I’ve been unhappy with my makeup the past few months. I’ve bought a few new things here and there but haven’t loved anything. I decided I want to start from scratch. What are your absolute must haves? For reference, my skin is dry. I am open to matte or glowy for foundation. For all other products I don’t have any preferences.

  • Chicken_manure@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I have dry skin too!

    Biggest game changer was getting a moisturizer that penetrated and lasted under makeup. I love tatcha. Bobbi brown face base is also a good skin prep in alternative to Tatcha.

    This year I took a deep dive in trying to find quality products that work for me so similar to you I started over. I took a splurge though as I just wanted to find something that actually worked and not keep searching.

    1. Chanel Les Beige Complexion touch. (I got my lightest/darkest) I just mix accordingly to seasons. It works very well for my dry skin.

    2. Hourglass concealer. I get the minis and that’s plenty as it’s extremely pigmented. It has very brightening element to it and it works perfectly hitting all the spots you would want to conceal. Having a good skin base is important as this dries fast.

    3. Hourglass blushes or ambient pallete. Chefs kiss. Best blushes and luminous finish. 10/10.

    4. Chanel Les Beige bronzer (yes it’s expensive but the glow and color is just unmatched. The amount in there will last you two lifetimes.

    I keep an alternate mini Milk Bronzer stick and it blends perfectly well too.

    1. Charollete tilbury setting spray. Yes I have fallen into the cult but seriously for us dry skin people this just melts and glows and does everything you would want and it has a solid lasting power. I tried various other sprays thinking CTB was overrated but finally took a dive and yeah. It’s amazing.