Lost All My Drugstore Makeup?! I’d Buy THESE First
Maybelline$12.99Brow Inserts Eyebrow Penshade · Black-Brown- “I have been testing a new brow pen recently just in the last 2 weeks and honestly, it's so good”▶ 1:18
- “It has literally cut my brow application time in half”▶ 1:25
- “I think that if I did lose all of my makeup touch wood I would go out and purchase this first”▶ 1:36
- “This has a three-tipped applicator and honestly, it just makes application so easy”▶ 1:41
- “This is just made my life so much easier, honestly”▶ 2:56
- “If you don't have much time in the morning, it's fantastic, and obviously totally budge-proof”▶ 3:10
Essence$4.99Brow Lift & Freeze Glueshade · 01 Clear Control- “There's one brow glue that I just find myself just choosing over and over and over again”▶ 3:23
- “This is just so fantastic”
- “If you have sparse brows, get yourself a brow waxy type formula, honestly, because waxes tend to just pick out every single teeny tiny hair”▶ 3:55
- “The only thing I'd say with this is it dries pretty quickly. So, just make sure that you get all the hairs into place pretty fast because once it dries down, it ain't going anywhere”▶ 4:12
- “Any of these are phenomenal and if I lost my makeup, I would actually be purchasing these three. That's what I'm going to get. 100%”▶ 4:29
Neutrogena$19.99
Embryolisse$32.00- “This is just my one and only”
- “It is a moisturizer, it's a primer, all-in-one”
- “Makeup just sits so beautifully over the top of it”▶ 6:43
- “It just calms my skin and smooths my skin, hydrates, and it just is just such a perfect primer for my makeup”▶ 7:07
- “Once I finish this, I think I will switch to the fragrance-free. But for now, unreal”▶ 7:18
Beauty of Joseon$29.00- “I use this every day. I've been through two tubes of this”▶ 7:40
- “It's so lightweight”
- “I love this because it doesn't feel like an SPF at all”▶ 8:06
- “It just feels like a primer. It feels like a moisturizer as opposed to a traditional SPF”▶ 8:21
- “It's not thick in consistency. It's just very lotion-y and absorbs literally instantly”▶ 8:35
- “100% I'm running out and getting this”▶ 8:52
Morphe$23.00- “Their eyeshadows, oh my goodness, these are fantastic”▶ 10:14
- “These are pigmented, they're smooth, they're so easy to blend”▶ 11:11
- “I used to find the old formulas, like I never really understood why people loved them... These are for me. They really are”▶ 11:19
- “I find them really easy to work with. They tend to just blend themselves. You don't have to worry about it being patchy or dusty or crusty”▶ 12:45
- “I love this palette. Oh, I love it. I really love it”▶ 13:24
- “If you want high-quality eyeshadows, and I mean high-quality, these are fantastic”▶ 14:06
- “If I lost my makeup, this palette in particular, the Rose Frequency one from Morphe, I would run out and purchase immediately”▶ 14:14
Maybelline$13.99- “There's only one mascara I would run out and repurchase and it's this new one from Maybelline, the Maybelline Sky Tubes”▶ 1:28
- “I don't want any other mascara in my life anymore”▶ 14:31
- “This was a grower for me. I didn't love it the first time that I used it. But honestly, it's grown to be the best mascara I've ever tried”▶ 14:45
- “They literally don't budge all day”▶ 15:09
- “The removal is just so much better for your lashes. There's no tugging”▶ 15:34
- “I say the major negatives are the fact that it dries down really quickly and you don't get a lot of volume with this mascara at all”▶ 16:21
- “If you are looking for a lovely length and you are looking for a quick and easy application, honestly, I could not recommend this mascara enough”▶ 16:25
- “I can't think of another mascara that would rival this ever for me right now”▶ 16:34
- “Could never be without this now. I promise. It's the best”▶ 16:43
Morphe$12.00Wakeup Artist Under Eye Correcting Concealershade · 02 Peach- “This is my all-time favorite color corrector, whether it's affordable, high-end, whatever. I would choose this over them all”▶ 16:58
- “It's a fab honestly concealer, corrector, it's just amazing”▶ 17:15
- “I love how beautifully lightweight it is”▶ 17:20
