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.
- Kinship Self Reflect Sport Sunscreen SPF 60 – I wear this outdoors only and reapply as necessary. Not great with makeup.
- 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.
- Milani Make It Last SPF 30 Sunscreen Setting Spray – This year I’m using this SPF spray to reapply SPF over my makeup if I am wearing makeup outside and need to reapply. In the past I’ve used Supergoop! SPF 40 Setting Spray.
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.
- 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.
- Wet n’ Wild Green Glass Correct Primer – wonderful at countering redness from my rosacea.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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.
- 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.
- Huda Beauty Easy Blur Natural Airbrush Foundation in Milkshake 100B – this is quickly becoming my favorite blurring foundation.
- 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.
- Fenty Pro Filt’r Instant Retouch Setting Powder in Lavender – I like this as a brightening powder.
- 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 best 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. My best friend Mickey recommends and uses it.
- 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.
- 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.
- Lethal Cosmetics Pressed Blushes – I love the cool tones, especially Aster, Carnation, Adorned, and Pansy.
- 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.
- 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.
Eye Products
Eye primers, mascaras, 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.
- Half-Magic Beauty Chromaddiction Shimmer Eyeshadows – my favorite liquid glitter eyeshadows.
- Half-Magic Beauty Chromaddiction Matte Eyeshadows – my favorite liquid matte eyeshadows.
- 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 just 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. Another travel palette favorite.
- Natasha Denona Mini Zendo Palette – love these peachy hues as they make my eyes pop blue. Great for travel.
- 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, a light cool toned pink, as well as some fun shades like black, purple, and green.
- 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!
- KVD Everlasting Hyperlight Transfer-Proof Liquid Lipstick – my favorite soft matte liquid lipstick formula that is not drying. I like this best if I use my finger tip to blend it out for a very soft wash of color.
- Kaleidos Lip Clays – I adore Mercury Wave, Fiamma, and Scorpion Fruit. These are transfer resistant but definitely not kiss proof.
- 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.
- 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.
- Half Magic Magic Drip Glitter Lip Gloss – this is my favorite non plumping gloss formula! I wish they had more shades available. I use Y2K Cherub, Problem Child, and Frosty B*tch.
- 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.
- Velour-Xtensions Lash Kit clusters – I love cluster lashes and they’re easier to apply than lash strips!
- Thrive Causemetcs Liquid Lash Extensions Mascara – This is my favorite mascara right now! I love it in Black, blue, green, purple, and pink. I need them to make a burgundy wine shade.
- 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.