And the Oscar Goes To… Best Makeup of 2025
Kiehl's$45- “I love this because often times sunscreen can be the thing that actually makes your makeup pill, but you need it, right? And so, where's the good balance in that? This is the product that I have found the best balance for because it's so thin”▶ 1:55
- “It's like a milky toner that has SPF in it”▶ 2:10
- “Super hydrating, super thin, and I love it”▶ 2:30
Maybelline$12.99- “This is absolutely beautiful”▶ 2:57
- “I love that instead of coming out like a thick jelly, this actually comes out more like a serum that has grip to it and I just think it plays so well with others”▶ 3:04
- “But if you're dry and you really have that like event that you really want your makeup to last, this is what I would grab”▶ 3:34
Naked Sundays$38.00BeautyScreen SPF50 Peptide Foundation Tintshade · SPF 50- “Not only does this have peptides in it, it's got SPF 50. It's got incredible coverage and it doesn't feel like thick and heavy again”▶ 4:43
- “It looks like glass skin but with some really, really high coverage”▶ 4:52
- “I get compliments so many times when I wear this because it really does just look like your filtered skin and it's such a beautiful underrated product”▶ 4:56
Missha$11.50
Lawless$47.00
Maybelline$15.99- “Truly one of the best foundations to come out in the last several years if you ask me”▶ 8:05
- “This works for everyone. And that's what is so incredible about it”▶ 8:26
- “It is the most lightweight. You don't feel like you're wearing foundation, foundation that covers and just gives beautiful skin-like finish”▶ 8:31
- “It's so comfortable and it somehow works for my dry skin. It doesn't emphasize texture. It's just perfection”▶ 8:37
- “It covers well. It makes your skin look like your skin but better. And it's priced really, really well”▶ 8:50
Estée Lauder$38.00
One/Size$21.58
- “This is so beautiful, so viral for a reason, so many people's favorites for a reason because it gives me and my under eyes that plump and beautiful hydration that I get with my favorite foundations”▶ 11:30
- “It's so high coverage without feeling like it”▶ 11:49
- “It's not moussey, but it's kind of thicker and has some body, so it actually fills in your under eyes”▶ 11:56
- “Oh my gosh, it is the most gorgeous, stunning thing on the face of the planet. No regrets. No regrets”▶ 12:16
Morphe$12.00
MAKEUP BY MARIO$34.00SoftSculpt® Shaping Stickshade · Light
- “This one is so beautiful. It gives you the most gorgeous bronze”▶ 14:45
- “The price is right. It's just it's so good and so emollient”▶ 14:52
- “It is like so buttery when you smooth this out. It feels like absolute nothing”▶ 15:00
- “I would say this looks the most like skin. It just melts into the skin so nicely. Like it doesn't sit on top of the skin”▶ 15:06
Rare Beauty$26- “Talk about a beautiful undertone. Talk about something that's so nice and hydrating”▶ 15:39
- “And this is like if you're a beginner and you just want something super easy to sort of bronze up your skin, girl, this is it for you”▶ 15:55
- “It's not too overly scarily pigmented like their blushes. And the undertone is great. It looks like your skin”▶ 16:01
- “It's just been so easy and therefore a joy to work with”▶ 16:09
Too Faced$28.00Cloud Crush Whipped Lip & Cheek Colorshade · Bed of Roses and Headliner- “And these are like a really thick moussey texture... but then when you blend it out, it just gives the most gorgeous blur to your cheeks”▶ 17:03
- “I've loved every single time I put this on. It's been quite a joy to work with, especially because I have had so much acne on my cheeks lately in the year”▶ 17:17
Charlotte Tilbury$44.00Unreal Blush Healthy Glow Stickshade · Rosy Glow- “This is just the most stunning, perfect, like petal pink, and it just gives your cheeks so much life without being glittery like her pillow talk”▶ 17:50
- “And I found that especially when I have texture that looks beautiful, but it is a little too much sometimes gives me just the right amount of bounce to my skin”▶ 18:00
- “It's definitely like a special occasion blush for me because it's so expensive, but I can't help it. I love it so much”▶ 18:07
Morphe$19Cheek Thrills Multi-Finish Face Trioshade · Blind Date- “Not a single bad thing to say about either one of the formulas, and you get a mirror”▶ 18:45
- “The cream, it performs just as well as my Patrick Top blushes. Just as well”▶ 19:11
- “And the highlight in here is what's really surprisingly gorgeous because you think it's going to be something that might be too chunky, glittery, but it just ends up looking so cute and sweet when you put it on the cheeks”▶ 19:17
- “It just looks healthy and lovely and it goes on so well over everything”▶ 19:35
- “So, those are absolutely hands down my number one recommendation”
Laura Mercier$35.00Secret Brightening Color Correcting Under Eye Setting Powdershade · Soft Pink- “It is so finely milled, very, very lightweight”▶ 20:27
