Top 9 Instagrammers Talk Makeup Favorites and Tips

2. What are your favorite makeup products?

My favourite make-up product is a tool, and this tool are my fingertips: soft, versatile and easy to clean 😀 Seriously though — I advocate product-independent beauty routines; massages, as well as face gym are my preferred treatments. Lost on a desert island, with my all-organic beauty bag gone as my gift to the ocean? So what, I could still maintain my skin care rut.

3. What is the best makeup tip you could give?

Experiment! I love sharing my own, mildly eccentric beauty looks to prove you can have alllllll the fun while still looking professional and while choosing Earth-friendly ingredients and packagings (and obviously staying mindful, as in: considering hygiene and safety).

I have since taken over the company account. Beauty is a visually focused market so that translates well to Instagram. It’s great to give people peeks into the work we do to make the products we love and also provide education in an enticing, easy format. It’s faster to post educational information than a blog post, and it gets seen more easily. People are spending a lot of time in their IG feeds, so fundamentally you go where the people are.

2. What are your favorite makeup products?

My favorite makeup products are still pencil eyeliners and blush, though I admit highlighter has joined the ranks of my favorite essentials as well over the last few years. I really keep things quite simple and my eyes are one of my better features.

Eyeliner allows me a bit of extra drama without a lot of work or looking overly made up, and pencil always looks quite soft and natural. The blush and highlighter, of course, just give that little bit of healthy flush and glow that is so sought after. I don’t use much though, and I really like the skin itself to look great on its own. Makeup should ideally be just the icing on the cake the way I see things.

3. What is the best makeup tip you could give?

I’m not huge on putting a lot of foundation or concealer on skin unless someone is heading to a photo shoot. In my opinion, real, healthy skin looks better than any makeup product ever could. If someone has serious discoloration or rosacea I can see why foundation has a lot of confidence-boosting properties, but a lot of people are wearing way too much foundation overall and it just looks cakey and actually dulls the look of the face because the product is not alive, so it just doesn’t have the same radiance as skin.

The camera sees differently than the human eye, so what looks good in photos is not necessarily what looks good in person. That means that the look that is amazing on Instagram may look way overdone and very fake in person. As a skincare brand owner, I would tell people to invest way more time and energy in their skincare routine to get their skin healthy, and then use minimal makeup to just enhance in spots. This results in a much more appealing look face-to-face with other people. Makeup is just not a substitute for good skincare.

2. What are your favorite makeup products?

I test so many products that it’s hard to have favourites but at the moment I’m loving Guerlain Mascara, Clarins foundation and Sisley lipglosses.

3. What is the best makeup tip you could give?

Don’t think you have to pay over the odds for good make up – budget brands are ruling the universe at the moment with great products that work as well, if not better sometimes, than their luxury counterparts.

It Cosmetics ‘bye bye undereye’ & ‘your skin but better’ CC cream; Artist Couture ‘coco bling’ highlight; Milk Makeup KUSH mascara.

3. What is the best makeup tip you could give?

Wash off your makeup EVERY NIGHT!!! The most important thing you could do for your skin.

2. What are your favorite makeup products?

We like to use all natural make up products. However, we are big believers in enhancing your current features instead of hiding them so products like our Illuminator and Lip Tints are key products in our make up bag.

3. What is the best makeup tip you could give?

Look after your skin with good skincare, and then follow with natural make up. Skin first. Make up second.

2. What are your favorite makeup products when traveling?

My favourite makeup travel products are the same whether I’m travelling or not, with one exception – solid shampoo. The bars from Lush are incredible, they smell great and work a treat!

3. What is the most important makeup/fashion tip you ever received?

Less is more. Nobody actually gave me that tip, it’s something I figured out as I got older. But looking back at how I used to dress as a teenager, I probably could have used the advice a lot sooner. No shame though – I’m glad I got it out of my system when I was younger.

2. What are your favorite makeup products?

I absolutely love Jane Iredale – all of my make up (primer, tinted moisturizer, eyeshadow, and eyebrow gel) is from their line except for my mascara. For mascara, I swear by IT Cosmetics Superhero mascara. It is a game changer!

3. What is the best makeup/fashion tip you could give?

Be you! Stay authentic to your personal style. Whether it’s with make up or fashion. The confidence you have rocking what you love shines through!

2. What are your favorite makeup products?

My favorite makeup products Urban Decay’s All Nighter Liquid Foundation, Hourglass Mineral Veil and Primer Serum, Smashbox Always On Matte Liquid Lipstick in Girl Gang,and MAC Cosmetic Lipstick in Heroine.

3. What is the best makeup/fashion tip you could give?

Treat your skin right and it will reward you. Have a dedicated skincare regimen and have designated make-up free days to keep your skin youthful. Get facials regularly to help preserve your glow.

2. What are your favorite makeup products?

Can’t live without mascara and lip balm.

3. What is the best makeup/fashion tip you could give?

When you can’t be bothered to do anything fancy just do bold lips. I loooove red lips and I think they’re the best accessory ever, and look amazing on anyone, just depends on finding the right shade. Also, skin is the most important thing for me: keeping it hydrated and glowing (I drink a lot of water and always take my makeup off at night). And last tip: don’t pluck your eyebrows! They will never be the same.