Hello darlings welcome back to my channel.
I am Maryam and if it's your first time seeing
me then, welcome to my channel I hope you
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forget to subscribe. Today, I am doing a roundup
video of my favorite beauty products of 2017
focusing mostly on makeup. Otherwise, it will
be a really long video if I include skincare
but I will include some skincare, because some
is just so worthy of a mention. These products that
I'm going to be talking about today are basically
my most used, my most favorite products things
that I can't seem to put down and things that
I want to continue using in 2018.
So let us jump right into this with the first
product. This guy right here Peter Thomas
Roth, hold on a minute this is got the longest
name ever ’30 times vitamin C of an orange
camu camu powder CX 30 vitamin C brightening
cleansing powder’ and then it says the same
thing in French so I'm not going to do all
that. What this is basically is an exfoliating
powder/cleanser. I have been using it for
the last 3 or 4 months or so and I am addicted.
I use this pretty much every single day after
washing my face. I use it as a daily cleanser
and I also use it as an exfoliating type of
treatment once or twice a week. So because
this is a powder that looks like this, it
gets activated with water the more water you
put in the more liquidy.
It is therefore you could use less powder
and more water and basically exfoliate your
face on the daily the less water the more
exfoliating the more harsh it is so you can
kind of use it once a week to really deep
clean your pores to get rid of the impurities.
The reason why I love this one so much is
because of the vitamin C a lot of us might
remember this from our childhood ascorbic
acid or vitamin C. it's really great for treating
anything
from a cold to helping you get over an infection
so in this instance I feel
like it makes sense to use it on your face
especially if you want to get rid
of acne or if you want to speed up the process
of your skin healing etc.
I have been loving this trying to find the
price for this particular product and I could
not find a definitive answer anywhere on the
Internet some websites have it for $30 others
have it for $50 so I am not exactly sure.
Comment down below and let me know what the
final answer is also the reason why I'm bringing
up this product is because someone just recently
asked me about what my favorite exfoliator/cleanser
is they asked me this in my snapchat Q&A;
so I mentioned it in the video with my sister.
I asked you guys if you wanted me to include
this in another video so here we have it.
Voila!
Next, product that I am going to be talking
about is another skincare product if you follow
me on Snap then you know I'm going to be talking
about this ‘L’Oréal hydra genius moisturizer
for oily skin’ this has been my favorite
go-to moisturizer for the last year. I have
been using this one even more often than my
‘Lancôme genifique’, which is slightly
different from this product but still I like
the fact that it is fast absorbent. I love
the fact you could wear it under makeup it
feels like water on your skin. It's purifying,
it is amazing and because I talked about this
so much a lot of you guys have went out and
purchased this, this is under $20. I believe
it is somewhere in the $12 -14 range maybe
$18 but it is definitely under $20 and it is
an amazing product it's so good especially
if you have oily skin like me.
Don’t get it twisted guys if you have an
oily or acne-prone skin you still need hydration
this will not cause any more breakouts this
will not cause you to be more oily. I have
tried this, I'm loving it, I swear by it. Definitely
my number one favorite drugstore moisturizer
if not my favorite of all time and by the
way they have this same product but for dry
skin and even for extra dry skin and I just
love it moving right along the.
Next product that I want to talk about is
primer I am kind of just going down the list
what I do first. First, I wash my face and
I exfoliate then I moisturize and then I prime
my skin for makeup. It's been tough this year
with primers honestly. The only one that I've
been loving is this pink perfect cream by
Erborian. You've heard me talk about
this in my faves and disappointments video
and I don't want to talk about it too much
because I've already done so but I'll just
tell you quickly what I look for in a primer
and why this one is my favorite for the year.
I have pores, I have freckles, I have imperfections
I have textured skin and I sometimes have
acne breakouts. This is probably the only
primer that I've tried this year that seems
to actually perfect and smooth out the surface
of my skin it doesn't seep into my pores and
it works with most of my foundations, which
is why I keep on using it. I haven't tried
that crazy expensive primer that everyone's
been raving about but I definitely encourage
you guys to check out other YouTubers 2017
favorites videos, chances are they have a
different skin type than me and they have
different favorite primers and different favorite
products.
Do not just watch mine, watch everybody's
alright, very important. If you keep on seeing
the same products over and over again that's
how you know then it doesn't just work for
a certain skin type it works for everybody
universally.
