does not turn my lips red”1:44–1:49
- “It is also not as they say it's like a plumping icy version of the original lip oil, but I don't think that it is because the original lip oil was really, really like luscious and like viscous and nourishing and this isn't. Well, disappointed there”1:47–1:51
- Source: Trying new makeup from Violette_FR, Sarah Creal, Vieve, Guerlain, Givenchy, Byredo and more - May 5, 2026
Variant: 6801
- “This formula is so gorgeous”30:40–30:43
- “That's a great lip gloss. It is really syrupy and so it fills in the lines. It has grip. It's what I'm looking for”30:54–31:00
- “Good grief, it's pretty. Look how pretty”31:02–31:06
- “I love a really shiny lip gloss”31:04–31:08
- “The scent is prohibitive for some people. I thought it was going to be prohibitive for me, but like that's a great lip gloss”30:49–30:52
- “It does stink”
- Source: Trying new makeup from Violette_FR, Sarah Creal, Vieve, Guerlain, Givenchy, Byredo and more - May 5, 2026
- “It is one of the most actually quenching lip balms that I've ever used”31:04–31:09
- “It's also very pretty to look at”
- Source: Sephora sale 2026: Do's, don'ts & what's in my cart - Apr 9, 2026
- “I love the fact that they don't put like a scent or a sensation or anything like that in their lip products”4:14–4:20
- “This one is a little bit kind of like oily for me”4:20–4:27
- “It doesn't grip the lips enough”4:25–4:29
- “The colors are really pretty, but I just I like something that doesn't feel like it's going to slippy slide all over my face and this just doesn't feel very secure to me”4:27–4:30
- Source: NARS Friends & Family: What's worth it & what's not - May 21, 2026
- “I like this one. It's kind of a liquid lip balm formula, and the colors are really surprising and lovely”12:47–12:53
- “I find it to be extremely comfortable and not sticky. It's a great formula”12:55–13:02
- Source: NARS Friends & Family: What's worth it & what's not - May 21, 2026
Variant: Dressed to Dazzle
- “Smells like vanilla, kind of like vanilla coffee, and it's not at all sticky”29:51–29:57
- “Ooh, and it tastes sweet. It's so nice”29:57–30:03
- “Weightless. Weightless. An absolute pleasure. I love it so much”31:03–31:07
- “This is not inexpensive, but it is well priced for what it is”34:50–34:56
- “I love it so much”
- Source: New at Sephora: NARS Liquid Blushes, Make Up For Ever Foundation, Natasha Denona - May 27, 2026
Variant: Granada Guava
- “This is one of my favorite tinted lip balms ever”8:10–8:13
- “I'm wearing one right now. I'm wearing the peach one”8:13–8:16
- “It'll be 4 hours later and you're like it's still on. This stuff is remarkably nourishing and it lasts a remarkably long time for just like a little squeezy tube thing”8:22–8:26
- “It makes them kind of insulting if this is what you're expecting because they don't last”8:40–8:45
- “I already love something plumping as long as it's icy plumping not pepper plumping”9:00–9:06
- “I will absolutely be adding the Granada guava to cart”9:34–9:39
- “Stoked on that”
- Source: Tepid takes on new beauty releases - Apr 23, 2026
- “I just am so deeply bothered and not in a pearl clutching way, but in just like a cringe, why are you trying so hard kind of way about lip toy”
- Source: Tepid takes on new beauty releases - Apr 23, 2026
Variant: Boba Bounce
- “Even if that's our lip prep and I wipe it off, it doesn't matter. It's still like one of the fastest things to nourish my lips is this EADEM balm. It's ridiculous”29:02–29:06
- Source: Trying new makeup from M.Ph, MAC, Hung Vanngo & more - May 20, 2026
- “I have just the Tarte Melt mask here and no color. You know what I mean? It's just a clear gloss”28:57–29:01
- Source: Hindash Color Fluids and Jones Road Foundation Review - Jun 2, 2026
- “I love this. This is the lip mask and it comes in colors which I like was not that excited about this. I'm just using as a lip mask and it's a really really good lip mask. It's very very nice. I like it very muchly”44:37–44:41
