Beauty items you can't live without/daily beauty routine
 

On any given day, I don't leave the house without using:

- Cherry chapstick
- Black eyeliner
- Olay Definity Hydrating cream - I like it better than other brands, as most others irritate my skin. The bottle lasts a good three months, so it's not too cost prohibitive.
- I am addicted to lip gloss as well but sometimes forget to bring it

If I am going to acting class, a meeting, or a social gathering, I will usually put on Clinique foundation (others irritate my skin), eyeshadow and powder, just because I feel more put together. Blush when I need it, and mascara only for night time events, as they all irritate my eyes after a few hours. I use eye cream at night to prevent wrinkles...so far it's helping.

I just started using Mineral powder; I read that you should use it over foundation but under blush or eyeshadow, so that the color slides on. But you have to use it sparingly.

What are your favorites/routine?

I wash my face and put on a dab of moisturizer. If I don't have any, I'll use a drop of cocoa butter lotion. Then, whatever Chapstick/Carmex that's nearest my hand. That's about it for me.

My must have product is lip gloss(Chanel glossimers is my favorite). I keep tubes of it everywhere - in my drawer at work, in my car, in my gym bag and of course in my purse.

I feel naked without it. If I never bought another beauty product again, I'd be ok with that just as long as I could buy lip gloss. lol

The one thing that I can't live without is actually my facewash...Origins Checks and Balances. I have sensitive skin and have a hard time finding anything that is truly good for sensitive skin. Most of them have too much fragrance even if they are marketed for sensitive skin. Checks and Balances has never made my face break out, never leaves it oily or dry....just perfect!:)

Clinique facial soap. Even if I know I'm just going to have a lazy bum-around-the-house Saturday, I wash my face with this soap each morning.

If I'm going to work, this is followed by foundation, powder, eyeshadow, and lipstick or lip gloss. If not, I give my skin a rest... maybe a bit of lip gloss if I'm going to run errands.

Either way, facial soap before I go to sleep.

Also, I would die without my Aveda rosemary mint shampoo.

Biore line for oily skin.

Bigelow Gentle Oil-Absorbing Clay Cleanser or Queen Helene Mint Julep Mask for Oily Skin

Olay Daily Facials Deep Cleansing Clay Mask

Noxzema :P (Been using this forever!!)

My skin gets used to products very quickly, so I switch up every three weeks or so, but these products are my mainstays.

I think we have had this thread before

I started using Neutrogena Fresh Moisture moisturizer and so far I love it. It isn't a lotion - it must be water-based because it doesn't seem to have any oil in it at all. It is light and refreshing.

Other than that I have been using the full line of Bare Escentuals make-up but I like it less than I used to. I find it difficult to apply and get good coverage.

I have very fair skin and it is hard to find make-up that doesn't look alarmingly obvious.

I cant live without anything in my AM or PM routine.

AM--Philosophy Purity Made Simple facial wash, The Body Shop facial mask (usually the warming mask but i also use the blue corn and honey & oat and once a week the Clarins Brightening HP mask), Clarins Iris alcohol free toner, Philosophy When Hope is Not enough serum & vitamin C powder, philosophy hope in a tube lip & eye cream, The Body Shop Vitamin E eye cream, The Body SHop Vitamin C eye reviver, and one of the following depending on needs: philosophy hope in a jar SPF 20, The Body Shop seaweed mattyfing cream, or The Body Shop Tea tree oil mattifying gel. sometimes I'll use Philosophy The Present as well. Make up is mostly bare Minerals but I do use some products by The Body Shop. Hair--after washing and conditioning gets a detangling spray by KMS, pureology root lifting serum, jonathan silky dirt cream, and fekkai spray. Body-whatever The body Shop and Philosophy products i feel like using in and after the shower. Always a spray of perfume or body spray--I have too many to name.

PM-Jan Marini Bioglycolic facial cleanser, neutrogena eye make up remover,clarins iris toner, retin-A microgel, The Body SHop Vitamin C Skin Boost, Philosophy Hope in a tube, The Body SHop vitamin E eye cream, The Body shop Vitamin C eye reviver, philosophy hope in a jar, rare minerals night treatment. Night time hair gets a little bit of coconut oil through the middle and ends. Lips get whatever flavor of the Body Shop lip butter/lippy balm i'm in the mood for.


Yes it is a lot. Yes I am obsessed with my products. I have travel sizes of everything and do not travel anywhere without them. My products have their own travel bag. My purse is filled with an assortment of lip gloss, mascara, mineral veil, and purse sized make up brushes, a small brush, a travel size hairspray, and a travel size perfume.

Not my whole routine, but I haven't been outside without special eye sun screen since I was 14. Now, I always have a sun screen on my face, too. I change which sun screen on my face with the season.

that's why I like bare minerals and hope in a jar with SPF20 :) I always have sunscreen on and I dont have to add another product to my routine :)

The Proactiv line
Burt's Bees Chapstick
Bare Minerals Foundation, Mineral Veil, and Warmth
Maybelline Define-a-Lash Waterproof Mascara
Matrix Sleek.Look Flat Iron Smoother/Protector

Tinted lip gloss. That's it. :)

I get ready as fast as guys.

Kiehl's lip balm w/ spf 15. I have a tube in just about every bag I own so I never leave home without it. I can do without just about everything else but I must have moisturized lips!!

And I know it's not a product but Water. Drinking plenty of water is an important part of my daily beauty routine.