I think its foundation time. So for foundation
I have four favorites this year that I've
been using non-stop number one is my hourglass
vanish thick. I love this foundation, it's
my favorite one to travel with, especially
if I need
to come out of the plane looking absolutely
flawless this is the one it's
full coverage without looking cakey. It gives
you just the most dewy the most flawless perfect
finish it's matte but it doesn't look heavy,
it doesn't look fake it doesn't look like
you're wearing foundation it looks like your
skin looks so much better. I love this product
sadly, you do not get a lot of it that is
it, that is all I have in my tube and I want
to say I went through a third of it so it
is not really a lot of product it is $46.
So it's kind of on the pricey side especially
for how much product you get in the tube but
it does its job. I keep on using it and I
cannot seem to put it down.
Another one of my favorites is the ‘Dior
skin forever perfect makeup everlasting wear
pore refining effect with sunscreen’ this
guy right here and I am actually wearing it
today all over my face so let me know what
you think of this skin finish. It looks pretty
flawless on my TV screen here but I can't
tell because I haven't seen the video just
yet. This one is also on
the pricey side it is $52 but it works it's
full coverage covers imperfections, freckles,
acne, pores all of that and also makes your
skin look very even very healthy very flawless
and youthful. Did I mention youthful yeah
I feel like it does that again.
Keep in mind I am an oily skin type I have
somewhat of a problematic skin type. I do
break out every now and then I do have some
enlarged pores especially in this area here
and also around my nostrils I don't have any
fine lines but I do have freckles so if you're
anything like me you will enjoy these two
very amazing kind of pricey full coverage
foundations. I have also already talked about
my ‘Laura Mercier flawless fusion foundation’
this one is great not just for oily skin types
but also for dry skin types. I first saw
Makeup by Mario use this on Kim Kardashian
who is a dry skin type it looked amazing on
her it looks amazing on me this is definitely
one of my favorites for the year and I've
talked about it already so I'm not going to
talk about anymore.
Last but not least this YSL the top radiance
awakening foundation with broad-spectrum SPF-22.
This one is the priciest out of all the foundations
that I just mentioned this one is $58 and
it is kind of a recent favorite of mine. I
feel like it came out earlier in the year
but, I just recently started using it and
really falling in love with it. The thing
that I love the most about this is how flawless
it looks on camera I'm not wearing it today
but I did wear it in my video using the Tarte
'Stargazer' palette. It was the present looking
one I'm going to link the video right up here
so you guys can check it out. My skin looked
absolutely dewy and flawless and pore less
and just perfect. In that video and this is
the foundation that I was wearing oh! and
as a bonus Lee always complements my skin
whenever I'm wearing this foundation so.
Moving on to concealer, I am going to keep
this really short and jazzy. You guys should
been watching me for a while, you know I'm obsessed
with the Shape Tape, this is definitely
my number one favorite concealer of the year
if not of all time. I hear they're coming
out with a foundation so I'm going to
get my hands on it before I even get the PR
package I need that foundation in my life
because if it's anything like this concealer
it just might be my favorite foundation. What
comes next so foundation and then concealer
Oh contour, I do have a contour product that
I love which is Fenty beauty this matchstick
right here in the shade 'mocha', as much as
I am not a fan of Fenty beauty foundation.
I'm not going to get into that in this video
you could watch it in my other videos I will
link it up here if you're curious however
I am obsessed with these matchsticks especially
when used for contouring they're not as pigmented
for let's say concealing under the eyes. If
you are the skin tone but for contouring for
chiseling out your features this is an amazing
product. It is a little bit sheer so blends
out very naturally it blends into your foundation;
it does not move your foundation. I use it
actually all the time pretty much every day
to basically line my lips and then to kind
of blend it into my skin just to give myself
a little bit of a lip contour because you
know for someone who has smaller lips this
is an amazing product it does a lot for me.
When it comes to powders, there's two types
of powders; there's the translucent powders
that are see-through, translucent. Those are
the ones that you use to set your under-eye
and to bake to put on top of your foundation
to set it and it will not change the color
of your foundation. Now there is also other
pressed powders and these are not loose these
are powders that are pressed and if worn over
your foundation it kind of gives you a bit
of a veil like a colored veil. Although I've
been a fan of baking earlier in the year I'm
kind of swaying away from that feel like it
gives you a much heavier look now trends are
changing a lot of people are going for a more
natural more dewy more like less as more type
of look.
I have been loving this Charlotte Tilbury
‘airbrush flawless finish skin perfecting
micro powder’. I use the shade number two
in medium. It is my favorite I have hit pan
on this this is a product that I purchased
with my own money even though Charlotte Tilbury
sends me products this is something that I
can't get enough of I go through this very
quickly. I look for products that are smoothing
for my type of texture this does that it does
not have that cakey does not have that chalky
doesn't have that powdery sort of effect.
