r/Makeup • u/Firm_Coat_3849 • 7h ago

Makeup that changed your routine

What’s one makeup product you bought that actually made your routine 10x easier?

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u/moonwillow60606 6h ago

Eyeshadow sticks. Easy and once they set, they don’t budge.

Runner up: tubing mascara.

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u/GroinFlutter 1h ago

I bought one of the Laura mercier sticks on a whim when it was 50% off. I immediately bought 2 other colors.

So easy. Lasts all night

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u/TheodoreKarlShrubs 4h ago

Any brands you’d specifically recommend?

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u/moonwillow60606 4h ago

Bobbi brown, Laura Mercier and Thrive all make really good eye shadow sticks

And I’m hooked on the Thrive tubing mascara. ELF has one that’s similar.

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u/WildBloomingRose 42m ago

Bobbi Brown is so good, I love their vanilla matte one. Clinique has a good cream eyeshadow that I like in a vanilla color but it’s in a small compact.

Laura Mercier is also really good, I have a lot of her cream shadow sticks, I like the matte ones because the glitter ones get into my contacts.

Also the Mac cream eyeshadow in the pot, the Tailor Grey color is really good, it’s creamy and I use it as eyeliner and also to kind of fill in sparse brow areas. It’s really pigmented.

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u/Pierce_youre_a_B 3h ago

Kiko too. Can't find my old one was a shimmery pink but was amazed that it didn't budge on my extremely oily eyelids and looked exactly same as first applied, which never ever happens to me.

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u/littleblackcat 41m ago

Yeah it's so easy to just use eyeshadow sticks on work days.

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u/browlentina 3h ago

Loreal lumi glowtion, but not underneath foundation (I feel it only disappears), but for days in which I don’t want to use foundation/skin tint at all, just concealer

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u/Environmental-Song16 3h ago

Makeup by Mario soft sculpt transforming skin enhancer. I really love this product. I'm super pale and I always look washed out. A lot of bronzing/sculpting products look orange on me but this stuff really just adds warmth and depth. It brings my skin back to life.

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u/Away_History_6727 6h ago

charlotte tilbury pressed powder !!! it never cakes !!!

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u/Gold-Classroom-359 6h ago

Lash clusters!

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u/mizshellytee Normal(ish) skin, pale and neutral(ish) 6h ago

Eyeshadow primer.

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u/MissJillian- 46m ago

What is your favorite?

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u/passionicedtee 4h ago

A good primer! I know a lot of people are anti, but I am pro primer. Once you find one that works well, it makes base makeup so easy. Wet N Wild Impossible Primer has been my go to for 3 years. 

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u/patitasdegatito3 1h ago

What do you feel the impossible primer does? I recently tried the Wet n Wild bare focus tinted hydrator and now I want to try more from them :)

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u/Free_Byrd6969 Anything you want! 17m ago

I'm still using milk of magnesia as a primer. It's great.

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u/Yesitsmesuckas 4h ago

One Size setting spray

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u/MissJillian- 47m ago

Powder melt or the On til Dawn?

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u/Yesitsmesuckas 20m ago

On ‘til Dawn spray. It really was a game-changer for me.

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u/justausername98 5h ago

The elf halo glow/milani liquid glow made me stop wearing foundation all the time and work more with skin tints

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u/Chynadollwalker1 6h ago

I have very oily skin with large pores so for me its a good loose setting powder (Huda Beauty, One/Size, Laura Mercier, and Makeup by Mario). Makes all the difference in the world!

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u/mylaptopismycomputer 6h ago

Lip oil over lipstick/lip tint

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u/TooObsessedWithOtoge 1h ago

Well not exactly makeup, but I found a sunscreen that works with my makeup like no other— the skin1004 hyalucica (Korean version).

I felt that using a hydrating primer instead of a pore filling one has also made my makeup look more natural/light when I use full coverage foundation. I use the Estée Lauder Futurist Aqua Brilliance Primer. I’m unsure if it has also reformulated like the foundation and gotten worse but the one I bought about a year ago is great.

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u/MissJillian- 48m ago

Kosas Cloudbaked Setting Powder applied with the Beauty Boender Power Pocket Puff. I press on and it literally makes my pores disappear

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u/Touch_Starved_Inc 1h ago

Dark skin girl and i recently discovered bronzer and lip liner stains. The lipliner stayed for 12 hours and the bronzer was def easier than contour

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u/Excellent-Piece-9573 50m ago

Armani eye tint in shade 22

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u/PauseEffective4927 11m ago

Differin. It cured my skin which made less makeup necessary.