- “It's not stinky. It smells like the ingredients. It doesn't have a flavor. It doesn't have like a particular like, you know, perfumey scent or something like that. And it's actually really nourishing. It's not like slippery and like made for kids, which I do appreciate”44:50–44:53
- Source: Sephora sale 2026: Do's, don'ts & what's in my cart - Apr 9, 2026
Variant: Boy Tears
- “I have been crying khaki tears ever since I ran out the last time”0:55–1:03
- “I was not going to get caught unawares again this time. And I bought two more myself in addition to the ones that he sent me because I do not want to run out of boy tears anytime soon”1:05–1:12
- “It is a very very important thing to me”1:19–1:23
- “Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh my god”
- “It is peach, but it's so neutral”
- “You can just get total shimmer payoff with this if you want. This is really easy to control”25:09–25:17
- “Oh, I just love the way that it catches the light. It's so freaking pretty”25:28–25:35
- Source: Hindash Color Fluids and Jones Road Foundation Review - Jun 2, 2026
Variant: Bespoke
- “I think is a stunner of a formula, and the shades are gorgeous”
- “I have heard so many people say that they found their shade, you know what I mean? Like, this is my lifetime shade in that range because they're just all dialed in”21:25–21:29
- Source: Sephora sale 2026: Do's, don'ts & what's in my cart - Apr 9, 2026
- “It was such a gorgeous shade range and the formula was so easy to work with”9:10–9:16
- “It was in contours and bronzers and blushes and highlighters, but they didn't tell you that that's what they were. It was just kind of like do whatever you want with these”9:16–9:20
- “I'm a huge fan of that kind of thing, especially if they actually function in all of those ways”9:23–9:29
- “It was just a really, really beautiful release. I got a lot of use out of those”9:34–9:38
- “The only drawback is that Make Up For Ever needs to stop putting that terrible scent in everything”9:38–9:41
- Source: Best of the best makeup of 2025 - Dec 19, 2025
Variant: Cinnamon Bun
- “They have enough payoff that you're not putting like a ton ton of them on”9:01–9:08
- “With my dry skin, they're not greasy”
- “Cinnamon Bun is also kind of warmer brown. I find it to be on my, you know, warm neutral skin incredibly lovely, like just really, really beautiful”9:52–9:59
- “It's going to simulate a sunburn in a really nice way”13:38–13:41
- “They are a lot like the Merit blushes, and so all the ones that we were talking about today, both the Jones Road and the Lisa Eldridge, have that like sheer, glassy, balmy quality to them”28:13–28:22
- Source: Trying new makeup from Jones Road, Lisa Eldridge, ILIA, RMS & more - Apr 16, 2026
Variant: 134 Radiant Jasmine
- “It's a shame that it has any fragrance to it at all because the formula is amazing”28:58–29:03
- “Look how consistent that color is. It's gorgeous. Oh, it's so smooth. It's so smooth”29:09–29:15
- “The formula is so good”
- “The pigment on it is so consistent. There is no moment where I go, 'Ooh, yikes, it's kind of patchy'”29:31–29:36
- “It's one swipe all the way across and it's so creamy. It's really nice”29:38–29:43
- “It does it pisses me off because that scent is just like it definitely excludes some people”29:43–29:47
- Source: Trying new makeup from Violette_FR, Sarah Creal, Vieve, Guerlain, Givenchy, Byredo and more - May 5, 2026
Variant: Personal
- “The Powder Kiss is a fantastic product for both lip and cheek”33:41–33:47
- “It is a completely delicious desaturated like gray mauve color”34:03–34:12
- “This color changed my life”34:24–34:28
- “If you're very very fair, like very fair, and everything is too disastrously saturated on you, especially if you have like a green undertone and things tend to go orange, it's personal is going to be like the most gorgeous natural looking soft flush on your skin”34:28–34:34
