I've tested thousands and thousands of makeup products over the years it's what I've done professionally for many many years now so when I give product recommendations to all of you I don't take it lightly by any means I've narrowed my list down today to the top 15 drugstore formulations that I think you guys should try out and have in your collection the first product I have is L'Oreal infallible 24-hour fresh wear powder woo that's a long name so this powder you all comes in a packaging like this it is plastic packaging it has the red around the edges which for drugstore makeup I try not to judge the packaging too much because quite frankly I don't care I'm looking for a great formula for a fair price but it does have not bad packaging for drugstore the only thing I will say is the sponge that comes in with this little square guy here I toss that we don't need it I will show you what to use this with I get on Amazon these powder sponges like this they're like 10 bucks for a big case of them I even throw them in the washer you all and dry them I keep reusing them so I get my money's worth out of these suckers so I love this powder so much because it is incredibly smooth you it is the smoothest powder I've ever seen in a drugstore formula I use it as a bronzer actually because it Blends beautifully if you want something that is a matte finish soft pigmentation looks very natural it's just going to warm up the face I use it as a bronzer but as a face powder it works amazing as well I usually just take a brush like this one this is the bk11 I pick up some on that brush and I just apply it here under the cheekbones it's what I'm wearing today and I put a little bit here on the top of my forehead and do you see how it's just warming up my face the color I have here is number 365 so obviously this is too dark for me but if I wanted to use it as a face powder obviously I would get a color that's close to my skin so this is very versatile use it as a bronzer as a face powder the price of this one is $16 and when I tell you the formula you all rivals any bronzer that I have in my collection I have several that I love I have a Dior one actually let me show you all the formula of these side by side just so you can see so here's my Dior one I don't remember the price of this I think it was over $50 I know I know you guys and here's my L'Oreal one so there's the tones this one's a little bit warm for me that's the only thing I'll say but the formula incredible so do you see how the Dior one very very smooth I know you guys can't really test us on camera so I'm hoping you can pick up the texture of that so the tones are a little different but look at the way that they apply actually the L'Oreal one starts picking up a little bit more it's a little bit more pigmented so usually the more pigmentation you add to a formula the more expensive it is so the fact that the L'Oreal one is showing up a bit better than Dior it's saying a lot so $16 you can get at any drugstore Ulta is where I got mine it's amazing powder love how smooth it is next product I have is an eyeliner pencil and this is the Milani stay put eyeliner you all are sleeping on this one I'm just going to tell you I don't see a lot of people talking about this and it's such a good formula so good so it's a retractable pencil it doesn't come in a lot of colors I Milani used to have another range of eyeliners they come in many different colors I think they discontinue which I was like why but know but this one if you need just a great staple black eyeliner it's incredible it gives you a very precise line look how pigmented that is you all look at the saturation of color on that it Glides really smoothly it feels like a gel formula and when you start to blend it out you have some time to really buff it so if you want a great smokey eye look but you need something that once it sets it last all day like look it already set after I blended it when I go to wash my hands let me grab a wipe to show you guys I've got my I've got my baby wipes I'm telling you I'm not playing with this look it does not play if you have oily skin or you feel like your eye makeup runs throughout the day you need it to last for many many hours I'm telling you guys this formula is incredible it's soft it's creamy highly pigmented lasts a long time you can smoke it out you can wear it as is it's so versatile it is the best black eyeliner I think I've used out of all formulas high-end or drugstore the next product I have is a baked blush and this is the Ence pure nude bake blush you all I need you to listen to me on this one this is $6 $6 and look how big the pan is I have a very big head and look how big this blush is it is 7 G of product 7 G my Valentino blushes that I absolutely love and adore this is 3.6 G this is double this you all and it's $6 now from a product development standpoint you all to make baked blushes you all it costs quite a bit more than doing just a standard pressed pan it's a multi step process so usually when you see baked blushes it's reserved for luxury or high-end Brands so the fact that there's a drugstore brand that does baked blush and not only that has it for $6 to be honest you guys I don't know how they're even making any profit on this blush but I want to show you all the texture so I will say the only thing with this texture it's smooth but there are just a little bit of particles in there but it doesn't bug me at all the only time I feel it is when I'm running my finger over it but when I go to apply it with a brush which is that's how we're going to apply it you don't notice those bumps at all so