2017 Best/Worst of Makeup and Skincare

[bowies]

Categories for the best of:
Cleanser
Skin Treatment
Moisturizer
Sunscreen
Primer
Foundation
Concealer
Powder
Bronzer/Contour
Blush
Highlight
Eye Product (primer, glitter, etc.)
Eyeshadow Palette
Eyeliner
Mascara
Lip Product
Setting Spray
Miscellaneous

Worst of doesn’t get a set category list, just free text.

[Pippin]

Cleanser- Neutrogena Healthy Boosters, my HG
Skin Treatment- So many, Hey Honey Serum, Sephora & Origins mud masks, Caudalie Radiant serum
Moisturizer- Origins GinZing
Sunscreen- Biore watery essence
Primer- Hey Honey serum
Foundation- Josie Maran Vibrancy and Skin79 BB Pink
Concealer- Maybelline Age Rewind
Powder- Too Faced Peach powder
Bronzer/Contour- PF Butter Bronzer
Blush & Highlight- Hourglass Edit 3 palette
Eye Product- NARS Duel Intensity single shadows
Eyeshadow Palette- Huda Desert Dusk
Eyeliner-N/A
Mascara-BTS and Buxom
Lip Product- Hourglass Confessions lipsticks and Laneige sleeping lip mask
Setting Spray- Mac Fix+
Misc- Lip glosses were my jam last year and lip oils

Worst products of the year for me was Loreals Lash Paradise and It Cos Superhero mascaras. Both were horrible, flaked everywhere and completely weighed my lashes down.

[pantsparty]

Cleanser - Tosowoong Enzyme Powder Cleanser
Skin Treatment - Probably have to go with IPL laser treatment. Other than that my MUAC Super C + E and The Ordinary BHA/AHA treatment
Moisturizer - CeraVe Healing Ointment / vitamin E oil
Sunscreen - Biore UV
Primer - N/A
Foundation - MAC Studio Fix
Concealer - MAC concealer pots
Powder - MAC Mineralize
Bronzer/Contour - N/A
Blush - Tarte
Highlight - MAC
Eye Product (primer, glitter, etc.) - I still love my MAC custom palette (6 shadows). Shroom, Patina, Satin Taupe are my favorites.
Eyeshadow Palette - N/A
Eyeliner - MAC Fluidline
Mascara - L'Oreal Voluminous
Lip Product - Buxom Full-On Lipstick
Setting Spray - N/A
Miscellaneous - I love Alpha Skincare's 12% glycolic acid body lotion. I've been using it at night for years. It's kind of expensive when normally priced, but I just bought a bunch of bottles with points from Ulta.

Worst - Lipsense. LOL. After I found out about the Trump donation I was done. I recently threw them all away.

[bowies]

Cleanser: Heimish All Clean Balm
Skin Treatment: Sunday Riley Good Genes and May Coop Raw Sauce
Moisturizer: Belif Aqua Bomb
Sunscreen: MD Solar Sciences Tinted Creme
Primer: Becca First Light
Foundation: none that I really loved this year
Concealer: Tarte Shape Tape
Powder: Coty Airspun
Bronzer/Contour: PF Butter Bronzer
Blush: Nars Deep Throat
Highlight: Essence Pure Nude
Eye Product: NYX Precision Brow Pencil
Eyeshadow Palette: Morphe x Jaclyn Hill
Eyeliner: NYX Epic Ink
Mascara: IT Cosmetics Superhero
Lip Product: Jack Black Lip Balm
Setting Spray: Milani Make it Last
Miscellaneous: Flower Beauty sponge and Replica By the Fireplace perfume

Worsts: A Korres oil that gave me major acne, CG So Lashy mascara, ELF contour palette, Touch in Sol metallist shadow (and its Revlon dupe), IT Cosmetics CC+ airbrush perfecting powder, and Missha Time Revolution First Treatment Essence.

[robinsbff]

Cleanser: i'm not sure it's a cleanser really, but i've come to love micellar water, both regular and in wipes
Skin Treatment drunk elephant TLC serum
Moisturizer i tried a sample of kate sommerville wrinkle warrior and i love how great it made my skin feel.
Sunscreen . see below
Primer . coola mineral primer with SPF 30. i love it.
Foundation . still sticking with UD naked skin.
Concealer i use the UD naked skin, but i wouldn't rave over it.
Powder . UD naked HD finishing powder. but i think they are ditching it soon so i bought three when it was sale on sale on their site.
Bronzer/Contour i got a sample of the benefit hoola stick and have been really liking it a lot.
Blush . i'm like a decade or two late to this but nars orgasm. it goes with everything.
Highlight . i got the tarte rainforest of the sea highlighter set volume 2 and really enjoyed it.
Eye Product primer will always be UD. i love regular and sin for a basic look.
Eyeshadow Palette . my most used was makeup forever's holiday palette from two years ago. great colors. i don't think i bought any of this year's palettes...
Eyeliner . most days i use either stila smudge sticks or sephora's brand. for fancy looks i go with UDs 24/7
Mascara . i've never found a true holy grail. but this year i went back and forth between TF better than sex and UD perversion samples.
Lip Product . this is where i experimented/branched out the most this year. loved the UB vice liquid lipsticks. and the fresh balms. also the bite amuse bouche is one of my favorites.
Setting Spray . UD's all nighter



Disappointments:
NARS velvet lip glide set from ulta. they wore so unevenly. now, i only tried two, and with only one primer, so i have some experimenting i can do with other primers/lip liners/etc.

