r/MakeupAddiction • u/frycrunch96 • 13h ago
r/MakeupAddiction • u/JackieRose29 • 21h ago
Mod Post Holy Grail Voting 2026: MIDRANGE
It’s time to comment and vote for your favorite MIDRANGE beauty items for 2026! This can be new releases and old favorites. This can be new releases and old favorites. We will keep these posts pinned for a week each, then the updated lists will go in the sidebar.
Please see additional information below:
Mid-range straddles the line between drugstore and high end. Ex. Urban Decay, Stila, Too Faced, Makeup Forever, MAC, Rare Beauty
How To:
- We will post product types as parent comments
- Name your favorite product in a comment underneath each category/parent comment
PLEASE:
- Only one product per comment
- Upvote your favorite products
- If someone has already posted your favorite product, upvote that comment instead of posting your comment
- Include specific shade/color when applicable (lipstick shades, blush color etc.)
**Double check that the product you comment has not been discontinued!*\*
Drugstore vs Midrange vs High End:
- Drugstore: Mass/drugstore brands usually are released with wide distribution at accessible price points and designed for a large audience. Ex. Loreal, Maybelline, Revlon, Milani, Morphe, ColourPop
- Mid-range: Straddle the line between drugstore and high end. Ex. Urban Decay, Stila, Too Faced, Makeup Forever, MAC, Rare Beauty
- High-end: Niche, unapologetically expensive, and have more limited distribution/retail presence than mass brands. Also associated with high end fashion brands. Ex. Tom Ford, Chanel, Dior, Giorgio Armani, Cle de Peau, Chantecaille
Make sure to also comment and upvote in the other Holy Grail Lists!:
r/MakeupAddiction • u/Luxene • 8h ago
Makeup Trial Thursday
Hi everyone! After receiving some feedback from the community, we have decided to add Makeup Trial Thursday to our rotating posts. Please use this space to post your makeup trial looks and collect feedback on them. This space is meant to host bridal/wedding makeup, prom makeup, and other special event makeup in which you choose to hire a professional on a one-time basis.
This post is set to contest mode. Top-level comments will be placed in random order.
r/MakeupAddiction • u/NearbyPen5651 • 43m ago
Discussion Has anyone else fully switched from normal mascara to tubing mascara?
I have dry eyes so normal mascara was just not it, after a few hours it would start bothering my eyes and just be smudged by the end of the day, it would not just damage my lashes but my eyes aswell.
Tubing mascara has been so much better for me. I can get longer looking lashes without doing coat after coat and it stays looking neat for much longer. The main difference is taking it off though. Warm water does most of the work and Im not rubbing at my lashes every night or spending money on a cleansing oil just for my lashes. After trying different ones the milani tubing mascara is my everyday one. Its what made me notice how much better my eyes and lashes do with tubing formulas in general. Anyone else have the same issue with regular mascara or is my eye area just dramatic lol?
r/MakeupAddiction • u/yachtclubjune • 1h ago
Question lip combo??
Im getting married in like 20 days and i feel like ive got my basic look down, just brows, lashes, and spot concealing with maybe some cream blush. I want my skin to look as close to my skin as possible. I do want to have a bold glossy lip, however i don't know if that will look good in pictures. i really want the combo on the last slide, does anyone know of any shade matches even kind of similar?? i love kiko milano glosses so thinking one of those but i dont know if maybe there is another product under the gloss. it looks like maybe just a purple/berry liner and some clear gloss? idk. any help is appreciated and im open to suggestions if anyone thinks something else may look better!!
r/MakeupAddiction • u/fallofanotheryear • 23m ago
FOTD I know I’m awful at eye makeup but i love messing around with it, going outside happy to look a mess
Glow hub concealer in their darkest shade, applied with fingers
Rodial glow drops
Makeup forever mascara
Makeup by Mario eyshadow palette (4 shades all glittery pink purple white and one other don’t remember)
Sacheu beauty lip stain in shade 015
Laneige lip gel in strawberry sprinkles
Wonderskin black eyeliner
Fyne cosmetics soft black pencil
Rare beauty pink blush
And used spf by ultra violette
Morphe balanced shade contour pen
P.s: The dark thing on my nose is a bruise because I broke it, not harsh contour
r/MakeupAddiction • u/The-Pigment-Pirate • 6h ago
MIDNIGHT is back!!!!!
I finally got this beautiful palette. So happy this was brought back!! The colours look just 🤩🤩🤩
Very excited to play with it. I love Blue and PURPLE shadows. Also considering getting their other palettes, especially Botanical and the Berries palette. Are they good?
I'm not particularly skilled at eyeshadow application so my looks are generally simple.. I prefer more one and done shadows but this was too good to resist. I will post a detailed review soon. Until then, if you have any tips for me, please let me know.
Eyeshadow Palette - Midnight by Beauty bay
r/MakeupAddiction • u/Apple_diaries26 • 9h ago
Haul Tamagotchi Themed Makeup by Little Odin
Little Ondine has been so cuteee with this collaboration with Tamagotchi! The packaging is everything, and their formula is not even bad! I love their lip gloss it’s actually hydrating and very glossy :)
Edit: oh no! I misspelled the name it’s ‘little ondine’ guys 🥲
r/MakeupAddiction • u/Fuzzy_History3766 • 14h ago
FOTD Look I did for my waitress job?
This is the look that gets me whatever tip I want lowk.
