12 Makeup Buys Every Single Fashion Girl Owns
Testing out a brand-new makeup product comes with its perks—the thrill of introducing something fresh to your everyday routine, the ability to chit-chat among your beauty-obsessed friends about the latest market finds, and all the thrills that come from adding a current product with pretty packaging and even prettier results to your collection. However, it's a smart approach to also stock your beauty shelf with tried-and-true products you can turn to day after day—an approach that fashion girls have been practicing as long as we can remember.
Of course, it's always smart to begin with a fresh canvas (click for more skincare product suggestions), but once your face is clean and you're ready to apply your favorite makeup buys, the roundup below might serve as a good jumping-off point. From the secret behind full, bushy brows to the go-to red lipstick you should already have to the best way to make your cheekbones pop. Scroll down for 12 makeup buys every fashion girls uses on repeat.
Laura Mercier Blush
The product typically behind every fashion girl's covetable brows.
This bronzer is a secret weapon among fashion and beauty girls alike thanks to its sun-kissed effect.
Marc Jacobs Beauty Eye Shadow
An iconic highlighter that helps your best angles catch the light.
Glossier Generation G Lipstick
It's hard to choose just one Glossier product, but as of late, it seems every fashion girl has been swiping Generation G on.
If you're in the market for a new concealer and you can splurge a little—make it this one.
This best-selling color cemented its status for a reason: This shade of red is très parfait.
Fenty Beauty by Rihanna Foundation
Behold the foundation that instantly became a beauty closet classic thanks to its inclusive selection of shades.
A cruelty-free mascara that magically enlivens your lashes in less than 30 seconds.
Up next: This editor tried every single Glossier product—see the results.
Nicole Kliest is a freelance writer and editor based in New York City who focuses on fashion, travel, food, wine, and pretty much anything else that's amusing to write about. After graduating from Pepperdine University with a bachelor's in journalism and creative writing, she started her career back in 2010 as Who What Wear's photo editor and throughout the last decade has contributed to publications including Fashionista, Harper's Bazaar, Elle, The Zoe Report, PopSugar, Fodor's Travel, and several others. She also copywrites and has worked with clients such as Frame, Sea, 3x1, Intelligentsia, and others to develop brand voices through storytelling and creative marketing. She's very passionate about the ways we can improve our sustainability efforts in the fashion industry as well as cultivating content that's diverse and inclusive of all people. When she's not checking out the latest restaurant opening in her West Village neighborhood or riding her bicycle along the West Side Highway, she can be found scheming her next trip somewhere around the world. (Up next is Vienna.)