The BEST Luxury Makeup in EVERY Category (2026)
Koh Gen Do$118.00- “If you enjoy really beautiful skinlike makeup that you can layer and layer and layer and keep getting really lovely coverage without it looking like makeup, this is pretty ideal”▶ 0:48
- “I have spent a pretty penny on this product and I have never regretted it”▶ 1:11
- “This looks like skin in real life, and that's why I always go back and recommend it”▶ 1:32
- “Beloved by makeup artists, loved by photographers as well because it looks incredible and flawless in pictures”▶ 1:16
Dior$77.00- “This is a really lovely balanced product because it sets down. It has a really pretty kind of natural finish”▶ 1:45
- “It doesn't lean really really dewy. It doesn't lean super matte”▶ 1:53
- “Quite transfer resistant, but it looks quite natural while giving you a decent medium coverage and having that kind of set down”▶ 1:55
- “Really ideal makeup for wedding makeup, for summertime makeup when you need something to last longer, but you still want it to look really flawless and skin-like”▶ 2:06
- “It can be really difficult to find makeup that lasts a long time without looking really cakey and heavy, and this just really does it for me”▶ 2:23
Dior$42.00- “This is one of my favorite concealers for using almost as a foundation. Like, I really just stripe it all over my skin. It gives me this really flawless kind of finish”▶ 5:04
- “I like that it's very longwearing for under the eyes as well”▶ 5:14
- “It's a thinner like high coverage formula that then sets down”▶ 5:19
- “If you're a fan of those kinds of formulas that are less prone to creasing, I highly highly recommend this one”▶ 5:25
- “I don't need to powder it. And it gives me this really creamy longw wear kind of finish”▶ 5:45
Charlotte Tilbury$59.00Beautiful Skin Sun-Kissed Glow Bronzershade · Fair- “I love it because it doesn't have a really glowy finish. It almost has a softening kind of blurring finish to it”▶ 6:16
- “This fair shade, by the way, is also not incredibly orange”▶ 6:25
- “I feel like it is always a consistent blend, which is very difficult”▶ 6:31
- “I put my sister on to this one and it is her holy grail. We used it on her for her wedding day and she looked stunning”▶ 6:58
Dior$52.00Forever Skin Bronze Bronzing Balm Stickshade · Light Medium- “This is my favorite kind of everyday bronzer stick”▶ 7:10
- “It is a little bit glowier than the Charlotte Tilbury”▶ 7:16
- “To me, it's a very foolproof bronzer. It's very beginner friendly. You can kind of just swipe it on. It glides really beautifully and it gives you a very natural appearance”▶ 7:21
- “When I am going for makeup that I just want very quick creamy bronzed skin, this is what I have been reaching for”▶ 7:30
Gucci$65Poudre De Beaute Eclat Soleil Bronzing Powdershade · Lightest Shade- “This is just a lovely matte silky powder bronzer”▶ 7:52
- “I have found that this is so consistently good. The blend is like unreal”▶ 8:12
- “No matter what is going on on your skin as far as texture, if you just take a fluffy brush and press this onto the skin, it almost airbrushes”▶ 8:22
- “For me, this does feel like one of those formulations that I think if you are looking for a luxurious powder bronzer, this I do believe truly is the top number one”▶ 8:36
- “This is some of the most beautiful makeup packaging I have ever seen in my life”▶ 8:57
Prada$42.00- “If you are truly really interested in trying a beautiful creamy cream blush cheek product that is so blurring, so pigmented and just kind of melts on the skin wherever it goes”▶ 9:17
- “It kind of has that airbrushed effect”▶ 9:31
- “I do absolutely love the Prada blushes. I don't think that you can go wrong with them”▶ 9:34
Dior$44.00Dior Backstage Rosy Glow Blush Stickshade · Cherry- “This is one of my favorite reds of all time. It is a gorgeous warm cherry red”▶ 10:16
- “Dior did reformulate I think last year and so it's more pigmented. You do need a lighter hand now. It is so vibrant”▶ 10:22
- “It is so thin on the skin. You really can't see the powder once it's on”▶ 10:31
- “Truly, if you have not tried a red blush in general, I recommend it. But Dior Cherry has been a favorite for years”▶ 11:12
