- Hey everyone!
I'm Melea from Freebies 2 Deals.
I know it's kind of scary, seeing me without makeup on.
I've had so many of you ask me what my favorite
beauty products are and what I'm using on my face.
So today I'm gonna break it down, show you what I'm using,
and how you can save money on all of it.
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In order to achieve a flawless face, you have to have
your skin and it has to be moisturized.
Um, I actually use a night cream as my day cream
because my skin is that dry.
This is the No. 7 Protect and Perfect Intense Night Cream.
You can get it at Target, you can get it at Ulta,
um, and it's very inexpensive compared to other products
in this same genre.
So when readers have asked me how I get my makeup
to stay on, and make it look smooth and perfect
and flawless, it's primer, guys.
You have to use a primer.
Your makeup stays on, it doesn't settle
in your fine lines and wrinkles that you have on your face,
it's great.
This is the Smashbox Photofinish Primer.
It's the one that I like, it's oil free.
Um, this is the one I keep going back to,
even after I've tried others.
There's another one that I've recently tried, um,
IT Cosmetics, it's their Serum Collagen Veil
Anti-Aging Primer.
This stuff smells amazing, I'm not gonna lie,
it smells super good.
Um, I think this is probably more to help your skin heal
and a little bit of a primer.
I'm not sure if it works as good as this, but I've just been
using both at the same time.
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Um, and then we're gonna do Smashbox next.
So, this is silicon-based, so I use about that much,
hopefully you can see.
It's about a pea-sized amount.
My face, if you have any imperfections like I do,
I have one right here, and I have one right here,
make sure that you get that over there.
You might need to get a little extra to help cover those,
because remember, this is kind of like a primer,
like when you paint a wall, so it's going to fill in
all of those little issues that you have.
Okay, this is my newest and latest greatest find.
It is IT Cosmetics CC Cream.
If you don't know what CC cream is, it stands
for color correction.
I want you guys to look at my face, okay?
I have absolutely no makeup on.
Um, it's like the older I've gotten, I've had discoloring,
pigmentation, um, like, it just isn't the same, right?
Like these are old like, blemishes, that have
totally healed, but have stayed red.
Like all of those things that I still have on my face
that you know, you didn't have when you were younger.
Um, CC cream is what you need.
I feel like every woman needs this.
And I bought probably six, um, I'm gonna do one squirt,
I probably bought about six or seven different
CC creams that everyone had said was the best.
This one by far is the best, and I tried all of them
and I returned the rest to Ulta because they have
a 60-day return policy, even if you use the product.
So, this one is the best for sure.
Let me show you what it does.
This has been a game-changer for me.
If you guys buy one thing, it's this.
So on my last Instagram post that I did, I had a lot
of you guys ask me what foundation I use.
So, a few years ago I heard about the Temptu
airbrush machine, this is what it looked like,
or looks like, um, it was awesome for a bunch of years.
The last year or so, it just kinda hasn't been working
very well, and I was getting super frustrated, so,
like I said, I went to Ulta, and I spent probably $300
on foundations and CC creams, trying to find the best one
and I was almost crying, there is no foundation out there
that I found that does what an airbrush machine does.
Um, and I wasn't sure if I was ready to try, like,
another brand, like Dinair, I know some people use.
Um, but I really want a foundation that's silicon-based
because if you don't, or you get an airbrush machine,
that's water-based, if it rains, it washes off,
it leaves streaks on your face.
So, that's not what you want (laughs).
So, I like Temptu because it's silicon-based
um, and so when it does rain, it stays on.
Now, they came out with this.
It is their Air, so it's the Temptu AIR.
There is no cord, guys, no cord.
But you don't really have to charge it that often,
which I thought was awesome.
I just used the normal charge and it lasted, gosh,
a week, maybe a week and a half
before I had to charge it again.
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K, so after you have your bronzer on,
which here, up here, on the sides of the nose,
a little bit here, just to give you some color,
um, if you find that you're a little more dewy
than you want to be, um, you can just use a brush.
This is actually an E.L.F. brush, so it was a dollar
and I got it at Target.
Um, this might have been one of their $3 brushes, actually,
but still, super cheap.
Um, this is the IT Cosmetics Bye Bye Pores
Transluscent Powder.
I don't like using powder all the time,
I think it really makes your face look dry, um,
and not like youthful and young, which is what I need
right now because I'm getting old.
But you can use a little bit of this, um, to just,
a little bit, and um, tap off the extra, so you just kinda,
it's a dabbing motion, to anything that looks a little bit
more than you need.
