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BEST OF BEAUTY 2025! Top Makeup, Skin Care and Hair Care for the year!

MakeupByCheryl @makeupbycheryl

72 products · Dec 7, 2025 · Watch on YouTube ↗

01
Salt & Stone
Saffron & Cedar Full Body Set
- “One of my top fragrances of the year and the body wash is my favorite body wash of the year”▶ 0:55
- “Saffron and Cedar is my absolute favorite scent from the brand and they won for my body wash and a top favorite for my fragrance category this year”▶ 0:57
02
Salt & Stone$40
Mini Deodorant Discovery Set
- “What I love about this is you could gift it to someone or separate it and give everyone little mini deodorants in their stockings, which is what I'm going to be doing this year”▶ 1:18
03
Milani$17.50
Conceal + Perfect Blur Out Smoothing Primer
- “It also blurs my pores like no other”▶ 2:52
- “It's from the drugstore. What more can I say? This was a hit this year”▶ 2:55
04
Tatcha$64
The Silk Sunscreen SPF 50 Weightless Mineral Sunscreen
- “Super silky and really provides a great base for makeup and also has sunscreen obviously”▶ 3:10
05
Ultra Violette$48.50
Supreme Screen SPF 50 Hydrating Skinscreen
- “The only thing I like more about Ultra Violette is that it's a little bit more hydrating for my skin”▶ 3:24
- “This one's working perfectly for the winter. I have it on today”▶ 3:28
06
Rhode$30.00
Glazing Mist Hydrating Face Spray
- “I personally use this prior to makeup”▶ 4:00
07
POV Beauty$32.00
Soft Slip Priming Milk
- “Very hydrating, but both made to go underneath makeup, which is the kind of skin prep and primers that I want if I need hydration”▶ 4:19
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POV Beauty$32.30
Whip It Hydrating Face Moisturizer
- “Very hydrating, but both made to go underneath makeup, which is the kind of skin prep and primers that I want if I need hydration”
09
Purito$21.49
Wonder Releaf Centella BB Cream SPF 30 PA+++
- “This has an SPF of 30 and incredible coverage”▶ 4:56
- “The wear of this is what also sets it apart. It's so good for the wear”▶ 5:04
10
Estée Lauder$52.00
Double Wear Stay-in-Place Longwear Matte Foundationshade · 4N1 Shell Beige
- “Full coverage, longwearing. You know about Estée Lauder Double Wear. It is one of those go-tos that I can always count on”▶ 5:29
- “My skin looks incredible, wears well, all those things”▶ 5:37
11
Benefit Cosmetics$47.00
The POREfessional Foundation: Smoothing Blur Foundationshade · 19N
- “I love how perfecting this is on my skin and the wear. It just makes me look filtered, this particular foundation”▶ 5:50
- “It's a step under Estee Lauder, I'd say, and more suitable for everyday, at least for my skin”▶ 5:59
12
Merit$38.00
The Minimalist Perfecting Complexion Foundation and Concealer Stickshade · Tiger Eye
- “I use it also for cream contour in the shade Tiger Eye”▶ 6:08
- “If you're looking for convenience of a stick, you can use it for foundation or concealer”▶ 6:12
13
No Makeup Makeup$55.00
The Original No Makeup Makeup Foundationshade · Light Medium
- “The formula of this foundation blew me away. I haven't been this excited for a foundation release since the Benefit”▶ 6:28
- “I love a cream compact like this. I haven't really found one since MAC, and this gives really good coverage, but it looks natural on the skin”▶ 6:42
- “I don't need primer with this. I don't need powder with this. I don't need to set my face. It is really that no makeup makeup sort of look with coverage”▶ 6:58
- “Been using this everyday, my everyday makeup just because it looks so seamless on the skin”▶ 7:14
- “It actually looks better on my skin as the day wears because my natural oils peek through. It stays so fresh and youthful”▶ 7:28
- “This is a standout product of the year and I hope this brand gets more hype”▶ 7:09
14
NARS$36.00
Soft Matte Complete Concealershade · Macadamia
- “I would be lying if I said I used any other concealer than this currently. I try other things and nothing beats this for me right now”▶ 7:46
- “It has the coverage I need. I like how matte it is on my skin so that the shine doesn't enhance the areas I want to cover”
- “It just doesn't accentuate any sort of light under there. It keeps it nice and smooth. It's not drying on me”▶ 8:14
- “It has been tried, tested, and true. This is my go-to”▶ 8:22
15