- Source: Sephora sale 2026: Do's, don'ts & what's in my cart - Apr 9, 2026
- “I happen to really love the Luster Glass”31:50–31:57
- “Just some really pretty kind of cool toned stuff. Just really good nuanced nudes that are just not anywhere else at Sephora”31:55–32:05
- Source: Sephora sale 2026: Do's, don'ts & what's in my cart - Apr 9, 2026
- “I love the fact that they don't put like a scent or a sensation or anything like that in their lip products”4:14–4:20
- “This one is a little bit kind of like oily for me”4:20–4:27
- “It doesn't grip the lips enough”4:25–4:29
- “The colors are really pretty, but I just I like something that doesn't feel like it's going to slippy slide all over my face and this just doesn't feel very secure to me”4:27–4:30
- Source: NARS Friends & Family: What's worth it & what's not - May 21, 2026
Variant: Morocco
- “I love it. I love it. I'm wearing it right now”11:18–11:22
- “This is in Morocco, which I think is just one of the most gorgeous like coral shades”11:22–11:26
- “Love the packaging, too. It's very very sophisticated”11:26–11:34
- “I would liken the formula to it's kind of like the signature lip from Merit, except it's a little more pigmented than that”11:29–11:39
- “It's just a really comfortable formula”
- “The just ultimate classic well-done creamy lipstick. Very easy to wear, very easy to apply, incredible amount of colors”11:57–12:05
- Source: NARS Friends & Family: What's worth it & what's not - May 21, 2026
- “Burberry hits all the marks. The container is lovely for those of us who care. The formula is fantastic”21:05–21:13
- “The satin is really pretty and not particularly shiny”21:15–21:22
- “It isn't scented. It isn't plumping. There's no sensation”21:19–21:24
- “The colors are great”
- “This is a range of like these really grungy, nuanced colors that I feel like everybody can find more than one shade that is going to please them”21:44–21:50
- “That one really knocked my socks off”21:58–22:02
- Source: Best of the best makeup of 2025 - Dec 19, 2025
- “The YSL is a little warmer, a little tiny bit, but I would say that they harmonize pretty well”26:29–26:32
- “It's pretty. It is”
- “I think that made the YSL look really nice”27:21–27:25
- “It's so nice and I applied it on top of that eating balm. It made a really uncomplaining, really soft stain. It's really pretty and I don't taste it or smell it in the amount that I just put it on”30:42–30:50
- Source: Trying new makeup from Jones Road, Lisa Eldridge, ILIA, RMS & more - Apr 16, 2026
Variant: Toasted
- “It is dynamite”
- “Oh my oh my god, it's just so good”
- “For me, it was the perfect grungy shade that we had all been wanting Lisa to come out with”22:59–23:04
- Source: Best of the best makeup of 2025 - Dec 19, 2025
Variant: Call Me Peaches
Variant: Cool Brown
Variant: Light Brown
Variant: Everyday Taupe
- “This is your everyday taupe. It's really really pretty with like a taupe mascara”25:49–25:55
- Source: Trying new makeup from Violette_FR, Sarah Creal, Vieve, Guerlain, Givenchy, Byredo and more - May 5, 2026
- “The love-hate relationship that I have with this, the Vesuvius palette from Byredo”1:03–1:07
- “I have had, again, such a love-hate relationship with it that I might have even missed the window of being able to recommend it”1:08–1:13
- “It's just fun. It's just a fun thing to use”
- “This is a really stupid palette. Okay? Okay, it's not. It's not. I'm not going to say it's stupid. It's just not at all what I expected”14:04–14:11
- “I thought we were getting a bunch of really gorgeous wet look shimmers. There's not a single one in here”14:12–14:17
- “I do appreciate Vesuvio palette that like we have cool tones, a couple of mats, and then we have it, you know, goes towards warm”14:24–14:29
- “They don't on me at least like mix very well”14:33–14:39
- “It is fine for what it set out to do. It is my fault for having different expectations than that”14:41–14:44
