Best of Beauty 2015!

Finally getting to post my Best of Beauty 2015!  I loooove beauty products.  

But first...this morning I tried a new sample product.  Samples are great.  I get to try a product without buying a full size.  I opened this one up and was thinking "What is this going to do...it is white!" 

But claims to be picture perfect so I went for it.  I guess the CC means color correcting and self adjusts to just the right match for you.  I LOVED it!   Now on my wish list.  

Bad lighting but the overall look. 

Playing with new make-up makes me happy. 

So I proceeded to dig out my top products for the year....

First...face wash.  The Body Shop Tea Tree Skin Clearing Face Wash.  This is my back up bottle I got on sale.  My bottle in my shower still is over a quarter full and is lasted over a year!  For about ten dollars it is so worth it.  

My top eye make-up remover is the Almay oil free eye make-up remover.  I can't stand oily remover.  Top moisturizer is the Garnier Gel moisturizer.  I decided to put a high end and low end in each category but I won't even consider a higher end version of these.  

Eye cream....Bobbi Brown.  It is high end but I love it.  Cheaper version is the Sephora eye and lip cream ( not pictured).  I will repurchase the Sephora one for my lips. 

Best lip balm ever....Nivea lip butter.  Four dollars.  Nothing high end compares.  Save your money and try it.  I love the Fresh Sugar lip balm but won't buy again after discovering the Nivea for sooooo much cheaper. 

Face primers this year....I loved the Smashbox primer water.  Some people didn't but I loved how it made my face feel.  It is higher end.  Also just tried a sample of the Make Up Forever Step 1 primer and loved it too.  I honestly have not found a drugstore face primer I like.

Eye primer top pick is the Too Faced Shadow Insurance.  Recently I have given the Nars eyeshadow base a try as people have raved about it.  I am not impressed. Drugstore product worth a mention is the Maybelline Color Tattoos

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Two of my all time Fave eye shadows this year....high end is the Nars Dual Intensity Shadow in Calisto, swatched in the middle.  Drugstore is Colour Pop I Heart This, swatched on the left.  I love layering them...layered swatch on far right.  

Concealers....cannot beat the Maybelline Fit Me concealer.  If I had to buy high end it would be the Smashbox photo finish concealer.  Once I use this up though I will only buy the Maybelline.  

Eyeliners.  While I love a pop of color I stuck to black for my choices.  My must have, everyday liquid liner is the Stila Stay All Day Liquid Liner.  Will always repurchase!  High end lower lash choice is the Make Up Forever Artist liner.  Drugstore lower lash choice is Rimmel Exaggerate liner. 

This year I learned how doing brows can really change up my look.  Especially since mine are pretty blonde.  The Universal brow pencil from It cosmetics is all I tried and I love it. Easy to use and lasts forever.  

Mascara...drugstore is the Loreal Butterfly mascara....LOVE!  High end I have a lot of good ones but the Diorshow was a big fave.  Currently loving layering Make Up Forever Smoky Lash with Nars Audascious. 

Foundations.  High end is my Hourglass Immaculate Foundation...adore it.  Drugstore you can't go wrong with Revlon Colorstay.  

Blush.  Oh blush...be still my heart.  It is my weakness.  Picking favorites is like picking your favorite child.  Well I only have one child so that's a bad example.  Regardless I narrowed it down. 

Becca blush in Gypsy is a beautiful baby pink.  Nars Sin....all time face fall purple.  Urban Decay blush in Rapture, another great fall look.  And Drugstore....Colourpop.  You cannot go wrong.  Birthday Suit and Prenup are simply my fave colors. 

From left to right: Gypsy, Sin, Rapture, Birthday Suit, Prenup.  If you take anything from this post it should be this.  Go. Buy. Colourpop products.  Now.  

Powders I don't even need a high end choice.  Rimmel Stay Matte powder is Amazeballs.  AND it is TWO BUCKS.  Buy it. 

High end beauty sponge...the Beauty Blender.  Love it.  Drugstore has Real Techniques but after trying both I can only support the Beauty Blender.  

Lippies.  Best drugstore hands down for me is NYX.  Less than five bucks each and they are wonderful.  Here I have from left to right...Pure Nude, High Voltage in French Kiss, High Voltage in Tangerine and High Voltage in Mirage.  All super creamy.  Downside of the high voltage lippies...the lids fall off easily so I don't recommend tossing them in your purse or you risk product all over your bag. 

Left to right:  Pure nude, French Kiss, Tangerine, Mirage.  You can see how creamy they are. 

Middle of the road:  MAC Creme Cup, Sephora gloss in Natural Look and Baby Doll. LOVE these glosses.

Left to right: Creme Cup, Natural Look, Babydoll

High end picks (over 20 bucks):  Marc Jacobs Moody Margot, Strange Magic, Kat Von D Agatha, Ardency Inn Delancy, Bare Minerals Peach Passion, Too Faced Melted Sugar

Left to right:  Marc Jacobs Moody Margot, Marc Jacobs Strange Magic, Kat Von D Agatha, Ardency Inn Delancy, Bare Minerals Peach Passion (very hydrating!), Too Faced Melted Sugar.  

Favorite perfume...Ralph Lauren Big Pony #2.  My sweet mom gave me a personalized bottle for Christmas! 

Best lotion...no question...Mango Temptation by Victoria's Secret.

So there are my picks!  I may do a products I regret buying post next.  Also want to show the products I want to use up this year.  May show my make-up collection if you promise not to call me a hoarder.  Have more trash to show and a keepin it real post up soon!