Sunday, January 24, 2016

15 Makeup Favorites of 2015


These are my top 15 makeup products of 2015. I love all of these product and they always look great. They are fool proof and I would highly recommend. 



I love this product, it has a nice peachy shade that is perfect for color correcting my dark circles. I focus this in my outer and inner corners of my eye because that is where I get most of my darkness is. It just cancels out the darkness so well without being overbearing. I'll blend it out and I always apply concealer over this product and it never peaks through. You can purchase Pixi at Target and this cost $12.
This year I have struggled with acne more then ever before. Thankfully my skin has cleared up a lot by the end of year, due to my skincare regimen and I got on acne medication. I may do a post about how I cleared up my acne, once I am to the point I want to be at. When I wanted to wear foundation I felt good about putting this on my skin because of its high grade ingredients. I never felt that it clogged my pores. This foundation looks good when my skin was doing poor or much better. It has a natural, more matte finish and has great coverage. The coverage is build-able but I would say more medium to full. This foundation is $27. If you are interested in it I would recommend going to a Clique counter and getting color matched and a sample before you purchase it.

I use this product every single day to set the concealer under my eyes with the real techniques under-eye setting brush, or contour brush. It stops the concealer from creasing, helps it last all day, and brightens my under-eyes. Plus, it's only $3.

This product easily has the cutest packaging of 2015 in my eyes. I have it in the shade 01 Romantic Rose. Its a great matte everyday blush. This blush is around $7.99, depends on where you buy it, at Walmart vs Walgreen's.


 Lorac Perfectly Lit Highlighter
I picked up highlighter up at Tjmaxx for under $10 and I love it. I believe it is discontinued but if you can find it there or somewhere I would highly recommend. I personally am not a big fan of the super chunky highlights i.e Mary-Lou Manizer from theBalm, I find highlighters like that too glittery for my skin. And feel that they show all of the texture to my skin that I would rather not have highlighted. But this highlight is subtle but still gives me a glow. I will apply this with a fan brush for a lighter look or if I want to pack on more at a time I will use the Elf blush brush.
This is the best inner rim eye brightener. It is such a good shade and it stays all day. This eyeliner is around $5 and is twist-up. I much prefer twist-up packaging over anything I have to sharpen. 

I have the deluxe-size of this product in the shade 'rose gold' and I love it. I will do the same thing with the previous product and run this along my lower water line. I will use this one if I want more a glittery eye catching look and the other more matte subtle look. I will also use this as an all over eyeshadow base. Also you can't beat rose gold in my eyes. 

This is my favorite mascara right now, they are other mascara that I have used and liked in 2015 but this is my top. It's around $6 and it works so well for so many different types of lashes. Even though the wand doesn't look like much it separates your lashes so well while also building them up. I'm a big fan, plus I got it in the limited edition Star Wars packing! 

This is my all time favorite palette. I think it's fantastic and I have a full review here: Lorac Pro Palette vs. Smashbox. Also this palette use to be $42 and I noticed it's now $44. They did raise their prices.


This is another palette that I loved this year, sadly it is no longer available. They do have other palettes out that have some of the same shades and other beautiful shades. ABH Artist PaletteABH Self-Made Palette They also sell their shadows individually. ABH Single Shadows I paid $30 for this palette and her single shadows are $12. So unless there is a shade that you really love, I personally think it's a better value to buy a palette. 


This Duo is 'The OverAchiever', which contains metallic 'Schmooze' and matte 'Get Ahead.' I loved this duo because it creates a great eyeshadow look on it's own. I would just use my face highlight in my inner corner and brow bone and I had a full look. Both of my favorite palettes from this year are very warm toned, so this created a nice cool toned look.
 This is my favorite lip balm. It deposits a lot of the product on your lips, and moisturizes so well. It works great under lip products and it also looks great on its own, it has a good gloss to it. It's just the best.

I'm counting these two lip liners as one product. I love these liners, they are so creamy and they have twist-up packaging. My favorite shade is 'Perfect Spice,' I will even wear this product all over my lips as lip color. I also like the 'Perfect Red' liner.


I'm also counting these lipsticks as one product in my list of 15. I love this lipstick formula so much, It's matte but not drying on the lips at all. Matte lips were definitely a big trend of 2015 and I found this to be the most comfortable while still long wearing. 'Touch of spice' is my favorite shade. I also love to put some of 'Nude Embrace' on the center of my lips with touch of spice surrounding it for a nice gradient effect.  At target it is just under $6.

This is in the shade 'Mirage' and it's a great everyday shade. Jouer has my favorite lip gloss formula that I have ever tried.  It's not sticky at all, They describe it as a moisturizing gloss, I would say it's just that it. It's comfortable and pigmented but not too pigmented. It is originally $22 but I have purchased them in value sets for cheaper. They also have some shades on sale on their website for $11

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