Hello there! Welcome to 2022 Favourites season, the most wonderful time of the year.
Mixing things up slightly for my sixth annual Makeup Favourites and giving you two
parts over two weeks, like an extended cut. Partly because it’s the most intimidatingly long filming and production process of the
year and my arm and shoulder are just about ready to fall off after all the
swatching so it’s nice to break it up, but I also asked about your viewing preferences
on my Instagram @matildaonvideo and two parts won! Separate videos on Skincare and Hair
& Body Favourites still to come too. Many items you’ll already be familiar
with here but that’s what these lists are about – looking back over products I
favoured therefore probably already featured, but also some new faces I
enjoyed using off-camera. I’ll be covering Concealer, Base, Brows,
Bronze, Glow and Blush.
Eyes and Lips next time, and I’ll leave discount codes
in the description box below. My top two concealers never change
but I do have a new one for you! Chanel Éclat Lumière is still my
favourite under-eye brightener, light and thin. Hard to find in
some regions, even Australia now, so I’ll be searching for substitutes next year
beyond my usual YSL Touche Éclat suggestion. No substitute needed in the spot
concealing category.
Clé de Peau is my forever favourite high coverage but
super creamy concealer. Seamless when you pat it in. Serious splurge
but it lasts for years luckily. A third concealer? What is happening? I
really enjoyed Charlotte Tilbury’s new Beautiful Skin Radiant Concealer when I was
running out of Clé de Peau. Long-wearing, medium coverage. Similarly sort of
disappears if you softly tap it onto spots. And there's a Charlotte
Tilbury discount code below! A gloriously glowy base product family here.
The Gucci Silk Priming Serum is back again
this year. I wore this on top of moisturiser and SPF of course, to several weddings when
I wanted my makeup to last all day and night, and this softly blurs texture and pores,
smooths skin and feels light, soft and silky. Fancy seeing you here, BY TERRY Brightening CC
Serum. My go-to glowy base to mix into makeup or wear alone. Rosy champagne Starlight Rose was
an ancient limited-edition colour but four new shades launched this year, so Peach Glow seems
fairly close when I finally finish this one. Best base? No.1 de Chanel Revitalising Foundation.
My obsession this year.
A stunning lightweight, silky smooth fluid with red camellia oil.
Buildable but sheer coverage. Doesn’t settle in pores. Looks good for hours. Great dewy glow.
Might be my favourite Chanel base ever. Big call! Faster, all-over-skin-fix favourite? MERIT’s
The Minimalist Perfecting Complexion Stick. Light-to-medium creamy coverage. Stroke it on like
whiskers to even out redness around my nose, chin, forehead. Blend with their brilliant dense but
soft No.1 Brush for a skin-like, natural finish. No-Makeup Makeup bit of a boost? Trinny London BFF
Cream, third year in a row on my favourites list. This is less about tint, more about a feel-good
glow.
The greyish colour transforms into a very sheer touch of tint as you rub it in. Barely-there
coverage but a fantastic fresh, dewy finish. Quick powder shoutout to the mini BY TERRY
Hyaluronic Pressed Hydra-Powder. I usually prefer their loose tinted Hydra-Powder but for touch ups
on the go, the slim compact is so much easier. Mirror inside, little sponge included that I pat
on to set any spot concealer or softly blur pores. Quite a few repeat customers in the brow area. I’m not worried about greener brow
pencil pastures.
Very happy to stick to Charlotte Tilbury Brow Lift in Dark
Brown year after year. Creamy formula, wide tip. I use it to lightly
shade all over or fill in any gaps. Last year I was into Patrick
Ta’s Brow Wax. This year, it was the Major Brow Lamination
Gel. The spoolie is the best bit, it brushes each brow hair. Bit of a spider
webby clear gel, it can get piecey and crunchy, but if you stick with it and leave it alone
once it sets, I love the definition it creates.
