Greatest Hits

[missjeanie]

Well BIC... It's a great time.  In honour of our last month posting and all the influencing that BIC has done over the years, could we post our all time favourite products?  Not just the new but the time tested loves in your beauty bag!  Haircare, Skincare, Fragrance, Body care, Tools... I want to hear all the products that have won HOLY GRAIL status for you over the years?  

Show us your Greatest Hits!

 

[missjeanie]

Fragrances 

• MM Beachwalk.  It's one that's stuck with me and been an easy summer choice for at least a decade.
• Elizabeth and James Nirvana French Grey.  This was gifted to me by a dear friend probably around 2016 or so.  It's been a winter staple ever since. 
• Ouai St Barts Hair and Body Mist.  This one was provided as gratis a few years ago and I really enjoy it both in summer and as a winter pick me up to remind me that summer does exist!
• MM Coffee Break has been my go to in the fall.  It brings me good vibes of warmth and coffee!
• New entries to my favourites have been 7 Virtues Strawberry Jam and Ellis Brooklyn Isla Sirena.  Lovely on their own or mixed together.

Base Products

• Fenty Eaze Drop Blurring Skin Tint -- An easy formula and a great shade match for me.  It wears well with all of the skincare I've tried underneath and wears evenly through the day. 
• Nars Pure Radiant Skin Tint.  Still hits after all these years.  
• Natasha Denona Hy-Glam concealer.  It's a great full coverage option.  Doesn't need a lot for great coverage.  
• Kosas Revealer Concealer.  Great for me as what I'd call a medium coverage option.  
• Tower 28 Concealer.  What I deem a lighter option for me that I enjoy using as a spot touch up.
• Cle de Peau stick concealer.  I've loved this as both an under eye option when warmed up with my finger and as a great touch up mid day if I've had some wear on my base or am needed to go out after a long day at work.  Works well with anything else I've got on and blends into those products seamlessly
• MUFE pressed powder.  Blurs, mattifies without being cakey, good value for money. 

Eyes

• Viseart shadows.  Some of the best mattes hands down. 
• UD pencil eyeliners.  I keep going back to these.  Great shade ranges, easy to smudge a bit and also stay put as a tight liner.  I'm hoping the new Marc Jacobs liners are similar to their older range as those were the tops liners for me. 
• YSL Lash Clash has been my favourite that is still available.  I have longer lashes that I really enjoy volumizing with mascara.  Love the blue option they have as well. 

Lip

• I'm a tinted balm kinda gal....
• Rhode Lip Tint, Patrick Ta liptints, Ole Henriksen Lip Treatment, Summer Fridays Lip Butter Balm.
• Lip Stains.. Love a lip stain.  All time fav is the Fenty Poutsicle's  
• Leneige JuicePop, easy to wear shades and easy comfortable formula, not the longest lasting. 
• YSL vinyl Shine Lip Stains.  Lovely shades, easy to wear. 

Haircare

• Kerastase has a few ranges that have worked wonderfully for me.  The Chroma Absolu and Gloss Absolu ranges are favourites and the Chroma Absolu Gloss Treatment has really worked so well for my longer, dyed, oily roots, dry ends hair.
• In a more affordable range the Amika The Kure range and Smooth Over range have been steady repurchases for me. 
• Dyson Airwrap.  It's been so easy to use for me to get a style that I like and can execute daily.  Love the different attachments and that when I travel I can use it as a hair dryer as well.

Tools

• Sephora Pro brushes.  Hands down a great range.  Easy to use, great price point, last for a long time, great quality.
• Beauty blender.  I'm a beauty blender gal for base products.  I keep going back.  Honourable mention to Real Techniques sponges as well. 