- “I love Byredo's eyeshadow palettes. I love their formulas, but like that one wasn't one I was planning on keeping”32:35–32:40
- Source: Trying new makeup from Violette_FR, Sarah Creal, Vieve, Guerlain, Givenchy, Byredo and more - May 5, 2026
Variant: Bronze Door
- “It's a really pretty color, you know, as a bedroom eyes brown goes. I love a good sparkly brown”8:57–9:03
- “It does have a little bit of magenta shimmer in it, which isn't my favorite”9:05–9:08
- “This actually stays warm, which makes me happy”9:16–9:20
- “It really doesn't want to lay that much back down on the skin from a shimmer standpoint”12:39–12:45
- “I appreciate subtlety”
- “I think that this is the extent of what it does. It doesn't then allow you to build it to a point where like you would actually get I think even a noticeable amount of texture”13:02–13:13
- “I'm not getting the glitter. I'm not getting the shimmer”13:19–13:23
- “It is pretty. I'm not saying that it's not pretty. It's just like not where I want to end up today”13:48–13:50
- Source: Trying new makeup from Violette_FR, Sarah Creal, Vieve, Guerlain, Givenchy, Byredo and more - May 5, 2026
Variant: Matte Dark Brown
- “These are beautiful. They are. I really do like them from a formula standpoint”8:23–8:31
- “They remind me of the Lisa Eldridge eye shadows in that they have that matte silicony grippy thing to them”8:30–8:36
- “They have so little pigment when you get them on the skin”8:34–8:44
- “It's just so sheer”
- “I got really impatient with it because it's just like jeez, you know, I'll be here all day just trying to build a little shadow”12:00–12:05
- “It does have a lot of white in it”11:40–11:48
- “It is easy. I will definitely say that. Like super super easy”11:28–11:35
- “This does have low contrast appeal because it does allow a lot of kind of play”11:44–11:51
- “I just don't think that I would ever have a day where this was the amount of work that I was wanting to put in to achieve the look that you get from these”12:03–12:08
- “The Violet shadow is kind of nothing to write home about, in my opinion. It's fine”22:28–22:35
- “It is a little time consuming to like get it on your eyes. It's kind of frustrating. I can imagine like in the morning that's like not what you want to do”22:38–22:46
- “I don't think that it's like particularly inclusive for deep skin tones”33:53–33:57
- “It really it only does one thing”
- Source: Trying new makeup from Violette_FR, Sarah Creal, Vieve, Guerlain, Givenchy, Byredo and more - May 5, 2026
Variant: 300
- “I honestly find that like the 300 palette is like more useful than the than the nine pan just because it actually has like a balance of shades that all kind of go together better in it”26:26–26:35
- “They are really velvety and fluffy, which means that they are a little prone to fallout”26:44–26:49
- “It's a very forgiving formula as well. It like blends really well on the skin, even if you kind of put it in the wrong spot”26:55–27:02
- Source: Sephora sale 2026: Do's, don'ts & what's in my cart - Apr 9, 2026
Variant: Opulent
- “Ilia really snapped. Ilia really did something here”27:28–27:34
- “They're so high performance”
- “You can see how consistent that sheen is without it being glittery”28:31–28:37
- “I put three of them on the back of my hand and let them set down. And then I went in and washed my hands with hot water and soap and they didn't budge. It was wild”28:46–28:52
- “I would absolutely recommend them for people for whom things tend to crease on you”29:11–29:16
- Source: Sephora sale 2026: Do's, don'ts & what's in my cart - Apr 9, 2026
Variant: Unexplored Garden
- “It didn't end up being the one for me, but it is pretty fun”
- “These are stupid. These are stupid. I am glad that I bought this just for these colors. Like, every time I put them on my eyes, I'm just like, 'Oh my god.'”24:52–24:59
- “I absolutely adore the fact that this has this lovely kind of like peachy thing to it”25:23–25:29
- “Is it worth it to spend this much on a palette for two shades? No, absolutely not”
