Powder foundation can work miracles for oily skin, but let's not kid ourselves: Some powder foundations are simply better than others. Take the ones on this list, for example. Reviewers swear these best drugstore powder foundations work just as well as their expensive counterparts -- for a fraction of the price.
Switching out your neutral eye makeup for megawatt shades of electric purple, neon green and cobalt blue may feel out of your comfort zone, but we're here to prove the trend is worth trying. For starters, bright eyes were all the rage on Spring 2016 runways, where models sported vibrant shades at Monique Lhuillier, Honor, Armani and Diane von Furstenberg. One need only peep Kendall Jenner's gorgeous two-toned green-and-blue lids at DVF to realize bold is indeed beautiful when it comes to colorful eye makeup.
Benefit has made a name for itself in the eyebrow category. You can get your brows expertly shaped at just about every Benefit store and counter, and they have a fantastic brow gel, brow kit, pencil and highlighter.
What do you get when you combine CoverGirl, "Star Wars" and legendary makeup artist Pat McGrath? A series of six stunning makeup looks inspired by the films and a limited-edition makeup collection to celebrate "Star Wars: The Force Awakens."
Sephora really is the beauty junkies' paradise. There are so many products to play with, you could spend days sampling and still not try everything. Since most of us don't have days, or even hours, to spend lost in the beautiful world that is Sephora, we did some digging to find out which beauty products should be on the shopping list of every Sephora junkie. Between the makeup, skincare, hair and body products, there's plenty to splurge on -- and (for the sake of our wallets) we need to come prepared. Here, we've created your very own Sephora shopping guide.
Full-coverage foundation has come a long way from its heavy, pore-clogging, I'm-clearly-wearing-makeup predecessors. Featuring lighter-than-air formulas and skin-perfecting ingredients, the newest crop of full-coverage foundations will give you the coverage you crave without making you look like an '80s newscaster.
It all started with the Kylie Lip Kit, which -- in case you're living under a proverbial rock -- is Kylie Jenner's sought-after matte liquid lipstick and liner duo. And while Kylie's Kit is virtually impossible to get (it sells out in seconds every time stock is replenished), many new matte liquid lipsticks have cropped up in its shadow. And some are -- dare we say -- even better than the kit.
Look out ladies, the best makeup of the year is here -- so start making room on your vanity. After testing hundreds -- yes, literally hundreds -- of makeup products, we compiled a list of all the latest and greatest beauty products out there. Since we're beauty over-achievers, we didn't stop there. We turned to our readers to tell us their ride or die makeup products, so we could provide you with the best of the best shopping lists for the next time you make a Sephora run. Ready to see the all-star products? Read on to see all the makeup winners from our 2016 TotalBeauty awards.
Finding the best eyelash curler is a daunting task. Not only is there a smorgasbord of options, but it can be hard to tell which eyelash curler will give you pretty, perky lashes ... without damaging them or breaking them off (*shudder*).
You only get one shot at making a first impression. Whether it's meeting your future in-laws for the first time, walking into a big corporate office for an interview or going out on a first date, presentation is half the battle with winning people over (sad but true). And the same holds true with beauty products. Why can't the things that make us look beautiful also be attractively packaged? Well, we believe they can be and very well should be, hence this list of the cutest beauty product packaging.
Fake eyelashes are one of those beauty products normally reserved for a girls' night out or a big event. To that we say: Boring. We're here to prove that false lashes can be worn everywhere without looking out of place -- from work to date night to spin class. (Okay, maybe not spin class -- we're not Kardashians, after all.)
Before you get ready for your next close-up, you're going to want to make sure that you're makeup bag is stocked with the best HD makeup. Sure, most of us are never on TV or the silver screen, but we are the stars of our own reality show. Social media updates, selfies, wedding pictures, your professional LinkedIn profile pic... There are plenty of photo ops around the corner and you want to look great because let's face it: thanks to the internet, those unforgiving, high def photos are going to be around forever.
With every makeup tutorial, hair demo and sassy comment, our favorite beauty bloggers give us serious beauty (and attitude) goals. We've spent countless hours watching their YouTube channels and reading their beauty blogs, gaining major insights into how to do a cat eye in 30 seconds or where to score the best strobing illuminator.
BB cream is suddenly everywhere — from giant signs in Sephora windows to the best real estate in the drugstores to cosmetic bags around the country. And even us beauty editors (who have to be hypercritical — it's our job) are excited about this bourgeoning makeup-meets-skin care category.
Liquid eyeliner adds a bold dimension to your makeup look that no other product can achieve. Whether you're rocking a graphic cat eye or a subtle swish and flick, liquid eyeliner enhances the eyes in all kinds of chic, flattering ways. But learning how to apply liquid eyeliner to achieve that perfect, clean-lined, symmetrical shape requires a surgical level of precision that most of us simply don't have. Or so we thought.
If you find yourself using up an entire pack of blotting paper per day, chances are you're not using the best foundation for oily skin. But don't worry; we're here to help solve your oily skin foundation woes. We scoured the reviews of readers who say they have oily skin, greasy skin and shiny skin to figure out which foundations they rely on to keep them shine-free all day long (even through that dreaded mid-day oil-slick). From matte foundations to foundations that give skin a dewy -- but not greasy -- glow, these are the best foundations for oily skin. Kiss your shiny skin goodbye.
Cat eye makeup is arguably one of the hardest beauty looks to create -- for eyeliner novices and pros alike. That's because a flawless cat eye requires razor-sharp precision to pull off symmetrical feline flicks.
Those of us with parched, flaky complexions are on a constant hunt to find the best foundation for dry skin. Sometimes it can feel like oily-skinned girls get all the attention. "Ugh, my breakouts!" they lament. But we dry-skinned gals have problems, too. Like everyone else, we want our faces to look airbrushed and smooth, but so many foundations are formulated with drying powders and alcohol, which can cause our skin to look more, shall we say, reptilian than we'd prefer.
I have vivid memory of being 14 years old (circa 1996) and dragging my mother to no fewer than five drugstores in search of an elusive tube of clear mascara. I must've read about its brow-taming powers in Teen (RIP), and I needed it.
