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Health Beauty Awards: 13 Best Makeup Products

By Holly Dawsey
September 21, 2013
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Looking for a new go-to bronzer, lipstick, or mascara? We can help.

After months of slathering and lathering, Health editors and a team of pros picked their absolute favorite beauty products for the face, body, makeup, nails, and hair. We selected a total of 45 amazing beauty buys, which aim high, keep it simple, and totally deliver.

Here are our favorite makeup products.

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Bronzer

Chanel Les Beiges Bronzer

($58, chanel.com)

If the shimmer or terra-cotta shade of bronzers scares you, this natural-looking one should appeal. “It creates a glow so soft and sheer, like it’s actually coming from within,” says celebrity makeup artist Suzy Gerstein.

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Lip gloss

Burt’s Bees 100% Natural Lip Gloss

($9; burtsbees.com)

It comes in 12 pretty shades and is packed with jojoba and botanical oils. Gerstein loves that this gloss “leaves lips hydrated, smooth and shiny—not tacky or goopy.”

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BB cream

Garnier BB cream Miracle Skin Perfector for Combination to Oily Skin

($13; at mass retailers)

This does everything but apply itself—it hydrates, evens tone and helps control shine throughout theday, “a bonus you won’t find in most other BBs,” notes Gerstein.

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Revlon ColorStay Ultimate Suede Lipstick

($10; at mass retailers)

“My lips held the color from my morning application straight through happy hour without cracking,” says beauty blogger Polly Blitzer. The shea butter, vitamin E and aloe keep lips velvety, so you avoid the usual drying effects of longwear lipsticks.

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Concealer

L'Oréal Paris True Match Super-Blendable Crayon Concealer
($9; at mass retailers)

The pointy tip allows you to reach the inner corners of your eyes with precision, and the ultra-creamy texture “blends in easily without tugging at delicate under-eye skin,” says Gerstein.

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Lip balm

Nivea Lip Butter

($4; at mass retailers)

The buttery formula works; Gerstein uses it to prep lips before she applies red or other strong colors, which make any speck of dryness obvious.

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Eye shadow

Clinique Chubby Stik Shadow Tint

($17; clinique.com)

Don't let the Crayola look fool you: This shadown means business! It goes on creamy, says Blitzer, "for a wash of color. Or play with a couple to contour and highlight."

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BareMinerals Prime Time Neutralizing Foundation Primer

($23; bareminerals.com)

This multitasker smooths skin, neutralizes uneven tone, and cuts redness—and it lasts. "Unevenness on my cheeks usually reappears as makeup fades, but it didn't with this," says Blitzer.

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Compact foundation

Elizabeth Arden Flawless Finish Sponge-On Cream Makeup

($37; elizabetharden.com)

Infused with actual diamond powder, this base diffuses fine lines, blemishes, and discoloration. "It gave me a luminous finish that lasted all day with zero cakiness," reports Blitzer.

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Eyeliner

Tarte Skinny SmolderEyes Amazonian Clay Waterproof Liner

($19; tartecosmetics.com)

This superthin liner has nourishing vitamin E and clay to make it stay put. The result: A good-for-your lashes liner that "goes on like a dream and won't budge," says Gerstein.

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Blush

Josie Maran Coconut Waterproof Cheek Gelée

($22; sephora.com)

With coconut water, argan, and vitamin E, this gel blends like a cream and sets like a stain, giving you that pretty post-gym flush. "It's unlike anything I've tried before—cooling, hydrating, and soft as silk!" raves Gerstein.

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Liquid foundation

Maybelline New York Instant Age Rewind the Lifter Foundation

($14; at mass retailers)

Gives great coverage, along with the plumping power of a firming cream and the smoothing effects of a primer. "It was all I needed to perk up my skin at a crack-of-dawn photo shoot," says Gerstein.

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CoverGirl Clump Crusher by LashBlast Mascara

($6; at mass retailers)

The teeny, tightly packed bristles on the wand "coat every lash in inky color and stop clumps," says Gerstein. "You get perfect definition—and extreme volume.

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