A vacation-scented bronzer, a versatile highlighter stick that turns into the perfect nude lipstick, eyebrow gel that accelerates their growth, and other universal products from the cosmetic bag of the senior editor Anastasia Speranskaya.
When the time and size of the cosmetic bag is running out, you have to resort to emergency measures - here proven universal remedies come to the rescue. Who said that the highlighter is only for the cheekbones, and the eyebrow gel cannot be applied to the eyelashes? The face is a canvas, the main thing is to choose good paints. Today I will tell you about the products that are always in my cosmetic bag.
Stick-highlighter Glow Stick, shade Desert Sun, Bobbi Brown
If the phrase “highlighter with a tanning effect” puzzles you, go to the nearest Bobbi Brown store and see for yourself - it happens! In fact, I hardly use this stick as a highlighter, for me it is the perfect creamy blush and moisturizing nude lipstick. The texture of the product resembles a dense lip balm - not too oily, but not too hard gel, so I am guided by my personal motto ("Shading is the best cardio!") And apply with fingertips or a duofiber brush (look for my favorites here).
When you urgently need to give your face a healthy and sleepy look, I shade the stick along the "apples" of the cheeks, cheekbones and temples - a fashionable dripping is obtained. And when you feel like experimenting, I apply it to the center of the eyelid over the eyeshadow to give it a damp effect.
Price: 2 400 rub.
Bronzer Butter Bronzer, Physicians Formula
The excellent and - importantly - budget American brand Physicians Formula was founded by an allergist, so all products are ideal for sensitive skin. I mentally give "five" to the "happy" owners of redness and peeling.
It was the bronzer that made the brand famous all over the world - and here's why. Firstly, it is the perfect shade - not too cold (no "bruises" on the cheeks), not too orange. This is it - the color of the tan of the fair-skinned girl of our latitudes. In addition, the product magically smells of coconut, Pina Colada cocktail and, in general, vacation. The composition sounds like a holiday at all - the texture has been enriched with a mixture of Brazilian oils Murumuru, Cupuasu and Tucuma, so the bronzer feels almost creamy to the touch.
I take a large fluffy brush and apply with sweeping movements under the cheekbones, on the upper part of the forehead, the tip of the nose (this greatly reduces it) and add a little to the crease of the eyelid. I inhale the aroma and "endorphins went" - just like in the song.
Price: 689 rub.
Eyebrow gel Eyebrow Filler, Nikonorova
My recipe for the perfect summer eyebrows is correction and coloring in a beauty salon, as well as “styling” with a transparent gel. In hot weather, I hardly ever dye, and I don't need dark sable eyebrows, so I always take my snow-white mint friend with me.
Tatyana Nikonorova is the founder of the Viplash and Nikonorova Profi Collection brands, Lash & Brow stylist and the owner of Nikonorova Hall. These regalia are enough to understand that Tatiana knows how to make Cara Delevingne's thick sable eyebrows out of thin thread-like eyebrows. Therefore, you trust the funds from her beauty box immediately and unconditionally. In one of these magic boxes, I found an eyebrow gel that not only fixes them in the right position, but also promotes the growth of hairs.
The tool imperceptibly fixes the eyebrows without the jelly effect (and this is the fault of many transparent gels) and allows you to neatly comb even the rebels trying to stick out in different directions. The gel contains extracts of plant substances that care for the eyebrows and accelerate their growth. That is why the gel can be applied at night - let it grow while you rest.
Eyebrow Filler helps out even on days when I don't want to paint my eyes with mascara at all - I arm myself with my favorite curler from Shu Uemura and apply a thin layer of gel directly to the eyelashes. The result is the effect of lamination: your eyes are wide open, and you are ready to “shoot your eyes” even all day long.
Price: 490 rub.
Essence for lips Grape Honey Chu Lip Essence, Frudia
If you were born in the 90s, then you probably remember the Lip Glow roller gloss with fruity aromas - I took everything from life and applied them to my eyelids, drove my fingertips into my cheekbones (at the age of six!) And, of course, constantly painted my lips. My favorite was the purple "roller" with the scent of grapes - and all those memories came over me when I first tasted the essence from the Korean brand Frudia. The smell from childhood!
The brand appeared in Russia not so long ago, and, as its name implies, fruit extracts are at the head of all the compositions. In order for all the beneficial trace elements from fruit juice, seeds and peel to get into the products, Frudia uses the method of low-temperature extraction - thanks to it, the magic aroma is also preserved.
The essence not only cares for the skin, but also enhances the color: lips with it look very Korean - soft pink with a slight ombre and natural shine.
Price: 590 rub.
Highlighter Beyond Powder, shade OMG, Illamasqua
Charlotte Reed, director of marketing for London-based brand Illamasqua, confessed to me during an interview: "Sometimes I put on the Beyond Powder highlighter and I can't stop." And I understand it - now I also use the bestseller "for other purposes" and apply instead of shadows on the eyelids, and sometimes on the eyebrows.
The highlighter in the shade of OMG, reminiscent of a gold bar, can be applied with a fluffy brush and enjoy a delicate glow, or if the brush is sprayed with water (or, as I like, thermal spray), it creates a bright accent in the spirit of J. Lo.
I apply the product to the temples, over the eyebrow, on the tip of the nose, the dimple above the lip and (attention!) The "apples" of the cheeks. I spied on this technique at the master class of Elena Krygina - she said that in Korea blush and highlighter have already changed places for a long time, and a drop of radiance on the cheeks refreshes the face and instantly makes you ten years younger.
Price: 3 849 rub.