that's the only honest critique I'll give on that but look how pigmented it is it has a nice medium pigmentation so it's very buildable looks very soft and natural I like to take just any sort of fluffy brush like this one because it has great pigmentation and I just tap it on like this and it gives the most subtle diffus kind of pinkish color they have other colors as well but I really like this one this is the color04 Bold heart and I feel like this would work on a lot of skin tones I think the only one it wouldn't work for is super super fair or super super deep but I think if you're fair to caramel I think it would look really beautiful but the formula is really nice you get a lot of product this will last you a long time and for $6 you all I honestly I can't complain on that at all and side note I noticed Kathleen lights loved this one I just saw her Tik Tok the other day I was like I was talking about it in this video I was getting ready to film it and I'm glad that she loves it too so obviously this is a heavy hitter if I'm not the only person who is raving about this blush the next product I have is actually a foundation and it is the Maybelline Fit Me matte and poreless Foundation you all I don't I know this has been around forever I don't know why I've been sleeping on this I started picking it up again this year and it's incredible I cannot stop wearing this you all the formula reminds me of the Estee Lauder Double Wear I'll show you side by side for them so this is obviously a matte formula but it's not flat and Cakey for me it's almost like a demi matte so it has just a slightest bit of Sheen to it but great pigmentation it's medium to full coverage Blends really smoothly it doesn't settle into Fine Lines gives me great coverage the viscosity of this one is moderately thin so I like to apply it with a buffing brush like this the bk101 or the Ana Pinnacle foundation brush and I literally will just buff it into the skin it gives me an amazing coverage let me compare it to the Estee Lauder Double Wear just so you all can see let me wipe this off my hand really quick just the viscosity how thin it is how it applies how it looks the pigmentation reminds me a lot of the Estee Estee Lauder Double Wear there's the formula do you see the viscosity of that let me put the Maybelline One right next to it the only thing I would say about this I wish there was a pump do you see the viscosity very very similar I think the EST might be just a tad thing or just a tad but when you go to apply this for me personally it gives me a very similar effect I would dare even say are you guys ready for this I like the Maybelline One better than Estee Lauder Double Wear I know I know this is a classic I've been talking about for many years and I really enjoy the Maybelline One I just find myself reaching for it more often so the price of this is 11 $11 it comes in a glass tube which that cost a bit more than doing the squeeze tube so I know they spent some good money on the packaging the only thing I would say I wish they had a pump comes in lots of different colors it's just a great staple foundation so if you have combinational oily skin you need a great drugstore foundation I cannot recommend this one enough next product we have is a lip gloss and that is the NYX Butter glosses my OG fans on here you will not be surprised you know I was going to put this in the video I'm actually wearing it today I will show you I have over the years I've been talking about these for so long and they still are amazing let me show you how the colors I have and there's more I have more downstairs these are just what I have in my studio all these different colors so the one I'm wearing today is called a bit of honey it's a beautiful kind of pinkish new color that works on all skin tones Fair up to deep it just looks beautiful I love this formula because it's not tacky at all my hair doesn't stick to it it's very comfortable I love the pigmentation in this one it has just enough pigmentation to give you some color but it's not over the top so if you happen to like touch it or get you know eat something it gets around your mouth it's not going to look super crazy but it has enough pigmentation to add color to your lips so it's great for every day I throw this in my purse I apply it tons of colors absolutely beautiful and you ready for the price of this one $6 $6 and I I love that it's colorcoded on the outside so when I have them all here in my drawer I can see exactly what color I want what I need it's just a fantastic formula it's been around for a long time for a reason because it's a phenomenal lip gloss next product I have is a cream blush and this is the Milani cheek kiss Cream Blush these are fairly new I think they came out last year or earlier this year insanely good formula you all the price of this one is $11 and it's 6 G of product for Cream Blush this is really really good like you guys know for my high-end one I love the tower 28 I love these but look at the size comparison that you get between the two you definitely get more product than Milani and it's less than half the price the pigmentation of this is absolutely beautiful and I love this formula so much because it has a shine to it so for me I'm over 40 and I'm combination to dry skin so I need Luminosity on my cheeks I need kind of that glossy slip wet look this has that has a nice shine to it so it gives me beautiful Lum Luminosity it's easy to blend out great pigmentation let me show you how I apply it so I just take kind of a brush like this an angled stiffling brush this is the color 120 Coral Crush for me