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Today I'm bringing you the top 10 best products of 2016.
Number one is the Anastasia Beverly Hills Modern Renaissance palette.
Now, I have purchased just about every single palette that Anastasia has put out.
This is my favorite because I really like the red shades and Buon Fresco which is like
this dusty, pinky, mauve type color, and basically because I got this palette, I realized how
much I love that color and that has been my transition color almost all year or I have
used shades like that if I haven't been using that color.
I even bought this in single just so I could have it in an easy to go travel palette, but
I feel like this is a really nice palette.
The only thing I would have done differently was probably to add a deeper shade of a deeper
cooler brown, and there are two colors in here that are kind of similar that I would
have added more variation between those two.
Overall, I was really happy with the palette because it just, I don't know, it was nice
to see a neutral palette that wasn't boring, a neutral palate that incorporated red, colors
that I like, had a little bit of pink.
I don't know, I just thought it was nice, different compared to everything else.
Number two would be the BareMinerals BarePro Powder Foundation in Dawn.
Yes, this foundation is a little darker than I normally wear, so sometimes if I wear it,
I have to be really careful how to put it on, because it'll match my face but then my
face looks darker than my neck and the rest of my body, which I don't like.
That's why I match my foundation to my neck and my chest.
For something that's just easy to throw on and go if I'm going to be running errands,
this is it, because it applies so easily.
It doesn't dry out my dry skin, and it doesn't emphasize any fine lines.
For a powder foundation, I think it's actually pretty awesome.
It covers up my rosacea which is something I always want, so yeah, actually this is pretty
great.
I wish it came in a paler shade.
Number three is the Kat Von D Lock-It Concealer Crème.
I know everybody's always talking about "Oh, Tarte Shape Tape this.
Tarte Shape Tape that."
Well, to me, Tarte Shape Tape is stinky and it smells like bug spray.
However, the Kat Von D Concealer, this stuff is awesome.
It doesn't stink like bug spray and it works really well.
I have four shades but these are the three shades that I use the most.
White Out is great because you can use it to add to any foundation to make it lighter,
to be a better match for your skin tone if your pale like me and everything is usually
too dark.
I like to use a shade L1 around my face too brighten, and then I use L3 around my face
for more depth.
Basically, what I've been doing is trying to apply concealer foundation the way Mickey
has been teaching me, so I've been using these two shades a lot.
This stuff is so great.
I feel like no matter what foundation I put on, I can either put this under my foundation
or on top of my foundation and blend it out, and it's not going to get cakey.
I've even put it on top of powder products and I haven't had a problem with getting cakey,
so it really impresses me, and it doesn't settle into the fine lines under my eyes.
I don't know, I'm sitting here looking in the mirror, I put my makeup on about an hour
ago, it doesn't crease.
I love it.
I think it's pretty awesome.
Number four, the Kat Von D MetalMatte palette, you know I love this palette.
I've done several tutorials with this palette on my blog and my YouTube channel.
I think it's beautiful.
I keep telling people, if you really, really want an awesome palette for hooded eyes, this
is the palette you need to get because it has all of these great matte, and then you
have some fun shimmer shades for the lid.
I'll put a link to my recent tutorial I did.
I a teal cat eye using velour and moss and nebula and watt, ignite, and just, oh, it's
beautiful.
I love it so much, and just, the colors are great.
I even make my own transition color with it by mixing stone with suede to get a light
beige, grayish color, so yeah, I love this palette.
It's great.
I feel sorry for people who missed out on it who wanted it because it is so, so good.
It is my pick for the number one best palate of the year.
Number five on my list are the Makeup Geek Highlighters.
I love these.
The three shades that I particularly love are Moon Phase, Celestial, and Glitz.
I have them reviewed on my blog.
I will put a link in the description box below so you can check that out.
I am wearing this color, Celestial, on my cheeks today.
I just happen to think it's awesome.
I love Duochrome colors for pale skin.
I feel like they're the most flattering colors that you can wear, because you need something
has like a white base if you're pale so it will actually show up in your skin tone.
If you put on a highlighter and it's like a golden beige and it isn't lighter than your
skin, it's not going to do anything for you.
It's just not going to be good, so yeah.
This is awesome because it's the right color for me and I love the texture.
I love the finish.
I don't know, I feel like I look gorgeous and glowy with it on.
It's so awesome.
For number six comes as no surprise, it's the Urban Decay Pro Brushes.
I invested my money in these brushes this summer and bought almost all of the eye brushes,
and then Urban Decay later sent me some of the other brushes to check out, but I love
them.
I have been using that non-stop.
They are the main eyeshadow brushes that I use.
The other brushes that I use are Sigma brushes to supplement them, but I love these.
I think that they look really just, I don't know, I think they look really nice.
I like the little handle and its granite texture, and the bristles are soft and they're vegan.
I don't know, I think they're wonderfully designed.
I will put a link to my video where I review the eyeshadow brushes so you can check those
out.
Number 7 the Urban Decay Liquid Moondusts, I love these for layering.
These are basically like a companion product.
You put them on top of other products, so you would put this on top of eyeshadow or
on top of eyeliner and it looks great.
I've even tried a couple of these on the lips with Mickey if you watched my holiday look
tutorial, but I love these products and I feel like nobody talks about it except for
me, nobody likes them except for me, but they're really great for just adding extra sparkle
and shine and dimension to your looks, so yeah, they're beautiful.
Number eight are the new Urban Decay Vice Lipsticks.
I love these.
These are my go-to lipsticks.
I will put a link to my top 11 must-have Urban Decay Vice Lipsticks, because it can be hard
to narrow them down.
There are over a hundred shades.
All the ones I have are gorgeous.
I love them.
This is Violate.
This is like my lips but better, sort of pinky, dusty, mauve, nude type of shade, so yeah,
love it.
If you're looking for an ultra-comfortable lipstick formula, this is it.
Number nine is the Urban Decay Naked Ultimate Basics palette.
This is another hooded eye girl friendly palette.
It is great for hooded eyes because it is all matte.
I love the fact that you have some cooler tones and warm tones mixed together in the
palette.
You do have a couple shades that I think are really close to each other and I would have
liked to have seen a lighter gray as opposed to two really, really close sort of like beigey
brown shades, but overall, pretty happy with this palette.
Number 10 is the Urban Decay Moondust palette.
I see this as a companion palette and I love it because, again, you have the beautiful
Moondust eyeshadows which are great for layering on top of other colors.
For these colors to really work, I think the best way to apply them is on top of a colored
base, so either an eyeshadow or an eyeliner or a pencil, just something for them to stick
to, but they add such awesome dimension because they have all of the color shifting properties,
and I think they're beautiful.
Again, I feel like nobody talks about them, nobody loves them but me, but I'm sure there
are other people out there who love them.
It's not just me.
I did have two honorable mentions, and the first one would be the Urban Decay After Dark
palette, just because I love this packaging.
It is so gorgeous.
This purple rainbow, I really, really love it.
I do think the colors inside are pretty nice.
The other palette I wanted to talk about is the Gwen Stefani Blush Palette, so I love
Urban Decay blushes.
They are my go-to blushes.
They're the blushes that I wear pretty much every day, so I really like being able to
get a blush palette of Urban Decay blushes.
I hope that they will put out another blush palette.
That's the only reason I wanted to talk about it, because I love it for that reason.
Anyway, those are my top 10 products of 2016 with my honorable mentions.
What are your favorite products of 2016?
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