- “It is special. That said, it is not for everyone”24:50–24:57
- Source: Sephora sale 2026: Do's, don'ts & what's in my cart - Apr 9, 2026
- “It's exquisite”
- “When this first came out you saw me fall head over heels in love with it”14:38–14:44
- “Rebecca who is green also fell head over heels in love with it”14:42–14:49
- “I have bought it for friends. I have bullied people into buying it”14:46–14:51
- “For anyone for whom things tend to go orange even that right there. It's engineered to not go Cheeto color”14:51–14:57
- “This brown isn't just brown. It's like the perfect purple brown”15:04–15:14
- “This is a dream nine pan for I mean if you like these textures for an olive undertone. They're incredible”15:09–15:18
- Source: NARS Friends & Family: What's worth it & what's not - May 21, 2026
- “I feel like if you like the color story, this is the thing that like bridges it unifies the two sides of the company”10:28–10:36
- “I feel like their quads are often really really lovely”10:46–10:51
- “These sparkly shades in here from this one are bananas. They're so lovely”10:48–10:55
- “I'm really really pleased with this quad”11:14–11:16
- Source: NARS Friends & Family: What's worth it & what's not - May 21, 2026
- “They're actually easy to apply”13:44–13:49
- “They're up there with Hindash's color fluids. They're up there with the about face liquid eyeshadows in terms of ease of use and also excellent wear time”13:48–13:53
- “I heard from a lot of folks in my comments saying like absolutely everything creases on me. These did not”13:56–14:04
- “It's a lovely product and was a great release this year”14:14–14:20
- Source: Best of the best makeup of 2025 - Dec 19, 2025
- “My god, this palette, I mean, if we're talking about a triumph”29:42–29:46
- “An 18 shade palette that I use every shade in. What?”29:50–29:59
- “I used 17 of the 18 shades. Every single one of them is just an inspiring knockout of a color”30:04–30:14
- “The colors here, just the combination is so lovely”
- “For an olive undertone, yes. But also, these are some of the most nuanced browns”31:36–31:41
- “This is actual luxury. Okay? This is a formula that when you touch it, you're like, 'Oh, that's why it costs so much money.' It's so great”32:11–32:24
- “It's insanely cost-effective for 18 luxury shades”32:28–32:34
- “I can't get enough of this freaking palette. It's like every day I think about using something else and I just want to use this”32:34–32:38
- “This is a trick deck of cards. You put it on and you're just like, I actually had no plan, but it did what it was supposed to do without me even having to ask”33:11–33:16
- Source: Best of the best makeup of 2025 - Dec 19, 2025
- “This was such a good purchase”27:44–27:49
- “Oh my god, this is ins it's so good. It's so the color story is so fantastic”27:56–28:01
- “It's very user friendly. You can build it, but you can also blend it”28:01–28:05
- “It's just a really really lovely well thought out and like it works on so many different skin tones”28:05–28:11
- “It was just a winner. It was just a winner”
- Source: Best of the best makeup of 2025 - Dec 19, 2025
Variant: Set
- “I did add two to cart, the pale brown and like the matte and then the shimmer brown”2:31–2:37
- “I think that this is definitely worth seeing because this is her first little powder eyeshadow thing, powder cream eyeshadow thing that isn't a liquid eyeshadow”3:48–3:52
- “I plan on buying them”
- Source: Tepid takes on new beauty releases - Apr 23, 2026
Variant: Rebel Glow
- “I like this brown and I love this tan”18:16–18:20
- “This taupe is just not particularly useful on me”
- “I don't feel like they are necessarily, at least in my routine, stand-alones, but they are very pretty”29:51–29:58
- “I also heard from some people they were disappointed in just like the fact that all I didn't obviously don't have all of them, but that there weren't really any options that wouldn't be like ashy and like mica-y on deep skin tones”29:22–29:30
