I thought it would be helpful if I made a Cordelia’s Makeup Favorites page rounding up my current favorite makeup products. If you’re looking for my affiliate codes, they’re listed on my Affiliate Code page.
Cordelia’s Makeup Favorites
Here are my current favorite makeup products. Some links are affiliate links and I make a small commission on sales made through these links. Thank you if you choose to use them!
SPF
- Canmake Mermaid Skin Gel UV Sunscreen SPF 50+ PA++++ – this is the best SPF I’ve found for wearing under makeup.
- e.l.f. SKIN Suntouchable Whoa Glow SPF 30 in Sunbeam – I adore this tinted sunscreen for minimal makeup days, just wish it was SPF 50. I rarely wear anything below SPF 50 outside the house unless I’m going to mostly be indoors.
- Coola Classic Body Organic Sunscreen Spray SPF 50 – I use this on my body and reapply as often as necessary when outdoors.
- Jack Black Intense Therapy Lip Balm SPF 25 – this is my go-to spf lip balm for my lips.
- Supergoop! Shimmershade SPF 30 in First Light – If I’m not wearing eye makeup, I will use this as an SPF eye brightener. It reminds me of MAC Bare Study paint pot.
- Supergoop! SPF 40 Setting Spray – I prefer this to any other SPF setting spray I’ve tried.
Face Primers
You can use different primers on different areas of your face. If my redness from rosacea is very visible, I use the green primer on the redness, and the Power Grip Primer on my T-zone. Some days I want to be extra glowy, so I use Prism FX or Glow Lust as my primer. If I need to make sure it lasts all day, I will mix Prism FX or Glow Lust into Power Grip.
- Auric Glow Lust in Morganite – I love this as a tinted hydrating primer for my skin. I prefer it to the Charlotte Tilbury Glow product, as well as the Elf Halo Glow product.
- Danessa Myricks Prism FX Hydrating Lotion in Original (iridescent pinky-violet) or Gold (iridescent gold) – gives me a gorgeous iridescent glow on my dry skin and can be mixed with primers or foundations.
- Wet n’ Wild Green Glass Correct Primer – wonderful at countering redness from my rosacea.
- elf Power Grip Primer – an affordable dupe for Milk Makeup Hydro Grip Primer, helps my foundation last all day, ideal for dry skin. Make sure you let is set for 60 seconds before applying anything on top.
- Wet n’ Wild Impossible Primer – excellent silicone free mattifying and hydrating primer, good at blurring pores.
Complexion Products
I don’t use setting powder all over. I do use it strategically to blur fine lines and pores, as well as set under my eyes. The older I become, the less likely I am to wear full coverage because it ages me. I look better in lighter coverage products.
- LYS Beauty Triple Fix Blurring and Hydrating Skin Tint Foundation Stick in LN1 – I finally have a stick foundation that I love for everday wear. It’s so easy to use and looks great on my 46 year old skin.
- About Face THE PERFORMER Skin-Focused Foundation in F0Cool – I love this liquid foundation! I use this when I need more coverage for my foundation. It works so well with my dry skin.
- Urban Decay Hydromaniac Tinted Moisturizer in Shade 10 – my favorite light-medium coverage glowy complexion product.
- Haus Labs Triclone Skin Tech Hydrating + De-puffing Concealer in 01 Fair Neutral – my go-to concealer for around my face. I like to use my fingertips to blend it out or the BK Kitten Paw brush.
- Rare Beauty Positive Light Under Eye Brightener in Light – I use this to brighten under my eyes and I pair it with the LYS foundation stick. My under eye area is delicate and prone to caking if I use too much product.
- Huda Beauty Easy Bake Loose Baking & Setting Powder in Pound Cake – despite the fragrance, this is an excellent setting powder when used strategically around the face. I pat it on with the IT Brushes For ULTA Airbrush Tapered Powder Bronzer Brush #150.
- Danessa Myricks Yummy Skin Blurring Balm Powder in Universal and Shade 1 – blurs my skin’s imperfections and gives me sheer to light coverage with Shade 1. Universal is great for no-makeup makeup and men’s makeup.
- ByTerry Pressed Hydra Powder – This is a pressed hydrating setting powder that I use when my skin is extra dry. It’s the best pressed setting powder that I’ve ever tried for my dry skin.
- Laura Mercier Secret Brightening Powder for Under Eyes – the best undereye setting powder according to my friend and pro makeup artist Mickey. Love it!
- One/Size On ‘Til Dawn Mattifying Waterproof Setting Spray – If I need my makeup to last all day and not move, this is what I use.
- Iconic London Prep-Set-Glow Hydrating Setting Spray – If I don’t need it to last all day and I just want to add a glow, I use this spray.
Cheek Products
I’m very fair skinned with neutral cool undertones. I use a lot of highlighters as highlighting blushes because I find it flattering.
- One/Size Cheek Clapper 3D Blush Trio Palette in Attention Seeker – This is my all time favorite cream and matte powder blush formula in one. Unfortunately it has a very limited shade range.