- “This is really hydrating, not greasy, so lightweight. It's just perfect for my under eyes”▶ 17:28
- “It's so weightless under your concealer. It's just fantastic”▶ 17:49
Maybelline$10.99Lifter Serum Concealershade · 35
KIKO MILANO$13.50Full Coverage Concealershade · 04 Peach- “It's the most high-end feeling concealer that I've ever used”▶ 18:56
- “You can go quite liberally with this concealer. It never looks heavy, ever, ever, ever”▶ 20:11
- “It's kind of the best overall concealer that will feel a little bit more hydrating under your eyes”▶ 20:37
- “Couldn't be without them at all”▶ 20:47
L'Oreal Paris$14.99True Match Hyaluron Tinted Balmshade · 2.5- “I love it. I adore it”
- “This is the best L'Oréal Paris product for me and my skin type”▶ 23:12
- “I've got dry skin. I prefer a glowy base. This is so nice”
- “It's just perfection. It's just perfect. I could not have a better complexion balm for my skin type”▶ 23:05
- “It's extremely flattering on the skin first of all. So, never sits into any lines, doesn't emphasize any texture”▶ 23:15
- “It's glowy, but it's not super duper dewy”▶ 23:23
- “This is fast becoming my favorite all-time favorite drugstore complexion product”▶ 23:42
- “It doesn't contain any denatured alcohol, no real problematic ingredients in there apart from the fragrance”▶ 24:01
- “I couldn't be without this balm ever now in my whole life. No, really, I couldn't”▶ 24:43
- “I have repurchased it again. I've repurchased a winter shade and a summer shade because I love it so much”▶ 25:01
Morphe$19Cheek Thrills Bronze & Tone Duoshade · Maui Surf
Physicians Formula$16.99Butter Glow & Go Multiuse Stickshade · Sunkissed Rose- “This has one of my favorite blushes on as well”▶ 26:13
- “I think this is such a high-end feeling product, honestly”▶ 26:25
- “It blends literally instantaneously”
- “So natural. So pretty. Not too warm and literally lasts all day”▶ 27:25
- “You could blind test this against a high-end super luxury bronzer and you would not know the difference. Trust me”▶ 28:09
Morphe$19Cheek Thrills Multi-Finish Face Trioshade · Blind Date- “These are my absolute favorites”▶ 28:25
- “This is my all-time favorite shade”▶ 28:30
- “I only really use the cream at the top and yeah, it's just it's my favorite part of it”▶ 28:47
- “People ask me about the finish of this blush and it's a satin. So, it's not dewy, but it's not matte. It's kind of just somewhere in between. It's really just perfect, to be honest with you”▶ 29:35
L'Oreal Paris$12.99Lumi Le Glass Highlighter Stickshade · 610 Glassy Pearl Eclat- “This is the best highlighter I have in my whole collection, whatever price point you want to talk about”▶ 30:32
- “I love this and I rediscovered it recently and I haven't put it down since”▶ 30:39
- “It's just so highlight-ery. It just looks wet on the skin, and I'm here for that”▶ 31:20
- “It also doesn't look massively unnatural”▶ 31:28
NYX$10.00Pro Fix Stick Correcting Concealershade · Soft Beige
Milani$13.99
Photo Focus Loose Setting Powdershade · Soft Pink- “I love it”
- “It's blurring, it's smoothing, it's just everything I want in a powder”▶ 35:01
- “I just cannot fault this powder”▶ 35:21
- “On my 43-year-old dry skin, this looks so smooth, so blurred. It doesn't look heavy or cakey”▶ 35:23
- “You don't need a lot of it. It's going to last you forever. It's such good value for money”▶ 35:32
- “With this shade, it gives me brightening as well. I just adore it”▶ 35:35
Maybelline$7.99Lifter Linershade · Line Leader
Revlon$9.99Super Lustrous Glass Shine Balmshade · Nude Illuminator- “Revlon lipsticks are the best of the best at the drugstore, and I will not hear any more about it again”▶ 36:38
- “How gorgeous are they, please?”▶ 37:06
- “They really remind me of the MAC Luster Glass”▶ 37:09
- “I'd say Nude Illuminator is probably my most used shade”▶ 37:18
- “If you want to have comfortable, absolute zero stickiness, zero tackiness, there's nothing tacky about these at all”▶ 37:32
- “Why pay high-end prices when you have these at the drugstore? They're amazing”▶ 37:51
Morphe$22
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