100 products to try!
What are the cult beauty products that we all need to try in our lifetime? The ones that have stood the test of time, or simply turned the internet into a frenzy. Love them or hate them, these are my 100 beauty bucket list products.
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The idea for this post came to me when I was scrolling Instgram and commented how I have never tried a product that was such a house hold name. Before I knew it, I was making a list of beauty products that instantly sprung to mind when I thought about ‘cult favourites’. Have I tried everything myself? No! But that’s why it’s a beauty bucket list.
Goals
That’s the fun thing about beauty bucket lists, there are something to work towards, goals to tick off. Being a blogger means I try a lot of products. I love to be able to share my well rounded opinions to my audience. In a few years I hope to be able to say I have tried even more, and who knows maybe the next cult favourite is yet to be discovered.
Focus
To avoid this becoming the longest post on earth, I haven’t given specific reasons for why I have chosen every products I have, hopefully their appearance in the list will make sense to you too. If not let me know what you think shouldn’t have made the cut.
Direction
If your feeling stuck in a beauty rut or want to remember some old favourites, hopefully this post will inspire you too. There is no order to these lists they were just jotted down as they came to me.
Fragrance
What are those signature scents? The one’s that you want to display on your vanity, the fragrances that form the core of your collection. Fragrance was a tricky category, as scents can be so personal. For me it was the fragrances that I hear about again and again.
My score: 1 out of 8 Verdict: You’re gonna need a bigger boat
1. Chanel Coco Mademoiselle Eau de Parfum
2. Victok & Rolf Bon Bon Eau de Parfum
3. Armani Si Eau de Parfum
4. Dior Miss Dior Blooming Bouquet Eau de Toilette
5. Jo Malone London Lime Basil & Mandarin cologne
6. YSL Black Opium Eau De Parfum
7. Tom Ford Black Orchid Eau de Parfum
8. Byredo Gypsy Water eau de parfum
Skincare
Next up Skincare, I could have dedicated 100 products to skincare alone. But then would it really be a curatored bucket list?! These are the game changes, the house hold favourites and the products that pop up again-and-again.
My score: 15 out of 26 Verdict: 60% of the time, it works every time
9. Pixi by Petra Glow Tonic
10. Clinique Take Off The Day Cleansing balm
11. Caudalie Beauty Elixir
12. Emma Hardie Moringa Cleansing Balm
13. Garnier Micellar Water Oil-Infused Cleanser
14. By Terry Baume de Rose
15. Charlotte Tilbury Charlotte’s Magic Cream Moisturizer
16. ELEMIS Pro-Collagen Marine Cream
17. Tatcha Luminous Dewy Skin Mist
18. Glossier Balm Dotcom
19. Drunk Elephant T.L.C. Sukari Babyfacial
20. Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair
21. Bioderma Sensibio H2O Make-up Removing Micelle Solution
22. Sunday Riley Luna Sleeping Night Oil
23. Peter Thomas Roth Pumpkin Enzyme Mask
24. Laneige Water Sleeping Mask
25. Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream Skin Protectant
26. Alpha H Liquid Gold
27. The Ordinary Buffet
28. Ren Glycol Lactic Radiance Renewal Mask
29. La Roche-Posay Anthelios Ultra-Light Fluid Sunscreen
30. Clarins Double Serum
31. Tata Harper Regenerating Cleanser
32. Embryolisse Lait-Crème Concentré
33. Kate Somerville Goat Milk Moisturizing Cream
34. Oskia Renaissance Mask
Bodycare
Sometimes overlooked, bodycare can take a back seat in our beauty routines at times. Still, I found there were a few that sprung to mind when we are looking for a little extra pampering.
My score: 6 out of 7 Verdict: Yippee-kay-yay
35. Lush Sleepy Body Lotion
36. The Body Shop Satsuma Body Butter
37. Sol de Janeiro Brazilian Bum Bum Cream
38. NUXE Huile Prodigieuse Multi Usage Dry Oil
39. Kiehl’s Crème de Corps Whipped Body Moisturiser
40. Loccitane Almond Shower Oil
41. Soap & Glory Clean On Me Creamy Clarifying Shower Gel
Haircare
Haircare may not get the buzz that other beauty categories do but there were still a few products that stood out to me.