[gastro]

Cleanser - tatcha oil or Boscia charcoal melting
Skin Treatment - Biologique Recherche Lotion P50, and Sunday Riley Luna Oil + Good Genes
Moisturizer - Sunday Riley Tidal
Sunscreen - looking for something...
Primer - Coola
Foundation - YSL, just got Charlotte Tilbury and love that too
Concealer - Nars
Powder - N/A
Bronzer/Contour - Nars Laguna
Blush - Marc Jacobs kinks & kisses
Highlight - Ilia Polka Dots and Moonbeams
Eyeshadow Palette - N/A
Eyeliner - N/A
Mascara - Benefit They’re Real
Lip Product - glam glow lip scrub and Gressa LipBoost in Faris
Setting Spray - N/A
Miscellaneous

[gilmoregirl]

Cleanser - Double cleanse so Julep Cleansing oil and Paula's Choice Acne cleanser or Purlisee Cleansing Milk
Skin Treatment - my new favorite Algenist Genius Liquid Collagen pricey but I'm in love - love this stuff, Ordinary Buffet, Niod Flavonne Mud Mask, Purlisse Blue lotus seed mask
Moisturizer- Josie Maran Argan oil (though i want to try the Ordinary next, every time I went to order it was out of stock), Purlisse moisturizer
Sunscreen - Biore watery essence or Innisfree Perfect protection (good for summer)
Primer - Becca first light primer purple one or Smashbox photo finish
Foundation - IT Cosmetics CC cream or MUFE Matte foundation... I did order both the Ordinary foundations but they were way too dark so I plan to reorder in right colors when I place another order.
Concealer- Shape Tape! i repurchased.. love this stuff
Powder- Laura Gellar baked foundation or IT CC powder foundation
Bronzer/Contour- Tarte Park ave princess or Too faced chocolate Soleil
Blush & Highlight- New favs this year both from my Ipsy bags - Pacifica blush duo and Seraphine ginger gold blush which is a blush/highlighter combo
Eye Product- Revitalash seriously this shit is magic! My lashes are so long and full 
Eyeshadow Palette- too faced natural mattes palette - I used this almost every day for my project pan challenge and I grew to love it.  So much I'm considering buying it again ha! 
Eyeliner- EM liquid liner
Mascara- Tarte lights camera lashes
Lip Product- Tarte lippie lingerie whisper,
Setting Spray- No favorite I'm trying to kill the UD one I have 

Dislikes: MAC Dazzle glass. I really wanted to love but the applicator is like a little paint brush and it applies so thick. I've only had it for 3 months and not even used it heavily and it's almost gone. I like the look of it but won't repurchase because of the brush applicator is cumbersome and annoying.

[juliachild]

Cleanser - La Roche Posay hydrating cleanser
Skin Treatment - Dr Jart Ceramidin liquid, naruko sheet masks
Moisturizer - Stratia Liquid Gold
Sunscreen - Bareminerals Prep Step
Primer - N/a
Foundation - Iope cushion
Concealer - Nars radiant creamy concealer
Powder - Ben Nye
Bronzer/Contour - N/A
Blush - Nars Blissful
Highlight - Essence pure nude
Eye Product (primer, glitter, etc.) - urban decay razor sharp liner
Eyeshadow Palette - Viseart theory nuance
Eyeliner - pixi endless silky eye pen
Mascara - didn't have a favorite this year
Lip Product - dhc lip cream
Setting Spray - Heritage rosewater and glycerin
Miscellaneous - Hakuhodo brushes, Neutrogena body oil, Shiseido facial cotton

[tiramisu]

Categories for the best of:

Cleanser - Paula's Choice Skin Recovery cleanser
Skin Treatment - Tie between Paula's Choice 2% BHA lotion and Paula's Choice Skin Recovery Super Antioxidant Concentrate/Serum
Moisturizer - Clinique Super Rescue antioxidant night moisturizer
Sunscreen - Paula's Choice Skin Recovery moisturizer with SPF 30
Primer - The Ordinary high spreadability primer
Foundation - Jouer Luminizing Moisture Tint and MUFE Ultra HD foundation
Concealer - Bobbi Brown corrector and instant full cover concealer
Powder - Laura Mercier translucent loose powder & Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder
Bronzer/Contour - N/A
Blush - Benefit Dandelion
Highlight - RMS Magic Luminizer
Eye Product (primer, glitter, etc.) - UDPP
Eyeshadow Palette - MUFE Vol. 1 The Nudes You Need (this and Naked 3 are the two I can take while traveling to cover most of my needs)
Eyeliner - Chanel Ambre liner
Mascara - Cover Girl Clump Crusher
Lip Product - Bite Agave lip mask or Neosporin lip treatment
Setting Spray - Ben Nye
Miscellaneous - Sonia Kashuk eyelash curler