personally I like wearing a good Coral blush I know I have some powder on underneath but I want to show you guys so the pigmentation is beautiful if you have deeper skin I feel like these are pigmented enough to where they would at least show up on your skin but look at the shine of that do you see that blends beautifully it didn't pick up my Foundation or powder underneath it sits on top of the skin really nicely it lasts a pretty good time for a cream blush I feel like it lasts a good 6 to 8 hours on me before it starts to fade which for a cream blush I feel like that's really good let even going to tap this down cuz I applied quite a bit of that but look at the texture you all let me apply some on this side look how beautiful it is it just brightens up my skin it it's Lively it's gorgeous easy to apply I have nothing but amazing things to say for that and $11 you cannot go wrong with this formula the next product I have is a highlighter none of you will be surprised this is on my list I talk about it all the time it is the e.l. Halo glow liquid filter if you have not tried this yet you I don't know if you've been under a rock you have got to get this it's so incredible if you need a dewy look to the top of the skin you like a liquid highlighter it can be worn on top with a foundation it can be worn underneath you can mix it with your foundation if you want that nice dewy kind of fresh look it's a multi-purpose formula it's incredible it definitely Rivals the Charlotte Tilbury Hollywood Flawless filter I prefer this one even more and it's onethird the price if that it is a fraction of the cost you all let me show you the texture of it so this is $14 and it comes in more than a full fluid ounce you guys I've had this for well over a year I've barely even made a dent in it cuz you need just a little bit and this thing I'm telling you guys if I were to keep using it it'll expire before that I'm not even joking it would last me 5 years $14 for such a long wear time but the formula looks like this so it has a slight sheen to it which I love it's almost like it just brightens the skin you could even wear it on its own on days that you don't want to wear a foundation you just want to look very glowy very fresh and dewy it's so multi-purpose so I like to apply it on the back of my hand and then I take a beauty blender and I pick up just a little bit and I apply it to the tops of my cheekbones and it almost highlights and brightens and adds Luminosity to my cheeks do you see that let me apply a little bit more so you can see on the camera look at that Luminosity so gorgeous it looks natural it's not glittery it's not cakey it's not shimmery it sits on top of foundation beautifully it doesn't wear it down it doesn't get patchy amazing amazing formula and $14 for the size of this thing incredible price point next product is a concealer and it is the colourpop pretty fresh concealer this is such a great one you I've been sleeping on this my friend Lisa told me about it she said you have you tried this colourpop concealer I was like I don't know I bought it I'm absolutely love so thank you Lisa for recommending this one the formula of this is moderately pigmented but it's a very lightweight formula so if you're over 40 like me and you need something that's not going to settle in Fine Lines looks very fresh very light not cakey or thick it doesn't oxidize it's just a great formula and this is $9 $9 so let me show you the W of this one and the texture so it has kind of a thin D foot wand like this which is great did I just throw that y' I've been so clumsy today it's not even funny I just like I I don't know if you guys can see on my shirt I spiled foundation on my shirt I'm sitting here I was like I'm going to keep film look at that look at that so clumsy so here's the concealer here I want to try to show you on camera how it Glides you see that gliding and when you go to blend it out let me show you it feels very silky it sits on top of the skin I have a lot of Fine Lines on my hand but look at that it's not settling into Fine Lines has a nice satin type finish like a slight sh to it so it doesn't look thick or cakey it looks like Skin So if you're looking for a concealer that is medium pigmentation has a slight shine to it that's great for everyday when you want something very natural that looks like skin and isn't too over the top it's just great for every day I think this would be a great option and again anyone over 40 looks beautiful does not settle into my fine lines the next product I have is another foundation and this is the L'Oreal true match holonic tinted serum it comes in a bottle like this the price of this one is $20 so I it's starting to get a little bit up there but it is a foundation and the pigmentation of this is so good I really think this would last you all a very long time so for me $20 is very fair it comes in a dropper bottle like this and the size of this one is 1 flu ounce which is standard for every Foundation the only thing I will say is I don't like the dropper for this formula do you see how it's not dropping very easily cuz it's a little bit thicker so I would prefer to see this in a pump so L'Oreal if anyone from L'Oreal is listening can you guys please put this formula in a pump I think it would be a lot easier to use versus that dropper that's my only complaint you guys but let's talk about the formula so it is medium pigmentation which is surprising for a serum Foundation usually serums are very thin they're very lightweight this is medium pigmentation but the texture of it it Glides very smoothly it feels almost like