What are your beauty "must have's"....

[princesse]

A lot of us seem to have some pretty strong addictions and allegiances to products. We play with eye shadows and lipsticks, sure, but open up those make up bags and tell.... what products do you absolutely run out and replace when they are running low? The must haves that you cannot, nay, will not do without.

[princesse]

I'll start by answering my own question.....
These are my gotta haves, other than this I play.

Hair: Fredderick Fekkai Glossing Cream.

Face: Paula Dorf Face Tint
Benefit Dandelion

Eyes: Shu Umera Eyelash Curler
Clinique eyeliner in platinum

Lips: Burt's Bees Lip Balm

Cleanser, etc: Philosophy Purity Made Simple
Philosophy Shower Gel of any flavor

[MLA]

My must-haves:

Make -up
Bare Minerals Foundation
Bare Minerals Bisque Concealer
Bare Minerals Mineral Veil
Maybellne Unstoppable mascara

Skin care
Murad Acne Cleansing Lotion
Murad Skin Perfecting Lotion
Lush Imperialis moisturizer

[laura]

Make-up:
* Blinc Kiss Me Mascara
* L'Occitane Shea Butter lip balm stick
* Bare Minerals set
* NARS 'orgasm' gloss

Skin:
* Aveda all sensitive cleanser & toner
* Kiehl's moisturizer w/ SPF 15

I feel like I'm forgetting something 'vital', but those are the ones that come to mind at the moment.

[Adaya]

I actually have a lot of favorites. I get excited when I go in the bathroom to get ready in the morning b/c I have an array of choices. So my list my be a bit long.

Skin Care
Origins Modern Friction Nature's gentle dermabrasion
Origins A Perfect World Antioxidant moisturizer with White Tea

Lips
Burt's Bees Lip Balm

Body
Suave Shea Butter Shower Gel
Bath and Body Works Shower Gel (variety of fav scents)
Origins Incredible Spreadable Scrub Sea Salt body smoother
Origins Cocoa Therapy Deeply Body Butter
Origins A Perfect World Intensely hydrating body cream with White Tea

Hair
Carol's Daughter Loc Butter
Warm Spirit Anahita Hair Butter
Aveda Rosemary Mint Shampoo/Conditioner
Nature's Gate Rosemary Mint Shampoo and Conditoner

Makeup, I don't wear makeup that much, so I keep it simple.
anything by MAC
recently I've been trying makeup from Aveda and ULTA

Perfume Must-have
Escada Sexy Graffiti
Aveda Perfume personal blend (Lavender/citrus)

[Pinz824]

Skin Care
MaryKay Timewise Cleanser & Moisturizer (Oily to Combo)
MaryKay Microdermabrasion Kit

Makeup
Smashbox Photo Finish Primer
BareMinerals Foundation (Fair 1.0)
BareMinerals Mineral Veil
Some form of BareMinerals face color (I like Glee, Warmth, or True)

Still looking for other must-haves, especially a lip gloss. I'm super-picky about lip colors!

[greenbunny]

Skin:
Olay Regenerist Serum
Swiss Ives Apricot Scrub

Hair:
Bumble & Bumble Straight
Redken Anti-snap

[shopaholic]

Skin:
Cetaphil face wash
Clean & Clear Moisturizer
Burt's Bees acne roll on ointment

Lips:
Burts Bees lip balm

Makeup:
Urban Decay eyeshadow primer

[ignutzz]

Make-up
Bare Minerals - the whole foundation kit and kaboodle
BM Eyebrow color for Brunettes
Maybelline Soft Lash mascara
Nars Lip Laquer in Baby Doll
Cherry ChapStick

Skin
Burts Bees Milk & Honey Body Lotion
Burts Bees Beeswax Moisturizing Cream
Clinque CX Redness Relief Cream
Neutrogena Norwegian Formula Hand Cream

Hair
Pantene Shampoo/Conditioner (depite all the naysayers, this is the only stuff that works for me :))
Sebastian Molding Mud

Other
Burt's Bees Baby Bee Solid Perfume
Tweezerman tweezers

[soxgirlie]

Here's mine:

Make-up

Jane Iredale Pure Pressed Base
Kiss Me Mascara
Clinique Pore Minimizer Instant Prefector

Skin Care

Neutrogena Extra Gentle Cleanser
Paula's Choice 2% BHA Liquid
Paula's Choice 1% BHA Lotion

[Sposa06]

greenbunny, how well does the Redken Anti-snap work? I've been looking for something to help strengthen my hair (I've been getting some breakage from pulling it back).

My picks:

Hair:
got2b curl-vacious shimmer curl gel (days when I wash and go)
Redken Satinwear blow-dry lotion and
Bed Head Control Freak Serum (these two on days when I straighten my hair)

Make-up:
MAC Blot Powder in Medium
MAC Paints in Stilife
Clinique Almost Lipstick in Black Honey
C.O. Bigelow Mentha Lip Tint in 1136

Skincare:
Baking soda
Burt's Bees Garden Tomato Toner
Paula's Choice 2% BHA gel

I experiment with lots of other products (mascaras, moisturizers, perfumes, etc), so I won't list those here.

