Urban Decay's Naked Palettes $50
An absolute must-have, you can create countless looks with these twelve highly pigmented shadows. Both Naked 1 and 2 are great for neutral days and bold nighttime looks. The original Naked palette consists of more warm tones while the second palette includes cooler colors. The original palette has two matte shades while the Naked 2 has three. For the matte shadow fans, Urban Decay recently put out their Naked Basics palette which includes six completely matte shades. The company has reformulated all their shadows to be some of the best on the market. With these palettes at hand, you can't go wrong!
Benefit Porefessional Primer $30
If you aren't using a primer already, start! They're applied after your skincare, but before your makeup. It preps your skin for the makeup to go on as smoothly as possible. It also allows your foundation to stick to something, besides your own skin, making it not wear as fast throughout the day. Everybody wants to shrink their pores, unfortunately it's not as easy as some may think. However, there is a quick fix and it's called the Porefessional (get it?). It is a silky silicone texture and it instantly fills in every single pore or fine line your skin may have. It blurs every imperfection so that you can even wear it alone.
Too Faced Chocolate Soleil Bronzer $29
This bronzer contains real cocoa and makes you crave a cup of hot chocolate when you put it on. Not only does it smell delicious, it is not orange and it lasts throughout the day. Many bronzers change to a not-so-pretty orange shade throughout the day when your skins chemistry react with the chemicals in your cosmetics. The Chocolate Soleil bronzer applys a shade of brown and stays that shade throughout the day. For more fair skin tones, Too Faced also has the Soleil bronzer in Milk Chocolate.
Mac Fix Plus $21
For powder foundation lovers Fix Plus is must. It is a mist that you spray after applying your setting powder or powder foundation. It magically "fixes" your makeup for you. If you've applied too much, or it's not even, this magical mist instantly transforms your skin.
