LUX Beauty: beauty blogger must-have picks

Sep 25, 2012
Marisa Machak • Beauty

Beauty bloggers are always featuring helpful beauty tutorials, the newest trends and their favorite makeup and hair products. The bloggers of We Heart This, 15 Minute Beauty Fanatic, Blushing Noir, A Girl’s Gotta Spa, My Beauty Box and Self Tanning Queen share their must-have beauty picks they cannot live without and why. Here are the products that get the beauty blogger stamp of approval!

Stef from We Heart This

“As a beauty blogger, you end up having quite a few ‘must-haves.’ But the one product that I just can’t live without is Kiehl’s Calendula Toner. I started using it in 1994 and my medicine cabinet hasn’t been without a bottle since. If you are acne-prone or have oily skin, this product will be your BFF. Calendula soothes irritations, so it’s great on cuts or razor burn too, and keeps oily skin at bay. It’s light, refreshing, smells great and my skin loves it. Plus, show me the woman who doesn’t like a product with flower petals floating in it?”

Christine from 15 Minute Beauty Fanatic

“Definitely mascara. I feel naked without it. Somehow having defined lashes makes me feel much more complete! I go back and forth between a lot of mascaras, but the one I come back to the most is CoverGirl LashBlast Fusion. It lasts all day without any smudging or flaking, adds both volume and length in addition to holding the curl. I also love that it's so affordable!”

Brooke from Blushing Noir

“I absolutely cannot live without Lancome Dual Finish Powder. I’ve used this product since I was fifteen years old and have never found anything better. You can wear it lightly over-top of a foundation or alone as your powder and foundation combined. It gives a flawless complexion every time!”

Shannon from A Girl’s Gotta Spa

“The number one beauty product I can’t live without would be dry shampoo. I don’t wash my hair every day and having bangs often means greasy hair. There are two brands I use, depending on my mood, Jonathan Product Green Rootine and Suave Keratin Infusion. Green Rootine is a powder you brush on and Keratin Infusion is a spray. Both do an incredible job at refreshing my hair and absorbing the extra oil in my hair.”

Ellie from My Beauty Box

“My number one beauty product would have to be foundation. Flawless skin is essential to any look. Nowadays, foundations can do so much more than just cover up imperfections; it can nourish, protect, treat and give you that perfect canvas. If makeup was an equation, foundation would be my constant; everything else is a variable. My current favorite is Neutrogena Healthy Skin. It has SPF, antioxidants; it’s light, luminous, covers well and my skin actually feels and looks better since I have been wearing it.”

Sinead from Self Tanning Queen

“Since I blog mostly about self-tanners, my number one beauty product that I can’t live without is Beautisol’s Summer Glow body self-tanner! It is a luxurious lotion with color correcting pigments that cancel yellow or orange hues so your faux tan always looks natural. The ‘Pure Scent’ odor eliminating technology is fantastic at getting rid of the yucky processing odor that most self-tanners have while the tan is developing. It’s paraben-free, vegan and cruelty-free!”