My house is stuffed full of beauty products, and lots of people always ask me what my favorite beauty products are. I decided to make a top ten list of my favorites for all of you. Here is what I am loving right now.
This innovative product acts as a base for your eyeshadow. Use this and your eyeshadow won’t budge for hours. It also makes any shadow more vibrant. This is a must have for anyone, especially to get the most out of inexpensive shadows. A tube lasts a good 6+ months of daily use. When you feel like it is gone grab some plier and pull out the white stopper part at the top. It’ll give you another good 3 months! $15 sephora.com
2. Urban Decay eyeshadow in the color Sin
The best neutral ever. Slightly shimmery but not ever frosty. The texture is amazing and is very blendable with any other color. This is a serious must have not just for makeup junkies like myself. $16 sephora.com
3. Stella McCartney Soft Body Milk
The texture on this is pretty runny which I love because it makes it easy to use when you are in a hurry. It sinks in to skin very easily. The scent is very true to the perfume with notes of Bulgarian rose, peony flower, mandarin, rose absolute, and amber. $36 nordstrom.com
I know. Spending this much on tweezers makes most of you roll your eyes, but it is seriously worth it. These are precise sharp and so easy to use. It makes it easy to pluck fine hairs that you can never get ahold of with drugstore tweezers. Plus you can send them in for free sharpening. Really, I have done it. My favorite color is pretty in pink. $20 nordstrom.com
5. Tony and Tina Brush Set (discontinued)
This is getting increasingly hard to get as the brand Tony & Tina has been out of production for a few years now. The brushes in this set are the best quality synthetic I have ever seen. The set comes with 5 bushes. The only one I don’t really use is the lip brush. The powder brush is big, soft, and holds up well with everyday use and regular washing. The two eye brushes pick up just the right amount of shadow and offer a good degree of control, and the angle brush is also very easy to use. Retailed at ~$75. If you ever get the chance to pick one of these up on eBay, I highly recommend it.
6. Lush limited edition perfume in Bathos
Notes are Violet, Jasmine, Rose, and cloves. This is a little spicy and a little sweet. I can’t get enough of it. It was made exclusively for an online chat party and was only available for 2 days as a pre-order. Retailed for $45.
7. Bath & Body Works Signature Collection High Lather Scrub in Japanese Cherry Blossom
I picked this one up at the semi-annual sale for only $5. I was pleasantly surprised at the great lather + good scrubbing action of this. It doesn’t leave me oily and is scrubby, but not too much so it can be used often. Also, it seems the Japanese Cherry Blossom scent is mellowed very nicely in this scrub. The packaging is beautiful (metallic looking) and actually functional…hooray for Bath & Body Works R&D team, usually it is either function OR beautiful. It leaves you lightly scented as well. $14 bbw.com
8. LUSH Snowcake Soap (seasonal)
For those of us who enjoy the gourmand scents this one is the very best. Only available at Christmas time, this soap smells like the yummiest warm marzipan almonds, with a tiny bit of rose to keep from being purely foody. This has a thick creamy lather more like a body wash. Best soap ever. $6.95 Lush.com
9. Guerlain Terracotta Blush & Sun
I’ll admit, the cute packaging got me on this one, but the product is what kept me using it. This adds the perfect glowing highlights to skin. It just works for me. Although the adorable little brush is seriously useless. $38 sephora.com
10. Henri Bendel Candles in various scents
I love these candles. They are highly scented, clean burning, and scented by master perfumers. They are full bodied scents that aren’t even on the same scale as most candles I have tried. I particularly love the scents Fig, Amber, and Vanilla Bean. $26 bbw.com & Bath & Body Works Stores.
January 29th, 2008 at 10:09 am
Ha! You idle question asker you. Asking me what your 10 favorite things are… you just wanted to see if I’d checked.
January 29th, 2008 at 8:09 pm
You’re never allowed to post things like this! Now I want one of each…sigh. I do love that eyeshadow primer that you gave me, by the way.
January 29th, 2008 at 10:37 pm
I’m glad you are liking the primer Aubrie
I have to tell you, I have been meaning to do an experiment with the primer on one eye and no base on the other and see how it holds up. but I haven’t done it yet because I know it is going to be funny by the end of the day (def. would have to be on a day off). I accidentally did it today….realized I forgot to put primer on one eye, by the end of work the primed eye still looked great, the other eye looked like I just forgot to put my makeup on lol :/
January 30th, 2008 at 1:25 am
Now I’m gonna have to go out and grab these. Cause you know that I’m going glam. No more Matt for me, now I’m gonna be Ziggy Stardust!
January 30th, 2008 at 10:48 pm
Or…umm… you can be Niggy Tardust!