The 21 Beauty Products I'm Prioritizing in 2020

New Year, new you? Well, yes and no. There's something about starting a fresh calendar that makes me want to start everything with a clean slate, but truth be told, there are some things that are worth sticking to year in and year out.

Case in point, a solid beauty routine. It's taken me a lot of trial and error to get to a place where I know not only what looks good on me but what feels great, too. It only took two decades to realize that I simply cannot pull off a combination winged eye and a bold lip, and, conversely, that I should treat my combination skin with minimal exfoliation and lots of moisturizers. The struggle is real, I know. 

In an effort to celebrate the New Year and embrace the same old me (or at least what works for me right now), I compiled a list of the 21 beauty products I'm actually prioritizing this year, including skin solutions, makeup heroes, and haircare essentials. Consider these go-tos for a top spot on your vanity, shower, or medicine cabinet. They'll treat you well all year round. 

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Makeup
(Image credit: @allisonmacnamara)

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Skin
(Image credit: @cassandra.cadwell)

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Hair
(Image credit: @joannacoops)

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Drew Elovitz is originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but has spent the last decade living and working in New York City. She earned a master's degree in media and popular culture from New York University, then began her career on the internet as the Twitter voice of Barbie. She worked previously at Who What Wear as the director of content strategy and also spent several years leading the social media teams at Teen Vogue and Entertainment Weekly. You'll find her byline on the site around topics such as celebrity fashion, must-have basics, beauty favorites (particularly nail polish), and wellness tips and tricks. Her personal style tends to favor the classics: She loves crisp white button-downs, sneakers, and skinny jeans—and no look is complete without a great pair of oversize sunglasses and a trusty leather jacket. After she finishes reading the entire internet every day, she can be found dining out at her favorite restaurants, trying new beauty treatments, or indulging her historical-fiction habit.