I love a good red lipstick. Usually, warm tones are my kind of deal. But I love a good classic cool red lipstick just as well. It's especially nice for making your teeth look whiter. You'll see more matte formulas among these, because darker shades just tend to wear better matte. Plus there's less maintenance and checking in the mirror.

I consider nude lipsticks those kind of shades that look similar to your natural lip color. My natural lip color is pretty pale, so every nude looks much brighter on me. In this selection I feature some more brown tones, some warmer leaning towards peach as well as some more pink tones. 

When it comes to eyeliners, eye pencils and mascaras I don't experiment as much as with all other types of products. When I find something that I like, I'll repurchase rather than buy something new. I'm also pretty cheap when it comes to these kind of products, because you should replace your eyeliners and mascaras after about 3 months. I don't do that with all, especially the ones that still have a lot of product in it, but I always replace mascaras, because they are the closest to my eyes.

I've already talked about my favorite eyeshadow palettes and I promised in that post that I'll do another one of my favorite single eyeshadows. I have a few single eyeshadows that I really like and only five made it to this cut. It's not just boring neutrals, there are some colorful choices in here too. 

Along with highlighter, eyeshadow palettes are my second favorite things to buy. I also don't do it often, because they are usually quite expensive and I'm trying to buy those that add another dimension to my collection, not just repeat a lot of neutrals. I have four that I consider my favorite based on how often I use them. 

When it comes to blushes I prefer something more on the  warmer peach or brown side. That doesn't mean I don't wear pink blushes, I just don't wear them as often as all those peachy ones. In general I’m a warm toned lover, so I also like warmer pinks and those that have a muddy or mauve base to it. To me blush gives a bit of color to the face, but I never want it to be the center of my makeup look, so I prefer something that looks slightly sheerer. I have a good collection of blushes, but I decided to feature only those that I would really miss in my collection, if I would for some reason loose it.

I'm continuing my favorite posts with bronzers and highlighters. Bronzers are my least explored area, since I find it hard to find light shades in drugstore ranges. However, highlighters are my love and I have way too many of them.

When it comes to bronzers, I want something for lighter skin tone, either matte or just sheeny. I'm not a fan of shimmery bronzers, because I often times want bronzer to also slightly contour my face. My favorite highlighters are more of champagne and light gold shades, but I like different tones as well, considering that the formula is good. Sometimes I want something more metallic and sometimes it's all about a subtle sheen. 

When it comes to powders, I prefer loose transparent ones. At first there were only compact powders available in the drugstores and I remember most brands didn't have loose powders yet, let alone those transparent shades. As they become popular, drugstore brands also started to do these types and now you can find them in most local drugstores. I prefer these loose powders, because they have very fine powder particles, they blend into nothing, so you can combine them with different shades of foundations and in general look more lightweight on the skin.

I use powders to set my foundation almost all the time, maybe a bit less in the winter. I don't like sticky foundation feel, plus my T zone tends to get really oily, so I like locking it in with powder. Powder also provides a smoother base for any other powder products that I put on top and prevents my foundation to move too much.

I got the idea to do these posts when one of my readers Sarah wrote to me and ask me, if I could do a round-ups of my favorites according to the type of product. I do monthly and yearly favorites, but in the wave of new products, I forget to talk about those staples that I actually love the most. In these posts I'll try to talk only about the products that are still available to buy, so there won't be any limited edition products here.

I'm starting this series with the basic - foundations and concealers. When it comes to foundations, I like a good coverage, although I also have some with lighter coverage for those good skin days. Semi matte finish is what I usually go for, but for winter I like something with a bit of sheen. I have about NC15 skin tone, when I'm not tanned and my skin type is combination and tends to get drier in the winter. When it comes to concealers I just love a good coverage as well, even more so than with foundations. Doe foot applicator is my favorite as well as liquid concealer formulas in general.