Hello Lovelies! Welcome back to Sense Of Beauty! Today's blogpost will be all about my beauty favourites from 2016! Most of these, if not all of these have definitely been featured on my blog before.
Keep reading to see my favourite beauty products from 2016! :)
Primer
By far, the Nivea Men Post Shave Balm Sensitive has been the most sought after primer in 2016. The high glycerine content in the post shave balm leaves a tacky finish which will make your make-up last longer. I usually apply a 20c size amount to my fingertips and rub into my face until I feel it become tacky. Another bonus? It smells amazing!!
Foundation
My absolute favourite foundation of 2016 has got to be the Clarins Everlasting Foundation. It retails at 35 euro and is definitely worth every penny! I like to wear it both day time and night time. When I'm not wearing tan, I like to wear the shade 103 Ivory - I'm SUPER pale haha! When I have tan on I like to wear the shade 110 Honey. It gives amazing coverage and is very long lasting.
Concealer
This is my second tube of this concealer. It's the Lancome Effacernes Longue Tenue Concealer in 015. Perfect for everyday and I like using it when I'm going out it's perfect at giving a bright undereye highlight. It's very easy to blend and is very long lasting. The coverage is amazing too!
Under Eye Setting Powder
The Vichy Dermablend is an amazing loose powder for under your eyes. You can use it to bake or just to lightly set your under eye concealer. It doesn't flash back in photographs and it doesn't cake when you apply it. I've heard that it is meant to be very popular with brides too for their wedding makeup.
Face Powder
The Rimmel London Stay Matte is an amazing face powder to apply over your liquid foundation. It's a super affordable dupe for the MAC Mineralised Skin Finish. I have this in the shade Translucent so I can wear it on my paler days or when I have tan on. On days where I'm not wearing foundation, I like to apply this powder all over my face for a light coverage.
Liquid Bronzer
Benefit's Dew the hoola is another great product that I loved in 2016. You can use it on pale skin or tanned skin. I fell in love with this liquid bronzer during the summer when I didn't want to apply a foundation - I just applied some concealer under my eyes and applied this to the areas where you would usually bronze and it was lovely! Super easy to blend and very easy to use. Dew The Hoola makes an exceptional platform for powder bronzer and contour.
Bronzer
Another core product from Benefit that I can't live without! Benefit's Hoola bronzer is a cool toned bronzer which is ideal for bronzing and contouring. Very easy to blend and it is long lasting. Definitely an essential in anyone's makeup bag. It's also a multi-purpose product, you can use this as an eyeshadow.
Contour
The NYX HD Blush in Taupe is my favourite product to contour with. It is extremely cool-toned which is perfect for contouring. This layered on top of the hoola bronzer makes the perfect couple. It's super affordable too! This is my second one of these and I will definitely re-purchase when I have finished this one.
Blush
One of my favourite ranges in Benefit are their cheek products. Not only do I love their bronzer, but their blushes are just as amazing! My favourite one from their collection of blushes is Coralista. Perfect for anyone with a lighter skin tone as the coral tone is very complimentary. It has a gorgeous gold hew to it which fits perfectly with your highlighter.
Highlight
I like to call this my 'Mermaid Highlighter'. This is my absolute favourite highlighter, it's super pigmented - NASA can literally see your poppin' cheek bones from space!
Brow Pomade
Brow Pomades can give you precise and defined brows and this product does exactly that. I have it in the shade 02 Chocolate and I've had this for over a year, it's still going strong! I use this with a Real Technique Angled Brush and the both of them together are the dream team. It's definitely a dupe for the ABH Dip Brow Pomade and it's a fraction of the price!
Brow Gel
The Benefit Ready, Set Brow is the ultimate brow gel. It is literally like super glue for your brows, they do not budge when this is applied. If you have unruly brows, this is your magic potion in a bottle to keep them in place. It's clear so it can be universally used.
Eyeshadow Primer
The Essence I <3 Stage Eyeshadow Base is an amazing base, and to make things better? It's only a couple of euro! It has a cream colour to it which works perfectly at concealing any discolouration and veins on your eyelids. I usually like to apply a skin-coloured eyeshadow on top of this to remove the tacky feeling of it.
Eyeshadow
Stila's kitten eyeshadow is a necessity in your makeup bag. It's a gorgeous champagne gold and compliments all skin tones. I enjoy using this as a highlighter on my face too! I am obsessed with this eyeshadow! Definitely one of my favourite purchases of 2016!
Eyeshadow Palette
Warm matte eyeshadows are definitely the way to my heart! I have used and abused this palette all year long and I've only hit pan on one of the eyeshadows! It has a great selection of light eyeshadows and dark eyeshadows which can be used for both day and night. The palette came with a double sided brush but I have misplaced mine.
Liquid Eyeliner
Liquid Eyeliner can definitely sense your fear but when you use this, you have nothing to fear. It's so easy and quick to use, I recommend this for any beginners/pros with liquid eyeliner. It has 3 different positions that you can use to apply the eyeliner. It's super fast drying too so it doesn't transfer to your lid if you open your eyes too soon.
Mascara Primer
This primer for your eyelashes can work wonders! It's tinted brown which means that you can wear it by itself if you fancy a more natural look. It's super flexible technology allows you to apply mascara over top and it doesn't clump. It works well with all lashes; short, long, curly and straight. It's also waterproof too!
Mascara
Lancome has won it's way to my heart with this mascara. It volumises and lengthens - the dream mascara! It's perfect for those with longer lashes just because it can clump when applied to shorter lashes. Super impressed with this! This is my second tube of this too!
Lip Oils
Not only does Clarins excel in body oils, they also excel in lip oils. These babies are necessities in every girls handbag. They come in 3 shades; Honey, Raspberry and Red Berry. My favourites are the Honey and Red Berry. Super hydrating for your lips and are very long lasting, they don't disappear off your lips.
Lip Liner
I am not exaggerating when I say I have about 6 of these floating around in my handbag, makeup bag and makeup collection. This is my absolute favourite lipliner. It's available from Penneys, part of their PS Love makeup collection and to make it even sweeter, it only costs 1.50!
Liquid Lipstick
Stila Liquid Lipsticks are my favourite lip products ever! My favourite shade is Patina. It's a gorgeous soft berry colour which can be worn on any skin tone and with most makeup looks. They are ultra matte and are very long lasting. I would suggest you apply some Carmex before you apply these though, they are unbelievably matte with no moisture. I have purchased two of these and I have made my mum fall in love with this too!
Setting Spray
The ultimate setting spray of 2016 has to be Clarins Fix' Makeup Setting Spray. It has a faint scent of roses, I don't mind this but others might not enjoy it. It's very refreshing and does an exceptional job at making your makeup last longer. I enjoy using this to 'foil' my eyeshadows too; especially Kitten by Stila.
So, that's the end of my 2016 Beauty Favourites! I really hope you enjoyed this and if you try any of these products, I hope you're as satisfied as I am with them.
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