ULTIMATE Drugstore Makeup Guide ... Best in Each Category
Neutrogena$11.97
Milani$17.50- “Milani cooling smoothing texture is so gorgeous”▶ 2:14
- “The packaging itself is beautiful”▶ 2:21
- “It still blurs very aggressively”
- “The way that it blends in the skin, it doesn't peel”▶ 3:04
- “It's more of an all-in-one and it still blurs very aggressively”
- “If you have not tried this one yet, it is phenomenal”
Revlon$16.99- “I've got three bottles on hand”▶ 3:24
- “If you have combo leaning dry, add a drop of oil to whatever you are putting on your face, do a couple of pumps on a palette, drop of oil, mix, mix, mix. You're going to have the best full coverage time”▶ 3:29
- “I swear this is magical, longwearing, performs like high-end”▶ 3:41
- “It literally does not come off the skin until it's time, and it doesn't break apart”▶ 3:48
- “Very budge proof, transferproof, water resistant, humidity resistant”▶ 3:56
- “It blends beautifully. It looks natural on the skin, but it's covering. It's not cakey”▶ 4:01
- “She is an alltime hero”
Wet n Wild$6.49- “This gives you a significant amount of coverage if you go in with a heavier hand, but you can totally put this on with your fingers and have a lightweight coverage”▶ 4:23
- “This has a very similar texture to the Sublimage from Chanel”▶ 4:31
- “It just really helps that surface dehydration, doesn't look over makeupy, evens you out in the right way, and provides like just that kiss of coverage without looking too heavy”▶ 4:41
Catrice$10.62Under Eye Brightenershade · Light Rose- “This product right here is so good”▶ 5:05
- “It has this like light reflecting quality to it where it just goes on very juicy”▶ 5:08
- “I feel like it hydrates the under eye somehow”▶ 5:13
- “The consistency is very thin. It's easy to blend. It doesn't ball up”▶ 5:30
- “You can get away with wearing this with no makeup on top of it”▶ 5:35
- “It's like a cup of coffee for your under eyes. Suddenly, you're revived. You're awake”▶ 5:47
Maybelline$12.99
L'Oreal Paris$15.99Infallible Blur-Fection Longwear Loose Setting Powdershade · Translucent Light- “This one is seriously the craziest thing I've ever used from the drugstore as far as a blurring powder”▶ 6:41
- “Your pores literally ran away. It like spooks your pores away”▶ 6:49
- “Pretty finely milled. Has a little bit of color”▶ 7:06
- “This is surprisingly talc-free. Like finally, we have a talc-free version of powder that actually does a good job”▶ 7:09
- “Locks and wears a long time”▶ 7:18
- “This powder came into my life and like cleared out all the other ones and is just that good”▶ 7:29
- “I got rid of Chanel. I had the big Chanel that kind of is in a similar container. This one is so much better”▶ 7:39
No7$18.99Pro Artist Soft Glow Cream Bronzershade · Light Glow
L'Oreal Paris$15.99
L'Oreal Paris$10.99True Match Super-Blendable Blushshade · Baby Blossom
Essence$4.99- “If you want to highlight the skin and you want it to look glowy but not crinklify your skin, exaggerate fine lines, not look like a strobe beam during the day, do yourself a favor and get the Essence Pure Nude”▶ 10:36
- “You cannot screw this up”
- “It is literally going to do everything you need her to do and then some”▶ 10:52
- “It is just like the ambient powders”▶ 10:58
- “It gives you a true candle lit glow”
- “I have consistently reached for this product over and over throughout the years”▶ 11:00
- “If I didn't have this in the drawer, like I would go buy another one”
- “This is my favorite in the highlight category from the drugstore”▶ 11:39
NYX$10.99Powder Louder Brow Pencilshade · Soft Brown
Jason Wu$12.99Flora 9 Eyeshadow Paletteshade · Matte Agave- “This blends like high-end”▶ 12:39
- “If you wanted something similar to the Mario palettes, but you don't want to spend the high ticket price, this is going to be your best bet”▶ 12:42
- “The performance of the product, like the texture, the color opacity, the blendability, how they're set up with like some being all matte, more warm toned, cool toned, some having metallics”▶ 13:00
- “Best drugstore shadow I have probably ever tried in a palette form”▶ 13:10
L'Oreal Paris$9.99Infallible Grip Mechanical Gel Eyeliner Pencilshade · Intense Black
Pixi$12.00Endless Silky Eye Penshade · Bronze Beam
Riding Solo Single Shadowshade · Legend Babe
L'Oreal Paris$15.99
Maybelline$9.99Color Sensational Shaping Lip Linershade · Totally Toffee- “I have not found a better liner. I just haven't”▶ 16:31
- “This color is everything”▶ 16:33
- “It's very similar to wherever walnut from Makeup Forever that everyone is losing their minds over”▶ 16:35
- “This one just shapes the lip. You can blend it out with a brush if you want. You can sculpt, you can fill it in, you can overline”▶ 16:40
- “It doesn't bleed. It sets really well”▶ 16:53
- “I purchase these in multiples. Like I always have backups”▶ 16:58
- “It's been my favorite go-to for so many years now”▶ 17:08
Maybelline$7.49Color Sensational Cremes Lipstickshade · Nude Lust- “One of the prettiest nudes”
- “Maybelline makes gorgeous lipstick”▶ 17:20
- “The creaminess of it and how it wears, the color saturation, everything a toz”▶ 17:24
- “It doesn't have an overly gloppy finish. It just has this nice creaminess that gives you a little bit of a sheen”▶ 17:30
- “I find them to be very hydrating”▶ 17:38
- “These are just classic, iconic, gorgeous drugstore lipsticks”▶ 17:48
- no stillMaybelline$7.49Color Sensational Cremes Lipstickshade · Bare Reveal
- “The other one I keep on hand always is Bare Reveal”
- “These are just classic, iconic, gorgeous drugstore lipsticks”
Essence$3.99Extreme Shine Volume Lipglossshade · Flower Blossom- “This one, the extreme shine volume from Essence is so good”▶ 18:04
- “It truly volumizes the lip”▶ 18:10
- “It feels high-end”▶ 18:13
- “It juices everything up. It gives you the right amount of shine”▶ 18:13
- “It's a gel thick texture”▶ 18:17
- “I love the color selection that they have”▶ 18:20
- “This is so nice and it's like five bucks”▶ 18:30
- “Not overly gloppy where everything gets like stringy and sticky”▶ 18:37
L'Oreal Paris$13.99- “This is like the most lock and hold. Just like put everything like super glue. It's like a top coat for your makeup”▶ 19:31
- “It really does provide a transferproof situation for your makeup”▶ 19:42
- “I love reaching for this when I have full glam on. It never fails”▶ 19:50
- “They're both equally good. There's not one that works better than the other”▶ 20:10
Ardell$4.99
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