HOLY GRAILS 2025/2026 | The Best Beauty Products of the Year
IT Cosmetics$47.00Your Skin But Better CC+ Cream with SPF 50+shade · Light- “I cannot tell you I have gone through so many tubes of this”▶ 0:47
- “I use the color light, which I think is one of the most perfect color matches for my skin tone”▶ 0:53
- “I do tend to be very olive undertoneed and it can be very difficult for me to find the perfect match that's not overly yellow and not overly orange”▶ 0:58
- “This is really, really good if you're neutral skinned like me”▶ 1:06
- “One of the things I like the most about this is it has SPF 50”▶ 1:11
- “It also has really high coverage”▶ 1:16
- “This one is such a good consistency that I can just use the high coverage exactly where I need it and kind of spread it out thinly over my face”▶ 1:23
- “It just gives me the right amount of coverage that I like without looking like I'm super cakey or heavy”▶ 1:31
- “I can get a pretty natural look, but without using a ton of product”▶ 1:37
- “This actually goes a really long way”▶ 1:41
Danessa Myricks Beauty$36.00Yummy Skin Blurring Balm Powdershade · 4
JUNGSAEMMOOL$45.00- “It gives you a really natural, beautiful skin-like finish”▶ 2:33
- “It says that it has a glowy sheen, but it's not so glowy that you ever look oily or greasy”▶ 2:36
- “It just looks beautiful”▶ 2:40
- “If you have more a normal combination skin, you should be really happy with the essential skin neuter original”▶ 2:50
- “This is such an interesting product because it just has a little dropper on the inside”▶ 3:01
- “You literally just use like one or two drops”▶ 3:07
- “This I can pretty much spread on my entire face”▶ 3:10
- “It just has this product in it called upsellite which helps to maintain the balance of oils on your skin”▶ 3:12
- “It doesn't make me dry and flaky”▶ 3:21
- “It just kind of leaves a little smooth finish where everything looks nice and blurred and doesn't look really greasy at the end of the day”▶ 3:24
- “I'm telling you, if I do a truly holy grail combo, it's this with this on top of it and this on top of that, my skin looks flawless and totally camera ready”▶ 3:32
NARS$36.00Radiant Creamy Concealershade · Café Au Lait- “I've tried so many other versions and there's a reason why I come back to this one”▶ 3:48
- “It's not too thick. It's not too watery. It spreads really easily”▶ 3:55
- “It doesn't make my under eyes too dry”▶ 3:58
- “It doesn't cause any breakouts”▶ 4:00
- “I can use this on my entire face”▶ 4:02
- “It just dries down so well that I really don't need any other concealers”▶ 4:04
- “This is the only thing you need”▶ 4:09
Too Faced$35.00Chocolate Soleil Melting Bronzing & Sculpting Stickshade · Chocolate Mousse- “I just feel like this is the perfect shade for my skin because some of the cool undertones really make it look like a natural shadow, but it blends out so creamy”▶ 4:32
- “It's undetectable”
- “This blends out so nicely and I feel like when it dries down, it gets a little bit more on the powdery side”▶ 4:48
- “It doesn't stay tacky or greasy on the skin”▶ 4:55
- “Oh, and if you like chocolate, this also smells like chocolate really subtly, but it's quite nice”▶ 4:57
- “Not only does it have three different shades to work from, it's neither too cool or too warm”▶ 5:06
- “It just blends into my skin really flawlessly”▶ 5:12
- “The powder isn't so chalky and powdery that it's dusting everywhere”▶ 5:38
- “It just gives the right amount of pigment to look really natural but very effective”▶ 5:39
Huda Beauty$60.00- “It is truly one of the best powders on the market”▶ 5:59
- “This comes with a sort of peachy side and a pinky side”▶ 6:05
- “It gives a little bit of a brightening effect with the pink and the neutral one of course just kind of seamlessly blends into your skin”▶ 6:10
- “I just really like how it looks on my skin when I mix both”▶ 6:24
- “This has a really nice scent as well”▶ 6:28
- “On the skin, it just blends everything out”▶ 6:34
- “It sets things really well, and I feel like it doesn't get too powdery on my skin”▶ 6:36
- “It just looks really, really nice and natural and sets my makeup for like a really long time”▶ 6:41
- “This is the perfect balance of really blurring your skin out”▶ 7:00
- “It's so finely milled, but it doesn't make me feel overly dry and it doesn't make my under eye area look overly crinkly”▶ 7:05
- “It does say moisture powder, and I think that actually does make a difference”▶ 7:15
- “It's tiny, lightweight, really easy to travel with”▶ 7:22
- “I've noticed when I use this, several hours later, I'll look in the mirror and be like, 'Wow, I look like I'm having a filter.'”▶ 7:28
- “It really has a filtering smoothing kind of effect”