Actually has a very natural not luminous not
matte somewhere in between type of finish
it just makes your skin look better. Oh Lord!
It is $45 you guys, it's $45.
Next, I want to talk about bronzers since
we are talking about my 2017 favorites. Many
of you guys know that in January of 2017,
I launched my collab collection with pixie
and it was a collection of a bronzing palette
and a contour palette. The bronzers in my
bronzing palette, which has been very loved
by me. This is probably my second or third
palette that I went through because I completely
demolished these two shades. They're perfect
for anyone who wants to bronze up and look
very natural to have a believable tan that's
not orange that's more on the olive more on
the golden side. Now that of 2018 my collab
with pixie is over I'm so sad to say but you
still might be able to find my palette my
strobe and bronze and my strobe and sculpt
in target. If you see it in target it might
even be on sale because our collab is over
so the products have to go on sale this is
the only product that I've been using for
bronzing this entire year and still using
it today.
Next, I want to talk about highlighters and
this is a category that I'm so excited about
because I love highlighters I wear them every
single day it doesn't matter where I'm going
I am wearing some type of a luminous product
right here, right here on the "Cs" of my cheekbones.
Do you see what I did there? I would say the
most inexpensive highlighter that I've been
loving this year is the Maybelline Master
Chrome by Face Studio in the shade 'molten
gold'. Girl, hi. It's so buttery it's very luminous I
love it and what I love about this one it
doesn't really feel like powder it feels more
like a gel it doesn't lay on top of your skin
like some highlighters do it's very silky
it's very creamy it feels like liquid and
I am a huge fan. This product retails for
$8-10. I want to say so the price is right
yeah.
Another favorite highlighter that I just must
mention and I am wearing it today is the Flower
Beauty this is the ‘Shimmer and Strobe highlighting
palette’ Wow! These feel like high-end highlighters
obsessed and the fact that you can distinctively
see the different colors is really impressive
too because sometimes with drugstore highlighters
they may look a certain way but when they
swatch, they all swatch the same. Do you
know what I'm talking about? Have you seen that? Definitely
a must get. I think this palette retails for
$12-14. You get all these three beautiful
shades plus a little brush that I don't use
that you probably won't use either but it's
nice to have. The packaging is a little flimsy
is definitely drugstore but the product, girl!
I am not lying when I tell you these feel
extremely high-end.
Classic must-have highlighter is Laura Geller
‘gilded honey’. I've been loving this
one for so long, I want to say it's probably
the very first highlighter that I've ever
used in my entire life. When highlighters
first hit the market and everybody was obsessed
with them mine was ‘gilded honey’ they
have since come out with many more shades
like this one which is 'diamond dust'. It is
really pretty, looks like an oyster shell or
a pearl do you see how nice that's stunning
that's pretty $26 they retail for that's a really
good price.
Now, another set of highlighters that I have
been reaching for constantly in
2017 are Angel's Artist Couture Highlighters.
These are loose powder highlighters and these
are so blingy. These are so glittery they
are just so extra that you just need to have
at least one of them in your life but if I
were you I would get at least four. Support
Mac Daddyy because he's an amazing makeup artist
and he's just announced recently that his
line will be now selling at Sephora, which
is a huge major deal and I couldn't be more
proud. She's an amazing person, he's a friend
of mine and he does great products yes. the
two that I've been using the most are ‘gold
digger’ and ‘cocoa bling’ this is like
glitter galore could use this on your
body you could add this to your shoulder blades
to your collarbone and you'll be good to go
legit. also in 2017 or might have been in
late 2016 don't quote me on that but Angel
Artist Couture launched a collab with my girl
Jackie Aina and these are her beautiful highlighters,
which I actually just got
My hands on because they were sold out for
so long.
This is what the package looks like and the
two shades are 'La Bronze', which has been
out for a while. This is the one that I couldn't
get my hands on and there's also 'La Peach'.
This one just came out and I am wearing it
right here just in the very center or like
the most popping point of my cheekbone right
here and it just gives a super beautiful ethereal
glow. It is great for any skin tone amazing
I am obsessed. These are $28 I want to say
and the rest of Artist Couture highlighters
they are run for $27. Definitely a must-have if
I could recommend for these are the four that
I would recommend 'gold digger' , 'Coco bling',
'la peach' and 'la bronze'.
I could not, not mention this this ‘FAR's
alley jelly bean highlighter’ is something
very unique, I've never seen anything like
it. this product gives you that bomb pop that
pop that will make people break their necks
it has this very unique jelly type of jiggle
look how wet that looks what I love about
it the most is how easy it is to apply you
could apply over powder over foundation it
won't break up your powder. It will not make
you look cakey, it will just blend into your
skin, it will blend into whatever product
you are wearing underneath and it will just
give you that nice spot light kind of effect.
this one's a more on the pricey side it's
$40 for just a little bit of product but it's
really cool and the fact that it was made
by an influencer and her husband it's a huge
deal.