K, next, one of my favorite things
is the Anastasia Brow Whiz Pencil.
Michelle Money actually told me to use this
because I was using a powder on my eyebrows
and she said this thing was the bomb
and she was right, so, shout out to her for telling me that.
I use medium brown.
This is amazing because you can actually draw lines,
so if your eyebrows aren't the shape that you
want them to be, or you've accidentally pulled
something out, you can actually draw whatever line
you want and then fill it in, and then use the other side
to kind of blend it.
K, see the difference already?
It definitely makes a difference.
K, now that our eyebrows are done,
I'm using the Naked 2 Palette.
The Naked, the Naked 2, the Naked 3,
they all have different undertones.
Um, this one I like is 'cause it has gold undertones,
I think it goes better with my skin.
Um, I've had this for over a year, use it every day,
and it's like barely been used, I love it.
So it's a more expensive product but it is worth it
in the end because you get a lot of bang for your buck
and it'll last you awhile.
One of my next favorite things
is the They're Real Push-Up Liner.
It is so great because this works really well for people
who might not feel confident with a liquid liner,
but it's in a pen, and the tip is super flexible
so you can make cat eyes if you want, you can do
a thin line, you can do a thick line, it's super easy
and it's basically fool proof.
This is my favorite mascara right now.
It's the They're Real Mascara by Benefit.
This stuff is awesome, my favorite mascara was discontinued
by Maybelline, so I literally bought probably ten different
types of mascara, trying to find the one that I liked.
This one was the best one that I found.
However, um, I needed a waterproof mascara last-minute
for a trip to Lake Powell, and I just saw this one,
and the reason why I bought it is because of this brush.
Um, and kinda just took a chance on it.
You might not be able to see it, I'm gonna get as close
as I can, so it is like a billion different little strands
to actually do your eyelashes.
That's why I bought it
and it honestly rocks.
It's called Rocket Volume by Maybelline, if you wanna
go buy it, and it's like five to seven dollars
at the grocery store.
So I'm gonna use this one so I can show you guys
what I'm talking about.
Pretty good for $5 mascara, right?
(laughs) Yeah, I think so too.
And then my other question I get from people
is okay, well, how do you take off this makeup.
Um, I use the Almay Oil-Free Makeup Remover Pads.
You'll see, it just, it comes off.
And if you are going to use this a lot,
I probably would get the waterproof kind, just to make it
easier when it comes off.
If I'm just gonna be running errands all day
and not doing much, I use the Covergirl Smoochies.
Sweet Tweet, I guess.
Um, I like it 'cause it just gives a little bit of color
and it's more like a chapstick
instead of a lipstick, and it doesn't look
like I tried too hard.
K, and as a finishing touch, I want a highlighter,
um, to highlight the cheekbones, underneath the eyes,
down the bridge of the nose.
So this is the one that I'm gonna use from Temptu.
K, so there you have it, there's the makeup that I use
and the quick routine.
Um, I think the Temptu is probably the main reason
why my face looks flawless a lot of the time,
it's because it can cover up just about anything.
Um, and then this is, the most important step,
you have to put a spray on after, a makeup setting spray.
I like the Urban Decay.
You don't wanna go through all that effort
putting the makeup on, only to have it be gone
within a couple hours.
This will leave it on for 12 to 18 hours, which is great.
I never ever have to reapply my makeup.
That's my makeup routine, hope you liked it.
Hope you liked my favorite products.
I'll list all of those for you in the YouTube description
below, but I promised you guys ways to save money
on all these ideas.
Number one is to go to Ulta.
Um, Ulta always has a coupon on their website,
you can pull it up on your phone, um,
and show it to the cashier, and that will get money off.
If you sign up for their rewards program
they'll mail you a coupon.
You'll also get to own points every single time you shop
in store, and redeem it for free money for beauty products.
Um, I've probably received over $100 in free makeup
or beauty products at Ulta so far this year
because of all the money that I've spend on anything
beauty-related at Ulta, so it's the place to do that.
Sephora has a rewards program, too, so you can go there.
Um, they give you free products, or mini-products,
that you can redeem with your points.
I think the Ulta rewards program is a little bit better,
which is why I like that.
Plus, Ulta takes manufacturers coupons, so, um,
if you see coupons for Real Technique brushes
like there has been recently, um you can use that coupon
plus the Ulta coupon in order to save more money
on these brushes, and these are like my favorite brushes.
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Thank you so much guys!
It was fun to play with you guys today.
I'll talk to you later.