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Yes to bold lips and nails; just go subtle everywhere else.
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Primer
Sure, primer helps keep makeup in placebut this one has other magical powers.
The delicate rose-gold liquid imparts a “perfect,” “luminous,” “true glow.”
Foundation
If you don’t usually pick a stick foundation, you will now.
Foundation With SPF
Yes, it’s pricey, but you’re getting more than just makeup.
As for the finish, “My face was almost flawless,” a tester reported.
“It even cleared my acne a bitI love it!”
The brush and mirror included for on-the-go touch-ups.
It provides the “excellent coverage I’ve been looking forit covers redness and even hides fine lines.”
Plus, “there’s no need to reapply throughout the day.”
And with a range of shades, it won’t be hard to meet your match.
All that, and it still “blended and matched my skin nicely,” a tester said.
CC Cream
The good doc’s dipping his toes into makeupand we couldn’t be happier.
This CCshort for color-correctingcream does that and more.
Concealer
The fashion designer knows a thing or two about covering up.
And a special combo of polymers, film formers and durable pigments makes it last far past sunset.
And your flush won’t be fleetingit’s also “long-lasting,” a fan said.
Even more reason to believe?
It’s laced with firmers like peptides to plump skin over time.
Highlighter
That elusive lit-from-within radiance?
you might find it in this tube.
Need we say more?
Cream Eyeshadow
Cream shadow doesn’t have to be synonymous with “creasing”.
Eyeliner
Even mere mortals can draw a makeup artist-worthy line with this ergonomic felt-tip pen.
More selling points: The “bold” color" “dried quickly.”
All-in-One Mascara
A bargain it’s not, but your lashes may never need anything else.
“I will switch to this,” one confirmed.
The long-lasting lip color “goes on perfect” and is “very easy to apply.”
Now, this is a line we’re ready to walk.
Longwear Lip Gloss
All the intensity of a lipstick, but with the wearability of a gloss.
Tinted Lip Balm
So you like your lip balm with a little something-something.
Makeup Palette
Variety is the spice of lifeespecially when it comes to eyeshadow.
(We vote for the latter.)
Makeup Remover
The time will eventually come that you have to take all this makeup off.