- Kaleidos Space Age Highlighters – I love these so much and they have a wonderful formula! Such a beautiful duochrome and multichrome formula.
- Black Moon Moonlighters – These have been my favorite highlighers for a very long time and all of their cheek products are excellent. I love the ethereal lit from within glow that they give.
- e.l.f. Camo Liquid Bronzer & Contour in 1 Fair – I love this easy to use liquid contour for my very fair cool skin.
- Wet n Wild Ticket to Brazil – my favorite affordable pressed powder bronzer for very fair skin.
- Silk Naturals Beach Bunny – (code CORDELIA 10%) the best loose bronzer for very fair skin.
- Rituel de Fille Intuition – my favorite grey mauve taupe cream for contouring.
- VE Cosmetics Witch Please Loose Contour Powder – (code CORDELIA 10%) my favorite loose contouring powder.
- Silk Naturals – (code CORDELIA 10%) my favorite cream highlighting blushes.
- Aromaleigh – (code CORDELIA 15%) – my favorite loose blushes.
- Danessa Myricks Yummy Skin Blurring Balm Powder Flushed It Girl – I love this cool toned blurring pink for my very fair neutral cool skin tone.
- R.E.M. Beauty Yours Truly Set – Honeymoon High is the perfect highlighting blush for my fair skin and I want to wear it daily.
- Haus Labs Bio-Radiant Gel-Powder Highlighter in Rose Quartz and Moonstone – I use Rose Quartz as a blush or blushing highlight, while I use Moonstone as a true highlighter.
Eye Products
Eye primers, single eyeshadows, and eyeliners are definitely a necessity in my makeup favorites.
- Devinah Prelusion Eye Base Primer – (code CORDELIA 10%) my go-to daily use eyeshadow primer these days.
- Devinah Specular Sparkle & Shimmer Glue Base – (code CORDELIA 10%) my go-to glitter primer these days.
- Urban Decay Eden Eye Primer – my favorite tinted light creamy beige matte eye primer that evens out any discoloration on my eyes.
- Urban Decay Sin Eye Primer – my favorite tinted light champagne beige shimmer eye primer.
- Devinah Eyeshadows – (code CORDELIA 10%) I love their mattes and multichromes!
- Lethal Cosmetics Matte Eyeshadows – I love all my Lethal eyeshadows but especially my mattes.
- Sugarpill Loose Eyeshadows – I especially love Trance and Flora.
- P. Louise Eye Paints – my favorite eye paint formula because of their shade range.
- Kaleidos Epiphany Glow Melt-On Eyeliners – these are my favorite multichrome eyeliners!
- Nyx Retractable Vivid Rich Mechanical Eyeliner Pencils – Quartz Queen is my perfect eye-opening shade.
- Stila Stay All Day Smudge & Set Waterproof Gel Eye Liners – I’m a fan of Stingray Black, Silver Lining, and Vivid Sapphire.
- Stila Stay All Day Waterproof Liquid Eye Liner – the best liquid eyeyliner I’ve found that works for me recently.
- Half Magic Flik Eraser Makeup Correcting Pen – I love using this to correct the angle of my eyeliner and makeup.
Eyeshadow Palette Favorites
I adore my eyeshadow singles, but still love and use eyeshadow palettes so I had to include them in my makeup favorites!
- Bellabeautébar Basic Witch Palette – (code CORDELIA 10%) I love this palette so much! I reach for it frequently. The mattes are great.
- Blend Bunny Lure Palette – Seriously, this mermaid-hued palette is perfect for most of the makeup looks I want to do. I use the cool-toned pinks, blues, purples, and greens frequently.
- Bellabeautébar Recently Deinfluenced Magnetic Palette – (code CORDELIA 10%) I bought this palette for Fall 2024 and it’s stunning.
- Devinah Phantasia Palette – (code CORDELIA 10%) This is such a beautiful soft cool-toned palette of multichromes and mattes. It’s finally available as singles too.
- Nabla Wildberry Cutie Palette – great for travel with pinks and duochromes! And yes, these colors are flattering on my very fair neutral cool skin tone.
- Viseart Editorial Brights Palette – I love this for cosplay, conventions, and travel. It’s my favorite all matte rainbow palette.
- Natasha Denona Mini Love Palette – I adore the mini love so much! It’s perfect for travel. These pinks are very flattering on me.
- Natasha Denona My Mini Dream Palette – this is a flattering neutral-toned eyeshadow palette. It does not pull cool toned on me, reads more as neutral.
- Natasha Denona Mini Zendo Palette – love these peachy hues as they make my eyes pop blue.
- Natasha Denona Xenon Eyeshadow Palette – I love this cool toned, multi-dimensional grey and black smokey glam palette.
- Natasha Denona Roxa Eyeshadow Palette – I bought this because it is a pink leaning purple palette and it’s lovely.
- Natasha Denona Mini Eye Sculpt Eyeshadow Palette – I prefer Natasha’s 5 pan mini palettes to midi or full sizes and this is a nice all matte palette.
