Best Beauty Buys 2022: Top Makeup Picks To Keep Your Look On Point
These trusty products will ensure that your makeup game always looks strong
There seems to be new makeup launches every day or so. Combined with tried-and-true classics that everybody raves about, there is an insurmountable amount of makeup for us to dip our fingers into and play with. We're cutting through the chatter to list some of our makeup favourites and top picks, from setting powder and eyeshadow to mascara and blushes.
Laura Mercier is known for its iconic translucent setting powder. This powder is an extension of that line that creates a blurred and smoothed canvas but with added pearls to give a luminous finish that isn't too flat or matte-looking. It is available in one shade, Celestial Light.
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Part of the Solar Glow collection, this finely-milled, smoothing powder contains the Mediterranean Glow Complex that consists of various nourishing skincare ingredients such as fig extract, hyaluronic as well as being scented with notes of orange blossom, jasmine and frangipani. It is available in three shades - Crystal, Sand and Honey.
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Whether you use it at the start or end of your makeup routine to prime or set, this hydrating spray contains film formers to prevent makeup from melting or fading. It also has aloe vera and Japanese green tea to hydrate and soften and aromatic resin to keep pores clear.
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Eyeshadow Palette - Neutrals/Everyday: Milani Ungilded Most Loved Mattes Eyeshadow Palette, $43.40
Whether you're a makeup newbie or a professional, this palette contains 12 versatile neutral matte shades that can create a simple everyday eyeshadow look or a gorgeous smokey eye.
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There are various colour iterations to the Norvina Pro Pigment Eyeshadow Palettes but this romantic purple one gets our top vote. The palette contains 25 pigments and eyeshadows ranging from matte to intense sparkles to create any eyeshadow look your heart desires.
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This dual-ended pencil eyeliner contains a black and a metallic nude shade. Use the former to line the top lashline and the latter on the bottom to make your eyes look bigger and more awake. The formula lasts up to 16 hours and is smudge-, water- and humidity-proof.
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Anastasia Beverly Hills made its fame with their eyebrow products, including this skinny-tipped pencil that can help create hair-like strokes. It is available in 12 shades of varying intensities and undertones and is smudge-proof.
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Benefit is another makeup brand known for its brow products. This brow mascara containing tiny microfibres is used to comb through your brows to keep them in place as well as add fullness and definition. It is available in 10 shades of varying intensities and undertones.
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Available in black and brown, this mascara employs a concave brush design with micro bristles to catch, curl and lift every last from root to tip. It also boasts a clump-free, lightweight and buildable formula.
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Mata kucing translates to cat eye from Malay, which is the effect you can get from using this mascara. The fibres are brushed on with a concave brush and are set within a water-resistant formulation. It is a tubing mascara, so you'll only need warm water to get the mascara off.
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A new and improved formula from the K-beauty label, the mascara touts water- and smudge-proof capabilities. The clump-free and 24-hour curl-lasting mascara is available in black and brown.
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Best Lengthening Mascara: Benefit Cosmetics They're Real! Magnet Powerful Lifting & Lengthening Mascara, $47
As the name suggests, this mascara provides intense lift and length to your lashes. The mascara brush contains a magnetically charged core to pull the magnetic mineral-enriched formula along the lashes to give them length, separation and definition. The formula also touts 36-hour wear.
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These convenient stick blushes can be used on the eyes, cheeks and lips to create a long-wearing, matte and monochromatic flush. The dual-ended system also contains a blending blush on one end to aid application. We especially love the Cherie (neutral, nude rose) and Moodie Blu (cool deep eggplant).
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The petite compact contains a lightweight, non-greasy cream blush that melts easily onto the skin for a wash of colour. It can be applied with your fingertips or packed on with a dense blush brush. The formula also touts to be non-sticky and non-greasy as well as being sweat- and water-resistant.
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This lightweight cream blush can be built from a sheer wash to an intense flush. The formula is long-wearing and adds a soft-focus blur and glow to the cheeks. There is also a synthetic brush attached for on-the-go application and blending.
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Whether you want a natural glow or an eye-catching shine, this highlighter was made for the occasion. It contains aloe vera and apricot oil to moisturise and shine as well as glowing powders and glass-skin pearl powders to provide luminosity and glimmer.
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