This Fixer Upper Star's Beauty Picks Will Inspire a Makeup Bag Renovation
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Fixer Upper's Joanna Gaines is so much more than a kickass home remodeling expert and interior designer — she's actually a pretty savvy beauty gal. In a post to her blog, Magnolia, she revealed her top essential products to her curious fans.
As it turns out, she does her own makeup for the hit HGTV show. "This is actually my choice," she confessed. "I don't really love to have a team of people swarming me to touch up my blush and 'shine spots.'"
Considering Joanna (along with husband Chip) runs a bakery, bed and breakfast, magazine, and home store, and raises four children (whew!), we're impressed that she takes on that challenge! Perhaps for her own sanity, she likes to keep things simple in the beauty category. She disclosed 10 "pretty basic" but classic products that you're sure to love as much as she does.
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Colorescience Sunforgettable Loose Mineral Sunscreen Brush Broad Spectrum SPF 30
What Joanna says: "[It provides] coverage without that heavy, caked-on feeling."
Buy it: Colorescience Sunforgettable Loose Mineral Sunscreen Brush Broad Spectrum SPF 30 ($57)
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Jack Black Intense Therapy Lip Balm SPF 25
What Joanna says: "I hate having chapped lips, so I always have this in my bag."
Buy it: Jack Black Intense Therapy Lip Balm SPF 25 ($8)
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Lancome Blush Subtil Shimmer Delicate Oil-Free Powder Blush in Mocha Havana
What Joanna says: "[This is] a great shade of neutral blush."
Buy it: Lancome Blush Subtil Shimmer Delicate Oil-Free Powder Blush in Mocha Havana ($32)
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MAC Cosmetics Lipstick in Fresh Brew
What Joanna says: "[This is] the best long-lasting nude lipstick I’ve found!"
Buy it: MAC Cosmetics Lipstick in Fresh Brew ($17)
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Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Wiz
What Joanna says: "[This] stays on all day!"
Buy it: Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Wiz ($21)
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Clean & Clear Clear Touch Oil-Absorbing Sheets
What Joanna says: "[I use these] to take care of those 'shine spots.'"
Buy it: Clean & Clear Clear Touch Oil-Absorbing Sheets ($6)
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MAC Cosmetics Eye Shadow
What Joanna says: "MAC Cosmetics Eye Shadow in Nehru [is] my favorite smoky eye shadow color." [Ed. note: this shade has been discontinued. Try Carbon, a slightly darker shade, instead!]
Buy it: MAC Cosmetics Eye Shadow in Carbon ($16)
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Revlon ColorStay Eyeliner
What Joanna says: "[This is] my tried and true favorite. One of our show producers knows I love this so much that she sent me over 100 of these for my birthday last year."
Buy it: Revlon ColorStay Eyeliner ($9)
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Revitalash Volumizing Mascara
What Joanna says: "I picked this up at a local beauty boutique on a whim and it quickly became my favorite."
Buy it: Revitalash Volumizing Mascara ($24)
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Tweezerman Slant Tweezer
Joanna uses these in case she "finds a stray." We bet she hands these off to Chip to pluck her random gray hairs!
Buy it: Tweezerman Slant Tweezer ($23)
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