The annual Sephora Spring Sale has already begun for Rouge members! Rouge members can access their 20% off with code OMGSPRING at checkout. Dates for all Beauty Insider tiers are as follows:
- Rouges get 20% off from 4/9 to 4/19
- VIBs get 15% off from 4/13 to 4/19
- BIs get 10% off from 4/15 to 4/19
In today’s post, I’ve rounded up my top makeup picks for every category for complexion, eyes, lips, and more. For more sale picks, check out my March Beauty Favourites here.
NOTE: All opinions are based on my own thoughts and experiences. Affiliate links are used throughout this post.
PRIMER
- Milk Makeup Hydro Grip is the best for long-lasting makeup.
- Fenty Beauty Pro Filt’r Instant Retouch controls shine and diffuses the look of pores.
FOUNDATION
- Fenty Beauty Pro Filt’r Soft Matte is my favourite everyday foundation for my combo-oily skin.
- Too Faced Born This Way is my favourite for a natural, glowier finish.
- Merit The Minimalist Perfecting Complexion Stick is a new favourite for a no-makeup makeup look.
- YSL All Hours is the best matte, full coverage foundation I’ve ever tried.
- It Cosmetics CC+ Oil-Free Matte with SPF 40 is my holy grail everyday base for the summer.
CONCEALER
- Kosas Revealer Concealer + Eye Cream is my new favourite for everyday, natural coverage.
- Too Faced Born This Way is a great creamy, full coverage concealer.
SETTING POWDER
- Laura Mercier Translucent Loose Powder is the best setting powder for oily skin and baking.
- Urban Decay All-Nighter Waterproof is the best tinted pressed powder that blurs and mattifies.
- Charlotte Tilbury Charlotte’s Genius Magic Powder is my favourite for a natural, soft matte finish.
BRONZER + BLUSH
- Benefit Hoola is my holy grail contour shade for both my cheeks and nose.
- Rare Beauty Stay Vulnerable Melting Cream Blush is my go-to for a natural flush-from-within look.
- Nudestix Nudies Matte Blush is the best cream blush formula with a wide range of shades.
- Buxom Wanderlust Primer-Infused Blush has the best powder formula that lasts all day.
- Too Faced Natural Face Palette has all your cheek needs and then some in one beautiful palette.
HIGHLIGHTERS
- Becca Shimmering Skin Perfector is my favourite highlighter formula (so sad that they’ll be shutting down in September – now’s the time to stock up on your faves!)
- Benefit Cookie is the best smooth and metallic highlighter.
- Dior Diorskin Nude Luminizer is my favourite everyday lit-from-within glow.
- Benefit High Beam is my favourite luminizer and highlighter for my no-makeup makeup looks.
- Fenty Beauty Diamond Bomb is my favourite topper for some extra glitz and glow.
BROWS + EYELINER
- Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Wiz is my holy grail brow pencil and has been for years.
- Benefit Gimme Brow Gel is the best brow gel to hold brow hairs in place.
- Anastasia Beverly Hills DIPBROW Pomade is my favourite for a sharp and defined brow look.
- Anastasia Beverly Hills Liquid Liner is my favourite liquid liner for a sharp and precise wing.
- Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Pencil is the best creamy liner for the waterline.
EYESHADOW
- Natasha Denona Glam is my favourite neutral-tone palette.
- Viseart Aperol Spritz is my favourite warm-tone palette.
- Nudestix Magnetic Eye Color is my go-to for a one-and-done eye look.
- Natasha Denona Chroma Crystal Top Coat and Tarte Chrome Paint Shadow Pot are my favourite formulas for an intense swipe of metallic colour on the lids.
MASCARA
- Marc Jacobs Velvet Noir + Velvet Primer create the perfect falsies look.
- Benefit Roller Roller Lash is the best lengthening mascara for wispy lashes.
TINTED BALMS, LIPSTICKS, LIPGLOSS
- Charlotte Tilbury Matte Revolution in Pillow Talk is my holy grail nude lip (also available in this mini liner + lipstick duo)
- Rare Beauty With Gratitude Balm is a hydrating tinted lip balm with light-medium colour.
- Fenty Beauty Gloss Bomb is my holy grail, most-reached-for gloss formula.
- Tower 28 Beauty Shine On Jelly Gloss is another one of my top glosses.
- Patrick Ta Major Glow Lip Shine gives the ultimate shine and gloss to the lips without being sticky.
- Buxom Full-On Plumping Lip Cream gives a beautiful wash of shine and colour, while gently plumping the lips.
That’s it for my Sephora spring sale recommendations! If I had to choose my top ten favourites from this list, they would be:
- Charlotte Tilbury Matte Revolution Lipstick in Pillow Talk
- It Cosmetics Your Skin But Better CC+ Oil-Free Matte with SPF 40 in Light
- Kosas Revealer Concealer in Tone 03 W
- Nudestix Nudies Matte Blush in Naughty n’ Spice
- Benefit Hoola Bronzer
- Becca Shimmering Skin Perfector in Champagne Pop
- Fenty Gloss Bomb in Fenty Glow
- Benefit Gimme Brow Gel in shade 3
- Natasha Denona Glam Palette
- Anastasia Beverly Hills Liquid Liner
To shop the Sephora spring sale, use code OMGSPRING at checkout or in-stores during these dates:
- VIB Rouge: 4/9 to 4/19
- VIB: 4/13 to 4/19
- BI: 4/15 to 4/19
Happy shopping!