Only Some Luxury Makeup Brands Are Worth the Splurge—18 You Won't Regret

It's my personal opinion that it is a rite of passage to own a Chanel lipstick—that's how good they are. This one has the dreamiest matte finish and lasts for hours. 

This foundation mimics your skin, and after applying it, it looks like you have a filter on. 

A good lip gloss is hard to come by. This gloss does it all: delivers intense shine, high-impact colour, and a hit of moisture. Plus, it's not sticky. 

One matte cheek colour and one frosty cheek colour ensure that you can always create the most flawless, sun-kissed look. 

This perfectly pointed eyeliner will give you the sharpest cat eye (every time). 

Lash Idôle has to be one of the best mascaras I've ever tried. It gives lashes more length, volume, and separation than I previously thought possible.

Gucci's signature lipstick is inspired by Jean Harlow's titular role in Goldie, and it's the most classic, sophisticated red you can imagine. 

This multiuse face gloss is often sold out. You can use it anywhere on your face to illuminate features or place it on top of makeup to add a glassy, luminous finish. 

Yes, I know this is a lot for a foundation, but I would never recommend something at that price point that wasn't worth every penny. This innovative formula illuminates skin, minimises pores, and imparts a radiant glow. Plus, it's infused with SPF, so you get a little extra protection from the sun. 

Like the foundation, Clé de Peau's concealer works overtime to perfect your skin. This full-coverage formula can help camouflage everything from dark circles to blemishes. 

Highly pigmented rosy shades make this one of the best pink-toned makeup palettes on the market. 

Just one swipe of this blush leaves you with an incredible flush like you just walked inside from the cold. The colour payoff is intense, and it's highly blendable, so you can truly customise this blush to your own preferences. 

This illuminating wand has gone viral on TikTok. Use it as a highlighter or as a blush. It will make you look effortlessly glowy and fresh-faced. 

Is there a more iconic lip colour than Pillow Talk? According to the brand, four Pillow Talk products are sold every minute. The universal nude looks good on everyone—it enhances your natural lip colour and makes lips look flawless. Use the liner to create a natural-looking lip lift. 

This palette is versatile and will quickly become your most reached-for eye shadow. 

Swipe this colour stick anywhere—seriously. This can be used as a highlight, an eye shadow, or even a lip colour if you're feeling bold. 

This lip plumper is a cult-favourite, and anyone who has tried it knows exactly why. It looks good on every skin tone, and leaves lips moisturised and pillowy.

This TikTok sensation is consistently sold out. It makes sense, too—as far as blush goes, this one delivers an other-worldly glow to cheeks, leaving you looking lit from within. 

This highlight stick couldn't be easier to use, and it gives you a radiant glow that looks like an enhanced version of your natural skin. 

Consider this compact the height of customisable beauty. This innovative lip palette can be blended, or each colour can be used on its own. You can even swipe across the cheeks—the possibilities are endless. 

I'll wager you've never seen a mascara with a brush like this before, and that's what makes it so unique and singular. This metal "brush" allows you to coat every last lash and doesn't give you any clumps or flakes. 

Like the lash tint, this brow pomade is unique. (It almost looks like a toothbrush, no?) It's the bristles that help make sure brows are evenly brushed through—they distribute the ideal amount of product. 

Behold, my favourite under-eye concealer of all time. This concealer flawlessly covers dark circles, all while colour-correcting and brightening. It doesn't even look like you're wearing any makeup. 

Somewhere at the intersection of a lip oil and a lipstick, you'll find this lipstick balm. It gives lips radiant shine, highly pigmented color, and tons of moisture. 

This colour-correcting, four-in-one finishing powder is a favourite among makeup artists. It gives a flawless, filtered finish and never looks cakey. 

For effortless, just-been-kissed lips that the French are known for. 

You'll find this foundation on just about every list of the best foundations. It goes on effortlessly and leaves you with radiant, even-toned skin. 

With just one swipe (and no primer needed), you can create a runway-worthy eye look that lasts all day. Use it as an eye shadow or as an eyeliner.

These novel illuminating powder pearls can be used all over your face to colour-correct and add luminosity to the skin. Use them to set makeup, and watch your complexion transform. 

Guerlain's bronzer doesn't just contour—it also adds moisture and nourishment to the skin with argan oil. It's easily blendable and makes you look instantly sun-kissed. 

Use this to sculpt your face by creating a subtle, glowing flush that looks natural thanks to light-diffusing pigments that impart radiance. 

A unique gel-powder texture looks heavenly once applied to the skin, as it illuminates and evens texture. Infused with gardenia, wood mallow and linden blossom, it also helps nourish and soften. 

It's a primer, moisturiser, and highlighter all in one. If you wear this alone or under makeup, it gives you a diffused, all-over glow, and if you use it on the high points of the face, you'll have a highlight that simply looks like you found the good light—in any situation. 

Refillable beauty is the name of the game these days, and a lipstick this luxe being endlessly refillable is music to any beauty lover's ears. This lipstick comes in 50—yes, 50—high-impact shades. 

This blush will look just as good on your dressing table as it will on your face. It's endlessly blendable and customisable, so you can have as pigmented colour as you want. 

An Hermès lipstick is the height of sophistication—full stop. 

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