Makeup Madness Challenge 2024 – CHAMPION REVEALED: Check out Community's favorite product!

[TeamBIC]

We’re kicking off March right by bringing back the BIC’s favorite beauty bracket challenge – Makeup Madness! 😉 For the fourth year in a row, we’re putting makeup-related categories to the test by asking Community members to pick their favorite between two every week. At the end of the bracket, we’ll know which makeup category will earn this year’s Community Champion crown. 👑

In past years, Mascara, Lipstick, and Eyeshadow have earned the honorable title of Makeup Madness winner. This year, we’re bringing eight fresh categories into the frenzy – we’ll reveal them slowly and keep a visual of the current bracket updated below! 

Cream Blush is the Makeup Madness Champion of 2024!

To vote in Makeup Madness, hit the reply button below and tell us which category you’re voting for AND tag a product within that category that you love! For example, the sparkle and shine queen @AlexBT might respond with, “Lip oil! One of my favorites is DIOR Lip Glow Oil Hydrating High-Shine Gloss 20 Mahogany." 

On your marks … get set … go! ✨ New voting rounds begin on Fridays, and end the following Thursday at 2pm Pacific Time:

• ROUND 1 (3/1 – 3/7): Lip Oil (👑) vs. Tinted Lip Balm
• ROUND 2 (3/8 – 3/14): Brushes (👑) vs. Sponges
• ROUND 3 (3/15 – 3/21): Cream Blush (👑) vs. Contour Stick
• ROUND 4 (3/22 – 3/28): Eyelash Curler (👑) vs. Eyeshadow Primer
• ROUND 5 (3/29 – 4/4): Lip Oil (👑) vs. Brushes
• ROUND 6 (4/5 – 4/11): Cream Blush (👑) vs. Eyelash Curler
• FINAL ROUND (4/12 – 4/18): Lip Oil vs. Cream Blush (👑)
  
• CHAMPION REVEALED (4/19): Cream Blush!

Hit “Reply” below to vote for your personal pick in this week’s makeup category match up and tag your favorite by using the “#” symbol! Don’t forget to check back in for each week’s results and to participate in the next round of voting. 😊

UPDATE 4/19/24: Thanks to everyone who voted in this year's Makeup Madness Challenge! Our 2024 champion is none other than Cream Blush, and lots of you tagged your favorites in the replies. 🧡 In honor of our winning category, here are the five top-tagged cream blushes of Makeup Madness 2024.

1. PATRICK TA Major Headlines Double-Take Crème & Powder Blush Duo 
2. LYS Beauty Higher Standard Cream Glow Blush Sticks 
3. Tower 28 Beauty BeachPlease Lip + Cheek Dewy Cream Blush 
4. MERIT Flush Balm Cream Blush 
5. Ami Colé Desert Date Cream Blush & Lip Multistick 

And just for fun, here's a look at some of the top-tagged product from all the Makeup Madness categories this year!

• Lip Oil: Ami Colé Hydrating Lip Treatment Oil 
• Tinted Lip Balm: Summer Fridays Lip Butter Balm Treatment for Hydration + Nourishing Shine 
• Brushes: SEPHORA COLLECTION PRO Blush Brush #99 
• Sponges: Beautyblender ORIGINAL Beautyblender® Makeup Sponge Original 
• Contour Sticks: Rare Beauty by Selena Gomez Warm Wishes Effortless Cream Bronzer Stick 
• Eyelash Curler: Shiseido Eyelash Curler 
• Eyeshadow Primer: NARS Pro-Prime™ Smudge Proof Eyeshadow Base 

[Nozz]

Week 2: non would work stand alone for me. I need to use both sponge and brush 😁 Rare Beauty by Selena Gomez Liquid Touch Foundation Brush  

[Nozz]

Week 1: DIOR Lip Glow Oil Hydrating High-Shine Gloss Raspberry is my fav!!

[Nozz]

But I also love Dior Dior Addict Lip Glow 🥰 and of course NARS Afterglow Lip Balm Fast Lane is a must have to try!!

[alliesbear]

Definitely cream blush!

[Shana2001]

Cream blush 

love Rare liquid blush in color joy ! 

[IDK24]

I love cream blush! My fav is the milk one in the color dash! 10/10 recommend

[CynthieLu]

Those blushing sticks by Milk are pretty great @IDK24. 😀 Have you tried any other of the colors?

[Gdavis3008]

Cream blush 

[thefashionkit]

Contour stick!! Will forever go back Fenty!

[katelynn224]

i think cream plush has to win! the tarte breezy cream blush is my fav in the color pink sky!!!

[JoSometimes]

How did I miss rounds 1 and 2!? Le sigh… 😞 

For round 3, my vote goes to Team Cream Blush. Tower 28 Beauty BeachPlease Lip + Cheek Dewy Cream Blush Magic Hour is my fave!

[CynthieLu]

Woo hoo you found this thread! @JoSometimes I feel like that particular shade of blush is a total community favorite. 😉

What would you have picked for the missed rounds? Do you feel good about the winners so far?

[SportyGirly125]

@CynthieLu @I feel like that’s the shade everyone gets when they try the brand. That was my first shade and intro to their cream blushes. 

[Loretta55]

My first shade was power hour @SportyGirly125 @CynthieLu . It came in a kit with Tower 28 Beauty ShineOn Lip Jelly Hydrating Non-Sticky Lip Oil Cashew . It is a neutral shade on my complexion.

[CynthieLu]

I love the favorites kits, they introduce you to so many fun things. Oooh I just looked up Power Hour @Loretta55 , that is a nice terracotta flush 😍

[CynthieLu]

It's funny you say that @SportyGirly125  because I was looking at the line up, and that one was the one I was thinking about picking up. Lol. But I have literally no business looking at blushes right now, I'm pretty set. 😅

[JoSometimes]

@CynthieLu Definitely team brushes. I’m fully converted since buying my big fluffy one from elf. I would have voted for team tinted lip balm since I have more experience with it compared to lip oils. 

[CynthieLu]

Ooh one of your picks made it to the next round 😉 @JoSometimes 

I've used both but I found a few new lovely lip oils lately so I'm fully converted.

Ahhh fluffy brushes are the best, I have a good fluffy blender from E.L.F I recently got, she's a good one. 👌

[AlexBT]

This one is a toughie... even though I know I could use the right blush to act like a contour/bronzer in a pinch, my heart still says contour! Rare Beauty by Selena Gomez Warm Wishes Effortless Cream Bronzer Stick 

[CynthieLu]

@AlexBT  I haven't really given cream contours enough attention, I am a contour powder gal. But if I were going too dive in these ones by Rare Beauty (or Fenty's) I think would be my first choice. They both get alot of love on here. 🙂💖

[JenRCP]

Cream blush Rare Beauty by Selena Gomez Soft Pinch Liquid Blush