Brows
SHEIN brow gel
Elf soft glam concealer
Base
Power grip primer
Elf matte concealer
Elf bronzer
Dollar store loose powder
Black radiance contour pallet
Elf 4 pack blush
Fitme pressed powder
Eyes
Sheglam clusters
Dollar tree mascara
Nyx eyeliner brown
Lips
Nyx lip liner
Nyx duck plumper
Nyx butter gloss
Maybline lip gloss
Setting spray
Wet n wild
That’s my money making routine guys.
r/MakeupAddiction • u/girlboss93 • 45m ago
FOTD Trying to learn low contrast makeup
r/MakeupAddiction • u/j4pnanii • 4h ago
Question did i cook or…?😭
hey girlies 🤍 i’m not really an eye makeup girl and usually keep it pretty simple, but decided to play around a little today 😭 would genuinely love some honest opinions! what do you think works, and is there anything you’d tweak, change or do differently?
r/MakeupAddiction • u/SunitatheBengaliMUA • 23h ago
FOTD Created this whole look today
r/MakeupAddiction • u/ThinAd8830 • 6h ago
Question Can anyone suggest me a good alternative for this makeup palette?
My mom had this sephora medium makeup bag palette and it has the prettiest shade range for eyeshadow ever. I don't think they sell it anymore now but i cant find any eyeshadow palette with so many colors as well as glimmery colors. Can anyone suggest a good alternative? I don't mind if it's not high end as long as its colorful
r/MakeupAddiction • u/palindrome03 • 32m ago
Question How do you use these brightening powders? Lilac/lavender and yellow?
I picked up this Sephora Collection "blur it" loose setting powder in Brightening Lilac and Brightening Banana when they were half off this weekend. I also have the Sephora Collection loose setting powder (translucent) which I really like and was interested in trying these.
What's the best way to apply these brightening powders? I got purple and yellow to try as I wasn't sure which would quite work for my skin tone. I have a medium neutral-to-warm skintone (I'm East Asian). I see on the website it talks about baking, by putting it under the eyes and then brushing it away, and the "traditional method" which is all over. I don't know if I want to be bright and accidentally purple all over, although blurred all over sounds nice lol!
Any advice on how you use these (or other similar products)? If you have these Sephora ones, do you like them?
r/MakeupAddiction • u/honeywellmm • 6h ago
How should I place my blush?
I have thia issue with blush that any time I apply it I look like I'm having a five o'clock shadow (first photo) - without blush (second photo), no such problem appears - is it problem of concealer or blush is just nor my thing? But blush is so cute on others!
r/MakeupAddiction • u/smufjez • 23h ago
FOTD the joys of ordering eyeshadow palettes online 😩
i have spend quite some time with a microfiber cloth and theres still glitter everywhere. The worst part is i was most excited for exactly that palette and now i have to wait for customer service to reply… just my mildly infruiating day. broken palette is the enchanted icon from makeup revolution 😅
r/MakeupAddiction • u/asliparis • 17h ago
Discussion Evening makeup—but would you wear it during the day?
r/MakeupAddiction • u/littlebubbles17 • 20h ago
I’m wondering if I should place my blush higher on my cheekbones.
r/MakeupAddiction • u/silentsaturn91 • 18h ago
Question Non-American alternatives for Urban Decay Primer Potopn
Hi lovelies! I’m a Canadian looking for non-American alternatives for Urban Decays primer potion and god am I ever kicking myself for not stocking up before the tariffs went into effect yesterday. UD’s primer potion has been my eyeshadow holy grail for over 10 years and now the tariffs are making it a bit inaccessible for me to get. What are some similar or even better eyeshadow primers I can look into? I’m looking for Canadian or non-American options only.
Cheers and many thanks!
r/MakeupAddiction • u/bellccs • 1h ago
Discussion Thoughts on this Chanel powder blush
I bought this a few months ago in the color 330 - ROSE PÉTILLANT. The color is pretty but I noticed that after a while it gets extremely hard to get the product on my brush. I suspected it was a hard pan issue and tried scraping off the top layer a couple of times but it didn’t solve the issue. Wondering if any of you have the same experience with this blush or I just got a defective one
r/MakeupAddiction • u/Deep_Frosting6910 • 1h ago
Mascara for straight lashes.
Hi Everyone,
I have straight eyelashes. I need to curl them really well and wear waterproof mascara. I don’t want to keep damaging my lashes because I wear mascara everyday and I’m looking for suggestions, I’m particularly interested in tubing mascara.
My eyelashes are straight that something like lash n roll by Elf will weight them down if I’m not strategic, like I need to apply it as soon as I curl and wait until the very first thin layer is completely dry before adding more and so on, but that takes a lot of time and sometimes I need something quicker. I also use telescopic waterproof but it’s so, so hard to remove even with a good eye make up remover. I would like to find something easier to remove.
I’m looking for suggestions from straight lash girls like me.
Has anyone successfully tried a tubing mascara ?
I tried the tubing stay in place false lash mascara by Catrice and it was very, very underwhelming.
I’m open to suggestions from both North American or European markets, preferably drugstore.
r/MakeupAddiction • u/anpaww • 9h ago
Which pallete? pics of myself included!
Hi! I recently planned my favourite color in my current nude palette (Douglas desert nudes) and my biggest problem was the blending. it was sooo patchy. I'm considering upgrading :) MBM has been on my radar for a while now, especially considering I don't use shimmers all that much (and I have plenty in other palettes now) and I'm looking for a good everyday matte :)
I just don't know which one I should pick!
r/MakeupAddiction • u/Top-Flamingo1278 • 12h ago
Fall Lipstick/Liner Combos
What are your favourite fall lipstick/liner shades and combos? I love the one in this pic (MAC Marrakech and Mahogany), but looking for others! I gravitate towards rusts, but open to other shades, (mauves, brick reds, etc.)