Dior pallete.

Girls are sooo obsessed over Dior anything. I see so many “that girl” TikToks of girls beauty makeup with the Dior pallete.

Makeup is so particular and unless your partner specifically said they wanted a brand/product then that would be a green light.

High quality makeup is great but it’s not always guaranteed the right product for someone. For nearly everyone it’s tons of trial and error figuring out what’s worth it and not and makeup is always changing with new stuff coming out— it doesn’t mean it’s great cause it’s new.

A gift card is your best bet, or you can pick three gift ideas and write it down and she can decide which gift to pick- for example you could write down 50$ for a back massage, 50$ for nails - 50$ for Sephora/ulta. And then take your partner out to one of those things

Anything morphe. Tons of colors to fool around with. Not super expensive either

I never use silver shadows or pale nude/whites- Doesn’t suit me.

I look for specific dark chocolate browns. Browns with chestnut, cool tones, warm tones. A good dark brown shadow can complete a whole look.

Pixiwoo

It was the first makeup channel I ever subscribed too and I had the privilege at a beauty convention to see them in person. They taught me all about makeup and later in their career they founded the real technique brushes. I have so much love for them.

IT & Hourglass brushes. Performance is amazing

Dior face glow compact (I reach for this the most, its all very shimmery finishes and kinda all blends together- its like instant face glam on the go)

Hourglass Ambient lighting Pallete Diffused edit (great for every day, when you want a glow from within and it’s very forgiving if you have a heavy hand, sculpts the face)

Look up face makeup templates online and there will be various resources for different face shapes. The placement of highlighter and illumination is the key points people want when referring to glowy. Oily is seen as a displacement out of the template zone. A softening retouch to high impact areas and mattifying around what is considered the T zone. Your best bet is understanding makeup placements and stick to those targeted areas.

Chanel Les beige illuminating highlighter.

Hourglass ambient palette

Hourglass blush or rare beauty

Light coverage foundation that’s not mattify

Do you let any of the concealers sit for 30-1min before blending? Letting it dry down before blending helps keep it in place.

In the area that is red, have you tried using green corrector underneath or mixing it with a primer?

Do you use a sponge or your fingers?

Tinted sunscreen

High coverage concealer

Setting powder

Highlight/blush/bronzer compact if you want to bring color.

Mascera and a brown or black pencil to smoke out.

Tinted sunscreen creates a base on the skin and moisturizers. High coverage concealer to spot conceal will give the coverage in areas needed. Setting powder to mattify and set the face for lasting hold.

St. Tropez self tanning mist. (Adds a healthy glow from within)

Mositurize skin very well.

Elta Md Tinted sunscreen.

Dr. O henriksen CC under eye sticks for brightening and minor concealer.

Translucent powder to set any shine.

Mascara

Black honey balm

elf putty primer

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.

5. 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.