Best Luxury Beauty of 2026... So Far
- “This is phenomenal. Absolutely phenomenal”
- “My skin looks phenomenal. Smooth, plump, fine lines are diminished”▶ 3:13
- “My skin immediately looks more even”▶ 3:19
- “My larger pores that I have in the summertime, those are definitely diminished as well”▶ 3:22
- “It removes dull, dead surface cells with a unique blend of exfoliating botanical essences. Skin appears immediately clearer, brighter, more even toned. I can definitely attest to that”▶ 3:27
- “The brightening mask is meant to reduce the appearance of dark spots while imbuing skin with 24 hours of intensive moisturization for smooth, youthful, glowing skin. I mean, all of that is true”▶ 3:38
- “I have these dark spots and I feel like they just look a little bit more muted”▶ 3:49
- “It definitely calms my skin”
- “I'm a huge huge fan of this mask”▶ 4:48
Sisley$150.00- “This is phenomenal”
- “Never ever do I get like that purple tint to my hair”▶ 7:06
- “All it does is it really, really cools it down, which I love. It really gets rid of that brassiness”▶ 7:10
- “I never ever have to worry about running into the like, oh god, I turned my hair purple”▶ 7:14
- “It's also a really, really great mask in terms of like conditioning. I feel like my hair still looks, feels, most importantly, it feels really, really nice. It feels really, really smooth. My hair has a nice like sheen to it”▶ 7:22
- “I have been loving this hair mask. I highly recommend it”▶ 7:36
Westman Atelier$68.00HydroBalm Tinted Lipstickshade · Pop- “For a balm, I would say it's got like a medium level pigmentation”▶ 8:26
- “It's so comfortable. The formula is so nice”▶ 8:34
- “It's not too soft. It's not like one of those balms where it kind of like falls apart if you press it too hard on your lips. It's not too firm where it drags a little bit and then it's got a meltdown on your lips or whatever. It's like right. It's like the Goldilocks of balms”▶ 8:37
- “It is so smooth. It goes on feeling immediately moisturizing”▶ 8:50
- “All of the shades that I've gotten, and like I said, I have seven of them have been wonderful”▶ 8:55
- “I've also been loving Cafe Creme which is a really beautiful nude shade. It goes on and really kind of just cools down your lips in a really subtle way. It pairs beautifully with nude lipsticks”▶ 9:21
- “I love a tinted balm. It is most definitely the lip product that I reach for the most. Like just on a day-to-day basis”▶ 9:53
- “Not only did it not disappoint, but I think it exceeded my expectations”▶ 9:58
- “Definitely definitely a standout product of 2026 so far”▶ 10:02
CHANEL$45.00- “I really like this reformulation. It feels updated”▶ 10:39
- “This gloss feels a little bit thinner than the previous version. It has a little bit more of like a drop of an oily kind of feel to it, which again, I feel like really updates this gloss formula”▶ 11:01
- “They've added ingredients that are not only hydrating for your lips, but really moisturizing like for the long term almost like skin care for your lips. So I really do appreciate it”▶ 11:23
- “I really do love the shades that I got”
- “In the short period of time that I've had these, they've really grown on me”▶ 12:10
Dior$48.00- “These feel great on the lips. They do have a really glossy shine to them”▶ 13:06
- “They really do appear like lip gloss on the lips”▶ 13:14
- “They are very moisturizing”▶ 13:20
- “They have like a certain density or like thickness to them, but they don't feel heavy on the lips at all”▶ 13:28
- “As soon as I got them on my lips, I was like, Oh, this is a completely different experience. And they just they just didn't feel heavy. They're not sticky at all. You don't get the strings. Um they're not goopy in any way”
- “The formula is very, very unique. I really, really appreciate them”▶ 14:02
- “I love the Gem Dior shade. This milky shade. It's just gorgeous by itself. It's gorgeous with a little lip liner. It's gorgeous layered on top of uh deeper lip colors and it's just a really unique product”▶ 14:04
- “Really, really been enjoying those”▶ 14:46
Marc Jacobs Beauty$29.00Born Star Cream-to-Powder Long-Wear Eyeshadowshade · Single- “The formula of these. They are marketed, I believe, as like a cream to powder formula, but they almost feel more like just a hybrid of something between a cream and powder”▶ 15:36
- “It's a very kind of slick kind of formula, but it's not wet or emollient at all. So, it just works beautifully. It blends out really beautifully. Blends out very easily. It's a very effortless kind of formula”▶ 16:00
- “I think they really hit it out of the park. I think they were really able to bring a lot of what we wanted from the previous collection, but really, really switch it up”▶ 16:42
Natasha Denona$69.00- “It's gorgeous. It's gorgeous”
