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BEAUTY HITS AND MISSES: 40 Brands, 80 Products

Cheryl Burke @cherylburke

37 products · Jul 25, 2026 · Watch on YouTube ↗

01
NARS$55.00
Light Reflecting Advanced Skincare Foundation
- “The way that this just melts into your skin and just give you that radiant, healthy luminosity”▶ 3:13
- “I would love to say that I drink a gallon of water a day, but I don't. So, therefore, use this and it sure will look like it”▶ 3:20
02
MAC Cosmetics$25.00
Lip Pencilshade · Cork
- “The shade range, the longevity, perfectly balanced of creamy yet precise and a true lip pencil. Can't go wrong with these”▶ 4:01
03
MAC Cosmetics$39.00
Studio Fix Powder Plus Foundation
- “On my skin, it just feels a little bit too chalky and heavy, mask-like kind of, and I prefer something with a more natural luminous finish”▶ 4:21
04
Milk Makeup$38
Hydro Grip 12HR Dewy Setting Spray
- “This is such a great formula for anyone who leans on the drier side. This will transform your glam almost instantly”▶ 4:42
- “It just leaves your skin looking plump and has a natural, like I said earlier, glow, radiance to it, luminosity”▶ 4:53
05
ILIA$36.00
Soft Focus Blurring Blushshade · Closer
- “This unique pigmentation blends beautifully. It's effortless. It has a really seamless blend to it. Gives your cheeks the most natural flush”▶ 5:38
- “I got every shade and I bought it with my hard-earned money”▶ 5:35
06
Laura Mercier$35.00
Secret Brightening Color Correcting Under Eye Setting Powdershade · Soft Pink
- “So lightweight, it's not drying, brightens your under eyes, and it just gives that natural finish. It's so finely mil”▶ 6:20
- “I especially love this pink color. It just really brightens my eyes”▶ 6:26
07
Laura Mercier$50.00
Tinted Moisturizer
- “Ever since they changed the formulation, this just doesn't sit well on my skin. It just didn't do what I, I guess, needed it to do”▶ 6:42
- “The product also oxidizes a little bit. Not ideal”▶ 6:48
08
Charlotte Tilbury$36.00
Airbrush Flawless Blur Concealer
- “It's creamy. It's hydrating. It provides beautiful coverage, but don't use too much of it. A little goes a long way”▶ 6:59
09
Charlotte Tilbury$52.00
Airbrush Flawless Foundation
- “As the day goes, it really just does seep into my pores”▶ 7:18
- “From a distance, it looks beautiful, but up close and personal, it just starts to look cakey, especially as the hours go by”▶ 7:21
10
Ciele$34.00
sculpt & PROTECT SPF 30+ bronzing cream contour stickshade · 02 | Medium
- “This is a creamy texture. The blendability is just so seamless and it's easy. It's absolutely worth the investment”▶ 7:34
- “Ciele is on a whole another level”
11
Huda Beauty$40.00
Easy Bake Airbrush Matte Pressed Setting Powdershade · Cherry Blossom Cake
- “Beautiful brightening effect that I also carry in my car when I'm really on the go”▶ 8:01
- “This is just really easy to use and it's blurring and it's brightening”▶ 8:11
12
MAKE UP FOR EVER$66.50
HD Skin Balancing and Perfecting Natural Finish Longwear Foundationshade · 220W Ecru
- “This is as close to the old formulation of the Armani Luminous Silk that I've yet to try”▶ 8:55
- “The formula is incredible. It lasts all day and into the evening, so the staying power obviously is quite strong”▶ 9:07
- “Definitely one of my favorite products that I've launched this year of 2026”▶ 9:02
13
MAKE UP FOR EVER$25.55
Artist Color Pencil Extreme
- “Basically, the blendability is non-existent”▶ 9:36
- “If you like to line your lips and you like to use a blending brush or even just your finger to blend out the liner you just applied on the circumference of your lips, this is not it”▶ 9:38
- “If you do want to use this... hopefully you have a lighter color or you have a color that's close to your skin tone but better that you can just put all over your lips as a base cuz with that now that works”▶ 9:45
14
Anastasia Beverly Hills$40.50
ArchiBrow Pencilshade · Medium Brown
- “It gives precise, precise hair-like strokes, which is so surprising, especially given that it's a pencil and stays put all freaking day”▶ 10:03
15
Rare Beauty$26
Soft Pinch Blush Brush
- “This texture is so unique”▶ 14:56
- “It gives the most natural beautiful flush. It has the cream to powder formula”▶ 15:09
- “When this launched, it launched way before everyone else started releasing cream to powder formulas”▶ 15:15
16
Hourglass$75
Ambient Lighting Paletteshade · Volume I
- “It's so finely milled that you can barely see it”▶ 12:04
- “This is an older product, but this is my holy grail. You can't beat this. Melts on your face”▶ 12:11
- “I could literally, like I said, bathe in this”▶ 12:18
17
Fenty Beauty$38.00
Eaze Drop Blurring Skin Tintshade · 10
- “This for me beats even refine. This is my number one”▶ 12:52
- “It's the perfect everyday lightweight base that just evens out your complexion while still making your skin look like skin but better”▶ 12:56
18
Dior$60.00
Forever Skin Wear Blurring Natural Matte Foundation
