What Beauty Product Makes the Most Difference For You?

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Here's a fun little question for today: what beauty product makes the most difference for you — and do you wear it often?

I ask it like that because mascara makes a big difference for me, but my sensitive eyes honestly hate wearing mascara — so it's an occasional thing for me. I was just watching an interview with Your Rich BFF and she mentioned that manicures are irrelevant to her (same, girl) but that she will definitely find time in her budget and schedule for her lashes.

So, setting aside mascara (or lashes!), I would say that these are my top 5 (not counting skin products like tretinoin and sunscreen!)

  1. Eyebrows – the older I get the more I need the eyebrows to frame my face. Some women go for prominent eyeglasses; my current daily glasses are pretty thin metallic blue frames so the eyebrows are essential. (I almost exclusively wear blue eyeglasses these days… but I feel like I may be getting into little red eyeglasses territory also.) Annoyingly I'm still trying to find the best product for me at the moment — my beloved EcoBrow is just a shade too dark, and the cooler taupes are a shade too light. I finally broke down and bought a gray/brunette pencil and I like the color but not this exact formulation. (If you have suggestions I'd love to hear them!)
  2. Blush – Again, I'm super pale, so I need a little bit of added color on my face. I feel like it gives my face dimension and, well, that “alive!” feeling we all love. Lately I've been reaching for my Nars Orgasm liquid one the most, but I still wear a lot of the other ones I've posted about in the past.
  3. Concealer – Yes, third! At least, I feel like this is third for me — it still makes a really huge difference, but not as much as the first two. Lately I've been liking this one.
  4. (Eye cream – I always think about how some scientist/beauty bloggers made a big deal about how eye creams aren't different than any other face cream, and your eyes don't need anything special… but I do feel like my delicate eye area can “take” the richer cream on a more regular basis than the rest of my face, and having done an eye cream first really makes a difference with concealer application. I ran out of my favorite eye cream so I've been going through some other ones that I've acquired from random places before purchasing my favorite again.)
  5. Tinted lip gloss (or sheer lipstick) – this is always my finishing step before I meet people, and the one thing I always have on me so I can reapply it as needed. My latest favorite is Chantecaille's, but I also reach for Dior Addict, NARS Afterglow, or my older Chubby sticks pretty regularly.

Readers, over to you — what beauty product makes the most difference for you?

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7 Comments

  1. – Roc retinol eye cream
    – Roc retinol roller
    – Loreal Midnight Cream and Serum
    – Neutrogena Hydroboost Water Gel
    – Peter Thomas Roth Cloud Cleanser
    – First Aid Beauty KP Bump Eraser

  2. Hands down, as a mid-40s, sensitive-skin, formerly acne-prone girlie:

    CeraVe Resurfacing Retinol serum.

    It is magic in a bottle, easy to find (yay Target!), under $20 and my skin is amazing every time I use it.

      1. Correct–all the years, even with waiting after washing, using the lowest strength, doing every few nights–I could not handle real Retina-A/tret. But my skin LOVES this and I do think it works to make my skin smooth. (I don’t really have wrinkles due to…prior oily skin/being very sun protective as I am a “burns immediately” shade of caucasian.) It really does resurface and plump!

  3. Lip tint and blush.

    I use quite a bit of base makeup to cover angry rosacea, and it makes a big visual impact to add back color contrast to the base.

  4. Is there anything you have used that helps sebaceous gland hyperplasia? I have tons of these little bumps/irregularities. I always use sunscreen, prescription retinol nightly, and cerave facial cleanser/moisturizer/vitamin C products.