My Simple Makeup Routine (under 10 minutes!)

I’ve always been someone who likes to test and try lots of different makeup. I’m more committed to my skincare routine, but my makeup routine changes with the seasons.

Right now (and always), I’m favoring natural, light makeup that still looks polished. In the cooler months I go for a slightly heavier eye with more eyeshadow, and in the summer months, I tend to prefer cream formulas for blush and bronzer over powders since they look better and hold up more in the humidity.

While I love to test out lots of products, I know most people want to know the single best foundation, concealer, blush, etc. You don’t need 3-4 recommendations for each (although I do have about that many favorites!). Below, I’ve listed the best of the best with what I wear most often these days.

My simple everyday makeup routine is listed below, but if you want an even simpler makeup routine, check out my pre-gym makeup routine, which I wear a lot even when not going to the gym.

Here are my current makeup go-to’s:

1 – Armani Beauty Luminous Silk Natural Glow Foundation

2 – Oliveda Olive Rose if I’m doing tinted moisturizer, or this fuller coverage tinted moisturizer by Crunchi.

3 – Crunchi My Alibi® Liquid Concealer

4 – Ravie Beauty Endless Diffusion™ Baked Blush (shade Daydream)

5 – Crunchi Solarise® Bronzing Duo for bronzer

6 – ILIA Clean Line Gel Liner in Brown

7 – Tarte Amazonian Eyeshadow Palette

8 – Tarte Tartelette XL Tubing Mascara

9 – Glo Skin Beauty Precise Micro Browliner for Brows

10. Glo Skin Beauty Brow Gel – to hold brows in place

11 – Merit Signature Lip Liner

12 – Jouer Cosmetics Soft Focus Set Setting Powder

13 – Charlotte Tilbury Setting Spray

My Simple Makeup Routine (under 10 minutes!)

FOUNDATION

After I’ve completed my skincare routine, I start with my foundation.

I have a few foundations that I really like, so it just depends on what look and type of coverage I want. I have a post with all my favorite foundations for dry skin, but I listed the three I wear the most these days.

Light coverage: On days I’m not doing a full face of makeup, I use Oliveda Olive Rose as my base or this Crunchi Sunlight Tinted SPF. The Oliveda Olive Rose base is VERY light – a true “no makeup” makeup. The Crunchi Tinted SPF has more coverage and built-in SPF, which is ideal if I want a tad more coverage. Read my Oliveda review here and read my full review of Crunchi’s makeup here.

Medium Coverage: I love the Armani Beauty Luminous Silk Natural Glow Foundation. It applies so quickly with medium coverage and looks very natural. It’s more buildable than the Olive Rose Skin Tint, but it feels similar on my skin.

Full Coverage: For a very full-coverage makeup look, I like Crunchi’s Beautifully Flawless Foundation. It is easy to blend but has a bit of a heavy finish. But since it’s a super clean brand, I don’t mind!

CONCEALER

I’m currently using the Crunchi My Alibi® Liquid Concealer most days for my concealer. I’ve tried many, and I also really love the Tarte Radiant Shape Tape Concealer. Tarte has lots of concealers, but I prefer the Radiant formula over the regular Tarte Shape Tape since it brightens and conceals in one step. It’s also lighter weight, which I appreciate. I wear shade 22N in the Tarte concealer.

BLUSH

Depending on my mood, I’ll either use a powder, cream, or liquid blush.

Most days, I go for the Ravie Beauty Endless Diffusion™ Baked Blush since it looks so natural (especially for a powder). I love how easily it blends.

I also really like the SKIN BY ELLA Blush Crème in shade Flamingo for a liquid blush. It’s like blush and highlighter in one.

BRONZER

I’ve gotten on the bronzer train in recent years and always feel better when I use it, particularly around my hairline since I’ve had some hair loss since having my sons. I love the Crunchi Solarise® Bronzing Duo for every day. ILIA used to make a wonderful bronzer as well, but I believe it’s discontinued.

EYESHADOW

I typically don’t wear eyeshadow, and when I do, it’s not much – just one base color and one color for a little bit of definition above my crease (which looks best with my hooded eyes). I love the Tarte In Bloom Palette because I can wear almost any shade in this palette.

EYELINER

Next, I tightline my upper lash line — never my lower waterline — since it looks more natural than lining above the lash line and helps make my lashes look thicker. (If you have no clue what I’m talking about, L’Oreal has an easy tightlining tutorial!)

I use this ILIA Clean Gel liner in brown to tightline my upper lash line (just the outer 1/2 to 3/4… not all the way across) to help open my eyes and make my lash line look thicker. If I want a little more pop of color, I’ll use Chantecaille pencil liner instead of black; I have this in Amethyst. It pairs BEAUTIFULLY with the copper eye shadow.

EYELASH CURLER & PRIMER

I curl my lashes everyday and I’ve used this Shu Uemera eyelash curler for almost ten years. It never pinches and creates a long-lasting curl.

Most days I wear mascara without a primer. If I do want a thicker lash that day for some reason, I love this DIME Lash Primer. I coat my lashes in primer and then add mascara about 1 minute later, after the primer sets just a bit but doesn’t completely dry.

MASCARA

Most days I skip primer and just use Tarte Tartelette XL Mascara only since it gives me long, thick lashes and is one step vs. two, and quick and easy is the name of the game in the cooler months! I have a full review of the Tarte Tartelette Mascara if you want to know why it’s my favorite (and I am a very big mascara snob). But, the bottom line is that it never smudges. Ever.

BROW GEL AND PENCIL

I fill my brows in no matter what, even if I’m not doing a full face of makeup. Most days I use the Glo Skin Beauty Precise Micro Browliner and then follow with the Glo Skin Beauty Brow Gel to hold my brows in place.

PRESSED POWDER

The Jouer Cosmetics Soft Focus Set Setting Powder has blown me away. I didn’t realize a setting powder could actually be hydrating until I tried this. It makes my makeup look flawless and doesn’t settle into any fine lines.

SETTING SPRAY

I’ve been finding that my makeup doesn’t stay on as well as I like so I’ve started using a setting spray almost everyday. My favorite is the Charlotte Tilbury setting spray.

LIPS

I LOVE lipstick and lip gloss. I have tons of different colors and brands, but my current favorites are:

Merit Beauty Signature Lip Liner – Such a smooth application. It feels super creamy, almost like a balm.

Crunchi Lip Oil – A nice sheer glossy look.

Ravie Beauty in Dahlia – this is the most forgiving color – I don’t even need a mirror to apply! It applies like a balm but looks like a lipstick and is very hydrating and it’s a very natural looking pink.

Charlotte Tilbury Pillowtalk – this is matte, but is very hydrating and the PERFECT nude color.

This may seem like it takes forever, but it’s really only 5-10 minutes! This reel shows how I apply it all. And here’s how I keep it organized in my bathroom.

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