The Best Beauty Products That’ll Help You Look and Feel Amazing

This perfect-for-your-purse cream blush is lightweight and easy to apply, adding buildable color to your cheeks and lips. We love that it blends without too much effort and has serious staying power. We’re partial to the shade Freckle, a neutral peach that looks good on everyone.

In the wide world of tinted moisturizers, Laura Mercier remains the GOAT. With twenty shade options, this updated formula is hydrating, long-lasting, and creates a smooth, dewy finish. It also provides ample sun protection. In short: It’s the no-makeup makeup dream.

Repeat after us: not all makeup brushes are created equal. This made the cut because of its densely packed bristles, which apply makeup smoothly while still feeling soft on our skin. Plus, it’s just as effective with liquid, cream, or powder products.

One eyeshadow palette to rule them all. This set of six supremely blendable basics includes matte, satin, and glitter finishes, so it can take you from morning (matte nude blush) to night (radiant taupe bronze) and back again. It comes in both warm and cool finishes to suit every skin tone.

One reviewer of this mascara wrote that it “deserves an award.” We agree, so we’re giving it one. This mascara offers even the shortest lashes length, volume, and curl, and since it’s a tubing formula, it doesn’t smudge and slides off easily at the end of the day. We’ve also found that it doesn’t irritate sensitive eyes.

Exfoliating can be high-risk, but it’s all reward with this gentle 3-in-1 serum that smoothes, hydrates, and protects. Formulated for all skin types, we love that this does the hard work of exfoliation without irritating our skin. One of our editors even dubbed it “Botox in a bottle.” She still stands by that.

This spray is like a deep, cleansing breath for stressed-out skin. Its anti-inflammatory and antibacterial ingredients help with irritation and redness — plus it leaves skin feeling clean and refreshed. It’s a desert-island pick for several of our editors.

In a stacked category, Embryolisse rose to the top for a few reasons. First, it can be used as a moisturizer, makeup primer, cleansing milk, face mask, after-sun care, and aftershave (yes, that’s six uses) and is safe for adults, children, and babies. Second, it rings up at a seriously reasonable price tag, considering how well it works compared to more expensive products. And third…we just love how it makes our skin feel.

Although it’s pricey, this retinal serum comes highly recommended by dermatologists, and our own editors who’ve used it for years. It’s seriously effective, delivering improvements in texture, brightness, firmness, and clarity — and doing it faster than alternative options. Pro tip: Take Medik8’s retinol strength quiz to decide which of the five formulas to start with.

A great makeup remover shouldn’t just take off your makeup — it should also leave your skin soft and grease-free. This cleansing oil does the trick. It’s also fragrance-free and great for sensitive and dry skin.

Unlike wax sticks, this flyaway tamer actually leaves hair soft and conditioned — not tacky — and it’s easy to brush through when you take out your slicked-back bun. As an added bonus, the citrus, orange blossom, and vanilla scent is subtle but warm, like a pitch-perfect early-summer day. We also love the easy-to-use wand applicator and portable tube packaging.

If you’re ready to take the plunge on a high-quality styling kit, this one has our vote. It can create any look you want — bouncy blowouts, all-day curls, and shiny, straight styles — expertly. Even better? It uses air-drying technology that reduces heat damage. According to our editor, it’ll give you salon-quality hair in 15 minutes flat.

These hair clips are made of a bendable, lightweight plastic that doesn’t break. But the genius part is in the super-flat design, so you can lie down on it (yes, really) and drive without it getting in the way. We especially love these for workouts.

With jojoba oil and vitamin B5, this buttery mask softens, strengthens, and moisturizes hair. You can use it weekly as a deep treatment, or regularly instead of conditioner. Perfect for your Everything Shower.

Nulastin has been a trusted name in the hair-growth space for years, because it really does work. This scalp treatment uses a proprietary blend of proteins and peptides that create a stronger scalp, resulting in fuller, thicker, faster-growing hair. If you’re diligent about using it, you can see results in as little as six weeks.

This genius hand lotion is formulated to create a wrapping effect, or an invisible glove that coats your skin in emollients to seal in moisture — and the “glove” stays on for a full 24 hours, even throughout multiple hand washes. It also dries down as soon as you rub it in, so you can get right back to typing and texting without getting your devices greasy.

Whether you have eczema or are just prone to bone-dry skin, this lotion is here to save the day. It feels great from the first application — like your skin is finally taking a breath — works to strengthen your skin barrier over time.

Bar soap for exfoliation? Legitimately groundbreaking. This buffing bar is packed with exfoliating crystals that work like a charm on stubborn keratosis pilaris, or run-of-the-mill rough spots. We’ve been using this for a year, and it’s become a nonnegotiable part of our body-care routines.

We love everything about this, from the pun in the name to how nourished it makes our skin feel. Honorable mention to the pleasing lather it creates before you rinse it clean.

Raise your hand if you’ve used body wash as shaving cream and regretted it. Us too. With ingredients like shea butter, colloidal gold, and natural oils, the gel-to-oil formula gives you a smooth glide and leaves you with a sweet scent. It also moisturizes your skin so much better than regular shaving cream.

If you’re looking to remove unwanted hair without going to a clinic, this is very much worth the (relatively smaller) splurge. It’s easy to use, doesn’t hurt, and gets rid of hair in four weeks of treatments. It’s one of the best purchases our Senior Commerce Editor made all year, hands down.

We’re honestly not sure why ingrown hairs happen to good people. This serum to the rescue. It glides on in a stick and works to untrap existing ingrown hairs. It also fades inflamed dark spots, slows hair growth, and relieves irritation from hair removal. Where has this been all our lives?

Happy chafing season. Swipe this on before a run, walk, or just a hot day, and the formula creates a lightweight, protective barrier to prevent redness, blisters, and general discomfort. It doesn’t just work on thighs; try it on your armpits and feet, too.

Settle in: The salon has landed in your living room. This kit comes with everything (like, everything) you need, from an LED lamp to a nail file, cuticle serum, and a device to help you paint with your non-dominant hand. We love it so much, we wrote you a whole review.

This cap is entirely satin-lined, which makes it light and breathable. The adjustable band is another bonus; no tying, just adjust it to fit your head and hair. Put it on, snooze, and wake up with good hair — the ultimate dream come true.