r/makeupflatlays

Tried to clean the inside of some of these, some still look rough but the memories are great.

My original favorites back in the day were the naked UD and too faced Natural eyes (still use this one often lol)

The Jaclyn hill palette I use to get high with one of my best friends at the time and we would pretend to be makeup artist and were so rough on that palette, it still looks a mess but it was so bad before cleaning it.

The Gwen Stefani one I was obsessed with the shade Punk I had this phase of just putting just that eyeshadow all over.

Modern renaissance and desert dusk were given to me by a coworker I never got into them much sadly but I remember being so excited.

Also that too faced bronzer so many memories lmao the smell

I <3 my mostly cool tone eyeshadow

palettes
- byredo vesuvio
- isamaya core 2
- Isamaya core 1
- Pat McGrath subliminal mothership palette
- cheeryep floating life
- Mac basic bitch
- Danessa Myricks lightwork 7
- cheeryep authentic

each of these palettes have between 30-50 wears total, love seeing the baby dips in the pans

Hi! Detailed post ahead!
I shared here in October 2025 my everyday makeup on office days at the time and, now, I realized a lot has changed since then in terms of my routine and the features I used to focus on. I ran through my usual products again and it’s interesting to see how much my makeup has changed.

EYES

- Hourglass veil eye primer*: Completely mattifies my oily eyelids and helps eyeshadow really stick and last.

- Charlotte Tilbury eyeshadow palette (Sophisticate): I know, it’s a ‘boring’ palette, but it’s truly perfect for office makeup - only top shades for my usual day, and with the bottom two shades to give my eyes more definition when I need to hop on a video-enabled Teams/Zoom call 🤭

- Canmake creamy touch liner (dark brown): This is interesting, it’s kind of a gel texture but once it sets, it will stay. I use this to tightline and extend to a little wing (using my nails hehe). It looks much softer without losing eye definition.

- Heroine Make mascara primer: I stopped wearing lash extensions and for a while I had sparse lashes and this was a game changer. Thickens lashes without clumping and looking like I have a hundred layers of mascara on.

- Heroine Make micro mascara: I like it because it has a small brush lang so I get to reach the corners of my eyes. It also doesn’t dispense too much product. I use a lash curler before primer and this and hold is ok. Btw I’ve never had product fallout using this combo ever!!

- ABH brown pencil (ash brown): Shade match is perfect for me and the packaging is not flimsy. In terms of formulation though I’m not sure if it’s really something special.

BASE

- Chanel les beiges water fresh tint (Light): Peak no-makeup makeup look because this barely has any coverage but that’s perfect for me who just wants more evenness. Super soothing formula, perfect these days.

- Danessa Myricks blurring balm (translucent): I’m convinced nobody knows what this truly is and it took me a while to figure out: I layer it sparingly over my skin tint, on the t-zone. Keeps shine at bay. I was shocked when it worked for me like this lol.

- Nars soft matte concealer (Vanilla)*: Still perfect for covering up blemishes here and there as needed.

- Huda Beauty corrector (peach): I’ve managed to reduce my concealer usage with this. Pansin ko kasi medyo wala nang depth yung undereyes with just concealer so I also use color-correction, it looks more ‘natural’ this way kahit anong lighting. I think this shade is a bit dark for me though so I’ll replace with maybe pink pomelo when this runs out.

- Hourglass vanish airbrush concealer (Silk)*: Decent coverage and blends so smoothly.

CHEEKS

- Patrick Ta blush duo (Just Enough): Perfect baby pink for a cool-toned girlie like me 🥰 the cream is a bit patchy and takes a while to set so in terms of quality I’m not too impressed with that. Powder is ok though. Very buildable.

- Chanel baume essentiel (Sculpting): Been using this every single day since I got it! For lowkey dewiness that looks good in photos, this is it. I apply this on cheekbones, tip of nose, and cupid’s bow. Undetectable glitter.

FINISHING/SETTING

- Cle de Peau translucent loose powder (1 Light)*: A bit of brightening and mattifying, very finely milled. For setting around the center of my face, especially undereyes.

- Hourglass ambient lighting palette (vol. 1): This is what I now use for dusting all over my face. I swish shades 1 and 2 and swipe gently on my whole face then use shade 1 on the higher points. Shade 3 as a very light substitute for contour under my cheebones and jawline.

- Tarte setting spray: Smells so fresh. I apply this after my base/cream products and again when I’m done with everything. Can’t attest to longevity because I’m in aircon everywhere but it works for me.

LIPS

- Clarins lip stain (Purple Water): As you can probably tell, it’s almost empty, because it’s well-loved. It’s very long lasting without being drying (even without lip balm beforehand), and I love the color.

- Dior lip glow balm (Tutu): This is the new version, and the shade is a more neutral pink; I chose this so it won’t clash nor add any color to my chosen lip product. Has glitters that give just the right amount of sparkle 🤭
I still do a rotation of my lip products but these are the ones I reach for the most.

*Remained and not swapped out of my routine.

I’ve noticed a few things: Now I don’t like looking really matte, I can truly embrace my natural lashes (I got so used to lash extensions, for a while I thought removing them was downgrading my look, but turns out I only needed to figure out my makeup!), eyes > lips when it comes to work video calls (imo retouching lips tend to look too ‘made up’, I can’t really explain it!).
What does remain is I still very much focus on skin evenness instead of coverage and still embrace my bright winter color season.

How has your makeup evolved through the months/years? 🤗

finished my undergrad this last wk - this is what i wore on the big day!

base

• maybelline lasting fix spray
• maybelline super stay powder foundation (shade 118)

face

• elf bite size eyeshadow palette (rose water; leftmost pan used as highlight)

eyes and brows

• nyx powder louder brow pencil (shade black)
• elf smoky kohl eyeliner (shade french roast)
• dasique starlit jewel liquid liner (shade 06 pink crystal)
• elf pro eyelash curler
• essence lash princess mascara (curl and volume variation)

multi

• revlon super lustrous lipstick (shade 764 on the mauve; used on lips, cheeks, and eyes)

swatch picture is indoors by a window with natural lighting :]

- Dior star filter 0N

- Mac Studio radiance face & body

- Nudestix nudies mattes terracotta tan & bare back 

- Dior forever luminizer gold halo 

- Laura Mercier translucent setting powder

- Hauslabs triclone concealer 03

- Huda beauty blush filter cotton candy 

- Mac lips: lipglass air spritz, squirt stick nova, macximal matte in folio and red rock

- Clinique almost lipstick in pink honey

- Nars blushes sex appeal and impassioned

- Kosas cloud set airy 

- Glossier cloud paint puff

- hourglass ambiant bronzer diffused bronze light

- Dior nude bronze 02 light 

- Laura Mercier rose glow caviar sticks: wild rose, bed of roses, rose thorn and kiss by a rose.

- YSL couture mini clutch babylone roses

- Charlotte Tilbury exxagereyes quad

Keeping it as light as possible ☺️🥰

Hourglass Primer
Chanel Fresh Water Skin Tint
Natasha Denona Concealer
Westman Atelier Contour Stick
Suqqu Face Color Blush
Chanel Powder Blush
Chanel Loose Powder
Armani Eye Tint
Valentino Matte Lipstick

im adding more 🥰 i want the dior and ysl blushes, should i buy it?

A flatlay of my favorite ashy contours for cool olives :)Products list (L to R):Schepenee 022Dance Up Liquid 01Dance Up Contour Stick 01Jillleen Liquid Contour 606Sheglam in StoneGirlscrush Liquid Contour 100Fenty Beauty Match Stix in Amber (Original version)Fenty Beauty Cream Contour in Amber