Best Beauty Buys 2023: Eye And Lip Products
From long-wearing eyeliners to comfortable mask-proof matte lipsticks
By guoxiongho -
Best Beauty Buys is The Singapore Women's Weekly's annual round up of the best and most effective products currently on the shelves. This year, we spotlight the skincare and makeup needs of busy mums who juggle children and demanding jobs who want to look and feel good doing it. The products were road-tested by a group of such multi-tasking women, and these are their picks.
One of the fastest way to feel more put together with makeup is to add a few coats of mascara to make your eyes appear wider and more awake with longer, fuller eyelashes and apply a dab of colour on your lips with lipstick. Have a few more minutes to spare? Go the extra mile to fill in your brows and frame your eyes with an eyeliner as well. Here are our top eye and lip products.
A brand synonymous with brow-perfecting products, this mechanical Anastasia Beverly Hills pencil has a thin retractable tip to recreate the look of fine brow hairs with a smudge-proof formula.
Whether you're looking to achieve a crisp cat-eye or a smokey, smudged out line, Burberry's dual-ended eyeliner is just the companion to help you.
Available in three brown shades - Brown, Hazel Brown and Rose Brown - Heroine Make's formula is smooth, creamy and glideable while being waterproof, sweat-, sebum- and humidity-resistant at the same time.
Looking to lengthen and volumise your lashes? Look towards Mac Cosmetic's mascara that touts a clump-resistant buildable formula.
Best Waterproof Mascara: Heroine Make Long Up Super Waterproof Mascara, $22.50
Made in Jet Black or Brown, Heroine Make's waterproof mascara has a long-lasting, curl-holding formula and is enriched with six moisturising ingredients.
Another Japanese mascara that made our list, the Kanebo mascara has a slim katana-shaped mascara that works even on the shortest and thinnest lashes. The brush then leaves the sweat-, sebum- and water-resistant formula as it extends the lashes.
Givenchy's lip balm contains 95 percent natural origin ingredients including rose oil, hyaluronic acid, vitamin C, pink pepper and shea butter to nourish lips and impart a healthy shine.
The Rare Beauty lipstick contains plant extracts, waxes and oils to nourish as it leaves behind a pigmented, soft matte finish on the lips.
Best Matte Liquid Lip Colour: Gucci Rouge À Lèvres Liquide Mat Lip Colour in 25 Goldie Red, $65
Despite having a pigmented and transfer-proof matte formula, Gucci enriched its liquid lip with black rose oil, hyaluronic acid and vitamin E to make it comfortable to wear throughout the day.
Burberry's bullet lipstick provides a luminous matte finish that's rich in colour as hyaluronic acid plumps and hydrates lips for up to 24 hours.
Made to complement Asian skin tones, the 1028 glosses have a lightweight cream formula with a collection of red colours inspired by the red poppy flower.