2025 Beauty Awards: My Top Makeup + Skincare Favorites (Over 40 Friendly!)
Prequel$21- “This is a very, very light, thin moisturizer”▶ 0:55
- “This just gives the skin a beautiful glow”▶ 1:00
- “It plumps up the skin”▶ 1:03
- “It's a really great prep for makeup”▶ 1:05
- “The best thing about this product is it's really affordable, too”▶ 1:15
- “It's a big bottle. It'll last forever”▶ 1:20
- “It's so so fantastic”
Sonia Roselli$65.00- “When you see it in the tub and you open it up, you think it'll have some weight to it. You feel like it looks like a cream, a rich, heavy cream. It's actually very lightweight”▶ 1:58
- “It feels cooling to the skin”▶ 2:06
- “Miraculously, magically kept my skin hydrated and plumped overnight”▶ 2:29
- “The next morning, I woke up and my skin was still plump”▶ 2:32
- “I have never tried anything like this ever”▶ 2:49
Sonia Roselli$65.00- “When you apply them to the skin, they just miraculously flood the skin with hydration and plump it”▶ 3:14
Sonia Roselli$69.00
Regelica$78.00- “When you put this on at night, the next morning after one use, you will wake up and you will notice a difference in your skin”▶ 3:40
- “Your skin will be glowing”▶ 3:43
- “This renewal serum, it helps with wrinkles, pores, and pigmentation”▶ 3:46
- “This will really give you noticeable results after one use”▶ 3:53
Peta Jane$39.99- “Doesn't feel sticky or heavy at all on the skin”▶ 4:10
- “This gives the most beautiful natural gradual tan”▶ 4:17
- “Doesn't look orange”▶ 4:19
- “It doesn't smell like selftanner”▶ 4:29
- “It's not sticky”▶ 4:31
- “I've never ever seen tan lines between my fingers or like buildup around my ankle. I've never seen it with this”▶ 4:31
- “It's so good”
Natasha Denona$52.00HY-GLAM Foundationshade · N7- “I love this foundation”▶ 4:53
- “I have not really put it away since it launched”▶ 4:55
- “I would describe this as being like a natural satin finish foundation”▶ 5:10
- “I love it because of how beautiful this wears throughout the day”▶ 5:25
- “It gives a little bit of a glow, but it's not greasy. It's not shiny, and it just lasts and stays in place all day long”▶ 5:29
- “It's also a very lightweight foundation. It gives great coverage”▶ 5:35
- “I think it's great for all skin types”
- “I think they did a fantastic job on the undertones of this foundation”▶ 5:54
- “I am the shade in seven, and it is like a perfect match. When I put it on the skin, it's like you don't even see it”▶ 5:59
ILIA$36.00Soft Focus Blurring Blushshade · Flutter- “It's a really soft peach”
- “What I like about this formula is there is a little bit of radiance and light reflective properties to the product, but it's not shimmery or glittery”
- “These are buildable. So, you can really shear them out and get a soft wash of color, or you can layer them to get more pigment payoff if you'd like”▶ 7:05
ILIA$36.00Soft Focus Blurring Blushshade · Breathless- “This was the first shade that I bought and I feel like this is a great shade for most people”▶ 6:39
- “It's just this really soft kind of mauve”▶ 6:44
- “When I was doing wedding makeup, what would be the go-to products I would use on brides because you know that it's just timeless. It's flattering. It's neutral. It looks good on everyone”▶ 6:46
ILIA$36.00Soft Focus Blurring Blushshade · Sensation- “This has a little bit more color. It's a little deeper”▶ 7:35
- “Great for deeper skin tones”
Charlotte Tilbury$44.00Unreal Blush Healthy Glow Stickshade · Peachy Glow- “This formula is creamy. It's very dewy looking. It really does give a glow to the skin”▶ 7:21
- “If you have oily skin, I would say give it a try, but I have heard from my friends that have more oily skin that they're not a fan of this”▶ 7:28
- “I love it”▶ 7:34
- “I just love this really beautiful bright kind of coral shade. It's very youthful and just kind of wakes up the skin”▶ 7:37