Lip & Cheek Blurry Pudding Potshade · ND03 Without- “This color is the perfect everyday rosy kind of tone”▶ 7:47
- “My favorite part about this blush is that it really blurs out”▶ 7:55
- “This on the cheeks will just get rid of any kind of skin texture”▶ 8:01
- “I actually feel like this lasts really well all day on my skin”▶ 8:09
- “I just don't find that with a lot of the western cream blushes that are very popular right now”▶ 8:13
- “Even with this moussey formula, I find that I still see this several hours later”▶ 8:21
Tower 28 Beauty$22.00GetSet Blur + Set Matte Powder Blushshade · Culver Crush- “The thing that really shocked me is once again, I love a really blurry effect”▶ 8:38
- “This color has been so pretty”▶ 8:53
- “I know it looks very coral, but actually on my cheeks it looks very just a pretty healthy flush”▶ 8:58
- “If you try this, the blurring effect actually looks very different than other blushes”▶ 9:09
- “This is worth it”
Dior$48.00Backstage Glow Face Paletteshade · 01 Universal- “I love this palette so much”▶ 9:50
- “Especially these two shades are so beautiful to highlight around the eyes”▶ 9:53
- “It just makes everything pop”▶ 10:04
- “It looks so youthful”
- “Not looking oily or greasy, but just reflecting the light in a really natural way that I've been really loving”▶ 10:19
- “It was number one for a reason”
Clio$18.80Prism Highlightershade · Fairy Pink- “I actually got turned on to this because one of the girls in Singles Inferno had a beautiful pink glowing sheen on her cheeks during the show”▶ 10:43
- “I've tried other dupes and the original Clio one is truly still my favorite”▶ 10:54
- “The texture is just really nice and smooth and it's beautiful”▶ 10:59
Clio$49.90Pro Eye Palette Airshade · 01 Coral Studio- “I'm very impressed with these Korean shadow formulas that I do not need a primer”▶ 11:38
- “I really like that it has this darker shade here that I can use as an eyeliner”▶ 11:55
- “Some Korean palettes I feel like are kind of lacking that dark eyeliner shade, but for the way I've been doing my makeup now, that is such a lifesaver”▶ 11:58
- “There are so many medium neutral tones that I like for shading my ego area”▶ 12:09
peripera$19.89All Take Mood Paletteshade · Prestige Pink 01- “I think this is one of the coolest things because it literally has every single part of your color makeup routine in it”▶ 12:57
- “If you're traveling, this is an all-in-one kind of product”▶ 13:14
- “I've been using this so much more than I thought I would”▶ 12:31
- “Such a pretty, very usable palette”▶ 13:50
- “Literally it just makes my heart so happy”▶ 13:54
- “These eyeshadow formulas are some of the most creamy I've ever tried”▶ 14:29
- “Even if you don't use a primer before these, these just come onto your skin like butter”▶ 14:35
- “They blend so beautifully”▶ 14:40
- “These are super pigmented”▶ 14:42
- “These are so far superior”
- “They literally look like molten liquid on your eyes”▶ 15:04
- “This really inspires so much creativity in me”▶ 15:15
CANMAKE$12.50- “I think this has changed my life”▶ 15:30
- “It's such a micro fine thin point that I can get a liner wing kind of look but just using a little pencil tip and it blends out so so nicely”▶ 15:32
- “Once these set they are set”▶ 15:41
- “They stay on all day”▶ 15:44
- “They don't smudge”
- “I have been so impressed with this formula because for so many years I just assumed any kind of pencils would be a little too waxy and they would fall apart and give me panda eyes by the end of the day”▶ 15:44
- “That doesn't happen with these”▶ 15:57
- “I prefer the brown over the black”
- “It just looks a little more natural and softer”▶ 16:10
ETUDE$3.30Drawing Eye Browshade · 02 Gray Brown- “I cannot believe how good this brow pencil is because it is so inexpensive”▶ 16:42
- “I want to say it's like $3, $4”▶ 16:47
- “It is such a ridiculously low price and I have repurchased this many times cuz I literally don't want to use anything else”▶ 16:53
- “It gives a really quick natural brow look that's not overly dark where it looks like my brows are the only thing you can look at”▶ 17:04
- “It has a really nice spoolie on the other side, which is my preference for just blending them out”▶ 17:13
- “This makes my whole brow routine go super super fast”▶ 17:19
- “It's not too dry, not too waxy”
- “It's the perfect brow pencil for that price”▶ 17:23
- “This is a steal”
Clio$14.90Kill Lash Superproof Mascarashade · 001 Long Curling- “I have just been addicted to my Clio Kill Lash”▶ 18:12
- “I've gone through many tubes of this”▶ 18:15
- “There is something so satisfying about getting rid of my old tube, opening a brand new one, and being like, 'Wow, I didn't know my lashes could look this long.'”▶ 18:17
