Hi guys! This is Mi-Anne
and this is Beauty with Mi.
Today I’m going to show you my Top 6 Favorite
Makeup Items at the Drugstore.
First things first, base products.
I usually wear a concealer on the day-to-day
and this one is my favorite.
It’s L’Oreal, called the True Match Concealer.
I wear the lightest shade, which is fair,
light, warm and there is also fair, light,
neutral if you have more pink undertones.
But it is a beautiful concealer.
One reason why I really love this concealer is because
it has buildable coverage, which means you can layer
on top of itself.
So, you can build the pigment.
So you can conceal things like pimples and
under eyes.
It has a nice brush tip so it’s actually really easy.
I’m going to cover up this pimple.
I use concealer in lieu of foundation a lot,
so that’s why I put it all over my face.
I’m going to get my brush and I’m going
to start blending.
In terms of technique for blending, I would
just use circular motions but remember to
always make your last stroke to be downward.
If you go upward, a lot of the time you can
make the peach fuzz more apparent.
When you’re doing your whole face, you can
buff in circular motions like no problem.
But if you really want to keep the coverage
on one area, you should stipple instead of sweep.
So that means, going over your pimple like
this that way you’re not distributing
the pigment over a large area of your face
and you’re concentrating on one area.
And always blend down your neck, because you don’t
want your foundation to not match the rest
of your body.
What I really like about this concealer is
how natural the finish is.
It doesn’t cling on to any dry patches.
It doesn’t make my face feel oily.
And it does cover really well.
Next is highlighter, which is my favorite
part of doing my entire face.
I probably have like 50 highlighters between
the office and home.
But this one is one of my favorites.
It’s by Colourpop.
It’s $8.
You can buy it online from their website.
It is a really good highlighter because the
texture is so creamy but yet it has a lot
of finish, I use my fingers for it because
you get a lot more pigment.
You can use a brush, but it would be a lot
more sheer.
So what I do is just tap it onto my cheekbones
and blend it as I go.
It has a beautiful rose gold iridescent shimmer
going through it, but it’s very subtle at
the same time.
So it looks good on a ton of different skin tones.
I love this highlighter, clearly.
I love the texture.
I love how it applies.
And I like how it has a little pink running
through it so it gives your face a little
bit more color.
Now that I’m done with my very basic face,
I’m going to move onto eyeshadow.
This palette from Elf is hands-down one of
my favorite eyeshadow palettes ever.
Not even the drugstore, but ever.
It is so good.
It’s called the Mad for Matte 2 Palette
and it costs $10.
It is very, very versatile.
I usually layer a flesh tone shade all over
my lid first because it’s going to give
a good base for whatever I put over top.
Then I’m going to go into my favorite shade
in the palette which is this warm, kind of
terracotta, tangerine, orangey shade.
It’s pretty pigmented so I’m going to
give it a little dust off so it’s not too
much on my eyes.
And then I’m going to put it on the crease
of my eye.
And so, that’s going to give my eye a little
more dimension.
I always say when in doubt, blend more.
You don’t want harsh lines.
You can also use it wet if you use an angled
brush, give it a little spray with water.
You can also use the eyeshadows wet and use
it as eyeliner.
The next step is eyeliner, which I’m going
to use to complete my cat-eye.
This is the Almay Liquid Liner.
It’s definitely a drugstore underdog.
It’s very black.
And it’s completely smudge-proof, transfer-proof.
My sister plays tennis in it and it doesn’t
come off, so it’s a good one.
When I use liquid liner, I like to start with
small, even strokes because if you do one
big sweep, you have more of a tendency to mess
up.
After that base of color is down, I’m going
go in with the flick, which is the hardest
part.
But what I like to do is flick outward and color in.
I love this eyeliner.
I have been using it for a long, long time. I like it because it is very opaque.
It’s easy to use.
And it lasts a really, really long time, which
is very essential on my oily, oily eyelids.
Mascara is the one item that I think it’s
really not worth it to spend like $30 or $40 on.
I always get drugstore mascara.
And this one is a current favorite.
It is Catrice Glamour Doll mascara in waterproof.
I always wear waterproof because it helps
hold a curl.
This one has a really great plastic tapered
brush which helps get between all those lash
hairs and it has a very nice volumizing and
holding formula.
And all of that for the low price tag of $6.99.
I always curl my eyelashes first.
Then I’m going to go in with my mascara.
I kind of wiggle my mascara at the base of
my lashes.
If you look downward at your mirror than
straight on, it’s harder for you to get
your mascara on the top of your lid.
Although, I still do that.
All the time.
So I love this mascara because it pretty much
ticks all the boxes.
You should try it and let me know if you like
it.
Last but not least, lipstick.
I know I said that highlighter was my favorite
part, but I think I lied and lipstick is maybe my favorite
part.
This one by Maybelline is amazing.
It’s the Loaded Bolds Collection.
This is the red shade called Dynamite Red.
It’s beautiful.
It feels really good.
And it’s matte.
I love matte lipsticks.
They also have nude shades too.
I’m going to go for red today though.
It’s a traditional lipstick, so I usually
start at the middle of my bottom lip.
Do a little “bop”.
I use the tip of the lipstick to get my cupid’s
bow.
And then I like to soften the edges after
I wear traditional lipstick like that, so
I kind of go with my finger around the ends.
I am in love with this lipstick.
It feels like lip balm.
It goes on really opaque.
The color selection is really amazing and
it’s only $7.49.
So there you have it.
Those are my 6 Favorite Drugstore Finds.
Obviously the drugstore has tons of different
options, I go back to it time and time again.
So let me know what your favorite drugstore
items are so I can try them in the comments
below and thank you so much for watching.
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