If You Give a Beauty Editor $150 to Spend at Sephora, Here's What They'd Buy

Even though we beauty editors are known for collecting (or, depending on who you ask, hoarding) skincare, makeup, and hair products, we also know the importance of sticking to a budget, however difficult it may be. We know better than anyone how quickly a shopping trip can veer off the rails. One minute you're heading to Sephora to pick up your favorite product—just one!—and the next minute you're leaving with a triple-digit receipt and some serious post-purchase remorse. No judgment; we've all been there. 

In order to prevent these (ahem) unexpected shopping sprees, we're setting a budget for ourselves. Our goal is to spend no more than $150 in total, purchasing only the products that we love the most. Was it difficult to narrow down our expansive wish lists? Yes. Was it worth it? Definitely. Keep scrolling to see the 15 products we'd buy with a $150 budget. 

Kaitlyn McLintock, Associate Beauty Editor

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Katie Berohn, Beauty Editor

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Shawna Hudson, Associate Beauty Editor

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Erin Jahns, Beauty Director

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Kaitlyn McLintock
Beauty Editor

Kaitlyn McLintock is a Beauty Editor at Who What Wear. She has 10 years of experience in the editorial industry, having previously written for other industry-leading publications, like Byrdie, InStyle, The Zoe Report, Bustle, and others. She covers all things beauty and wellness-related, but she has a special passion for creating skincare content (whether that's writing about an innovative in-office treatment, researching the benefits of a certain ingredient, or testing the latest and greatest at-home skin device). Having lived in Los Angeles, California, and Austin, Texas, she has since relocated back to her home state, Michigan. When she's not writing, researching, or testing beauty products, she's working through an ever-growing book collection or swimming in the Great Lakes.