You spilled the contents of your makeup bag and medicine cabinet to divulge your obsessions. Check out the winning polishes, products and beauty must-haves as chosen by you.
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NAIL POLISH For hands under $9 Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Nail Colour in “Lickety-Split Lime” For hands over $9 OPI Nail Lacquer in “You Don’t Know Jacques!”
For feet under $9 Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Nail Colour in “Lively Lilac” For feet over $9 OPI Nail Lacquer in “Lincoln Park After Dark”
BASE COAT Under $9 Sally Hansen Ultimate Shield Fortifying Base & Top Coat Over $9 OPI Natural Nail Base Coat
TOP COAT Under $9 Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Anti-Chip Top Coat Over $9 OPI Top Coat
FOUNDATION Under $20 Cover Girl & Olay Simply Ageless Foundation SPF 22 Over $20 M.A.C Studio Sculpt Foundation SPF 15
POWDER Under $20 Cover Girl Clean Pressed Powder Over $20 M.A.C Select Sheer / Pressed Powder
CONCEALER Under $10 Maybelline New York Mineral Power Over $10 Benefit Erase Paste
BRONZER Under $20 Rimmel Natural Bronzer SPF 8 Over $20 Physicians Formula Bronze Booster Glow-Boosting Pressed Bronzer
BLUSH Under $20 Maybelline New York Dream Mousse Blush Over $20 Nars Blush
MASCARA Under $20 Cover Girl LashBlast Volume Blasting Mascara Over $20 Lancôme Ôscillation
POWDER Under $20 Cover Girl Clean Pressed Powder Over $20 M.A.C Select Sheer / Pressed Powder
EYESHADOW Under $15 Mark I-Mark Custom Pick Eyeshadow Over $15 M.A.C Eye Shadow
EYELINER Under $15 L’Oréal Paris Infallible Eyeliner Over $15 M.A.C Eye Kohl LIPGLOSS Under $15 L’Oréal Paris Colour Juice Sheer Juicy Lipgloss Over $15 Lancôme Juicy Tubes Jelly LIPSTICK Under $15 Revlon ColorBurst Lipstick Over $15 M.A.C Lipstick
CLEANSER Under $15 Neutrogena Deep Clean Facial Cleanser Over $15 Mary Kay TimeWise 3-in-1 Cleanser
MOISTURIZER Under $40 Olay Regenerist Micro-Sculpting Cream Over $40 Clinique Youth Surge SPF 15 Age Decelerating Moisturizer
MIRACLE CREAM Under $40 Avon Anew Clinical Advanced Wrinkle Corrector Over $40 Elizabeth Grant Biocollasis Complex Advanced Cellular Age Defense Day Cream
EYE CREAM Under $35 Avon Anew Reversalist Illuminating Eye System Over $35 Clinique All About Eyes Rich
SERUM Under $60 Yves Rocher Cure Solutions Anti-Aggressions 24-Hr Antioxidant Shield Serum Over $60 Elizabeth Grant Biocollasis Complex Cellular Age Defense Day Serum
EXFOLIATOR Under $20 St. Ives Apricot Facial Scrub Over $20 Clinique 7 Day Scrub Cream Rinse-Off Formula
MASK Under $25 The Body Shop Tea Tree Face Mask Over $25 Clinique Deep Cleansing Emergency Mask
READER’S FAVE Shiseido White Lucent Brightening Cleansing Foam “Faded my freckles so that they became ‘cute’ instead of ‘scary.’” Mimi Lai Drivas, Toronto, Ont.
SUNSCREEN Under $15 Coppertone Oil Free Faces SPF 30 Over $15 Neutrogena Healthy Defense Daily Moisturizer SPF 45
LIP BALM A tie between Burt’s Bees Beeswax Lip Balm and Blistex Lip Medex
SOAP A tie between Dove Beauty Bar and The Body Shop Satsuma
EXFOLIATOR Under $10 St. Ives Exfoliating Apricot Body Wash Over $10 The Body Shop Coconut Body Scrub
BODY WASH Under $10 Dove Deep Moisture Body Wash Over $10 The Body Shop Cocoa Butter Creamy Body Wash
RAZOR Gillette Venus Embrace
SHAVE CREAM OR GEL Gillette Satin Care Shave Gel
SUNSCREEN Under $15 Banana Boat Ultra Defense Sheer Protect Continuous Spray Sunscreen SPF 30 Over $15 Neutrogena Ultra Sheer Dry-Touch Sunscreen SPF 55
SELF-TANNER Under $18 Jergens Natural Glow Daily Moisturizer Over $18 Clarins Self Tanning Instant Gel
BODY LOTION Under $8 Vaseline Intensive Rescue Extra Strength Over $8 Aveeno Daily Moisturizing Lotion
CELLULITE CREAM Under $20 Nivea Body Good-bye Cellulite Gel Over $20 Biotherm Celluli Laser Gel
TEETH-WHITENING Crest 3D White Whitestrips Advanced Vivid
TOOTHPASTE Crest Whitening Plus Scope in Minty Fresh
DENTAL FLOSS Oral-B Essential Floss
SHAMPOO Under $10 Pantene Pro-V Fine Hair Solutions Flat to Volume Shampoo Over $10 Aveda Shampure Shampoo
CONDITIONER Under $10 Pantene Pro-V Fine Hair Solutions Flat to Volume Conditioner Over $10 Aveda Shampure Conditioner
STYLING PRODUCT Under $10 John Frieda Frizz-Ease Hair Serum Extra Strength Over $10 Aveda Smooth Infusion Style Prep Smoother
HIGHLIGHTING KIT L’Oréal Paris Touch-On Highlights
COLOURING KIT L’Oréal Paris Féria Multi-Faceted Shimmering Colour
READER’S FAVE Ralph Lauren Romance “My grandma always said to find a perfume you love and never change. As a perfume lady her whole life, she knows what she’s talking about. This is a classic.” Patricia McElhinney, Mississauga, Ont.
WOMEN’S FRAGRANCE Under $50 Avon In Bloom By Reese Witherspoon Over $50 Chanel No. 5
MEN’S FRAGRANCE
Under $50
Old Spice Classic
Over $50
Giorgio Armani Acqua di Gio
Lesa Hannah was on staff at FASHION for 18 years (2001-2019) working in the beauty department. She's also written for Elle Canada, The Kit, The Toronto Star, The Globe & Mail, Forbes Vetted, Canadian Business, NUVO, Stereogum, GQ and Vanity Fair.
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