make-up
LIQUID EYELINER Guerlain Mad Eyes Precise Liner, £31
One of the sharpest, mattest, blackest eyeliners around, with zero slip or smudge.
HIGH-END MASCARA Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk Push Up Lashes! Mascara, £23
This’ll give you Bambi lashes – it lifts, volumises and lengthens better than any other mascara.
PENCIL EYELINER Marc Jacobs Beauty Highliner Gel Eye Crayon, £21
Not to be dramatic, but this eyeliner literally glides on like a hot knife through butter.
HIGH-STREET MASCARA Maybelline New York The Falsies Lash Lift Waterproof Mascara, £9.99
The mascara that made us quit our lash curlers. Buy if you want your lashes to touch your brows.
BROW GEL E.L.F. Wow Brow Gel, £4.50
Fibre-infused, long-wearing and available in five shades, this is the bargainous secret to feathery, brushed-up brows.
BLEMISH CONCEALER Shiseido Synchro Skin Correcting GelStick Concealer, £29
A love-at-first-swatch, stretchy, cake-free weapon, tiny enough to fit in a coin purse? Sold.
MEDIUM-COVERAGE FOUNDATION Chanel Les Beiges Healthy Glow Foundation, £40
This luxurious skin-blurring formula melts in and has us looking in every mirror we pass.
BLUSHER Fenty Cheeks Out Freestyle Cream Blush, £19
Exquisite pay-off and universally wearable shades in violet, tangerine, pillarbox and beyond.
FULL-ON LIP COLOUR MAC Powder Kiss Liquid Lipcolour, £19
Think matte ain’t all that? Try this powdery pop of colour and prepare to be converted.
CREAM EYESHADOW E.L.F. Liquid Glitter Eyeshadow, £5
Easy to apply, highly pigmented and even stayed put under one beauty writer’s steamy ski goggles (true story).
UNDER-EYE BRIGHTENER NYX Professional Makeup Born To Glow! Concealer, £9
From the brand behind the best foundation of 2019, this covers exhaustion without caking.
SHEER-COVERAGE FOUNDATION Morphe 2 Hint Hint Skin Tint, £16
Designed for Gen Z, but the go-to base for anyone who wants compliments on how good their skin (not foundation) looks.
HIGHLIGHTER Becca Ignite Liquified Light Highlighter, £32
From the makers of Champagne Pop comes a glow so intense it should carry a warning.
LIP GLOSS Bobbi Brown Crushed Oil-Infused Gloss, £19
Just the right amount of gloss teamed with just the right amount of colour. Perfection.
EYESHADOW PALETTE Pat McGrath Labs Mothership VIII Divine Rose II Palette, £115
Expensive, yes, but trust us, the wet-looking shimmers in this palette are incomparable.
FULL-COVERAGE FOUNDATION L’Oréal Paris Infallible 24Hr Matte Cover Foundation, £9.99
Make oily skin behave and blank out blemishes with this flattering, long-wear shine-fighter.
BRONZER Gucci Poudre De Beauté Éclat Soleil Bronzing Powder, £46
A glow can’t always be the real deal, but it can look it with this creamy-to-the-touch powder.
SHEER LIP COLOUR Dior Lip Glow Oil in Cherry, £28
This nourishing oil has the look of a gloss in a non-sticky, non-greasy formula. The warm, coral-pink shade flatters all.
PRIMER Victoria Beckham Cell Rejuvenating Priming Moisturizer in Golden, £92
VB’s revolutionary nutrient-rich, smoothing primer just got golden. Pricey, but potent.
FALSE LASHES Tatti Lashes Faux Me Range, £9 each
So soft and wispy, you could be fooled into thinking these are real, but nuh-uh, 100% faux.