Naked Sundays$35.00
SPF 50 Bronzing Drops Serum Sunscreen
- “They do have some SPF in those as well, which if I want some kind of bronze or illumination, if my tan's not matching my body on my face, I'll throw those into the mix”▶ 8:39
- “For bronzer drops, those have been the best that I've personally found”▶ 8:52
16
Kosas$38
Cloud Set Baked Setting & Smoothing Talc-Free Vegan Powdershade · Candy
- “I love this. Highly recommend. It's the perfect everyday powder”▶ 9:06
- “I have candy underneath my eyes today for brightening in the pink color that I love”▶ 9:11
17
Laura Mercier$54.00
Real Flawless Feather Matte Powder Foundation
- “This blew me away. This is like a more lightweight version of the Makeup Forever foundation, the powder foundation”▶ 9:18
- “This gives me that matte perfected full coverage look, but being lightweight, beautiful on the skin, non-drying, wears incredibly”
- “I'm wearing it today. I mean, my skin looks flawless”▶ 9:34
18
Rare Beauty$26
Soft Pinch Liquid Contourshade · Serene
- “In the summer, I think the Rare Beauty is the best because it's more lightweight”▶ 10:04
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LYS Beauty$22.00
No Limits Cream Bronzer and Contour Stickshade · Harmony
- “In the winter when I have a little bit more full coverage of looks, the Lys is what I've been reaching for”
20
Gucci$65
Poudre De Beaute Eclat Soleil Bronzing Powdershade · 3 Medium
- “I went through a whole Gucci compact. This is my new one”▶ 10:35
- “This gives me some glow to the skin”▶ 10:41
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Haus Labs$35
Power Sculpt Velvet Talc-Free Powder Bronzershade · Terra Sol
- “I have on my Haus Labs today, the talc-free version, which you can see I have hit pan on”
22
Yves Saint Laurent$45.00
Terre Saharienne Bronzing Powdershade · 2 Dune
- “When I just want a more matte look or to contour my nose, this is my perfect contour shade”▶ 11:00
23
Charlotte Tilbury$44.00
Unreal Blush Healthy Glow Stickshade · Rosy Glow
- “It is such a beautiful cream. It gives a hydrated look to the cheeks. Super youthful and fresh”▶ 11:31
- “The color is spot on for a pink. Wears incredibly for a cream. Doesn't get much better than this”▶ 11:37
24
Rhode$25.00
Pocket Blush Buildable Hydrating Cream Blushshade · Toasted Teddy
- “Fell in love with the shade Toasted Teddy this year”▶ 11:52
- “Toasted Teddy particularly is my favorite for that kind of toasted bronzy sort of makeup, which I love”▶ 11:59
25
Rhode$25.00
Pocket Blush Buildable Hydrating Cream Blushshade · Tan Line
- “I do have Tanline 2, which is an honorable mention”▶ 11:56
26
Tower 28 Beauty$20.00
BeachPlease Lip + Cheek Dewy Cream Blushshade · Long Beach Iced Tea
- “This is such a pretty neutral tone on me that goes with any sort of makeup, regardless of what's on my eyes, my lips. I know this is going to work”▶ 12:13
- “It's blurring, matte, perfecting on the skin. What more can you want from a formula than this? It's so stunning”▶ 12:23
- “If you have a bad skin day, that's what I'm reaching for is the Tower 28 cuz you don't see pores, textures, none of that. Just glides on beautifully”
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Huda Beauty$25.00
Blush Filter Liquid Blushshade · Toasty Peach
- “This palette from Huda Beauty has been incredible. I love that it has this glow to it, too. I can swirl all the colors together and just get the perfect peach look”
28
Charlotte Tilbury$58.00
Luxury Eyeshadow Palette
- “They're the little Polly Pocket looking palettes from Charlotte Tilbury. So, I got the peach and the pink”▶ 12:56
- “I love the combination of a powder with a blush. You could tone down the blush with the powder. You can get that seamless transition blend with the powder combination for this just to buff everything out. Genius idea. Cute compact. Just everything about this was a 2025 win”▶ 13:16
29
Charlotte Tilbury$55
Pillow Talk Beauty Soulmates Face Palette
- “The formulas in here are really good. And I particularly like the highlight in this”▶ 13:41
30
Prada$90.00
Prada Light Glowing Highlighter Powdershade · 1 Champagne
- “Looking at this, I thought it would be dusty, crusty, and not good for my skin, but it's actually so flattering on my skin texture”▶ 13:56
- “I really love this formula and thought that was a great launch of the year”▶ 14:02