Cosign! That and a daily multivitamin :)

Once I gave up soda for Lent two years ago, my face cleared up and has stayed clear. I'm working on upping my water intake, though. I always have Vaseline as a standby for lip gloss, but I love MAC's lip glass.

Good point about the water. A few years ago, I started drinking 8 glasses of water per day (or I try to - I'm not so good about it on the weekends). I do this for health reasons, but I think it's helped my skin as well.

wake up wash my face, brush my teeth, mac concealer, beauti control foundation, beauti control powder, eyeshadow, top and bottom eyeliner, mascara, and sometimes blush..

eyeliner. definitely eyeliner. and when im dressing up or going somewhere/doing something other than going to classes / seeing everyday people, i curl my eyelashes & put on mascara. and that's it. :) unless i have zits i need to cover up which is rare (i grew out of that phase - it was horrible in 6th grade)

eyelash conditioner

People sleep on the Queen Helene but I have ALL of her facial mask/scrubs (Grapeseed, Oats & Honey, Clay and the Mint Julip) and they are better than anything I've ever used.

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I use the base which also works as a concealer and then I have 3 connectors with eyeliner, eyeshadow, lip gloss, mascara, and the blush and it takes up very little room

Carmex. At any given time I have 5 tubes lying around.

The one thing I can't live without is mascara. My normal routine:

Dove soap
Bare Escentuals blush
Drugstore mascara

When I'm feeling crazy, I add Bare Escentuals foundation and Clinique eyeliner in brown.

AND chapstick. Forgot that one! I want to wear lipstick, but I have a terrible time matching the color to my skin tone. It drives me crazy when I see women wearing lipstick so wrong for you it's the only think you notice about her face. Chapstick is easier and cheaper, if not as cute.

Mary Kay Powder Mineral foundation
Mary Kay Eye Shadow & blush
Drugstore Mascara
Burt's Bee lip gloss or lip chap stick

If I'm lazying around then all I do is wash my face with Neutrogena and put on lotions with SPF everywhere.

If I'm going to school or meeting people:
SPF lotions
Bare Minerals foundation
Bare Minerals concealer
Bobbi Brown shimmer palette
Bare Minerals blush
Bare Minerals mineral veil
Mascara
Eye shadow (usually from above palette)
Keihl's chap stick
Occasionally eyeliner

That sounds like a lot but it really only takes five minutes maximum and that is with the eyeliner.

I'm in love with AVON products and their liquid eyeliner is my favorite.

other favorites:

*St. Ives Oatmeal and Shea Butter body lotion
*Burt's Bees lip balm
*Rimmel mascara
*occasionally I'll wear MAC powder
*Estee Lauder really pretty bronze blush. I'm darker skinned but it gives a glow :]
*Rimmel lipgloss

I am in awe. My mom uses liquid eyeliner, too, and I have NO IDEA how y'all do it. Half the time I skip wearing regular eyeliner because I have so much trouble putting it on!

-Cetaphil face cleanser
-Panoxyl (a 2.5% benzoly peroxide cream)
-cetaphil moisturizer.

And that, my friends, is the trick to getting rid of super stubborn acne. I tried Proactive, I tried the AcneFree, none of it worked. Turned out, all I needed was a gentle cleanser, the 2.5% cream and the moisturizer. Total cost? about 8 bucks. Proactive? $50.

I also use the Benefit EyeCon undereye cream which works like a dream. I finally broke down and bought a bunch of cosmetics in grad school because I was having to go to conferences and job interviews so often. I got all benefit, and it really hasn't let me down yet.

I have Cetaphil face cleanser, too! I love the scent it has.

I had a girlfriend who had bad acne. Then I found out she wasn't washing her makeup off before bed. She said she was just too tired and too lazy to do it, but damn if that acne won't go away. It seemed like she didn't understand the connection between the two things.

I was taught that the first commandment of makeup is that you never, ever sleep with it on.

Me too! Nothing else compares.

Philosophy's "Purity" is pretty good facewash, too.

It is not uncommon for me to fall asleep with my makeup on.....but I pay for it a few days later with a zillon zits!

Everyday:
-Oil of Olay deep clean cleanser for combination/oily skin or St. Ives Apricot Scrub
-Clinique dramatically different moisturizing gel (I love it...I've been using it since I was 12!)
-Cherry Chapstick
-VS's beauty rush lip gloss

I'm pretty low maintenance. In general I don't wear makeup (foundation), unless it's for recruitment or special events

When I wear makeup:
- Great Lash mascara
- Stila eyeshadows

Everyday:
-Mario Badescu Enzyme Cleanser
-Stila Tinted Moisturizer
-Cargo Bronzer
-Bobbi Brown Gel Eyeliner in Smoke
-Cherry Chapstick
-Huge bottle of water daily

I've gotten really into the spray tanning; my friends are into tanning beds but I'm terrified of skin cancer. I found a booth that makes me look tan and not orange...its great because I don't need foundation when I use it.

lol I LOVE liquid eyeliner! For me, it is 10 times easier to use than a pencil...and a lot less tugging on the eye lid too.

Really? I've never had trouble with it! I never liked the pencil because it made such thick lines and always smudged. I have the cat eyes down pat with the liquid and always get compliments on it. :]

Wow, you girls have it down pat.

The pencil DOES leave super thick lines that make me feel like a 13 year old with her first makeup kit. And somehow I always get smudges and smears all over my left hand when I put eyeliner on.

I love the way it looks, but I rarely bother with it because it's such a pain in the butt when I do.

What kind of liquid liner are you guys using? Are the liquid liners more likely to irritate your eyes?