Many women spend thousands of dollars each year to stock their beauty cupboards with the season’s must-have make up and skincare products.
But a glimpse at the top nine make up products at Sephora Australia reveals that quality products aren’t always the most expensive on the shelf.
Here, FEMAIL looks at the nine top selling products and what makes them stand out above the rest.
1. SEPHORA COLLECTION 10HR WEAR PERFECTION FOUNDATION
This affordable $29 foundation promises to ‘correct your skin tone and deliver a natural, flawless finish’.
The product is formulated with soft focus pigments and hyaluronic acid to ‘reduce the appearance of wrinkles, blemishes, pigmentation, scars and dark spots’ and is also thought to ‘protect skin from sun-caused ageing’.
‘Gives enough coverage for a casual make over. For full coverage simply blend until you achieve your desired coverage. Great substitute for drugstore foundations,’ one woman wrote.
This affordable $29 foundation promises to ‘correct your skin tone and deliver a natural, flawless finish’
2. BENEFIT COSMETICS THE POREFESSIONAL (PEARL PRIMER) FACE PRIMER
While parting with $53 for a primer may seem a little steep, the reviews for this make up bag staple speak for themselves.
The pore-minimising and brightening product also ‘minimises the appearances of fine lines’ and ‘helps make up stay put’.
‘It really brightens my face and lasts my cushion the whole day. This is one of my holy grail products from Benefit. I like it so much and can’t wait to buy the bigger one,’ one reviewer wrote.
While parting with $53 for a primer may seem a little steep, the reviews for this make up bag staple speak for themselves
3. NATASHA DENONA STAR EYESHADOW PALETTE
This 18 shade palette costs a staggering $245 – but although the iconic Natasha Denona palettes pack a punch to the budget, the incredible pigment has wowed customers around the world since day one.
This palette features four crystal eyeshadows, nine creamy mattes, three metallic, and two duo-chromes with silky-soft textures to create infinite eye looks.
‘Each long-lasting shade delivers strong colour payoff thanks to a high concentration of pure pigment and is easily blendable without creasing,’ the product description reads.
The make up artist’s pressed pigments have been chosen as the best in the world by the most influential beauty gurus and leading makeup artists.
This 18 shade palette costs a staggering $245 – but although the iconic Natasha Denona palettes pack a punch to the budget, the incredible pigment has wowed customers around the world since day one
This palette features four crystal eyeshadows, nine creamy mattes, three metallic, and two duo-chromes with silky-soft textures to create infinite eye looks
4. FENTY BEAUTY MATTEMOISELLE PLUSH MATTE LIPSTICK
This $28 lipstick is a hit around the world.
The ultra slim lipstick has a longwearing, petal-soft matte finish and offers 14 universal shades to complement ‘all moods and skin tones’.
‘Rihanna wanted to make the matte lipstick of your dreams a reality: Think mega rich color in a weightless formula,’ the description reads.
‘The ultimate light-as-air texture glides on creamy and stays put – no bleeding or feathering after application – with a velvety, soft matte inspired by a rose petal finish.’
This $28 lipstick is a hit around the world
The ultra slim lipstick has a longwearing, petal-soft matte finish and offers 14 universal shades to complement ‘all moods and skin tones’
5. MARC JACOBS BEAUTY RE(MARC)ABLE FULL COVER FOUNDATION CONCENTRATE
This $79 innovative foundation promises to deliver instant full coverage in a single dot and coverage that lasts up to 24 hours.
The formula offers twice as much pigment as a leading full-coverage foundation, but in an oil-free base that blends instantly across the complexion to completely cover pores, blemishes, and other imperfections with the thinnest possible layer.
The pigments are also made of patented golden mica to give the complexion a more radiant, natural-looking glow.
‘Lasts all day without smearing and transferring. It’s great for oily skin and it doesn’t budge,’ a customer wrote.
This $79 innovative foundation promises to deliver instant full coverage in a single dot and coverage that lasts up to 24 hours (pictured on Skyler Samuels at the Annual Critics’ Choice Awards)
6. FENTY BEAUTY MATCH STIX SHIMMER SKINSTICK
This $37 magnetised make up stick is used to highlight, blush, and bronze in a range of 10 playful shades.
‘From low-key tangerine sheen to all-out violet iridescence, the longwear cream-to-powder formula is weightless, blendable, and LIVES to be layered,’ the description reads.
‘It can be used as a blush or eyeshadow and even as a lippie. It glides on smoothly and blends well. Lovely flushed cheeks,’ a customer wrote.
This $37 magnetised make up stick is used to highlight, blush, and bronze in a range of 10 playful shades
‘From low-key tangerine sheen to all-out violet iridescence, the longwear cream-to-powder formula is weightless, blendable, and LIVES to be layered,’ the description reads
7. FENTY BEAUTY KILLAWATT FREESTYLE HIGHLIGHTER DUO
This is one of the most popular products in the range – its popularity reflected in its $50 price tag.
Described as ‘weightless cream-powder hybrid highlighters’ the colours range from a subtle day glow to insanely supercharged in expertly paired duos.
Each duo features a subtle sheen on the left that’s perfect for day and shimmer on the right.
They are also loaded with superfine shimmer for an ultra-smooth, creamy texture.
This is one of the most popular products in the range – its popularity reflected in its $50 price tag
Described as ‘weightless cream-powder hybrid highlighters’ the colours range from a subtle day glow to insanely supercharged in expertly paired duos
8. KAT VON D BEAUTY TATTOO LINER
This $28 liquid liner is known for its innovative brush tip that allows for effortless, precise application.
The high-pigment, waterproof liner stays put all day and unlike traditional felt tip liners, this brush tip will not fray.
The Trooper shade is an Allure Reader’s Choice award winner and the product is vegan and completely free of animal-derived ingredients.
‘This is my HG eyeliner. I’ve used so many eye liners but this is really the best of them all. The tip doesn’t fray and I would repurchase 1,000 times,’ a customer wrote.
This $28 liquid liner is known for its innovative brush tip that allows for effortless, precise application
9. SEPHORA COLLECTION COLOURFUL CHEEK INK GEL
Now just $6 instead of $12, this bargain product is described as a ‘translucent, long-wearing, and buildable gel stain that gives skin a natural flushed look’.
The non-sticky gel blush gives skin a pop of colour that lasts and it is infused with hibiscus extract which leaves skin looking fresh for hours.
‘Pretty impressed with this tint, I found my new baby for my everyday make up routine! Very easy to apply, you can use a brush or sponge so it will apply even,’ a customer wrote.
Now just $6 instead of $12, this bargain product is described as a ‘translucent, long-wearing, and buildable gel stain that gives skin a natural flushed look’