31
NYX$12.00
Buttermelt Highlightershade · Bright and Butta
- “You can see from the hard pan on this just how much I use this color”▶ 14:11
- “If I were to pick the highlight of the year, it's from NYX. Yes, NYX”▶ 14:27
32
Hung Vanngo Beauty$49.00
Color Story Eyeshadow Paletteshade · New Neutral
- “The Hung Vanngo Beauty eyeshadow palettes were my favorite of the year”▶ 15:01
- “Formula is easy to blend. You look like an artist when you use this formula”▶ 15:23
- “Best eyeshadow palettes of the year”▶ 15:27
33
Hung Vanngo Beauty$49.00
Color Story Eyeshadow Paletteshade · Warm Browns
- “I usually use the warm browns one most days because it can create a really natural look”▶ 15:11
34
Morphe$31.00
Naughty Eyeshadow Palette
- “Their holiday palette this year was so nice because their shimmers are even better than the Urban Decay Moondust for me this year”▶ 15:48
35
Morphe$23.00
ChromaPlus 12-Pan Eyeshadow Palette
- “Their six pans were the star of the show for Morphe. They killed it with this formula”▶ 15:58
- “The center row of these are so intense, so buttery smooth, truly incredible. The mattes are easy to work with”▶ 16:11
- “Beautiful, beautiful palettes. I can't say enough good things about them. Morphe is affordable, too”▶ 16:29
36
MAKEUP BY MARIO$98.00
Ethereal Eyes Eyeshadow Palette: The Originalshade · Nature
- “I love the elegance of this palette and that's the best word to describe it”▶ 16:39
- “I love the shimmers. I love the mattes. And the mattes in the Ethereal Eyes palettes are the best mattes on the market”▶ 16:52
- “Creamy, blendable, smooth, wear incredibly well. Just 10 out of 10”▶ 17:05
37
Danessa Myricks Beauty$38.00
Colorfix Stixshade · Shade 4
- “These are incredible. They have a metallic and a foil. I put the foil on my lid. These are so intense. These are the most intense things of the year, I feel, for eyeshadow”▶ 17:16
38
MAKEUP BY MARIO
Master Mattes Long-Wear Cream Eyeshadowshade · Chestnut
- “This gives me a sort of matte look. I use this all over my lid. Buff it out. Easy everyday look for me”▶ 17:38
- “The formula wears. I don't even know if there would be an end to the wear of that formula. That's how much it locks onto the eye”▶ 17:44
39
Kosas$28.00
Soulgazer Lengthening Mascara + Lash Serum in 1
- “This has a serum in it, which I feel like my lashes do look longer and fuller having used this”▶ 18:00
- “It separates, it lengthens, it does have volume”▶ 18:15
40
Hourglass$34
Unlocked Instant Extensions Mascarashade · Espresso
- “I love that they came out with a brown option this year”▶ 18:28
- “It coats the lashes in little tubes, is what a tubing mascara is. It's so easy to remove, and it gives my lashes such good volume and length”▶ 18:33
41
Merit$26.00
Clean Lash Lengthening Tubing Mascara
- “For tubing mascara, I love my Merit. Still love that”▶ 18:22
42
Rare Beauty$21.00
Brow Harmony Flexible Lifting and Laminating Eyebrow Gel
- “It locks down the brow hairs without getting any sort of gunk on your brows. It doesn't make anything on your skin above your brows either. It's really good at locking things down”▶ 18:55
- “It is the best brow gel there is”▶ 19:13
43
L'Oreal Paris$12.99
Faux Brow Hair-Like Brow Filling Pen
- “It has a two-prong tip, which when I saw this, I'm like, what is going on here? But it creates the most perfect hairike strokes for the front portion of my brows”▶ 19:22
- “It is my favorite brow product of the year. Thank you, L'Oreal. Never discontinue this, please”▶ 19:47
44
Hung Vanngo Beauty$24.00
Longwear Waterproof Precision Gel Eyeliner
- “These last in your waterline until you remove it. I have watery eyes, too. Nothing has lasted like this”▶ 20:13
- “I love that it's retractable, too, so you don't have to worry about sharpening it. Glides on the waterline, and it's the blackest black. This formula needs to be studied”▶ 20:22
45
NYX$12.00
Lip Lingerie Lip Liner Stainshade · Toasty Brown
- “The NYX one is a recent discovery of mine”▶ 21:09
- “The NYX you can actually get a thinner line with just because the point of it is so precise”▶ 21:25
- “If you're looking for brown tones in an affordable lip liner stain, I'd go NYX”▶ 21:30
46
CoverGirl$11.99
Outlast Lipstain
- “CoverGirl doesn't really do brown tones, but they have good pink ones if you want those”▶ 21:36