Skincare

• Dr. Jart Ceramidin Moisture Cream.  A steady product in my winter rotation that helps with broken skin barrier and extreme dryness.
•  Innisfree Green Tea HA cream.  It's a lighter gel cream that I really finds moisturizes without leaving a film at all.  It really sinks in and hydrates. 
• Tatcha the Rice Wash.  One I go back to time and again.  Easy to use without having to think about it.
• Youth to the People Superfruit Exfoliating Cleanser with Vitamin C & Papaya.  This has been such a go to exfoliating cleanser that makes me feel like I'm exfoliating without over doing it.
• Philosophy microdelivery facewash.  Again, a great exfoliating cleanser that isnt' too harsh.
• Hanyul Brightening Mask to Cleanser.  Love this as a morning cleanse where I put it on and then wash it off two or three minutes later.  Has the most beautiful lemon scent!
• Rohto Mentholatum Skin Aqua SPF.  I really loved the violet version but haven't seen it in forever.  
• Cay Skin Isle Glow SPF.  A beautiful glow that wears well with other products. 
• Cay Skin SPF tinted lip balm.  Has the lowest amount of 'spf taste' and still protects while looking great.
•  Vacation Super Sprits SPF 50 Spray.  I love this as a mid day touch up for my facial SPF. 

[PDXXXX]

Oh my goodness @missjeanie; I feel like I need a post for every category of makeup and skin and body care...ack!!! I think we might also need a thread for discontinued HG's we'd pay anything to get back!

SKIN:

• Sorry Sephora, but I do love my Avene Cicalfate+ and facial wash and Ulta MD sunscreen, with that said I will continue to come here for...
• Tatcha Indigo Overnight Repair Redness Reducing Barrier Cream 1.7oz / 50ml (lifechanging),
• Elemis Pro-Collagen Brightening Eye Revive Mask with Hyaluronic Acid 0.5 oz / 15 ml (I hate that it's so expensive but it's like surgery - wowza),
• EADEM Le Chouchou Exfoliating + Softening Peptide Lip Balm 

MAKEUP:

• Summer Fridays Sheer Skin Tint with Hyaluronic Acid + Squalane 
• Armani Beauty Luminous Silk Hydrating Face and Under-Eye Concealer 2 
• DIOR Forever Skin Perfect 24H Multi-Use Foundation Stick 00 N Neutral 
• Hourglass Ambient Lighting Blush Collection Dim Infusion 
• HAUS LABS BY LADY GAGA Color Fuse Longwear Hydrating Glassy Lip + Cheek Blush Balm Stick Glassy Caye... 
• PATRICK TA Major Brow Defining Pencil Blonde 
• PAT McGRATH LABS Skin Fetish: Sublime Perfection Longwear Blurring Setting Spray 3.38 oz/100 mL 
• New to me and will probably last forever but the HUNG VANNGO BEAUTY Color Story Eyeshadow Palette New Neutral is killing it for me.
• DIOR Dior Addict Lip Tint 

HAIR:

• Davines anything really but I've been using Davines LOVE Curl Enhancing Shampoo for Curly Hair 8.5 fl oz/250 ml and Davines Nourishing Vegetarian Miracle Conditioner 8.84 oz/ 250 ml on and off for over 15 years (seriously),
• Newer to me but I'm on at least bottle three of Act+Acre 2% Stem Cell H-2 Grow Complex ™ Scalp Serum For Thicker-Looking Hair and my baby hairs definitely be growing,
• Olaplex Volumizing Hair Heat Protective Weightless Blowout Mist 5 oz / 150 ml,
• Kérastase Blond Absolu Anti-Brass Purple Shampoo 8.5 oz/ 250 mL 
• Also newer to me but loving OUAI Bond Repair Balm Hair Mask for Damaged Hair 4.8 oz/142 mL 

BODY:

• JOSIE MARAN Always Nude (Unscented) - Whipped Argan Oil Refillable Firming Body Butter Jar 6 oz 
• Falling in love with Topicals Slather Exfoliating Body Serum with Retinol and AHAs 5 oz / 150 mL 

So many more probably but those are some of the staples in my restocks!