My score: 2 out of 5 Verdict: I’ll have what she’s having
42. Moroccanoil Treatment Original
43. OUAI hair oil
44. Briogeo Don’t Despair, Repair! Deep Conditioning Mask
45. Olaplex No3 Hair Perfector
46. Batiste Dry Shampoo
Makeup – Base
Makeup of course was going to be my biggest category, so I have broken it down into areas to avoid one long but impressive list. Makeup is what I love to try the most, it’s certainly what I get the most excited to try. With there being so much out there, these were the products that cut through the noise.
My score: 9 out of 19 Verdict: Get in loser we’re going shopping
47. Nars Sheer Glow Foundation
48. Estée Lauder Double Wear
49. Tarte Shape Tape Contour Concealer
50. Too Faced Hangover Replenishing Face Primer
51. Chanel Vitalumiére Aqua Skin Perfecting Makeup
52. Fenty Beauty Pro Filt’r Soft Matte Longwear Foundation
53. L’Oréal Paris True Match Liquid Foundation
54. Maybelline Fit Me Concealer
55. Armani Luminous Silk Foundation
56. Too Faced Born This Way Sculpting Concealer
57. Smashbox Photo Finish Primer Water
58. It Cosmetics Your Skin But Better CC+ Cream
59. BareMinerals Mineral Veil Finishing Powder
60. Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion
61. Urban Decay All Nighter Setting Spray
62. YSL Touche Éclat
63. Mac Prep + Prime Fix+
64. Marc Jacobs Undercover Perfecting Coconut Face Primer
65. Nars Radiant Creamy Concealer
Makeup – Face
My score: 6 out of 12 Verdict: To infinity and beyond!
66. Becca Shimmering Skin Perfector Champagne Pop
67. Charlotte Tilbury Filmstar Bronze & Glow
68. Makeup Revolution Conceal & Define Supersize Concealer
69. The Balm Mary Lou Manizer Highlighter
70. MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Soft & Gentle
71. Milani Baked Powder Blush Luminoso
72. Wet n Wild MegaGlo Highlighting Powder
73. Anastasia Beverly Hills Sun Dipped Glow Kit
74. Estée Lauder Bronze Goddess Powder Bronzer
75. Nars Orgasm Blush
76. Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder
77. Benefit Hoola Bronzer
Makeup – Brows & Eyes
My score: 10 out of 17 Verdict: Who throws a shoe? Honestly
78. Glossier Boy Brow
79. Anastasia Beverly Hills Dipbrow Pomade
80. By Terry Ombre Blackstar Eyeshadow Stick
81. Stila Magnificent Metals Glitter & Glow Liquid Eye Shadow
82. Benefit Gimme Brow+ Volumizing Eyebrow Gel
83. Urban Decay Naked Heat Eyeshadow Palette
84. Benefit They’re Real! Lengthening Mascara
85. ColourPop Super Shock Shadow
86. Rimmel Scandal’eyes Wateproof Kohl Liner
87. Tom Ford Eye Defining Pen
88. Anastasia Beverly Hills Modern Renaissance Eyeshadow Palette
89. Too Faced Better Than Sex Mascara
90. Tom Ford Eye Colour Quad – Honeymoon
91. Makeup Geek Peach Smoothie Eyeshadow Pan
92. Tarte Tartelette Toasted Eyeshadow Palette
93. Morphe 35O Nature Glow Eyeshadow Palette
94. Juvia’s Place Nubian Eyeshadow Palette
Makeup – Lips
My score: 2 out of 6 Verdict: You can’t triple stamp a double stamp!
95. Mac Ruby Woo lipstick
96. Charlotte Tilbury Lip Cheat Lip Liner Pencil – Pillow Talk
97. Ofra Long Lasting Liquid Lipstick
98. Fresh Sugar Lip Treatment – Honey
99. Mac Velvet Teddy Lipstick
100. Bite Amuse Bouche Lipstick – Fig
We made it!
Out of my own Beauty Bucket list I have tried a total of 51 out of 100. I think its safe to say I have some work to do. I hope you enjoyed this post, it certainly satisfied my list making tendencies. Have I missed anything you think should have made the cut and how many have you tired?
There are so many products here, that I’ve never tried before. The ABH Modern Renaissance Eyeshadow palette and Nars radiant creamy concealer have both been on my wish list for quite a while.
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I adore the Nars Radiant Creamy concealer It’s one of my favourites. The Modern Renaissance palette has been on my wish list for such a long time too. Thanks so much for reading xx
This is such a great list and I see so many of my own favorites as well as wishlist items on here! I think the Dior creme de rose has been discontinued though, I can find it online anywhere! 😭 On a happier note, I love your verdicts, they’re so funny!