Victoria Beckham Beauty$59.00Colour Wash Water Blushshade · Flushed- “I just feel like this is one of those looks good on everyone kind of berry shades”▶ 11:27
- “It's great for that 15-minute makeup”▶ 11:31
- “If you want something you can kind of just like tap on the lips and the cheeks, it kind of just like melts in and looks like stained, flushed, youthful skin”▶ 11:37
- “This is better, I think, for more no makeup makeup kind of looks and no makeup makeup kind of products, but I still really really love it”▶ 12:00
- “The liquid silks are more matte, so they are stunning, longwearing, super, super blendable”▶ 12:26
- “There are so many shades now that I feel like not only are they incredibly nuanced. She really took her time with the shades”▶ 12:32
- “They are like the perfect base to any look or just one and done on their own”▶ 12:40
- “The liquid lurex are also gorgeous. If you're more into like a wet glossy one and done eyeshadow that then sets down”▶ 12:47
- “Formula is so fantastic”
- “Zora for a one and done smoky shadow is one of the most gorgeous shadows on the market”▶ 13:06
- “I am partial to a shade like Bianca. I think it's just a perfect kind of everyday peery eyes shadow with a little touch of that purple undertone. It is so fantastic”▶ 13:12
Chantecaille$40.00Mermaid Eyeshadow Starfishshade · Starfish- “If I want this really gorgeous kind of pink purpley, lived-in kind of eye, this is the one that I am reaching for”▶ 14:06
- “I love it because I think the formula really melts into the eye beautifully”▶ 14:16
- “It's not super metallic. It's also not a sparkle whatsoever. It's really wearable in a lot of ways”▶ 14:21
- “I think it's an incredibly unique shade”▶ 14:30
- “This mermaid eye shade in the shade Starfish has been I've been wearing it on repeat”▶ 14:57
Charlotte Tilbury$36.00Eyes to Mesmerize Crease-Proof Cream Eyeshadowshade · Oyster Pearl- “If you want that everyday kind of piece of luxury in your life, I do feel like Oyster Pearl just gets I get so much use out of it”▶ 15:11
- “It is that perfect peery brown. It's not too deep on me”▶ 15:23
- “It is really creamy and light reflecting on the eyes without any really heavy glitter particles or anything like that”▶ 15:27
- “It's really an excellent item”▶ 15:36
- “It is one of those products I've used for I mean what at least 7 years now”▶ 15:39
Dior$40Diorshow Mono Couleur Couture Eyeshadowshade · Beige Mitzah- “This is more of a classic kind of metallic eyeshadow. It is a powder single”▶ 15:44
- “There's also like no, you know, zero fallout to it, which I think is really nice”▶ 15:51
- “It's this really gorgeous kind of warm brown. It's like a warmer almost caramel brown, but then there's this really lovely taupey peery shift to it”▶ 15:56
- “It's more metallic. It has a little bit more of a stronger shift than something like Oyster Pearl, but it is stunning”▶ 16:09
- “Have loved it for a really long time”▶ 16:16
Surratt Beauty$102- “If there's one luxury eyeshadow palette that I have recommended the most on my channel since the beginning, it has been Beyond Beige from Surratt Beauty”▶ 16:31
- “I don't even know how many times this has won best of beauty”▶ 16:41
- “It has basically everything that I need”▶ 16:47
- “The textures, the formulation of these powders, they are so elegantly smoothing. They build so evenly. They're really user friendly, but they're also not shy of pigment”▶ 16:49
- “This beige is one of my favorite pieces of makeup in my entire collection”▶ 17:37
Fara Homidi$98- “I just feel like for these really soft everyday creamy eye looks, I just feel like you can't go wrong”▶ 17:57
- “Yes, they are going to crease a little bit, but I do feel like texture on the eye is so like skinloving. It's so lived in. It really does look like skinloving makeup on an area of the skin that is often super delicate”▶ 18:03
- “These are really lovely for dry eyelids”▶ 17:46
- “They go on and they don't they don't feel like thick and heavy on the eye or anything like that, but they give you such a gorgeous kind of dimension in the way that like only cream can in my opinion”▶ 18:08
