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The $3 Beauty Buy Everyone Used Backstage at NYFW

And seven other totally affordable essentials we saw everywhere (including this amazing lip palette)
Seen at: Nanette Lepore, Rebecca Minkoff, Vivienne Tam

Celebrity hairstylist Jeanie Syfu called this dry shampoo her "hero product" of Fashion Week, and she used it at just about every show she lead. Instead of applying it the way we're all used to -- at the roots for soaking up the greasies -- she sprayed it all over to thicken and mattify the hair. "It's such a fresh, modern look for spring," said Syfu.

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Bioderma Makeup Remover, $25.59
Seen at: Sass & Bide, Peter Som, Jason Wu

This is the Holy Grail of makeup remover. Makeup artists buy it by the case, and its Totalbeauty.com product rating of 8.9 isn't too shabby, either. Not only is it incredibly effective, it also won't irritate the skin and eyes, which is important since no one wants to make "red and swollen" a runway trend any time soon. We hope.

Seen at: Osklen, Band of Outsiders, Rag & Bone

Moisturizer should be applied before makeup -- it's Beauty 101. So imagine working on a model, only to have her skin dry up after you've finished her face. Enter this spray water. It can be applied over makeup for a much-needed boost of hydration. (And when it's 105 degrees backstage, it doubles as air conditioning.)

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Precision Tips Q-tips, $3
Seen at: DKNY, Jason Wu, Libertine

No matter how meticulous a makeup artist is, it's easy to slip up when you're being nudged by the artist next to you ... or swarmed by a group of beauty reporters (Oops). That's why they turn to these ingenious pointed Q-tips to clean up bleeding lipstick, smudged eyeliner, and caked concealer.

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BeautyBlender Sponge, $19.95
Seen at: Alice & Olivia, Rebecca Minkoff, Lela Rose

Stila makeup artist Sarah Lucero had an army of these hot pink sponges on her makeup station at all times -- and she wasn't alone. "You have to even out the skin or else the makeup look won't make an impact," she said. The flawless faces and perfectly even complexions we see in runway recaps? That's the result of CC cream, foundation, concealer, blending, blending, and more blending.

Our Beauty Editor Dawn was smack dab in the middle of all the behind-the-scenes hustle and bustle, and amidst all the hairspray-fueled chaos, she noticed a handful of items everywhere she looked -- the essential products for hairstylists and makeup artists. Sure, the tables were overflowing with palettes, brushes, pins, and notes in every color, shape, and size imaginable, and yet, the majority of makeup artists and hairstylists had the same go-to's in their beauty arsenal.

Coincidence? You could call it that, but it seems like the best of the best in the industry all gravitated toward these 8 products for a reason.
BY DAWN DAVIS, ERICA SMITH | SEP 13, 2013 | SHARES
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