- “Oh my goodness, this is a gorgeous matte formula”▶ 13:43
- “This doesn't dry me out. It doesn't get me looking patchy. It just provides gorgeous coverage. It wears elegantly”▶ 14:00
- “It just looks and feels and smells, if you don't like scent, don't get this incredibly high-end on the skin”▶ 14:09
19
Dior$44.00
Backstage Glassy Glow Stick Multi-Use Stick Highlighter Balm
- “What is so weird about this is just the minty smell. Smells like an Altoid”▶ 14:28
- “It just doesn't look good. Like it makes you again look like a sweaty mess”▶ 14:34
- “It just leaves this wet look and not in a good way”▶ 14:39
20
Givenchy$63.00
Prisme Libre Glow Serum Blurring Foundationshade · 3W
- “Though this is heavily scented, so if you don't like scents, pass”▶ 18:30
- “This leaves a gorgeous finish and really gives that like weightless blurring glow and really hydrates and plumps your skin”▶ 18:32
21
Gucci$65
Poudre De Beaute Eclat Soleil Bronzing Powdershade · 02
- “This bronzer has more of that red undertone to it. It's not so much a true bronzer. It looks good on your eyelids”▶ 18:59
- “This is a beautiful formula for that”▶ 19:10
22
Merit
Clean Volume - Volumizing Tubing Mascarashade · Black
- “The way that this product lengthens my freaking lashes is jaw-dropping in seconds”▶ 19:35
- “One of my favorite launches so far of the year”▶ 19:30
23
TOM FORD BEAUTY$65.00
Eye Defining Pen Liquid Eyeliner Duo
- “It is the blackest, most precise, long-lasting liquid liner I have ever used, and it's quite easy to handle”▶ 20:46
- “Yes, it's incredibly expensive, but”
24
Dolce&Gabbana
Oil Lip Plumpershade · Mint
- “It does something to your pH, right? It brings it out. This gorgeous natural like light pink color”▶ 22:07
- “I've gone through two bottles of these. This has been part of my favorites, monthly favorites for god knows how long now”
25
Kosas$32.00
Revealer Extra Bright Serum-Powered Color Correctorshade · Magic
- “It's creamy, it's brightening, and looks so beautiful under the eyes. It's easy to blend, and everyone has one”▶ 26:36
26
Kosas$19.00
BB Burst Tinted Face Gel Cream
- “I just didn't love the formula or packaging at that price point”▶ 26:48
27
Tower 28 Beauty$28.00
GetSet Blur + Set Talc-Free 12H Pressed Setting Powdershade · Jet
- “Just made my skin feel dry and made my dress dirty. Great. It just clinged on to dry spots in all transparency”▶ 27:55
- “If this doesn't blur or if this isn't easy to apply or give me that flawless finish, I'm just looking elsewhere”▶ 28:17
28
Danessa Myricks Beauty$39
Yummy Skin Serum Skin Tintshade · 4.5
- “This is so unique. It just provides beautiful coverage and leaves your skin looking, guess what? Flawless”▶ 28:31
29
Danessa Myricks Beauty$24
Infinite Chrome Micropencils
- “It's not good for people who wear contact lenses. I'm just saying it just didn't perform, I guess, the way that I expected”▶ 12:45
- “The pigment and how it got into my contacts was not fun”▶ 28:55
30
Armani Beauty$49.00
Golden Hour 24HR Lightweight Skin Tint with Hyaluronic Acidshade · M3 - Medium
- “This is a longwear formula and it really is, you guys, one of the best intense as far as like coverage goes, but not too intense. It's still a skin tint”▶ 17:50
31
Armani Beauty
Vertigo Lift Mascara
- “If you don't have eyelashes like me, and you rarely are able to just leave your house without mascara, this is not for you”▶ 18:11
- “If you already have luscious full long lashes, then this product is for you”▶ 18:19
32
MAKEUP BY MARIO$55.00
Master Mattes® Eyeshadow Palette: The Original
- “All of his eyeshadows. All of them. Every single palette is divine perfection”▶ 17:04
- “This is the cool palette. I lean more towards the warm palettes. I think that's what looks best on me”▶ 17:09
33
MAKEUP BY MARIO$98.00
Ethereal Eyes Eyeshadow Palette: The Original
- “They re-released this too. I need to use this more”▶ 17:18
34
m.ph by Mary Phillips$25.00
The Overliner Lip Liner Pencilshade · Cowgirl
- “Their lip liners are fantastic, folks. Great color payoff. They're true pencils. You can go as precise as you want. Shade range is beautiful”▶ 22:59
35
Natasha Denona$69
I Need a Nude Eyeshadow Palette
- “Look at how gorgeous this is. This is a masterpiece”
- “If you are looking to invest in an eyeshadow palette, I would highly suggest choosing I Need a Nude palette”▶ 11:18
36
Patrick Ta$38
Major Headlines Double-Take Creme & Powder Blush Duoshade · Out of Office
- “Basically, the layering of the powder and then the cream on top. Love it”▶ 16:25
- “I love the new shade that got re-released or relaunched out of office. This is a beautiful pink shade”▶ 16:26
37
VIOLETTE_FR$30
Bisou Balmshade · Rose Latte
- “I was just at a dinner meeting the other night and I passed around Bizu Bomb. So they all tested it out on there. They were like this was their reaction. They were like what is this formula?”▶ 24:50
- “My favorite shade is Calisone. I have four of them. Not kidding. And proud”▶ 25:03

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