- “This just makes my under eyes feel so silky. It instantly brightens”▶ 20:33
- “And I found with the pink trend, I love a pink powder, but some of them really get too pink on me. And this one really just does what it says. It just brightens and it really doesn't crease on me the most”▶ 20:38
- “But this one is thin and doesn't crease on me and doesn't feel drying”▶ 20:56
Blush is Life Baked Dimensional Brightening Blushshade · Translucent and Candy Rose- “When I just need to slap on some powder that I know is going to look good no matter what look I'm doing, I reach for the Kosas powders”▶ 21:43
- “It gives me enough hold that it's like great”▶ 22:03
- “This one lets my oils peek through really nicely. It's not the most ultra matte powder ever”▶ 22:11
- “They make your skin look like skin even though it's a powder, which I know we all really love”▶ 22:44
About-Face$21.00Curtain Call Set & Smooth Loose Powdershade · Bow- “Truly my award for the most slept on powder and one of the ones that I think is probably the best looking”▶ 22:51
- “And the most comfortable to wear because it feels like a pillow”▶ 23:01
- “This is a very finely milled powder but it feels hydrating. I don't know how they did this”▶ 23:13
- “This is like a perfect like dupe in my opinion for the Makeup by Mario powder”▶ 23:22
- “It just gives the most beautiful filtered look to your skin”▶ 23:48
Morphe$17.00Cloudlight Soft Glow Veil Finishing Powdershade · Dawn- “My gosh, you guys, this is the most beautiful hourglass”▶ 25:30
- “This is a filter in a powder. It is so beautiful”▶ 24:54
- “It actually brightens”▶ 24:57
- “I think this is so worth your money and probably something that if you don't have Hourglass, you might not have in your arsenal yet. 100% I would go pick this up”▶ 25:05
Kosas$34Blush is Life Baked Dimensional Brightening Blushshade · Dreamland and Euphoria- “This is the most filtered, beautiful, gives you a glow. You don't need highlighter, but it doesn't look glittery. It is just beautiful”▶ 27:40
- “They're very pigmented and somehow blend out so nicely, which is what I love in a blush”▶ 27:50
- “But these are the most blurring. They don't get patchy, which is what I really, really need personally in a blush”▶ 27:52
Kylie Cosmetics$22.00- “These are so gorgeous. They are that Korean sort of like whipped formula here”▶ 28:24
- “And they have the most beautiful like perfect colors. They are absolutely stunning”▶ 28:29
- “And this is what I use when I need to put something on my cheeks that is just going to be barely there, but is going to cover up anything that didn't blend out too well”▶ 28:36
- “They go so well as a cream. They go well over powder. They're phenomenal”▶ 29:02
Maybelline$11.99- “This doesn't cement them like a soap would, but it really, really does keep them in place really well”▶ 30:13
- “And I like that it doesn't goop on so much that you just have a bunch of black product everywhere”▶ 30:20
- “This is really great, so affordable. And I don't think you need anything else other than this”▶ 30:24
- “Every single time I did my makeup with this palette, I was shocked at how much I loved the look and it was very different for me”▶ 31:09
- “Every time it turned out so well, every time I got compliments”▶ 31:16
- “If I needed something to not fail me, I would go to this because it just I don't know what magic is in this that no matter what I did, it always looked good”▶ 31:19
- “The shimmers in here are absolutely gorgeous. They are a cut above a regular shimmer 100%”▶ 31:51
- “I reach for it so much because of that. It's such a confidence booster”▶ 32:05
Wet n Wild$8.98
Perfect 10 Eyeshadow Paletteshade · Keep It Ethereal- “This looks a lot like the tones in the Makeup by Mario. It's probably a dupe”▶ 33:33
- “If you get your hands on this, you will not be disappointed”▶ 33:43
- “The shimmers in here, the mattes blend out so nicely. They are not patchy at all, but the shimmers in here are really where my heart just starts to flutter every time I put them on my eyes”▶ 33:58
- “This is such a great palette, worth the money”▶ 34:11
Charlotte Tilbury$60.00Charlotte's Palette of Beautifying Eye Trendsshade · Neutral and Sunset
Patrick Ta$44.00
Patrick Ta$42.00- “This is like a Sophie made product. It was like he met with me and was like, 'What would you like me to make?' And I said this, please”▶ 36:31
- “I know this is crazy expensive. You totally don't need this. You can find some really great dupes. I love these, though”▶ 36:39
- “In my opinion, I have not found a like $6 dupe for these. I have not”▶ 36:44
MAKEUP BY MARIO$25.00Master Mattes Long-Wear Cream Eyeshadowshade · Warm
MAKEUP BY MARIO$25.00
About-Face$16.00Matte Fluid Eye Paintshade · Capulet- “This is basically what I do every single time I do eyeshadow. I put this in my crease so that my crease doesn't have any harsh lines”▶ 38:20