a very silicone based type formula that Glides really beautifully it has a satin finish so it's not overly dewy it looks like skin I definitely think this would work over 40 crowd if you need something that's not going to setle and defin lines like look at my hand look how Flawless and smooth that is look how crinkly and my veins are showing and everything here look at how much it covered Smooths it out doesn't settle into Fine Lines it's just a beautiful formula so if you need something great for everyday you have combination to dry skin you want something that's a little bit hydrating not cakey or thick gives you a satin natural finish this is insanely beautiful my favorite way to apply it I have two different ways is I like using a buffing brush and really buffing it in or if you want to just tap it on I would take a beauty blender and just tap tap tap it all over the face to get more pigmentation out of it because the viscosity is like moderately thick so either brush or sponge would work with it really well next product I have is a brow pen and it's the Nyx lift and snatch brow tint pen I've been using this for quite a while you know who suggested this to me you all was Angie her username is aneska I'll try to link to her below she had told me about it and I got it and I messaged her I was like oh my gosh this is amazing best brow ink ever I got it at CV asked for $7 for a brow pen and it lasts a really long time I use it every single day usually they dry out really fast this one does not I have the color espresso and this is what I use just to fill in my little bald spots cuz I have as I've gotten older my hair has kind of thinned out a little bit so it gives me the most natural looking hair Strokes in there let me see if I can demo it backwards here for you guys look how fine The Strokes are but it has enough pigmentation to it lasts all day it doesn't fade it doesn't bleed out anything like that it's just an incredible brow pen if you need something to fill in your sparce hairs and just do some little flicks in there great product I like this better than any high-end brow pen I've tried next product I have is press on lashes these are by Ardell they're called Ardell Winks these are a new lash that they just started to offer I'm so embarrassed you guys cuz I thought I had another box to show you I literally put the last ones on today I go through so many boxes of these they're absolutely incredible so I will put a picture here if you guys watch any of my Instagram tutorials online where just doing my makeup guaranteed every time if you see that I have lashes on it's Ardell Winks they're just incredible these lashes are press on lashes I'm wearing them today I don't know if you guys can see cuz they look very natural but they're little Trio lashes and they come with these amazing tweezers here they're preglued so all you have to do let me see if I can Dem up with another one like these are the Ardell active lashes so same kind of concept but they're little trios like this you take your little tweezers you pick them off these aren't pretty looted I'm just showing you an example of how I apply them so you take them like this and they're already glued so you don't have to deal with any sort of gluing coming through none of that BS you literally just take it under the Lash plop it on take the back of your tweezers press it that's it you guys you can put on lashes and have the most beautiful naturally looking flirty lashes under 10 seconds it's so fast so I use these all the time now I can't imagine myself using any other lashes because they're $12 for a full set they come in different lengths 10 mm up to 14 so I like to put the long ones out here put the shorter ones in here and it gives me a very elongated look to the eyes it changes my eye shape to be more Al and more elongated so yes I have videos on how to change your eye shape you guys in The Makeup Geek Academy if you guys want to go learn about all that I teach it all but that's kind of the technique I do to change my eye shape they're beautiful easy to wear fast no fuss just like that next product I have is a lipstick and they are the L'Oreal color lipsticks you all these are classic these are cult favorites everyone knows these everyone has these they just are a great staple lipstick I'm going to show you my favorite color let me take off what I have on now the NYX Butter gloss so these lipsticks are $149 I wish they would just price them $1 or $12 I'm be like what's this $1.49 business but great price for the formula I also love the packaging of these it's a nice sleek gold packaging it's no fuss very easy to twist I like that they have the colored sticker underneath so I can see what color it is but my favorite is $129 let me Swatch it on the back of my hands you all it's the most beautiful Rosy pink this color in my opinion would work on all skin tones Fair up to deep warm cool it doesn't matter it's a great neutral warm rose pink that's like your lips but better so let me show you what it looks like you all the formula is very creamy it is a satin finish so it's not overly matte it's very comfortable it Glides well it doesn't sit in my fine lines at all the pigmentation is medium to full so if you really want High coverage of color just put a couple coats on if you want it to be just a nice Sheen of color just do one coat on the lips but look at that color you guys this is just a go-to everyday if I need to just slap on a lipstick I don't want to think about it matching with whatever I have going on this is the color 129 chef's kiss next product I have is another highlighter but