- “Very pigmented, but also easy to blend out”▶ 7:46
BK Beauty$30- “This is for the cheeks and the face”▶ 8:14
- “If you want a really light application with like a blush or a highlighter, you just use the tip of the brush to blend out”▶ 8:26
- “When you really want to pack on color, you can really like use more pressure, load up the brush, and press it onto the skin”▶ 8:33
Dior$52.00Forever Nude Bronze Powder Bronzershade · 10 Soft Matte- “I actually hit pan on this, you guys”
- “It is a powder bronzer that has a very velvety finish”▶ 9:38
- “It blends so beautifully”▶ 9:41
- “It's the perfect amount of pigment. You don't have to use a lot of effort to get it to show up on the skin”▶ 9:43
- “I love the color of it. It's very warm”▶ 9:46
- “It does lean a little peach”▶ 9:50
- “Just being real, it is definitely more of like a very warm peachy bronze shade”▶ 9:56
- “I don't think it's not flattering at all”
- “Smells incredible. It smells like a vacation”▶ 10:10
- “If you are sensitive to fragrance in your makeup though, you might want to skip it because again, it does have a pretty strong scent and fragrance to it”▶ 10:11
- “A good dupe for this is the Physicians Formula Butter Bronzer. I think the Dior is a little better just in terms of pigment payoff, but they're very, very similar”▶ 10:19
L'Oreal Paris$12.99Lumi Bronze Le Stick Soleil Bronzer Stickshade · 110 Toasted Sunlight- “This is so creamy, so pigmented, but yet so easy to blend out”▶ 11:02
- “It is so nice, you guys”▶ 11:06
- “This color is very, very golden”▶ 11:08
- “When I first opened it and I saw those like gold specs, I was like, 'Oh, is this going to be glittery?' Not at all”▶ 11:14
- “I mean, this rivals any high-end luxury bronzer stick that I own”▶ 11:22
- “It is a 10 out of 10 for sure”
Kérastase$39.00- “It's this really lightweight hair oil”▶ 11:53
- “I can get that really silky soft feel and look without a heavy oil or without a heavy serum that is going to cause me to need to wash my hair the next day or two days later”▶ 12:17
- “It's very, very lightweight”
- “It also has a really nice scent to it”▶ 12:42
- “A little goes a long way”
jane iredale$34.00ColorLuxe Liquid Blushshade · Heartbreaker- “The beauty of this blush is there's a lot of versatility”▶ 13:26
- “You can really shear it out if you just want a very light sheer wash of color or you can build it up if you want more pigment and more color”▶ 13:30
- “It's so easy to work with”▶ 13:37
- “It's very difficult to mess this up is what I'm trying to say, which is unlike most liquid blushes”▶ 13:42
- “It gives you that really natural kind of flush from within look to the skin”▶ 14:02
- “It's very dewy”▶ 14:05
- “Great for dry skin”
- “Great for winter months”▶ 14:07
- no stilljane iredale$34.00ColorLuxe Liquid Blushshade · Sugar Magnolia
- “That one's really pretty, too”
- “So, so gorgeous”
MAKEUP BY MARIO$25.00Master Mattes Long-Wear Cream Eyeshadowshade · Mauve- “I love the shade Mauve as you probably know”▶ 14:45
- “These are so longwearing”
- “If you have oily eyelids, these are fantastic”▶ 14:59
- “You do want to be mindful about how much you apply because they are so matte”▶ 15:04
- “I have heard some feedback from some people that are say they're just too drying on my eyelids”▶ 15:05
- “If you have really dry skin or like any flakiness on the lid, I would avoid these”▶ 15:14
- “If you layer this too heavy or too thick, because it's so matte, when it dries, it will crack”▶ 15:35
- “I love it because I put it on and I don't have to worry about my eye makeup creasing or fading throughout the day”▶ 15:43
MAKEUP BY MARIO$25.00Master Mattes Long-Wear Cream Eyeshadowshade · Bisque- “If you want a good light pale shade to cancel out any discoloration on the eyelids and work as a good primer”▶ 14:52
- no stillMaster Mattes Long-Wear Cream Eyeshadowshade · Chestnut