- “I really, really love Natasha Denona eyeshadows. And I really love the fact that they come in these 15 pan palettes because I find them so inspirational. They give me so many different ideas for different eye looks”▶ 17:40
- “Whenever I pull out a Natasha Denona eyeshadow palette, I'm like, Ooh, let's play”▶ 17:56
- “The mattes are beautiful. The metallics are beautiful. The shimmers are gorgeous. I mean, all of the shades in here are just really, really stunning”▶ 18:17
- “This is absolutely stunning. Absolutely stunning”▶ 18:36
- “Natasha Denona, I mean, she hits it out of the park again with one of her eyeshadow palettes”
Lisa Eldridge$38.00Elevated Glow Highlightershade · Butterfly Light- “This one is very special. I find this one to be very, very unique”▶ 19:11
- “Ever since this came into my life, I have been using just this highlight pretty much, right? Yeah. This is the only highlight I've been using”▶ 19:16
- “There's like a real creaminess and emolience to this highlight, but it's not greasy at all. It is another Goldilocks formula of a cream highlight”▶ 19:45
- “It goes on really, really beautifully, but it doesn't feel like it needs time to set. It doesn't feel too powdery”▶ 19:54
- “It's just like this like perfect level of highlight where I get this glossy finish. I get this really beautiful sheen there. It's so pearly”▶ 20:04
- “I love this highlight. I love it so much”▶ 20:18
- “There's no micro glitters. It's the smoothest sheen. If you're not a fan of micro glitters, I would go for this one. It's so incredibly flawless”▶ 21:02
- “I love love love this highlight. It's stunning”
Plume Blushshade · Latte Praline- “It's just a really beautiful, beautiful soft application cloudlike blush”▶ 21:41
- “This blush does such a beautiful job achieving that look”▶ 22:27
- “It's definitely a very creamy formula, but it's not overly emollient at all. It's not greasy at all. It does feel like a cream to powder”▶ 22:33
- “It will feel a little powdery on the skin. So I think that's how it's able to achieve that, you know, kind of cloud-like appearance”▶ 22:45
- “It just has a softness to the application and to the pigmentation”▶ 22:55
Sarah Creal$45.00- “I really like the formula of these. These have a really, really nice slip to them. So they go on really beautifully, really easily. It's like they almost blend themselves out and then they do sort of settle down into a powder finish”▶ 25:18
- “They glide on really really seamlessly, really beautifully”
- “The Sarah Creal has much more slip than the uh Vlet FR”▶ 24:45
- “It ends up being like this very light kind of cream, even though it starts out kind of dense, like as soon as you start gliding it onto your skin and like brushing it on, it really just sort of glides on and becomes like one with your skin”▶ 25:02
- “I just really like how this sets down. Kind of like melds to your skin. Really beautiful and I really, really appreciate the formula of these”▶ 25:11
Westman Atelier$75.00Sun Tone Bronzing Creme Hydrating Cream Bronzershade · Soleil Parfait I- “I really, really love the tone. I love love love the tone of this lighter”▶ 26:32
- “This one has just a really, really nice neutral, slightly pinky peach undertone to it. It's a gorgeous, gorgeous tone”▶ 26:38
- “The formula is really great. It's a cream, but it's not too emollient, so it doesn't feel messy or too slip slidy on the skin. It really sets down very, very nicely, and I feel like it looks super natural”▶ 26:47
- “Absolutely love this”▶ 27:11
Sisley$130- “The shade is a little bit less warm than the previous version, which I appreciate”▶ 27:45
- “It's that beautiful baked gel powder formula that you guys know I love. It goes on in such a beautiful sheer, ethereal way, and then you can build it up pretty quickly and it just melts onto your skin. It's almost like you can see it melting onto your skin. So, absolutely gorgeous”▶ 28:03
Chantecaille$84.00Real Bronzeshade · Soleil- “Baked gel powder formula does the same thing. It just melts onto your skin, behaves beautifully, it's sheer, it builds up quickly”▶ 28:13
- “Their tones are so different. This, you can see, right? You can almost see the gray in there. So, it's a little bit cooler”▶ 29:08
- “This is a great cooler toned bronzer”▶ 29:25
Marc Jacobs Beauty$57.00Legally Bronze Talc-Free Blurring Powder Bronzershade · Fair- “This is just a pressed powder formula, but it's very, very finely milled. It feels like silk”▶ 30:15
- “I love the tone of this”▶ 30:28
- “It's light. It's sheer. It brushes on really, really beautifully. It kind of like melts onto your skin because it's so finely milled”▶ 30:34
- “Because of the slight peachy undertone, I can use it as a blush. I can use it as eye shadow”▶ 30:40
- “I feel like this is a great almost like a one-and-done face situation”▶ 30:52
