Best Makeup To Shop During the Sephora Sale 2025
The Sephora Savings Event for Holiday starts today with first access for Rouge Members! Use code EVERYTHING to save when shopping online, these are the details per tier:
| Membership Tier | Discount | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| All Sephora Collection | 30% off | 10/31 – 11/10 |
| Rouge members | 20% off | 10/31 – 11/10 |
| VIBs | 15% off | 11/4 – 11/10 |
| Insiders | 10% off | 11/4 – 11/10 |
I’m rounding up my staples and favorites by category. I tried to narrow each category down to my Top 3, but there are a few sections I have more than 3 favorites.
Best Primers
These are my favorite primers. I try to find ones that multi-task (ie has SPF, adds hydration or glow).
- Charlotte Tilbury Invisible UV Flawless Primer SPF 50 – love this for the combined high spf and primer formula
- Charlotte Tilbury Hollywood Flawless Filter – this is still the best glowy multi-tasker to wear under foundation or on top of the cheekbones
- YSE Beauty Skin Glow SPF 30 Primer – works well as a primer with SPF under makeup, it has a soft peachy rose tint with a tiny bit of glow to it but disappears on the skin
- Saie Glowy Super Gel – if you need something hydrating and found the Charlotte Tilbury too shimmery, this is a great option that is glowy but not too shimmery
- Bobbi Brown Vitamin Enriched Face Base – a classic multi-tasking moisturizer + primer in one
Best Foundation Formulas
I’ve split the foundation and skin tint bases into a few different categories based on formula.
Best Skin Tints/Sheer
- Rare Beauty Positive Light Tinted Moisturizer SPF 20 – I think this is one of the most highly under-rated tinted moisturizers for the consistency and coverage, it’s lightweight, natural in coverage and blends easily.
- Fenty Eaze Drop Blurring Skin Tint – another staple I really like for a satin finish skin tint.
- Summer Fridays Sheer Skin Tint – the best ultra sheer glowy hydrating formula I’ve tried.
- It Cosmetics CC+ Nude Glow SPF40 – another staple I love and the best CC+ formula I’ve tried.
Best Medium Coverage
- Armani Luminous Silk Foundation – This is a holy grail for life! My most repurchased foundation, love the LSF for that natural medium coverage with a subtle glow.
- Natasha Denona Hy-Glam Foundation – best new hydrating foundation formula of the year.
- Makeup By Mario SurrealSkin Natural Finish Foundation – formula is on the thicker side but still easy to blend, love this medium to full coverage satin finish foundation.
Best Stick Foundations
- Dior Forever Skin Perfect Foundation Stick – This is the best foundation stick I’ve tried, glides on with absolute perfection.
- Westman Atelier Vital Skin Foundation Stick – Another classic that I’ve used for years.
- Charlotte Tilbury Unreal Skin Sheer Glow Tint Foundation Stick – You can use it almost like an all over primer or just in certain areas of the face, then top with concealer or regular foundation.
Best Concealers
- Natasha Denona Hy-Glam Brightening Concealer – This is the best concealer I’ve tried. The formula wears well as a brightener, doesn’t crease and also works to spot conceal.
- YSL Touche Eclat Awakening Concealer Pen – This is the best brightening concealer for the under eye area.
- NARS Radiant Creamy Concealer – Another lifetime favorite for under the eyes or anywhere you need to conceal redness. It’s creamy and so easy to blend.
- NARS Soft Matte Concealer – I just rediscovered this formula and love it for spot concealing.
Best Setting Powders
I’ve split my favorites into pressed and loose versions. To this day I still prefer a pressed format for convenience, but I find that loose powder applied with a puff last longer.
Loose Powder Favorites
- Laura Mercier Ultra-Blur Talc Free Translucent Loose Setting Powder – This is the setting powder formula that gets me the most compliments. Anytime I use Translucent or Rose people always say that my skin looks flawless.
- YSL All Hours Hyper Blur Loose Setting Powder – I bought 02 Fair Medium back in April and really like it. It blurs, sets and doesn’t darken.
