Best Celebrity Makeup
Best Base Makeup
Best Concealer
Item Beauty by Addison Rae
Air Hug Clean Lightweight
Full-Coverage Concealer
Best Blush
Rare Beauty Stay Vulnerable
Melting Cream Blush
The Item Beauty by Addison
Rae Air Hug Clean Lightweight
Full-Coverage Concealer ($18) is like TikTok's Glow Look makeup filter IRL, which tracks given the brand's founder is social media star Addison Rae. This full-coverage concealer is pigmented enough to disguise our darkest circles and bright-red hormonal breakouts all day, but thanks to the pillowy, almost whipped texture and radiant finish, it melts right
in and leaves skin looking natural.
Selena Gomez knows music, movies,
and, apparently, makeup. Exhibit A: her Rare Beauty Stay Vulnerable Melting Cream Blush ($21) is unlike anything we've tried before. When applied with your fingers, it transforms into a liquid that melts into a second skin and leaves the most natural-looking flush ever. Here's where the tricks come in. The water-resistant formula does not cake or build up on the surface, and it magically doesn't move or mess with our foundation underneath. We might not understand it, but we 100 percent love it.
Best Mascara
Victoria Beckham Beauty
Future Lash Mascara
Chic but minimal — that's Victoria Beckham's style vibe, which is why it's no surprise that her Victoria Beckham
Beauty Future Lash Mascara ($28) fits right into the VB aesthetic. One swipe of this tubing mascara will give you major lash-lengthening results, but in that subtle, this-is-what-I-look-like way. The best part? No matter how much you apply, there’s zero risk of clumpage. All you're left with are defined, natural-looking lashes that would make Posh Spice proud.
Best Lipstick
About-Face Paint-It Matte Lip Color
Halsey's About-Face Paint-It Matte
Lip Color ($22) passed our ultimate
liquid-lipstick test: zero transfer to our
face mask (even after 30 minutes on a sweaty walk). Plus, the pigmented formula did not smudge or fade one bit, and unlike other liquid lipsticks we've tested, it's actually comfortable to wear. You won't forget you're wearing it, though: there's the nicest touch of peppermint oil, which
not only added a minty-fresh smell but
also kept our lips moisturized.
Fenty Beauty Eaze Drop
Blurring Skin Tint
We'd buy anything Rihanna is selling (and probably have), but her Fenty Beauty Eaze Drop Blurring Skin Tint ($30) is definitely a standout. Unlike other tinted moisturizers we've tried, this stuff actually serves some coverage. Don't get us wrong, it's still buildable, so you can get that light, skin-like blur you love where you want it and easily bump up coverage just where you need it. It was even camouflaging enough to cover a few post-breakout dark spots.
Sean Garrette
Aesthetician and skin-care influencer