[missjeanie]

@PDXXXX Your 'it's like surgery' comment has my interest peaked!  The Elemis Pro-Collagen Brightening Eye Revive Mask with Hyaluronic Acid 0.5 oz / 15 ml is now on my list to try!  I've never ordered direct before but I have heard others say that they have some pretty fantastic GWP from their direct site at times.  I need to pull out my Summer Friday's skin tint and check to see if mine is still good.  Have you tried the new formula? I need to work through some similar products before I buy more, but I'd love to hear how the formulas compare. 

[PDXXXX]

@missjeanie ooh, thank you for the GWP going direct tip! It's funny - I tried the pro-collagon moisturizer first and had some odd sensitivity to it so almost never tried the eye mask! I depends on your eye needs but for me it's doing what none other has done for puffiness and my crow's feet. Summer Fridays reformulated the skin tint?? Luckily I have about one and a half bottles left to get through which will take forever. I'm curious now as well how the new formula is as I like the original so much. Like you though I have a lot of similar products to get through before I can justify it. What similar products are you working on and how do you like them?

[missjeanie]

I have so many skin tints on the go right now @PDXXXX !  I'm very happy to report that I've finished off one and am working on my Summer Fridays now!  I'm not so much a foundation girl these days and am more into skin tints with an added SPF.  That said, I don't know that I have an absolute favourite!

[curlychiquita]

That’s a great list, @PDXXXX!

[PDXXXX]

Thank you @curlychiquita !

[curlychiquita]

I wore my Fara Homidi Essential Bronzer Refillable Compact Bois this week after just not wearing bronzer for awhile, and partway through the day, I looked in the mirror and thought, “wow, that looks really good.”  I definitely need to wear it more often.

I’m actually down to only two bronzers: the Fara Homidi and my Hermes bronzer in Tottori.  They’re both beautiful bronzers. 

[missjeanie]

@curlychiquita I often think the same when I take the time to put it on!  Dang... a little colour looks good on me... I should do this more often!  Love a good bronzer.

[Titian06]

These are probably my faves:

Tatcha The Water Cream Oil-Free Pore Minimizing Refillable Moisturizer 2.5 oz / 75 mL 

Dermalogica Daily Microfoliant Exfoliator Refill Pack 2.6 oz/74 ml Refill Pouch 

LYS Beauty Triple Fix Serum Foundation LN3 

Fenty Beauty by Rihanna The Rich One Moisture Repair Shampoo 10 oz 

Fenty Beauty by Rihanna The Rich One Moisture Repair Conditioner for Fine to Medium Hair 10 oz 

[missjeanie]

@Titian06 I think I have a foil sample somewhere of the Fenty S&C that I haven't tried yet!  And I'm always looking for great S&C's!  I'm so glad you posted this!

[Titian06]

@missjeanie - I love the Fenty S&C!  I'm on my second bottle of shampoo and third bottle of conditioner (cause you always go through C faster than S).

Know that you need to do a lather, rinse, repeat on the S.  Otherwise, your hair will feel dry and weird with only one wash.  Also, the S may not lather the first time round but should on the second.

[missjeanie]

@Titian06 I ALWAYS need more conditioner than shampoo.  I've heard of these people who can finish each bottle at the same time, but I have no idea how they manage it. I'll keep in mind the double shampoo tip, thank you!

[danielledanielle]

Back again...

Fragrance: 

Maison Margiela ‘REPLICA' By the Fireplace Eau de Toilette with Chestnut, Vanilla, and Clove Oil 

Maison Margiela 'REPLICA' Jazz Club Eau de Toilette with Tobacco Leaf, Pink Pepper, and Rum 

Maison Margiela 'REPLICA' Afternoon Delight Eau de Toilette with Vanilla, Madeleine & Sandalwood 

Maison Margiela 'REPLICA' Beach Walk Eau de Toilette with Coconut Milk & Musk 

NEST New York Vanilla Bourbon Eau de Parfum 

NEST New York Madagascar Vanilla Perfume Oil 

The impossibly hard to tag J'adore OG & L'or

[missjeanie]

@danielledanielle The love affair is MM Beachwalk and MM Coffee Break.  I had one of the Nest fragrances before my first Sephoria but seeing the owner and seeing them at Sephoria has really brought them front and center for me. 