- “It's got a really good base. It covers up my veins really, really well and also is so blendable and definitely non patchy”▶ 38:28
- “I don't even know if I can do powder eyeshadow without putting this down first. I think it would look patchy, truly”▶ 38:40
Morphe$10Solo Artist Priming Cream Eyeshadowshade · Debut
Glitterpuckshade · Glimmer Pop
Benefit Cosmetics$38.00
Sephora Collection$13.50Colorful® Powder Luminizershade · Pink Flash- “Hands down my favorite highlighter right now, period”▶ 41:07
- “This has the most beautiful fun like reflective shift to it that is just it compliments your blush so well”▶ 41:20
- “It's honestly on the more affordable side and I have been obsessed with this. I think it is perfection. Can do no wrong”▶ 41:48
Fenty Beauty$36Killawatt Freestyle Highlightershade · Water Brat
NARS$42.00Heartbreaker Blush Paletteshade · New Realm- “I tend to mix every single shade and just douse this all over my cheeks because it is so blurring”▶ 43:27
- “It's got like the most out of anything I've tried blurring factor to it, which has been so important to me this year when my cheeks get so patchy cuz my skin is so dry”▶ 43:33
- “I just wanted to do a little PSA and say if you can get this on sale I think it's 100% worth it”▶ 43:42
Huda Beauty$43.00- “I especially love the highlighters in here. This is what I'm wearing on my cheeks today”▶ 44:04
- “This gives me that beautiful pink shift that I'm looking for on my cheeks”▶ 44:07
- “I actually find for how loud these colors are, they're really, really wearable. They blend really nicely”▶ 44:12
- “It's got a really good blurring effect to it because they are matte blushes, but then that highlighter comes through and it just gives you such a fun pop to your cheeks”▶ 44:14
Hung Vanngo Beauty$24.00
Maybelline$13.99
tarte$28.00
tarte$28.00Tartelette Tubing Mascarashade · XL
MAKE UP FOR EVER$26.00
Clio$10.90Velvet Lip Pencilshade · Tan Brown
Fenty Beauty$26.00Gloss Bomb Stix High-Shine Gloss Stickshade · Hibiscus
NYX$11.99Lip IV Hydrating Gloss Stainshade · Bubblegum Burst- “The NYX lip IVs were definitely my favorite stain of 2025 because I'm such a gloss girl, but I really want my lips to last”▶ 49:51
- “If you wait for like 5 minutes, you'll be left with a beautiful stain. Or you can wear these like a gloss and then you'll still be left with a stain after you eat”▶ 50:05
- “These are absolutely phenomenal. They feel so moisturizing and so beautiful on your lips, which is another point for them because a lot of lip stains dry out your lips”▶ 50:12
- “Your lips actually feel hydrated when you wipe it off. Zero complaints about these. Love them”▶ 50:22
Essence$4.99
Vitamasques$4.99- “The Vitamasque one is more like true butter balm hydrating”
- “They are not only my favorite for the price, they are my favorite in general. And I just don't think you can go wrong with these”
- “I think they're both like under five bucks. I love these so much”▶ 45:12
One/Size$44.99
Morphe$15.00- “I've gone through about 16 bottles of this in my entire life”▶ 52:06
- “This has got a gorgeous continuous mist on this and it just gives your skin the most wet, beautiful look”▶ 52:12
- “This is great for touching up your makeup. It's great for taking away that powdered look. It smells really nice. The mister is beautiful and this actually keeps your makeup on”▶ 52:17
- “It is my number one for years and years and years and years and years”
MCoBeauty$16- “When I do like a wear test of setting sprays, this one over Urban Decay over so many others that kept my makeup on the longest”▶ 52:44
- “This is like a dupe for my Charlotte Tilbury, which is my number one expensive one”▶ 52:53
- “This is actually such a great alternative, and therefore, I've been using it so much”▶ 53:01
- “Charlotte definitely filters your skin, but this really makes your makeup last and doesn't give you any kind of weird cast”▶ 53:08
Armani Beauty$59.00Luminous Silk Creamy Bronzing Powdershade · 100- “This is the most stunning, beautiful, luxurious, glowy bronzer in the entire world”▶ 25:30
- “It has enough pigment that it's there. Obviously, the glitter does not look chunky. You still look like a sophisticated bronzed goddess with this”▶ 25:41
- “It just makes my skin look glowy and filtered, which is exactly what I want”▶ 25:54
L'Oreal Paris$15.99Infallible Up to 24H Fresh Wear Soft Matte Bronzershade · Light Medium- “It still is blurring and matte, but it allows your oils to peek through and so it looks so much like skin”▶ 26:38
- “It's got my perfect amount of pigment, which is like, ah, it's there. I don't have to sit there and try to build it up for 20 minutes, but it definitely doesn't come out too strong”▶ 26:44
- “This is incredible. I'm so happy it's from the drugstore. I will forever repurchase this”▶ 26:57
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