Sephora Collection$18.00Best Skin Ever Multi-Use Concealershade · 08P- “This is beautiful”
- “It feels hydrating. It feels radiant without being creamy or messy”▶ 16:41
- “It dries and sets really nicely”▶ 16:43
- “I just find that this gives great coverage and looks very natural”▶ 16:47
- “I think that if you haven't tried this Creole, but you're looking for a good concealer for mature skin and you don't want to spend close to $60 on a concealer, pick this one up”▶ 16:50
- “I like how bright much brightness it gives to the skin”▶ 17:08
- “I think it looks great”▶ 17:11
Victoria Beckham Beauty$104.00The Foundation Drops with TFC8shade · 6- “I hate to say it, but I love it”
- “It is very, very beautiful, very hydrating”▶ 18:00
- “If you have dry skin, you will love this foundation”▶ 18:02
- “The coverage is pretty light to medium”▶ 18:08
- “It's very dewy looking, but even as someone like me who doesn't like a dewy finish most of the time, I like this”▶ 18:16
- “It's yet to be determined if I'm going to like this in the summertime”▶ 18:27
- “Do you need this? No. There are other great products out there that I think you would enjoy and that look just as good as this”▶ 18:38
- “This is really, really nice”▶ 18:44
Benefit Cosmetics$28.00- “It's a very waxy gel formula”▶ 19:39
- “It gives fantastic hold”▶ 19:42
- “If you have hairs that are unruly, they grow down and you want to really lay them down or hold them in place, this will work great”▶ 19:44
- “If you kind of build it up, you'll almost get the look of like a fiber brow gel. You'll get some volume”▶ 19:52
Benefit Cosmetics$27.00Precisely, My Brow Detailershade · 4- “I'll use the Precisely Brow pencil and the shade three or 3.5”▶ 20:04
jane iredale$24.00Lip Pencilshade · Spice- “This is just a really good like kind of spicy everyday liner”▶ 20:19
- “I love it”
e.l.f. Cosmetics$9.00Glow Reviver Lip Oilshade · Burst Bubble- “This is pretty much an exact dupe, you guys, for the Dior plumping lip oils”▶ 20:37
- “They are really fantastic”▶ 20:41
- “The only difference is it doesn't say Dior on it”▶ 20:43
- “So good”
- “It's a great lip treatment, too. Very hydrating to the lips”▶ 20:51
- “Gives a little tingle sensation, but very comfortable, not like irritating at all”▶ 20:53
Charlotte Tilbury$39.00- “This is so good”
- “It's not a flat matte at all”
- “It is blurring and it will softly mattify areas of the foundation, but if you have products like I do on the cheeks that have a glow, it's not going to mattify that”▶ 21:10
- “This will lock your makeup in all day long”▶ 21:20
- “My total travel time was about seven hours. Got to Montana, got into our hotel, looked in the mirror real quickly, hoping I had a few minutes to just touch up and I hardly had to touch up at all. My skin looked amazing”▶ 21:58
- “From that moment on, I was like, 'This is magic.'”
Sephora Collection$22.00Blur It Loose Setting Powdershade · 01 Brightening Pink- “So nice, you guys”
- “Very light, very refined, very brightening”▶ 22:35
- “This will blur the skin, softly, mattify the skin, set everything”▶ 22:40
- “It doesn't look dry. It doesn't look like cracky underneath the eyes”▶ 22:44
- “Very nice. Not drying at all”▶ 22:52
- “A little bit of brightness, but not like kind of fake or distracting looking”▶ 22:55
MAKEUP BY MARIO$84.00- “I love this because it's not like a super warm palette. It's not super gray and cool either. It's just very, very neutral”▶ 23:26
- “It is all matte, so there's no shimmer in here, but this is a really great essential basic palette”▶ 23:34
- “You can do everything”▶ 23:40
- “You can do your simple daytime looks. You can do a more dramatic kind of glammed up eye”▶ 23:40
- “The only complaint I have is that a little piece broke off here and a little piece broke off here”▶ 23:55
- “It's still a great palette, but it is a little fragile”
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