My Favorite Makeup as a Dermatologist | Makeup for Clear Skin | Dr. Sam Ellis
Prequel$22.49- “This is a chemical sunscreen that is just absolutely gorgeous under makeup”▶ 1:34
- “It's a really nice lightweight liquidy texture rubs in super well and has a very nice moisturizing finish”▶ 1:38
- “It's not going to be too glowy too wet where your makeup's sliding around but it's also not matte so you don't have to worry about your makeup looking dry or cakey”▶ 1:48
- “I absolutely love this under makeup and I've actually had a few very well-known makeup artists tell me that they love this too”▶ 1:58
Gee Beauty$58.00- “I've talked about this on this channel before because to me it is phenomenal and like no one really talks about it at least in like the channels that I'm in but it is so good”▶ 2:54
- “It is like a skin tint but also a primer”▶ 3:04
- “If someone wants light coverage you could go in with this alone but if you wanted to use it as a primer under like a medium coverage Foundation it is also beautiful under other forms of makeup”▶ 3:07
- “I love this because you get a lot of play time with it”▶ 3:34
- “It gives me coverage but it doesn't look heavy on the skin and this is one of those things that looks so pretty in person as well”▶ 3:51
- “It also has hyaluronic acid camide so very moisturizing just very supportive of the skin and it also has licorice root extract which brightens the skin”▶ 4:18
- “This formula is also really acne friendly doesn't have any traditional pork cloggers in it”▶ 4:28
- “Some of my friends who are more acne prone also swear by this”▶ 4:33
BK Beauty$34- “The brushes you use to apply your makeup really do make a difference and I'm obsessed with these brushes”▶ 4:48
- “I like it because you don't have to put a lot of pressure on the skin to get a really even flawless application”▶ 4:52
- “You don't have to worry about breaking up your sunscreen or your other skincare that's sitting underneath your makeup”▶ 5:01
Dior$77.00- “So good I recommend this one all the time to my patients who have more mature skin who have maybe more imperfections that they're trying to cover up”▶ 5:47
- “It has medium coverage, it's SPF 15 which again we're not using our foundation for our sun protection but a nice added benefit, and then it's 86% skincare ingredients”▶ 5:54
- “I just love how it wears on the skin that it's super long lasting so it's not like breaking up on the skin over the course of the day especially if you have like dry maybe even combo skin this is just phenomenal”▶ 6:03
IT Cosmetics$39.00- “For anyone who is looking for full coverage but do not want to look like they are just wearing like a face caked in makeup, absolutely recommend basically any of the CC creams from the IT Cosmetics line”▶ 6:14
- “This is the natural matte version which is fantastic if you have oily skin”▶ 6:26
- “This is SPF 40, we love that, and then it also has some really good skin supporting peptides in here. It's great for sensitive skin”▶ 6:33
- “This was actually probably like my first line that I used when I was first getting into makeup to really feel confident in my skin, and I still recommend it all the time”▶ 6:40
Kosas$26Air Brow Tinted Volumizing Treatment Gelshade · Taupe- “It is just this is in shade taupe and it's one of my absolute favorite brow gels”▶ 7:00
- “Just paints every single brow hair without looking too thick or muddy in the brows”▶ 7:04
- “When you have stronger brows it just helps frame the rest of your face like I feel so much better now talking to you”▶ 7:13
Tower 28 Beauty$24.00- “This one is particularly nice for under the eyes. It just sits and looks so creamy and smooth”▶ 7:39
- “I won't say it never creases. There is not a concealer in the world that doesn't crease under the eyes, but this one looks really good all day”▶ 7:46
- “It keeps the area hydrated. This has hyaluronic acid in it. It also has caffeine, so it's going to help with the eye bags there, and it has centella asiatica which is soothing on the skin”▶ 7:54
DreamStick Cream Bronzing Multi-Stickshade · Mojave- “This is kind of a nice dupe for the Westman Atelier stick, it's way cheaper”▶ 9:17
- “I love these bronzers and blushes. If you have sensitive skin, they have almost no ingredients, like very low ingredients”▶ 9:32
- “I really like it for my patients who have like allergic contact dermatitis or even eczema and they're sensitive to a lot of stuff. This is a brand I recommend a ton”▶ 9:44
- “Their products also have green tea extract in them, which is a nice antioxidant”▶ 9:53
Hourglass$58.00Ambient Lighting Bronzershade · Luminous Bronze Light
Ciele$34.00Blush & Protect SPF 50+ Liquid Cheek Blush Paintshade · The Hottie- “Maybe one of my favorite products that I tried all year long”▶ 10:24
- “Not only does this have SPF 50 which is fantastic, it also has babol and allantoin which are skin soothing ingredients”▶ 10:34
- “Perhaps even most importantly, it performs so gorgeously just as a blush”▶ 10:42
- “Usually I can't just like paint a cream blush on the skin it would be like too streaky, but the way this just blends out with minimal effort I mean are you kidding me”▶ 10:49
- “I'm so pigmented”
- “I am dying to get my hands on them after trying this. I'm also going to pick this up in other colors because the performance is just levels above a lot of the cream blushes I've tried”▶ 11:19
- “Also getting the sun protection in there with the SPF so nice for my like melasma rosacea prone skin”▶ 11:28
MAKE UP FOR EVER$39.00- “It's really nicely finely milled and just kind of press that under the eyes, around the nose, little bit in the center of the forehead, and that just to me like blurs everything, makes the pores kind of disappear. Super nice powder”▶ 12:01
- “Wow, that just like brought the whole complexion together. That powder is phenomenal”▶ 12:18
- “I was looking for a replacement for my xoni powder because they reformulated it and the new formula is very glittery shiny. I think that is going to be my replacement for now”▶ 12:23
MakeWaves Lengthening + Curling Clean Mascarashade · Drift- “This is a waterproof mascara but the thing I like about waterproof mascara is that it curls your lashes a lot better than non-waterproof and it doesn't flake at all over the course of the day”▶ 12:42
- “I mean look how that just like lengthens my lashes and thickens them up so easily”▶ 12:54
- “Wow this is such a good mascara I mean look at the difference mascara no mascara”▶ 13:07
MAKE UP FOR EVER$26.00Artist Color Pencilshade · Anywhere Caffeine- “It does make your lips look a whole lot juicier. You can almost contour your lips with them”▶ 13:28
Lancôme$32.00- “This is fantastic, it's so nourishing on the lips”▶ 13:52
- “I like these butter glow sticks so so much because they feel a little bit richer on the lips than a typical balm. They're incredibly nourishing, they're 12% squalane which is just a really yummy ingredient especially for your delicate lip tissue”▶ 13:55
- “I like that they're not really glossy either because sometimes gloss can just look like too much. Plus this time of year if your hair is like blowing around you don't need your hair stick into your lips”▶ 14:08
- “Huge fan of these, I have them in many many shades”▶ 14:19
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