Jenny // Geeky Posh
No! I never got a chance to try it, I will have to update my list. Hehe I hope you got some of the references thanks for reading Jenny xx
There are so many things on my list that I want to try too! I wonder when I’ll ever get through all of them 😅
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No easy feat! I hope I can try a few more myself 🙂 thanks so much for reading xx
Such a great post! I really enjoy reading this list and counting how many products I try til now – 64. I looking forward to try rest of them!
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Ah that’s amazing, you are the front runner! I hope to try more myself. Thanks so much for reading xx
This is such a fun post!! I love the idea of creating your own beauty bucket list, I might try this myself. I saw a few favourites here! x
Sophie
It was such a fun post to put together so I recommend it! Hope I can tick a few more off. Thanks so much for reading Sophie xx
So many great products on your list- I used some of them and some of them are completely new for me 🙂
Such a fun list to put together, So glad to hear there are some familiar products! Thanks for reading xx
So many great products! I love Tom Ford’s Black Orchid and ABH’s Modern Renaissance. They are such classics. So cool you’re at 50%!
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S | Je M’appelle Chanel
I need to try both, of course they made it to the list as they are such cult favourites! Hope I can tick a few more off. Thanks so much for reading Chanel xx
This is literally incredible, seriously. I don’t think I could even ever THINK of 100 beauty products – I’m in awe of your knowledge right now haha! Hope you’re having a fabulous start to the week babe 🙂
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hehe the scary thing is I rattled this off in under an hour. I’m a beauty encyclopedia! Thanks for reading Gabrielle xx
That’s pretty good going trying 51! I believe I tried 23… but I’ve only got into the blogging game.
Katie xx
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Thats good going! Hope you can tick a few more off this list too. Thanks so much for reading xx
Such a great list! It’s crazy how many of these I have tried, I think mine would be around 80% haha xx
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That’s amazing! I’m really behind now 😛 thanks so much for reading Gemma xx
This is such a fun idea for a post, Sam! It made me realize how many beauty products I haven’t tried yet, haha. Thanks for the inspiration and gorgeous photos too! <3 xx
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Thank you so much Bexa! I’m so glad you enjoyed the post, it was a lot of fun to but together. I hope I can tick some more off my list soon xx
Thanks for the wonderful read. You shared great content. Keep up the good work.
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Thank you so much for reading xx
Just bought Embryolisse yesterday!
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Such a fantastic moisturiser, hope you love it as much as I do! xx
These are great products. I need these perfumes in my life.
Nina’s Style Blog
Oh me too! They have been on my wishlist for the longest time. Thanks for reading xx
Great beauty wish list here!! I used to used Ester Lauder foundation. Really nice, but have moved on to Nars. I like that cleansing water a lot.
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Its one of my favourite full coverage foundations, I really want to try the Nars foundation to see how it compares! Thanks so much for reading xx
So interesting and so many products! I like that some of the stuff that I used are in here. Nice read!
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So glad there are some favourites within my Bucket List Mercy! thanks so much for reading xx
What a list (+ your photos are aesthetically pleasing) Sam! I haven’t even tried a third of these products but I guess that’s where the fun lies. With the amount of products/brands out in the world, it really gives you the opportunity to try new things and find what works for you. Thanks for sharing your beauty bucket list, excuse me while I go click on some links 🙂
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Aw thank you so much. Absolutely, if you had tried everything it wouldn’t be half as fun! Thank you so much for reading xx
Sam, oh how I love the idea behind this post! I am sure many readers are going to find it so helpful. I have spotted a ton of my personal favourites here and applaud you for taking time to select such a great variety of products. I would also add Bite Beauty Amuse Bouche Lipstick in the shade Meringue (or Sugarcane – both are such beautiful nudes), Colour Pop Jelly Much Shadows (I just tried them the other day and they are glorious!) and Pat McGrath Palettes. Knowing your taste, I have a feeling you are going to love these as well! xx
Naya
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Thank you so much Naya, that’s so sweet. Oh I just googled them and I agree, they are beautiful shades. I’m hoping to check out Bite when I’m in the States. I have been dying to try both the Jelly Much Shadows and Pat McGrath, I have my eye on the Subliminal Platinum Ambitions Palette! xx
I love that Mac finish spray… I used it often and even am ready to stock up on a second bottle.
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Its one of my all time favourites! Thanks for reading xx
This is such a cool idea 🙂 I spot so many of my favourites in this list!
Jasmine xx
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Thank you so much Jasmine, was such a fun list to put together. I’m so glad there were some recognisable favourites xx