These are the products I wear everyday that last ALL DAY! They even last through the 3 hour naps that I take very frequently.
Everyone applies their makeup differently, however these are the products and steps of how I apply my makeup everyday.
Base:
I like to use to use 2 different primers. My favorite combination at the moment is benefit pore-Fessional with the Touch in Sol No-Poreblem primer. I use the Benefit primer on my nose and T zone because that is where my pores are the biggest, then for the rest of my face I use the Touch in Sol primer because it's more hydrating for the rest of my face.
Porefessional: $32 NoPoreblem: $18
I am all about mixing and matching different base products to get my desired coverage. I haven't found one foundation that does everything I need it to- which is why I like mixing the Benefit hello happy foundation with the NYX control drops. It gives you a medium to light coverage but also leaves your skin looking hydrated with a natural glow.
Hello Happy: $29
NYX Total Control: $13.99
Cream Products:
Shape Tape concealer is my all time favorite concealer and to highlight the high points of my face. It's full coverage but also very hydrating. Like I recommend in any concealer for under eyes and to add emphasis to your face, go 1-2 shades lighter than your natural skin tone. I'm pretty pale so I use the lightest shade in Shape Tape which is the shade fair.
Shape Tape: $27
The Fenty Match Six in Amber is the absolute PERFECT cool toned cream contour stick. Not only is it easy to blend and doesn't leave a muddy line across your face- but it also creates the perfect chiseled cheek bones. If you're like me and have a very round face, putting this right above where your cheek bones are and blending in will create the illusion of high and defined cheek bones.
Fenty Match Stix: $25
Powders:
The Laura Mercier translucent setting powder is my favorite for not only setting my entire face but also for baking my face as well. It leaves my under eye area looking airbrushed and bright and matte. Personally I love using the Morphe sponge for this powder because it makes setting my face and baking so much easy due to the angled shape of the sponge.
Laura Mercier Translucent Powder: $38
This is a recent favorite that I just picked up from Target. The color of the contouring shade in this duo is a great warm tone shade without being too orange on the skin. You can use it to bronze or contour your cheek bones by going over the cream to enhance your facial features even more.
Wet N Wild Contouring Palette: $3.99
Brows:
Brows are complicated. Someday's my brows need a little more help than others. The Anastasia Dip brow I use almost everyday because it gives me that bold defined brow that I love. The Anastasia brow duo powder is great to set the dip brow and even to use alone for a more natural look and just shape your brows, Lastly if I need a little more help with the arch of my brow I tend to use the NYX micro brow pencil to perfectly and precisely shape my brows. All 3 of these at once isn't necessary, however this is what I have found to work for my brows since my eyebrows are sparse in some areas.
Anastasia Dip Brow: $18
Anastasia Brow Duo: $23
NYX Micro Brow Pencil: $9.99
Now to carve out my brows (meaning adding concealer above and below my brows to clean up the shape) I like to use this with a flat eyeliner brush. Some people don't like adding a concealer above their brows because the line doesn't always blend but if you blend it out with a fluffy eyeliner brush you should have no issue with a lighter line above your brows. This is also a full coverage concealer so if you have really intense dark bags or even some dark spots you want covered, this is a great concealer for that. However, if you have dry skin it will enhance the dry skin on your face.
NARS Soft Matte Complete Concealer: $30
Eyeliner:
I can't say ENOUGH good things about this eyeliner. It glides perfectly over whatever eyeshadow look you have to create your wing, and it doesn't dry out quickly like some felt tip eyeliners I have used. When you go over the line it doesn't take off the product like I have seen the Kat Von D tattoo liner does. It lasts for months and even when it's close to the end of its life it still performs very well to make thick lines, just not so much the thinner lines such as the tail end of a wing.
STILA: Stay All Day Waterproof Liquid Eyeliner - Micro Tip: $22
Eyeshadow:
So my two current favorite everyday palettes are probably the two most controversial palettes on the market right now. The first is the KKW beauty classic palette and the second is the Jaclyn Hill palette from the vault- Armed and Gorgeous. These shadows are pigmented, they do have a lot of fallout though so just be warned. Make sure you tap your brush off first before you go straight to the eye or you will get fallout underneath your eye and will ruin your concealer and bake.
KKW Beauty Classic palette: $45
Morphe x Jaclyn Hill Armed and Goregous: $15
(use code Jacattack for 10% off)
Highlight:
This highlighter has many good qualities about it. Not only is it very pigmented without leaving a weird cast of color on your face above your contour and bronzer- it's also a long lasting product. I have used this highlighter everyday for 6 months and you can't even tell I have used it at all. I'm not sure if the product ever ends but I never want it to. However this was a limited edition highlighter and is no longer available. Jeffree Star skin frost in Sarcophagus ($29) would be a good dupe.
Setting Spray:
I love me a good setting spray that just lets the powders on my face absorb into the skin leaving my skin looking hydrated and natural rather than powdery and cake like. These two are FANTASTIC, they both are infused with rose water so they help brighten your skin while also hydrating it.
Pixi Fixing Mist: $15
Mario Badescu:$12
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