- “The formula is really great. It's very, very like soft and finely milled”▶ 31:19
ILIA$44.00Soft Focus Finishing Powdershade · Medium
CHANEL$53.00Les Beiges Healthy Glow Serum Concealershade · B20- “I really like this concealer”▶ 34:32
- “This serves for me like a different purpose than a lot of the other concealers in my collection because it is very, very lightweight. It is a serum concealer”▶ 34:40
- “It has, I would say, a lighter coverage than a lot of the other concealers I have. And this for me perfect in the summertime because I don't usually wear a heavy base”▶ 34:55
- “It's light in every way. It's light in its texture. It's light in its coverage. And I really really like this for the spring summertime, but it does enough”▶ 35:27
- “My only slight pet peeve with this concealer is the weird applicator”▶ 35:47
Chantecaille$68.00Bio Lifting Concealershade · Alabaster- “I haven't been able to shut up about this concealer since I got it. It is gorgeous, gorgeous on the skin”▶ 17:20
- “It has much higher coverage than the serum concealer from Chanel”▶ 36:30
- “This concealer is flawless. The coverage is there”▶ 36:43
- “It's for me the perfect amount of coverage. The texture of this concealer is amazing. It blends out really beautifully. It doesn't sink into fine lines. It's blurring. It's smoothing. It's all the things. It's so comfortable to wear”▶ 36:56
- “They were really thoughtful in the shade range”▶ 37:07
- “I just think it's absolutely phenomenal, absolutely flawless, especially under the eyes”▶ 37:40
Armani Beauty$69.00- “I love this reformulation. I love it”
- “This one is even more luminous and even silkier than the previous version”▶ 38:12
- “This luminous silk is oh it's just g it has like a really beautiful glow to it”▶ 38:35
- “I use the shade number two. It's a gorgeous shade match for me”▶ 38:41
- “This is definitely the foundation I would reach for if I need a more glammed up look, if I really need to start with like a medium coverage foundation”▶ 38:54
- “It is stunning. It is the foundation that I reach for for the everyday”▶ 39:13
- “It is very light coverage. It evens out my skin tone just enough”▶ 39:18
- “It makes my skin look really really soft. It makes my skin look juicy kind of”▶ 39:34
- “The finish of it is really, really nice. It's very skin-like with just a hint of glow”▶ 39:44
- “I love this top to it. So, you press the top down. There's a little hole at the top. The product comes out of the hole. And then you just take your brush, you just swipe it across the top. So, it keeps it really clean”▶ 39:46
- “It's just a really well thought out product, and I really appreciate it”▶ 40:05
- “I've just been reaching for this non-stop”
Westman Atelier$68.00HydroBalm Tinted Lipstickshade · Nectar
Westman Atelier$68.00HydroBalm Tinted Lipstickshade · Cafe Creme- “Cafe Creme is a really beautiful nude shade. It goes on and really kind of just cools down your lips in a really subtle way. It pairs beautifully with nude lipsticks”▶ 9:31
CHANEL$45.00Rouge Coco Hydra Glossshade · Icing- “This icing is a little bit deeper than the previous version of icing”▶ 11:53
- no stillCHANEL$45.00Rouge Coco Hydra Glossshade · Fabulous
Dior$48.00Dior Addict Glass Lipstickshade · Gem Dior- “I love the Gem Dior shade. This milky shade. It's just gorgeous by itself. It's gorgeous with a little lip liner. It's gorgeous layered on top of deeper lip colors and it's just a really unique product”▶ 14:04
- no stillDior$48.00Dior Addict Glass Lipstickshade · Dior Sweet
Marc Jacobs Beauty$29.00Born Star Cream-to-Powder Long-Wear Eyeshadowshade · Shady- “It's called Shady, and it's this really beautiful light taupey champagne shimmer shade. Very, very beautiful”▶ 15:24
- no stillMarc Jacobs Beauty$29.00Born Star Cream-to-Powder Long-Wear Eyeshadowshade · On Brand
Marc Jacobs Beauty$29.00Born Star Cream-to-Powder Long-Wear Eyeshadowshade · Out Late- “This is a gorgeous, gorgeous shade. If you want to do a smokey eye or if you're going to be doing a lot of partying or whatever, this is a really great, great shade”▶ 16:24
- no stillSarah Creal$45.00Coming in Hot Blurring Pressed-Mousse Blushshade · Love Fool
Sarah Creal$45.00Coming in Hot Blurring Pressed-Mousse Blushshade · Sunshine- “Sunshine is probably the shade that I've been using the most”▶ 23:43
Sarah Creal$45.00Coming in Hot Blurring Pressed-Mousse Blushshade · Love Bites- “This is the most pink neutral toned out of the three that I have”▶ 23:49
Chantecaille$84.00Real Bronzeshade · Serena- “Their new version of Serena, I feel like much like the Sicily is not quite as warm as the previous Serena. It's still warmer than the Sole, but yeah, it's just a little bit toned down”▶ 28:50
- no stillILIA$44.00Soft Focus Finishing Powdershade · Medium Translucent
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