Last but not least, this is an honorary mention
Fenty Beauty 'trophy wife' highlighter.
It's a crazy yellow highlighter gold that
not a lot of people are a fan of but I'm a
huge fan of it because I just like that sort
of thing yellow is my favorite color. I love
gold, I love the sparkle in this it just looks
very unique and very different. It is also
another one of those products that I have
not seen before so because of that I am naturally
drawn to it I am one
of those people I see everybody wearing it
I get so turned off but when it's something
new and fresh and different I want to be the
first one wearing it not a lot of people might
like it, but I do. Closing out the highlighter
category and
 
Moving on to eye shadow palettes let's talk
about some of our favorites for the year. Ones
that I've been reaching for a lot. One of my
favorite launches of the year was the ‘naked
heat’ by Urban Decay this palette is stunning
so beautiful I was wearing it a lot during
the fall season. They’re obviously very
warm and great for anyone who loves these
type of tones but also they're really easy
to put on they're very blendable, they're
very rich very creamy very pigmented. I am
just generally a huge fan of the naked
series. I love the fact that each palette
comes with a brush with a big mirror. I love
how cool and portable and sleek it is, how
easy it is to travel with it. I remember back
in the day when I first started blogging about
five six years ago this was before I had a
YouTube channel before Instagram before any
of that my dad bought me a ‘Naked 2’ palette
because I love the original ‘Naked 1’
so much and my dad knew.
It was expensive and I couldn't afford and
I was in school and so my dad bought it for
my birthday. I was so excited I blogged about
it the very next day. One of the things I
said was that I will always be a fan of the
naked series I will love the two I will love
the 3 the 4 the 5 however many they decide
to come out with I will continue supporting
them and will continue purchasing them because
it's just a really cool concept. I love it
brings me memories.
Another favorite palette that launched this
year was the Jaclyn Hill palette by Morphe, in collaboration with Jaclyn hill.
Of course, guys this is an amazing palette.
There are 35 shades in this palette and look
how attractive these shades are I just love
the combination of all the colors I love the
fact that there's lots of pops of color there's
some teals, there's some shimmery teals, there's
mattes, there's purples, there's blues, there's
tons of warm transition shades, there's reds
there's golden tones, there's neutrals.
There’s everything in this palette. I'm a
huge fan and this is something that
I probably never said before on camera I feel
like this is Morphe's best palette in
terms of quality these shadows there is something
about them they are different than the more
fit shadows.
I did do a review on this palette so you guys
can check it out if you're interested but
I'm a huge fan of this palette of Jaclyn
I know her personally. She's even more awesome
in real life $38 guys you can't go wrong.
I don't see why everyone shouldn't have this
palette it's just that good now for some reason
you're not a fan of Morphe or you know you
feel a little bougie and you've got money
to spend then Natasha Dedona up all the way
baby there is just nothing like Natasha of
Dedona shadows.
Many of you who have been following me for
a long time already know how I feel about
these. These are probably some of my most favorite
shadows that I have ever used in my entire
life the quality the texture the pigmentation
the finish the color range the curation of
colors the quality of the pigments I mean
I can go on and on its top-notch there's nothing
out there like it there's just nothing better
these shadows are crazy they also come with
a really crazy price point this palette here
the sunset palette and it's ‘purple sister’
the ‘Lila Palette’. They run for a $140
or $150 you guys, so that is a pretty penny
but if you have the money to spare and if
you want the best of the best this is what
I would recommend. This is what I've been
using in 2017 she has an even pricier palette
which is close to 170 equally as beautiful
those shimmery shades you guys I've never
seen anything like it just one touch just
one touch will give you that barely a pat.
Look, I barely touched the product. Disrespectful
is what they are that is how good they are
they are so good they are disrespectful to
everyone else.
Now when it comes to single shadows, there
is only one brand of single shadows that I
actually use. The rest of them whenever I
get them in the mail, I always put them in
the giveaway or donation pile. I give them
away to my mom or to my friends but the ones
that I keep you guys can probably already
guess and I'm excited to say that they are
really affordable. They are the Colourpop
shadows, they come in these little pans like
this and the product is also a little bit
unique because it feels like a gel when you
rub it between your fingers. It almost has
a wet effect so it is so nice to just pop
it on the lid and the center of the lid for
that nice standout dose of shimmer or color
or whatever it is that you are going for.