Worst of: So many products I tried were incredibly strongly scented, many to the point I was unable to use them. This includes some illuminating primers and tinted moisturizers. I think one was ipkn? No idea, but some I had to toss after trying it only on the back of my hand. There have been a couple of matte lip products that are ridiculously drying that I also didn't like, but again I can't think of names.

[kirra]

Foundation: Fenty PRO FILT'R Soft Matte Longwear Foundation

The lightest shades in foundation ranges are usually too dark for me. I’ve tried foundations with formulas I like better, but the color match is amazing.

[racegrrl714]

Categories for the best of:
Cleanser: Banila Clean it Zero Purity and CosRX Low pH Good Morning Gel Cleanser (HG status on both)
Skin Treatment: The Ordinary Caffeine Solution 5% + EGCG
Moisturizer Neutrogena Hydro Boost Water Gel
Sunscreen: I'm bad about this one.
Primer Danessa Myricks PrismFx Hydrating Lotion (you guys should check her stuff out, she's a WOC, pro MUA/photog and has her own pro makeup line)
Foundation: Estee Lauder Perfectionist and Danessa Myricks Vision Cream Cover
Concealer Maybelline FitMe
Powder Laura Mercier
Bronzer/Contour Fenty Match Stix
Blush: Tarte Amazonian Clay blush in Natural Beauty
Highlight Fenty Killawat Freestyle in metal moon
Eye Product (primer, glitter, etc.) Smashbox 24 HR shadow primer (HG status)
Eyeshadow Palette: Nars Narsissist Wanted
Eyeliner Urban Decay 24/7
Mascara tie between Benefit RollerLash and IT Superhero
Lip Product; Smashbox Always On Liquid Lipstick in Bawse
Setting Spray Urban Decay All Nighter
Miscellaneous

[NewGirlNic]

Cleanser- Heimish All Clean Balm and CeraVe Hydrating cleanser
Skin Treatment- The Ordinary Buffet 
Moisturizer NIGHT- The Ordinary Squalane layered under CerVe in the blue tub.
                  DAY- Neutrogena Hydro Boost Gel-Cream
Sunscreen- Biore UV Aqua Rich Watery Essence
Primer- ELF, the purple bottle. I think it's a brightening formula
Foundation- on the lookout for something new...
Concealer- Tarte shape tape
Powder-nothing stands out
Bronzer/Contour- Benefit Hoola 
Blush- Tarte amazonian clay blushes
Highlight- Becca Shimmering Skin Perfector 
Eye Product (primer, glitter, etc.)- Urban Decay primer potion and Dr. Brandt DNA eye cream (not sure if that should be a skin treatment?)
Eyeshadow Palette n/a
Eyeliner- UD 24/7 pencil
Mascara- Benefit Roller Lash
Lip Product- NYX matte lip cream, ELF lip scrub
Setting Spray- Urban Decay All Nighter
Miscellaneous 1- BabeLash growth serum. I get asked all the time if I have extensions. LOVE this stuff. 
                     2- Dr. Brandt Magnetight mask. Seriously the best mask I've ever used. After one use I was amazed at how fresh and smooth my face looked. It's pricey, but worth it. 

ETA: Worst- L'oreal lash paradise mascara. Dried out after a week or 2. 

[OrangeBanana]

Categories for the best of:

Cleanser
: Boscia Everyday Gel to Mousse Cleanser
Skin Treatment
: Paula's Choice Skin Perfecting 2% BHA liquid, Algentist Genius Cream, Nugg Moisturizing mask
Moisturizer: Clinique Moisture Surge
Sunscreen
: Still on the look out for this one
Primer
: UD Optical Illusion Complexion Primer
Foundation
: Nars Sheer Glow, Lancome Ultra Liquid
Concealer: Tarte Shape Tape

Powder
: Laura Mercier will always win this one
Bronzer/Contour
: Don't really use 
Blush
: Nothing stands out this year
Highlight
: Don't really use
Eye Product (primer, glitter, etc.)
: Laura Mercier Eye Basics
Eyeshadow Palette
: Tarte Toasted
Eyeliner
: On the hunt for the perfect one still
Mascara
: Loreal Lash Paradise
Lip Product
: ABH in color Vintage
Setting Spray
: Tarte 4 in 1 Rainforest of the Sea Setting Spray
Miscellaneous



Worst: Loreal Hydra Genius was the worst thing I have ever put on my face. It was heavily scented and burned!