- Source: Trying new makeup from Jones Road, Lisa Eldridge, ILIA, RMS & more - Apr 16, 2026
Variant: Boy Tears
- “I have been crying khaki tears ever since I ran out the last time”0:55–1:03
- “I was not going to get caught unawares again this time. And I bought two more myself in addition to the ones that he sent me because I do not want to run out of boy tears anytime soon”1:05–1:12
- “It is a very very important thing to me”1:19–1:23
- “Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh my god”
- “It is peach, but it's so neutral”
- “You can just get total shimmer payoff with this if you want. This is really easy to control”25:09–25:17
- “Oh, I just love the way that it catches the light. It's so freaking pretty”25:28–25:35
- Source: Hindash Color Fluids and Jones Road Foundation Review - Jun 2, 2026
- “I just love an idea that makes something more beginner friendly, combining colors and stuff because the colors were really well combined”
- “They were combined in ways that took undertones into consideration”14:43–14:49
- “I also really appreciated that the shimmers shimmerred. It's uncommon to find a shimmer eyeshadow stick that actually stays shimmery”14:55–15:01
- “Most of them maintained their sheen really really beautifully”15:08–15:15
- Source: Best of the best makeup of 2025 - Dec 19, 2025
- “They behave so beautifully with a natural bristle brush. Like they really shine. You can pick up so much more of them that way cuz they're very very sheer”20:33–20:40
- Source: Hindash Color Fluids and Jones Road Foundation Review - Jun 2, 2026
Variant: Crystal Brown Black
Variant: Brown
Variant: LN5
- “I love these because they are such an insanely good shade match for me”3:27–3:33
- “It's just like I'm putting better skin on to my skin”3:35–3:41
- “This complexion combination for me gives me so much confidence”4:14–4:20
- “It does allow me to ever so briefly forget that there are indiscretions happening on my skin”4:20–4:25
- “I think the coverage is really helpful for me, even just working from home, even if I'm not on camera, because then I'm less likely to pick my face”4:25–4:31
- Source: Trying new makeup from Violette_FR, Sarah Creal, Vieve, Guerlain, Givenchy, Byredo and more - May 5, 2026
- “I love this not just because it's great and easy to use and I can do it mindlessly”3:21–3:27
- “It also doesn't get in my eyes, which everything gets in my eyes”3:25–3:32
- “My kid isn't allergic to it”3:29–3:35
- “I smeared this all over him the other day and his skin was just happier and healthier for it”3:32–3:37
- “I am a big, big fan. Big, big fan”
- Source: New at Sephora: NARS Liquid Blushes, Make Up For Ever Foundation, Natasha Denona - May 27, 2026
- “The Armani skin tint has a tiny bit of glow to it, which a lot of things did this year, but I feel like that one did it really tastefully”16:37–16:47
- “It has the distinction for me of being a skin tint in the truest sense that has quite little coverage”16:50–16:57
- “It looks so much like skin that you could wear it on its own”17:03–17:09
- “It literally just looks like skin”17:11–17:15
- Source: Best of the best makeup of 2025 - Dec 19, 2025
Variant: Light Medium
- “It's not a perfect match for my skin. As you can see, it has kind of a yellow cast to it”2:40–2:48
- “That's a really lovely finish and it is quite primary. You know, it's got grip to it. I like how it feels”3:00–3:06
- “It's not light enough for some skin tones. They do have several shades in this, but this is the lightest one. If you're super super fair and cool-toned, don't do it. It's going to be quite warm and frustrating for you”27:37–27:40
- “For me, I feel like it kind of added something, you know? A little bit of like a healthy glow to my skin”27:46–27:50
- Source: Trying new makeup from Jones Road, Lisa Eldridge, ILIA, RMS & more - Apr 16, 2026
- “It gives the most gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous glow”37:58–38:02