- Adept Cosmetics Cyborg Choir Palette – This palette has the most unique holochrome formula in my collection. I love Binary Beat, Android Aura, Robo Rose, Pixelated Pulse, Laser Lights, Voltage Violet, Mechanical Muse, Digital Harmony, all so much.
- Lethal 1UP Palette – the palette that made me fall head over heels with Lethal! These shades are available as single eyeshadows.
Lip Products
Right now I do my lips 3 different ways, so there’s a nice variety of lip makeup favorites included. I either use lip liner and gloss, liquid lipstick, or I pat loose eyeshadow on top of my lipstick.
- Buxom Power Line Lip Liner – I absolutely love this formula and own every shade I would wear currently. I wish they would make a hot pink, as well as some fun shades like black, purple, and green. I wear Hush Hush Henna (nude pink), Magnetic Mauve (cool toned mauve pink), Recharged Ruby (cool toned red), and Powerful Plum (vampy plum) the most.
- VE Cosmetics Multichrome Lip Glosses– (code CORDELIA 10%) Innocent is my favorite but all the shades are stunning. The formula is fantastic, non sticky, doesn’t move, and highly reflective.
- Half Magic Magic Drip Glitter Lip Gloss – this is my second favorite gloss formula! I wish they had more cool toned shades available, especially a bright cool toned red. I use Y2K Cherub, Problem Child, and Frosty B*tch.
- Black Moon Liquid Lipsticks – I absolutely adore this liquid lipstick formula and it’s my favorite longwearing liquid lipstick formula! I wore Sleepwalker for my wedding. Armageddon, Myth, Sorrow, Genie, and Eternal are standout shades for me.
- Nyx Line Loud Longwear Lip Liner – I especially love Fierce Flirt (cool toned mauve pink MLBB)!
- Half Magic Sculptitude 2-in-1 Lip Liners – I use UR My Taupe/Badassery the most.
- Urban Decay Vice Lip Bonds Glossy Longwear Liquid Lipsticks – my favorite long wearing glossy lipsticks!
- Sugarpill Liquid Lipsticks – I’m a fan of Luvbug, Hijinx, Heartstrings, Vertigo, Truth or Dare, Sub-Zero and Next.
- Silk Naturals Velvet Matte Lipsticks – (code CORDELIA 10%) I love these velvet matte lipsticks and they’re ultra affordable at $6.99 each. Antici…pation, Belladonna, Ink, Casino, Corker, Genre, Tulle, and Subterranean are all great shades.
- Silk Naturals Slick Sticks – (code CORDELIA 10%) I love these gloss sticks! My favorite shades include Hex, Persephone, Potion, and Top Dog.
Brow Products
I’ve simplified my brows so much! These are my two brow makeup favorites.
- Nyx Clear Brow Glue – I use this to brush my brows up and out
- Silk Naturals – (code CORDELIA 10%) I use Tour loose eyeshadow to fill in my brows with a small angled brush for natural looking brows
Lashes
I love wearing lashes and the following mascaras. Still searching for a deep burgundy wine mascara. These are my lash makeup favorites.
- Thrive Causemetics Liquid Lash Extensions Mascara – (get $15 off your first order of $50) the best non-flaking, long-wearing, waterproof vegan tubing mascara. I wish it had a burgundy wine shade. I wear the Black, Pink, Blue, Purple, and Green.
- Velour-Xtensions Lash Kit clusters – I love cluster lashes and they’re easier to apply than lash strips!
- CoverGirl Lash Blast Cleantopia Ultramarine Mascara in Ultramarine Black – love this for a blue-tinted black to brighten blue-green eyes.
- Rom&nd Han All Fix Mascara in L02 Long Ash – this is a soft grey black mascara that makes my eyes pop blue
- Velour Would I Lie? False Lashes
- Velour Latex Free Lash Glue
Nails
My makeup favorites wouldn’t be complete without a list of what I use for my nails. I always get compliments on my manicures.
- Orly Nail Tip Primer – I use this on my natural nails after I’ve prepped them for a manicure and I heat this under the UV lamp for 30 to 60 seconds.
- Painted Desert Cactuc Gelly Plus – my favorite builder gel/base gel for adhering tips and gel polish.
- Apres Gel-X Prep – I use this to etch the inside of my full coverage gel tips before application.
- Apres Gel-X Natural Stiletto Short Tips – I use these full coverage tips the most.
- Painted Desert Xtra Short Almond and Coffin Tips – I use these tips when I need shorter nails. They’re lovely too!
- Vettsy Hema-Free Gel Polish – (code CORDELIA 20%) Their jelly polish is great and their nail art kits are cute.
- Daily Charme Gel Polish & Nail Art – I use a lot of their products for nail art. Their tips are nice too. I have a few of their black and white nail tip kits.
- iGel Beauty Glow in the Dark Gel Polish – They make true glow-in-the-dark gel nail polish, not just UV-reactive. Lots of great polish options and nail art supplies.