47
Huda Beauty$25.00
Lip Contour Stainshade · Toasty Brown
- “The Huda Beauty ones were the ones that first got me into lip stains. And I love Toasty Brown lip stains”▶ 21:42
- “This year, I love not having to touch up my lip liner. I'm wearing Toasty Brown today. They are the best”▶ 21:45
48
Rhode$19.99
Peptide Lip Treatmentshade · Jelly Bean
- “It has little shimmers in it and matches my top and my festive vibe I feel like for today”▶ 22:26
- “It smells like strawberry”
49
Summer Fridays$24
Lip Butter Balmshade · Pink Guava
- “Perfect pink for the lips”▶ 22:50
50
Naked Sundays$30.00
Go + Glow Lip Oil SPF50shade · SPF 50
- “Basically just like a clear shiny gloss that gives you super glossy lips. With an SPF of 50”▶ 22:58
51
One/Size$34
Powder Melt Glass Setting Spray
- “This will give you glass skin with makeup. It's the perfect finishing touch”▶ 23:41
- “This just melts everything together, which I love the look of. It's my favorite one on the market right now. Highly recommend”▶ 23:52
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Salt & Stone$45.00
Saffron & Cedar Body and Hair Fragrance Mist
- “One of my top fragrances of the year”
53
CYKLAR$24.00
Sacred Santal Roll-On Perfume Oil with Vanilla and Cashmere Wood
- “The smell of this is so warm and inviting with some musk. It smells sweet. Just the perfect cozy scent”▶ 24:24
- “This is a perfume oil, so it has a really good wear to it, but I don't find the projection to be super strong to the point where I find it offensive”▶ 24:32
54
Lancôme$140.00
Rénergie C.R.X. Triple Serum Retinol
- “It makes the whole retinol experience less sensitizing to me because I'm very, very sensitive”▶ 27:44
- “I have seen really good results”▶ 27:57
55
Rhode
Barrier Butter Intensive Moisture Balm
- “Locks in my moisture. I wake up and my skin is silky smooth. This is so good”▶ 27:12
- “This is one of my favorite, if not my top skincare find of the year. It works incredibly, especially for the winter”
- “My skin has never looked this good”▶ 27:25
56
Josie Maran$36
Whipped Argan Oil Body Buttershade · Golden Hour
- “My Josie Maran body butter and golden hour is my favorite body moisturizer”▶ 28:13
57
eos$9.99
Shea Better 24H Moisture Body Lotion
- “My husband actually commented on how good that smells, which he never does”▶ 28:22
58
Luxie
Extensions
- “I love them so much. They wash well, hold whatever style I have in them. They have been the best”▶ 29:18
59
Oribe
Shampoo & Conditioner for Beautiful Color Packette
- “Makes my hair so shiny and moisturized. It has saved my hair along with these for shine and just maintenance of my hair”▶ 29:40
60
Kérastase$50.00
Première Repairing Anti-Frizz Serum for Damaged Hair
- “I have the Kérastase for adding shine anti-breakage serum for this”▶ 29:48
61
OGX$10.99
Extra Strength Damage Remedy + Coconut Miracle Oil Penetrating Oil
- “Great prior to doing a whole shampoo routine on my hair. I like to throw this on my ends prior to washing my hair”▶ 29:56
62
Dove$4.89
Dove Bond Strength Shampoo
- “Has really helped with the health of my hair”▶ 30:09
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Salt & Stone$36.00
Saffron & Cedar Body Wash
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Salt & Stone$44
Body Wash Discovery Set
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Salt & Stone$30.00
Body Mist Discovery Set
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Salt & Stone
Stocking Stuffer Set
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Purito$21.49
Wonder Releaf Centella BB Cream SPF 30 PA+++shade · Sand Beige
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Merit$38.00
The Minimalist Perfecting Complexion Foundation and Concealer Stickshade · Suede
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Kosas$38
Cloud Set Baked Setting & Smoothing Talc-Free Vegan Powdershade · Comfy
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Kosas$38
Cloud Set Baked Setting & Smoothing Talc-Free Vegan Powdershade · Breezy
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Laura Mercier$54.00
Real Flawless Feather Matte Powder Foundationshade · 2N
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Laura Mercier$54.00
Real Flawless Feather Matte Powder Foundationshade · 3N

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