Do you often enter the drugstore and get super overwhelmed by all the makeup on display? Although we aren’t as lucky as the Americans who have endless labels for popular drugstore makeup, we do have a few standout products that are highly-raved about and are holy grail products for many beauty gurus around the world. Without further ado, scroll down to see for yourself these 10 star products!
1. Bourjois Little Round Pot Blush – We cannot say enough good things about these blushes which are cult products worldwide. They blend easily, have amazing texture, give off good colour and smell of roses. Best of all? They are inexpensive and come in 12 different shades.
2. Revlon Lip Butter – These lip butters are extremely hydrating, super pigmented and they do not dry out your lips even after long hours of wear. With 20 dazzling shades to choose from, there’s definitely one that’d suit your skin tone and personal style. You’d also be glad to know that these lip colours are made from nourishing ingredients such as mango, shea and coconut butter.
3. Maybelline Volum’ Express The Rocket – Hands down, this is one of the best mascaras ever, even better than some of the high-end ones. The mascara glides on smoothly, separates the lashes, gives the lashes volume and is absolutely clump-free. Try the waterproof formula as it holds curls better!
4. NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream – This product isn’t considered drugstore here in Malaysia, but if you’re familiar with the brand, you’d know that the Soft Matte Lip Cream is one of NYX’s best-selling products of all time. Don’t be fooled by the packaging though. Although it looks like a lip gloss, it really isn’t. Consider it as a highly pigmented matte liquid lipstick that glides on super smoothly, lasts a long time and is moisturizing on the lips.
5. Maybelline Eye Studio Colour Tattoo 24 Hour Cream Gel Shadow – These cream gel eyeshadows are super pigmented and they blend very easily onto the skin. Just a swipe of these eyeshadows onto the eyelids gives you the most gorgeous colour and highlights the contours of your eyes effortlessly. Did we mention that these are absolutely waterproof and budge-proof too?
6. L’Oréal Paris True Match Foundation – The formula of this foundation makes it very easy to blend and it gives light to medium coverage, which is ideal if you wish to cover skin discolourations, slight redness and imperfections. It also controls oil very well, so you wouldn’t have to worry about looking greasy mid-day.
7. Revlon Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain – Like its name suggests, these balm stains keep your lips moisturised and nourished like a regular lip balm would, except, it also gives you a bright pop of colour. These are easy to carry around in your bag and you won’t need any sharpeners as you can simply just twist and apply.
8. Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer – If you need a good concealer to lighten under eye darkness and cover imperfections, you will never go wrong with this Collection Cosmetics concealer. It does a wonderful job at brightening the under eye area and has enough coverage to hide those bad zits on your face. It also lasts a long time and doesn’t disappear or transfer throughout the day!
9. Rimmel London Stay Matte Pressed Powder – By far one of the most popular drugstore setting powders around, this Stay Matte powder really does mattify the face, keeps makeup in place for long hours and doesn’t appear to be cakey or powdery when applied. This powder also does a great job at controlling oils so you won’t appear greasy after long hours of wear.
10. Bourjois Healthy Mix Serum Gel Foundation – The unique gel formula of this foundation makes it super comfortable to wear and gives you the most natural looking, skin-like coverage. It brightens the skin, covers imperfections really well and makes your skin look radiant. The brand claims that the product lasts up to 16 hours on the skin and it really does last a very long time.
