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I’ve got my best beauty discoveries series coming up this month starting with makeup today! These are not necessarily new products released in 2205 but that just happened to be the year I discovered them and fell in love! 

 

 

For base products, the Haus Labs Triclone Skin Tech Hydrating + De-puffing Concealer in shade 04 Fair Neutral RRP $45.50 CAD | £27 has become my go to concealer! It’s a great colour match for me and works well under the eyes and on blemishes or dark spots. It contains niacinamide to brighten, arnica to reduce the look of redness and hyaluronic acid to plump and hydrate. I love the packaging and the formula feels so hydrating and blends easily as well as offering good coverage!

 

I was sent the limited edition MERIT Archival Lip Essentials Gift Set in September and the Signature Lip Blush in Archival RRP $36 CAD* and Shade Slick Sheen in Archival RRP $33 CAD* have not left my lips since! The lip blush is a diffused soft matte in a cool mauve and the slick sheen is a sheer pearlescent lip oil in a cool mauve. The lip blush in particular is such a special formula! It feels lightweight, glides on so smoothly and doesn’t feel drying at all despite being a matte, the shade is beautiful and looks so natural but helps pull my makeup together! I haven’t worn a matte on my lips in forever but this is the perfect formula for me! Obsessed! I love adding the Slick Sheen over the top when I want my lips to look glossier and the combo gives me the perfect my lips but better shade! I hope they bring this shade to the permanent line!

 

Last year I managed to snag a $100 Rouge Reward so knew I had to pick up something luxurious! I decided on the Yves Saint Laurent All Hours 24H Hyper Sunkissed Glow Bronzer in Shade 2 Dune RRP $88 CAD | £48 and I’ve happily used it all year! I am obsessed with the packaging of this and the product inside isn’t bad either! It contains a little shimmer but to be honest I thought it was matte! The formula is smooth and blendable and leave my skin looking sunkissed and never orange or dirty!

 

The Tower 28 Beauty GetSet Blur + Set Matte Powder Blush in Long Beach Iced Tea RRP $32 CAD | £22 was my favourite blush I picked up last year and I definitely want to explore this brand a bit more! This is an earthy rosy pink shade with great colour payoff and buildable pigment. It helps smooth the look of texture and give my cheeks a healthy flush of long lasting colour! Need to get more shades!

 

Lastly, the Pixi Natural Brow Duo in Deep Brunette RRP $24 CAD | £15* has been a constant in my makeup bag for the last half of the year! I love the dual ended packaging and it’s so quick to use with the angled brow pencil which makes it easy to fill in any sparse sections of my brow then the gel to set them! The gel isn’t crispy and keeps my brows in place all day! 

 

Top to bottom: YSL bronzer in 2 Dune, Tower 28 blush in Long Beach Iced Tea, MERIT Signature Lip Blush in Archival and Shade Slick Sheen in Archival

 

I’d love to know your best makeup discoveries from the last year! Let me know if you have tried any of these as well!  

 

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Back again with another round up of new favourites from last year, this time in makeup! I covered my best beauty discoveries in skincare last week so don’t forget to give that a read  too if you haven’t already! I am a lip product, blush and bronzer addict so this is heavy on all of those type of products!

 

First up, the Haus Labs by Lady Gaga Powder Sculpt Velvet Bronzer in Light Level 2 RRP $55 CAD / £35. This is actually the newest bronzer in my makeup collection and I got it in November with 20% off. It gets great reviews on Sephora and I had previously swatched in store so was confident on the shade. The formula is super smooth and easy to blend. There isn’t a lot of fallout and Light Level 2 is a great neutral shade for me that adds just the right amount of colour. It seems impossible to go overboard with this formula and I have been reaching for it almost daily since I got it!

 

Before Haus Labs came along, the Pat McGrath Skin Fetish: Divine Bronzer in Nude Honey RRP $53 CAD / £40 was my go to and absolutely deserves a mention in this post as I still love it! As soon I saw this released earlier last year I waited patiently for one of the websites many sales as I am obsessed with the blush from this line and knew I would love this. The bronzer is a beautiful neutral shade like the Haus Labs so no looking muddy here! It’s another smooth formula that blends easily and I can go back in with my brush if I want to build more colour.

 

Onto blush and I couldn’t resist the NARS The Multiple Cream Blush, Lip and Eye Stick in Dolce Vita RRP $53 CAD / £33 mini which came in a set at Christmas. I believe this shade is limited edition which is strange as the powder version is part of the permanent line. It’s a dusty rose shade and blends easily whether I apply directly to my check or with a brush! The lasting power is great and it makes me look like I have a healthy glow!

 

To apply these, I have been reaching for my Rephr Brush 05 RRP $57 USD non-stop! These brushes are handmade in Japan using uncut natural hair so feel super soft and number 05 is a do it all cheek brush that like I said, have been using for bronzer. It fits perfectly into the hollow of my cheek, never picks up too much pigment and helps the bronzer blend seamlessly into my foundation.

 

Moving onto lip products now and the Fenty Skin Hydrating and Strengthening Lip Oil in Cherry RRP $33 CAD / £20 is so good I’m already on my second one this year! See my review of the first one I finished here! Definitely the best lip oil I have tried and miles ahead of the Dior and Clarins in terms of hydrating and conditioning my lips! This is long lasting, smells great and so easy to throw in my handbag!

 

I’ve also enjoyed the Lawless Forget the Filler Lip-Plumping Line-Smoothing Tinted Lip Balm in Georgie RRP $35.50 CAD. This is a warm nude shade so a little different to my usual pinky shades which I like! I didn’t realise this was so pricey but again I picked it up with 20% off and it gives me long lasting hydrating and leaves a lovely colour on my lips! I do not like the packaging though, this one is faulty and I will need to see if I can exchange it as the mechanism to wind the bullet back down stopped working!

 

Finally, the Glossier Ultralip High Shine Lipstick with Hyaluronic Acid in Villa RRP $24 CAD / £18 has been another constant in my handbag when I am going out for the day as the formula is so good and Villa is a perfect my lips but better shade for me! It’s a dusty rose colour and definitely more of a tinted lip balm than a true lipstick in my opinion. It does a great job of keeping my lips moisturised and I am definitely going to look at getting more shades! 

 

l-r: Glossier Villa, Lawless Georgie, NARS Dolce Vita, Pat McGrath Nude Honey, Haus Labs Light Level 2

Let me know if you have tried any of the products I’ve mentioned today and what you thought! If you want to check out my best beauty discoveries in makeup from previous years you can see 2022, 2021, and 2020 here!

 

*denotes a PR sample that was sent to me.

All opinions are my own. Affiliate links used.

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Danielle xx

 

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