[danielledanielle]

@missjeanie 

 

DIOR Forever Glow Star Filter Multi-Use Complexion Enhancing Booster 

Armani Beauty Luminous Silk Creamy Bronzing Powder 

Danessa Myricks Beauty Linework Paintbrush Fluid Liquid Eyeliner 0.034 oz / 1 ml 

Danessa Myricks Beauty Groundwork: Blooming Romance - Palette For Eyes, Brows, Face & Lips (THE NEUTRAL ONE)

PAT McGRATH LABS Sublime Perfection Concealer M18 

Newness

Sarah Creal Eyes Up 24H Creamy Kajal Longwear Eyeliner Maritime 

innisfree Green Tea PDRN™ Smoothing Eye & Lip Serum for Fine Lines + Wrinkles 0.5 oz/15 ml 

And SKINDINAVIA the OG setting spray... Urban Decay revamp could neeeeevvvveeerrrr...I gave birth it in. Will never stop telling people that 😅

[missjeanie]

@danielledanielle  You’re the reason I bought the Danessa Myricks Beauty Linework Paintbrush Fluid Liquid Eyeliner 0.034 oz / 1 ml ! 
“I gave birth in it!” That’s quite the testament to the OG formula!! 

I may or may not end up screen shooting some lists here to use for future me’s purchasing lists!

[danielledanielle]

That's a brilliant idea 💡 @missjeanie 

Here's some more Fenty Beauty by Rihanna Fenty Treatz Hydrating + Strengthening Lip Oil Cherry 

Fenty Beauty by Rihanna Gloss Bomb Oil Luminizing Lip Oil 'N Gloss Rose Amber 

NARS Talc-Free Powder Blush Dolce Vita – 888 (both the talc-y and current) 

DIOR Forever Glow Maximizer Longwear Liquid Highlighter 017 Nude 

HAUS LABS BY LADY GAGA Precision Sculpt Shaping Balm Contour Stick 

Supergoop! 100% Mineral (Re)setting Powder Face Sunscreen SPF 35 

LANEIGE Bouncy & Firm Eye Brightening Sleeping Mask with Peony + Collagen Complex™ .7 oz / 20 g 

LANEIGE Neo Blurring Loose Finishing Powder for Shine Control and Smoothing 0.24 oz/7 g 

PAT McGRATH LABS Skin Fetish: Glass 001 Legendary Glow Setting Spray 3.38 fl oz/100 mL 

Ami Colé brow pencil 😭

My controversial queens: KVD brow pomade and Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Wiz® Ultra-Slim Precision Eyebrow Defining Pencil Medium Brown 

PAT McGRATH LABS IntensifEYES™ Longwear Eyeshadow Primer IntensifEYES™ Longwear Primary 

Pre reformulated DIOR Backstage Face & Body Foundation 

Fenty Beauty by Rihanna Killawatt Freestyle Highlighter Trophy Wife 

Fenty Sunstalk'r Eye & Face Palette 

[missjeanie]

@danielledanielle @I have and love the older formula Dolce Vita blush from Nars! And I first tried the Ami Cole brow pencil after recieving one at Sephoria Atlanta. I’m not normally a big user of pencils and prefer just a tinted gel but I may have purchased a back up of this one when they were on sale. Such good products from Ami Cole😢

[SportyGirly125]

@missjeanie to name a few because I have so many 

Pureology smooth perfection line

Oribe texture spray and dry shampoo

Natasha Denona My Dream palette

Charlotte Tilbury Iconic Nude

YSL 42 baby doll pink blush

Chantecaille Emotion blush

Armani euphoric blush

Dior 001 universal glow palette

Ciele skin tint

Ciele highlighter in piper

Ouai Santorini mist

caudalie premier cru line 

Laneige UV sunscreen