this is a powder highlighter it is the essence the highlighter I know it's a pretty unique name you guys the highlighter the price of this you all are you ready for this let me double check cuz I had to be like is this is this right did I write this down $4 $4 y all for 9 G okay from a product development standpoint I'm going to geek out for just a second you guys highlighters have very large doses of what we call Pearls it's a loose term for the raw material that gives it that Shimmer and shine pearls are expensive they cost quite a bit more than standard like powder like talc micia things like that it's expensive to make things that are shiny and the fact that they did this for $4 and it is a highlighter and look how smooth that is you all it is very soft very very finely miled it has a beautiful shine to it let me show you look at the sheen of that and when you blend it out look how gorgeous it's not chunky it's not glittery it is a natural shine I am shocked you all shocked I don't how are they making any money on this for $4 you guys you I would expect them to be paying that for cost I don't know if they're making a profit Essence please tell me what you're doing to make it this cheap but it's incredibly affordable for the quality let me show you all how I apply app it I usually just take kind of a soft brush like this one something a little bit flat like this and I'll pick up a bit of that product so it diffuses a little bit I even have to tap it off you guys because it has so much glow to it but in a beautiful way so let me show you that and it comes in a few different colors can you guys see that I know I have the elf Halo glow underneath but look at the shine on top look look at that it's hitting the light it is very shiny but it's beautiful looks like skin not cakey not glittery at all I don't know what else to say about this you guys other than $4 for that amount of product it is hands down the best highlighter I've ever found for that price point next product we have is a mascara and I know everyone has their favorite drugstore mascara I know I know I'm going to get people in the comments like what about this one I'm just giving you my personal preference you all I've been talking about this since 2008 so I've been using this for 16 years the L'Oreal voluminous mascara I have the blue one cuz I ran out of mine black but I love this formula for thickening lashes so my lashes naturally are very fine they're long but they're very fine they're very thin so I need a wand that's going to thicken the lashes and make them look fluffy not weigh down or anything like that so I like a traditional spoolie wand personally this is what the wand looks like so if you need something that's going to flare out your lashes you have very baby fine lashes something like this is incredible because it really gets in there fluffs them up it adds a lot of color and the one that's called carbon black it is the blackest mascara mascara I've ever used I consistently keep coming back to this because it just works it makes my lashes look super flirty very full looking and the price of this is $11 it is less than half the price of high-end ones that I have like I have the Dior one in my drawer and I just keep coming back to this cuz it's cheap works great it's a Workhorse it's a staple it'll always be in my makeup collection and the last product I have is an eyeshadow palette some of you guys may say oh that's not drugstore this is sold at Ulta and for the price point for how many pans you get it is drugstore pricing it's the colourpop stone cold of fox eyeshadow palette the price of this I know it's a little bit higher it's $35 but when you consider hold on how many shades are inside $35 for how many shades is this 1 2 3 4 5 6times 5 30 Shades 30 Shades and these pans are not really that small I've had this for over 2 years you guys I'm ashamed to admit that they're probably starting to get whatever but look I barely hit pan and I use this all the time these are made in USA which I think is phenomenal for this price point to get this many colors for a product that's made in the USA is insane I think colourpop has always done a really good job with their eyeshadows I love their shimmers I think they're absolutely beautiful their mattes blend very beautifully I love the color selection of this one because it's a cool tone palette which is really hard to find and they have so many variations of Shades ranging from Deep to light shimmers Browns Rose tones like everything in this palette you could do looks with this and never repeat the same one for an entire year and never get tired of this palette it's just a staple palette anyone who's new to makeup I always recommend start with this eyeshadow palette it's great for everyday looks great quality I know the manufacturer that makes them it's a clean working environment I feel like they're on the up and up with the quality of products they make how they treat their staff all of that great stuff so I'm a huge fan of colourpop eyeshadows I think they do a great job with them and I know $35 is stepping a little bit outside of the drugstore price point but again you get 30 shadows in there and they will last you for years so let me know in the comments below if I missed any products that you guys would put on the list what products would you say are the best drugstore products you've used of all time put it in the comments below so I can check it out and do another one of these in the near future so have a great one you guys have fun with your makeup shopping and I'll see you next week for another makeup video bye [Music]