The price point is great on these a lot of
people love them and as much as I can't say
that about their liquid lipsticks.
The quality is very inconsistent with Colourpop
liquid lipsticks the shadows every single
one that I have tried in this little pot right
here has been outstanding I cannot talk about
I products without mentioning Stila Magnificent
metals. I want to say I wear them in almost
every single dramatic makeup look that I create
on my channel. These are super unique glitter
type liquid shadows they are very glittery.
I am wearing this color right here wanderlust,
which is a new color. I am wearing it on my
lids right now it is really blingy, really
beautiful so easy to use so much easier to
use than loose glitter pigments. look at this
and they stay on they don't crack they're
really easy to use you can blend it out like
this for a nice diffused sort of effect or
you can just keep on piling it and piling
it on like this.
I'm a fan and I haven't really seen anything
come close to this there's a lot of brands
that have tried including Colorpop but this
is a unique standalone product that deserves
to be in its own category it retails for $24,
which is not bad considering how dope it is,
just saying.
In the eyeliner category, you already know
what I'm going to say this is the only liner
that I've been using all year, this is the
Lancôme Grandiose. It has this cool 35 degreeº
brush, which is a feature that I actually
never used. I usually just apply it straight
on but the product itself and the applicator
is just a match made in heaven. The liner
itself is jet-black it's matte you can even
apply it over your false lashes when you're
wearing them and it will conceal the line.
So good there's no cracking it wears all day
it's a brilliant product also on the pricey
side for a liner but so worth it. There’s
another product that comes close and it's
this Schwing black liquid liner by the
Balm cosmetics. Oh wow! I was going to say
the applicator on this is nowhere near as
awesome as Lancôme but I want to say they
changed it because this is a product that
I just recently got in the mail and I don't
remember it looking like this I remember being
less precise I'm a bit perplexed right now
I'm going to try this out pronto and I will
let you know what I think. The product
itself is good, it's not as good as the Lancôme
but it's in second place and it's in second
place for reasons.
I want to very quickly go over the false lashes
category. The lashes that I've been wearing
the most this year are ‘Athena’ by Eyeris
Beauty they retail for about $25 I don't have
them on right now. I actually don't even have
them in my possession, I feel like they're
always sold out. They are beautiful, you can
reuse them and you could wear them multiple
times. I like the fact that they're flared
at the ends and kind of more tapered in the
inner corner so it is very flattering on my
eye shape. Other ones that I have been loving
are Love Lashes by KimJLuv,  you guys should
follow her on Instagram she's an awesome makeup
artist and these are the lashes that she came
out with in the style ‘Laila’ and ‘Dallas’.
‘Dallas’ are actually very similar to
‘Athena’ from Eyeris Beauty that I just
mentioned except these are half the price.
They are actually more than half the price
these are $9 you guys and these are silk lashes
so they're cruelty free you can't go wrong.
Actually that's it, I'm done with the lashes
category because that just put everyone else
to shame that's pretty amazing, go KimJLuv.
 
The lips category! Guys how do I start talking
about lips I've been wearing a lot of liquid
lipsticks this year just because they're so
easy to wear. They are long lasting you don't
have to worry about reapplying them throughout
the day there's so many colors so many brands
have come out with them. They so accessible,
they are so awesome and I can go on and on
and on and on. My favorite formulas and textures
of non-transferable liquid lipsticks are probably
it's probably a tie between Smashbox
and Dose of Colors. Yeah Stila
comes close as well and so does Pixi.
Pixi's are actually the cheapest but the problem
with Pixi is that they just came out with
them so they only have about five or six shades
whereas Dose of Colors has a huge range of
shades and Smashbox obviously they have
a ton. Out of all of them they're $24 or as
Dose of Colors are $18, Stila are about $22
they also have a pretty nice range of colors
and Pixi is $14. When it comes to traditional
lipsticks it's really hard to talk about one
favorite I really only wear them if there's
a particular color that I truly love usually
those are the nudes and the one nude that
I have been wearing the most this year,
is the Dose of Colors desixkaty 'no shade'.
This is the shade right here it's a beautiful
medium sort of nude perfect for my complexion
or anyone who's got more of a tan. I think
they did a phenomenal job this is the color
that I can't seem to put down. Every time
I'm stumped and I don't know what to wear
on my lips this is the color that I reach
for and it always delivers.
Whew! Anyway. Hey I hope you enjoyed your stay I
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Dominique I will see you guys very soon. *Muah* Also
let me know if you want me to make a 2017
skincare favorites video because that could
be a very long and lengthy and detailed video
I can definitely do that for you if enough
of you leave me a comment down there okay,
no not down there up there in the comments
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