Sarah Creal$35.00Eyes Up 24H Creamy Kajal Longwear Eyelinershade · Everyday Taupe- “Sarah Creal has absolutely captured me. I love these eyeliners”▶ 19:04
- “This everyday taupe shade is longlasting. It is creamy, so I can actually play with the formula and then it just locks in and it's such a soft color”▶ 19:17
- “It's really pretty for everyday, especially if you don't want like a full chocolate brown or a full black. It just gives me the illusion of a wing while being soft enough”▶ 19:26
- “The formula is just so easy to work with”▶ 19:43
- “Very even pigment”▶ 19:53
Kevyn Aucoin$26.00- no stillShiseido$28.00
- “I think it's going to be better for those of you to curl with hooded eyes or even more almond eyes”
- “Both have a long-lasting curl. Both have a really nice glide to them. They do not tug on my lashes or break them”
Oribe$125.00- “If you love a good boar bristle brush and you just find that many of them tug on your hair, they do not detangle. They break your hair, this is detangling”▶ 21:26
- “It does a really good job of moving through the hair, making everything really silky”▶ 21:36
- “It's definitely a love at first brush kind of product”▶ 21:43
Westman Atelier$50.00HydroBalm Tinted Lipstickshade · Bob- “If you're just interested in a thin on the lips, not really matte, not really glossy product. It's a stiff apply it with no mirror kind of lipstick”▶ 22:29
- “It feels luxurious. It is magnetized and it just looks really good on the lips”▶ 22:38
- “It's not something that you're going to see a lot of product on the lips either, which is why I love a satin lipstick in a thinner, stiffer kind of formula. It's just so good”▶ 22:45
- “I am so consistently a fan of products like this”▶ 23:00
- “I do think that Westman Atelier has created an insanely beautiful formula and now I want all the shades”▶ 23:05
- “It is definitely one of my favorite beauty products that I discovered this year”▶ 23:11
Hourglass$41.00- “I've used these for years”▶ 23:22
- “If I do feel like my lips are so dry, and no matter what I put on, they're going to look crackly. They're going to look weird. They're going to look not great. There is a good chance that they will look good when I have these on”▶ 23:24
- “So many shades to choose from”▶ 23:35
- “They have this really gorgeous kind of plush, cushiony texture to them”▶ 23:37
- “They do feel like a gloss and a balm. Glossy enough to be called a gloss, but they're also balmy enough and stay on the lips enough to be a balm. So, they really are a perfect marriage of those two categories”▶ 23:41
Chantecaille$55.00- “These lip veils are stunning. They really are stunning”▶ 24:01
- “They're just a really classic cream formula”▶ 24:07
- “They're not going to be like the heaviest mattest pigment. They're just beautiful skinloving lipsticks”▶ 24:10
- “They never sit in any of the lines in my lips. They just feel almost smoothing and blurring without being a matte blurring lipstick”▶ 24:19
- “It's just exactly what you want out of an everyday lipstick formula”▶ 24:29
- “These were kind of like a hidden gem. It was the product that I wasn't expecting a lot from and then I got a lot from them”▶ 24:55
Charlotte Tilbury$28.00Lip Cheatshade · Pillow Talk- “They are a classic for a reason in my opinion because the shades are stunning”▶ 25:03
- “They last on the lips”▶ 25:08
- “When you pull out Pillow Talk for the first time in a long time like I did today. I'm wearing a bob with Pillow Talk. I am always like, why did I put this away and have not brought it back out in months?”▶ 25:12
- “It is longlasting. It is matte but it's creamy. It's very longwearing. More longwearing than I even remembered”▶ 25:27
- “I do feel like Charlotte Tilbury was one of those brands that really capitalized on that like my lips but better kind of niche”▶ 25:36
Charlotte Tilbury$28.00Lip Cheat Lip Linershade · Iconic Nude
Fara Homidi$88- “If you'd like to have something that is really easy for the lips and the cheeks, you might be better off just using that”▶ 9:45
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