Let’s end the year with a beauty wishlist? And there are not few products! Brands are already presenting their news for 2016. The highlights are Maybelline and L’Oreal, both with many releases! Oh, and yes, it’s all about makeup!
Master Contour Compact, Maybelline – after expensive brands contours palettes, now drugstores brands launch their affordable and compact versions. One is this from Maybelline, which has bronzer, blush and highlighter and is available in two combinations of colors. Price: $13.
Where to buy it? Harmon (22th St and 6 Ave) and drugstores like Duane Reade and CVS.
Big Blush Book, Tarte – I have never seen a brand that launches so many cute products! Discover 8 best-selling shades of Tarte’s award-winning, with this blockbuster big blush book.. Price: $50
Where to buy it? Tarte’s website.
Color Tattoo Crayon, Maybelline – Color Tattoo line is famous by creamy high pigmented eyeshadows, now available in crayons, with smooth, soft creamy finish in 10 playful intense colors. Price: $8
Where to buy it? Harmon (22th St and 6 Ave) and drugstores like Duane Reade and CVS.
Plumpify Mascara, CoverGirl – this new Plumpify features a big brush, with a mix of conical bristles plus specially-designed fins, that physically grab and lift the lashes. This brush, in combination with a texturizing formula, help create 50x the volume. Price: $10
Where to buy it? Harmon (22th St and 6 Ave) and drugstores like Duane Reade and CVS.
Infallible Pro-Contour Contour & Highlight Palette, L’oréal – another palette to play contour! L’oréal palette is compact and is available in two shades combinations. Price: $13
Where to buy it? Harmon (22th St and 6 Ave) and drugstores like Duane Reade and CVS.
True Match Lumi Cushion Foundation, L’oréal – cushion trend, from Korean, is strong! Now, american brands start to launch their own versions. L’oréal foundation in cushion format is available in 12 shades! Price: $17.
Where to buy it? Harmon (22th St and 6 Ave) and drugstores like Duane Reade and CVS.
Pomade Crayon, Maybelline – this brow pomade crayon sculpts and tames as it colors. It has pigmented formula and creamy texture combine to help create bold and beautiful brows. Price: $10.
Where to buy it? Harmon (22th St and 6 Ave) and drugstores like Duane Reade and CVS.
Infallible Black Velvet, L’oréal – L’oréal first velvet plush eyeliner for an ultimate bold eyelook in one easy stroke. The velvet felt tip delivers supreme softness and easy application. An intense vibrant black formula with a velvet satin finish. Price: $10.
Where to buy it? Harmon (22th St and 6 Ave) and drugstores like Duane Reade and CVS.
Vivid Matte Liquid Lipstick, Maybelline – it tooke forever, but finally Maybelline launched its own collection of matte liquid lipsticks, with 10 shades. Price: $10.
Where to buy it? Harmon (22th St and 6 Ave) and drugstores like Duane Reade and CVS.
InstaReady™ Contour Trio BB Stick SPF 30, Physicians Formula – Multi-tasking all-in-1 Contour Trio BB Stick glides on effortlessly, instantly contouring and adding definition to your face. Ultra-blendable and easy-to-use stick features three essential contouring shades to perfectly highlight, bronze and create definition with just one swipe. Price: $13
Where to buy it? Harmon (22th St and 6 Ave) and drugstores like Duane Reade and CVS.
Tru Blend primers, CoverGirl – Formulated to work with different types of skin – oily, dry or combination skin – these primers work to smooth texture, boost coverage and basically help all of your products wear better and last longer. Price: $12
Where to buy it? Harmon (22th St and 6 Ave) and drugstores like Duane Reade and CVS.
Chocolate Bon Bons, Too Faced – chocolate inspires various products from Too Faced, which now launched this eyeshadow palette with 14 beautiful colors- and in various shades of chocolate, of course. Price: $49.
Where to buy it? Sephora.
Dream Velvet Foundation, Maybelline – this is the Maybelline’s first hydrating matte foundation for 100% velvet-smooth perfection, with unique gel-whipped formula and ideal for normal to combination skin, medium coverage. Price: $11.
Where to buy it? Harmon (22th St and 6 Ave) and drugstores like Duane Reade and CVS.
Laura Peruchi is a Brazilian blogger, author, and entrepreneur. She has lived in Manhattan with her husband since 2014. Since then, she has shared on her blog varied content about the Big Apple. From travel tips, including unusual things to do, shopping tips, etiquette, restaurants, and a lot more, her blog has become a reference in Portuguese (also available in English) for anyone planning a trip to New York City.