- “I am wearing this mascara today, and I swear to you, it makes my lashes almost look like I'm wearing false lashes before I have false lashes on”▶ 18:23
- “The formula has little fibers, and the fibers help to elongate your lashes”▶ 18:40
- “It really does make a big difference”▶ 18:45
- “It's amazing”▶ 18:46
- “Clio Kill Lash Long Curling Superproof Mascara is my holy grail”▶ 18:56
CORINGCO$24.00- “Instead of doing a big strip lash on top of your lashes, the little clusters are so much more natural and it's so fast and easy to apply”▶ 19:10
- “The glue is already attached to it”▶ 19:25
- “It makes the entire process so quick and easy”▶ 19:28
- “Having a lash glue allergy, these have been such a game changer”▶ 19:30
- “If you haven't tried lashes that have the glue attached, I highly recommend it”▶ 19:43
- “Very, very natural”
MAKE UP FOR EVER$25.55Artist Color Pencilshade · Extreme / Wherever Walnut
MAKE UP FOR EVER$25.55Artist Color Pencil Extremeshade · Anywhere Caffeine- “If you like a little more brown tint, then Anywhere, Caffeine is also incredible”▶ 20:29
L'Oreal Paris$9.49Colour Riche Lip Linershade · 601- “It's such a nice MLBB and it's not overly brown”▶ 21:10
- “It's not overly dark”▶ 21:17
- “It's just a really nice rosy neutral kind of color and I've been using that so much”▶ 21:17
- “I feel like this is maybe the one I use the most frequently”▶ 21:22
- “Got to love a drugstore product that works just as well as a high-end product”▶ 21:28
peripera$11.99Ink Mood Glowy Tintshade · 3
ETUDE$9.80Over Glowy Tintshade · 05 Bambi Cherry
rom&nd$14.00Blur Fudge Tintshade · Mauvish
VIOLETTE_FR$30.00BISOU BALM Sheer Matte Lipstickshade · Batis- “I shared this on my Instagram first and I swear you guys were just really into it”▶ 25:09
- “There's a little bit of a soft vanilla scent to it”▶ 25:17
- “It's mainly a balmy kind of formula, but very, very, very soft, completely blurred out”▶ 25:19
- “You can build up on the color”▶ 25:26
- “It starts off going pretty sheer, but I really, really like this for an everyday look where I don't want to think too hard about my lips, but I don't want it to be like sticky or glossy”▶ 25:29
- “If I just want a really simple I just kissed somebody kind of look, this is the perfect formula to get that so quickly and easily”▶ 25:39
- “This is definitely like a purse lipstick where you can just wear it with whatever you're wearing”▶ 25:46
- “Super easy to apply even without a mirror”▶ 25:52
- “This is Batis. It's a really nice MLBB for me”
VIOLETTE_FR$26.00- “This has been one of my favorite lip balms just as an overnight lip treatment”▶ 26:03
- “This is so nourishing”▶ 26:07
- “It really makes my lips feel so plump and soft”▶ 26:10
- “Even the next morning, I can still feel like it is on my lips”▶ 26:12
- “It lasts so long”▶ 26:20
- “This is a ceramic tip”▶ 26:22
- “When I apply this on my lips, it has a really nice cooling sensation”▶ 26:24
- “Feels really nice, high quality”▶ 26:30
- “It's just different than other lip balms that I've tried”▶ 26:32
- “This is permanently a part of my nightstand”▶ 26:36
BK Beauty$32- “This might be my new favorite foundation brush, like liquid foundation”▶ 26:47
- “I feel like this has the right shape and size and a little bit of an angle to blend everything into my skin”▶ 27:00
- “I can use this for my liquid blushes if I wanted to”▶ 27:09
- “I've tried their bigger brush and I find I like this smaller one a lot better cuz there's more control to it”▶ 27:11
Rare Beauty$26- “This actually has kind of a diffused tip”▶ 27:23
- “With a lot of these creams and liquids where I really want to diffuse the edges, I've really been enjoying this one”▶ 27:28
- “It still has a lot of density though compared to other diffused tip kind of brushes”▶ 27:34
- “It just has the perfect amount of pigment and blur”▶ 27:41
BK Beauty$38- “It's really cool because on one half it has some synthetic bristles and then on the other half it has natural bristles”▶ 27:51
- “Whether you're using a cream product or a powder product or cream and powder together, it has a side for both of those uses and it just sweeps onto the cheeks really well”▶ 27:58
- “It's a really soft brush”▶ 28:07
- “If you want to do the Korean style blush application where it's like very softly just at the top of your cheeks, this is a really good size and shape for that”▶ 28:09
Benefit Cosmetics$36.00- “I really love the really fine mist this gives”▶ 28:25
- “I don't get those big like gloppy water spots on my face”▶ 28:28
- “This has a very very fine mist”▶ 28:31
- “I really don't hear a lot of other people talking about it, but I feel like I've been quite loyal to this one because it's just not as strong and it has a nice even mist”▶ 28:33
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