[mgrace]

Right now my only must have is Burt's Bees Lip Balm

[greenbunny]

greenbunny, how well does the Redken Anti-snap work? I've been looking for something to help strengthen my hair (I've been getting some breakage from pulling it back).

I really think it helps. Dollface recommended it, and when I started using a flat iron, my ends were sticking up and looked dead and almost white, like they were bleached. Now everything lays flat and the color seems uniform, and the flyaway pieces seem to be getting longer. Plus, it smells really good, like tropical fruit.

[DogMama]

Mascara - Avon Extreme Volume Brown/Black
Eye Liner- Avon Glimmersticks Blackest Black

Skincare- Mary Kay Velocity

[bellezzadolce]

Skin Care
Cetaphill cleanser and moisturizing cream
Queen Helen's apricot moustiring mask
MAC scrub mask
Dermasmooth oil (derm req)

Lips
C.O. Bigelow mentah lip shile

Body
Ivory Soap
Palmer's cocobutter

Hair
Suave humectant line
Pantene hydrating curls line

Makeup
MAC e/s in Patina
Chanel bronzer in Sienna
Nars blush in Taj Mahal
Elizabeth Arden powder pencil in Espresso

Perfume Must-have
Calyx by Prescriptives

[Brandy]

Hair

Phyto Volume
Phyto Citrus Conditioner
Kerastase Blow Dry Protectant
Kenra 9 Hairspray

Skin
Murad Redness Therapy Cleanser
Murad Skin Perfecting Lotion
Johnson and Johnson 24 Moisture Baby Lotion
Mustela 2 in 1 Baby Wash

Makeup
Chanel Foundation
Nars blush in Orgasm
Chanel Lip Gloss in Sunset

[la_bride_2004]

Wow, typing this all out made me realize I am a product junkie!

makeup Bareminerals (foundation, bisque multitaking, mineral veil)
MAC eyeshadow (current favorites: petalescent, haux, bordeaux)
Artliner Automatic liner by Lancome (Prune, Blueberry, or Brown)
Nars blush in Orgasm
Lancome Juicy Tubes
MAC fluidliner (macroviolet)
Shu Uemura eyelash curler

skin gentle facial wash- GlyMed
Institut Esthederm Antibacterial lotion
Glymed Glycolic night cream
Mario Badescu drying lotion
L'Oreal Revitalift eye cream
Evian mist spray
L'Oreal Futur-E
La Roche Posay SPF 50+ (bought in France) or Neutrogena DryTouch sunblock in SPF 45
Neutrogena Norweigan Formula Hand Cream
Sally Hansen Apricot cuticle cream

Hair: Louis Licari volumizing shampoo and conditioner
Louis Licari root lift
Matrix insta-cure leave in conditioner
John Frieda Anti-Frizz serum in light
John Frieda moisture barrier hair spray

[vee05]

Skin: -Apricot Scrub
-Artistry Cleanser, Toner, Moizturizer
-Victorias' Secret Strawberries & Cream Body wash, Bubble Bath, Scrub, Body Moisturizer
-Baking Soda

Makeup:
-Mac everything - Lipsticks, gloss, foundations, pressed power, etc
-Sephora Some stuff- Powder, lip venom etc.

Perfume:
-Burberry Tender touch
-Gucci Envy

[Ali]

Flesh tone products (foundation, concealer, powder) in the right shade.
A good set of brushes the right tools for the job make all the difference in the world.
Color choices that work for your skintone, hair, and eye color.

I have found that what works for most people doesn't usually work for me. I think it is worth it to figure out what works for you as an individual, and the above (and below) is general advice I would give to someone starting to use cosmetics.

Less is more!

[TracieB]

Skin
Neutrogena Fresh Foaming Face Wash (have used it since high school with no complaints!)
Origins Vit-A-Mins face and eye cream
Origins A Perfect World

Makeup
MAC eyeshadow (usual suspects: Retrospeck, Sable, and Satellite Dreams)
MAC eyeliner
Bobbi Brown mascara
NARS blush in Orgasm
Anna Sui under eye concealer
MAC shadestick (keeps the shadow on longer!)
Laura Mercier Foundation

Body
Any body wash from Philosophy (current fav "Lemon Sorbet" - YUM!)

Hair
Nolita shampoo and conditioner
Dove shampoo and conditioner
Fredric Fekkai Glossing Cream
Potion 9 (I forget who this is by...)
Makin' Waves (again, forget who this is by... use it when I go curly)
HAI hair straightener

**Question: what's so good about the Shu Uemura eyelash curler? I have a Bobbi Brown one and am wondering if I need to try it out!

[Asha]

face/skin
eucerin redness relief/sensitive facial cleanser
aveeno body scrub
vaseline

clothes
gap long and lean/boot cut jeans

[Sposa06]

Thanks, greenbunny! I'll definitely have to check that out!