- “My skin has not been in the best shape. And so once I get my skin care on, I'm always shocked just at how nice my skin looks. It's not covered at all. It just looks hydrated and healthy”38:02–38:08
- “It has a just a hauntingly beautiful finish on it. I can't explain it. It's beautiful”38:19–38:27
- Source: Sephora sale 2026: Do's, don'ts & what's in my cart - Apr 9, 2026
- “I have not in a long time actually come across a tinted moisturizer that was truly a tinted moisturizer”25:32–25:39
- “This is a true tinted moisturizer. It's moisturizing. It's fantastic”25:59–26:03
- “This one's really thin and it goes on like a very very thin foundation and it wears all day in that respect”26:08–26:14
- “The Jones Road like you rub it in with your hands”
- “That tinted moisturizer is that it's so good”
- Source: Best of the best makeup of 2025 - Dec 19, 2025
- “It's just the best stuff ever”37:29–37:32
- Source: Sephora sale 2026: Do's, don'ts & what's in my cart - Apr 9, 2026
- “I just think that as a skin tint, quote unquote, goes, it is the one that makes me feel the most confident”6:29–6:37
- “It's really hydrating, but it's also really longwearing”6:37–6:43
- Source: Sephora sale 2026: Do's, don'ts & what's in my cart - Apr 9, 2026
- “I think is one of the most underrated products. It is wildly expensive, but it makes everything work”4:58–5:03
- Source: Sephora sale 2026: Do's, don'ts & what's in my cart - Apr 9, 2026
- “Anyone with KP knows that like what you really want is not a scrub. What you want is an object that is so abrasive that you're also going to like strike fear in your KP”12:42–12:51
- “I love them”
- “my KP runs in in fear”
- Source: Tepid takes on new beauty releases - Apr 23, 2026
- “Huge fan. I stock up every time they do it”37:09–37:14
- Source: Sephora sale 2026: Do's, don'ts & what's in my cart - Apr 9, 2026
- “It does an amazing job of like sealing the cuticle down”41:35–41:39
- “It doesn't have any silicones in it”41:42–41:46
- “It doesn't build up on my hair”41:51–41:53
- “You only have to use it once a week and it makes my hair really nice and like manageable, but it also makes my curls real bouncy if I want to style them that way”41:53–41:59
- Source: Sephora sale 2026: Do's, don'ts & what's in my cart - Apr 9, 2026
- “I also absolutely ride or die for their finishing gel”39:05–39:12
- “It's like a really really soft hold, which is, you know, fantastic for me”39:48–39:54
- “I've never found that I've used too much of it”39:54–39:58
- “If you have really really curly hair and you need to hold it down, it's not the one”39:56–39:59
- Source: Sephora sale 2026: Do's, don'ts & what's in my cart - Apr 9, 2026
- “The Color Wow is just superior”40:16–40:18
- “It is just off the charts in terms of holding fine hair up”40:22–40:30
- “It adds like scaffolding in between that and so it like actually holds the volume”40:43–40:49
- “It's somewhere between a hairspray and a texturizing spray”40:49–40:52
- “It's amazing stuff and it just fluffs the hair up like crazy”40:57–41:02
- Source: Sephora sale 2026: Do's, don'ts & what's in my cart - Apr 9, 2026
- “I ran out of it and thought that I could do without it and I was wrong. My hair is so much happier with it. I love it so much”38:32–38:36
- “My last bottle lasted me like 3 years”38:41–38:46
- “If you're a person who has like fine, thin hair and you want something that's lightweight enough to detangle your hair, literally like a little half a pump from midshaft to ends. It's just it's glorious”38:46–38:48
- Source: Sephora sale 2026: Do's, don'ts & what's in my cart - Apr 9, 2026
- “They are my favorite sponges”36:52–36:54
- “They are my favorite makeup sponges. They're really the only ones that I like want to use”37:00–37:04
- “These are the ones that I would choose hands down”37:05–37:11
- Source: Tepid takes on new beauty releases - Apr 23, 2026
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