Best Highlighter/Contour
Editors' Pick Winner: Flesh Touch Flesh Highlighting Balm
Why: This balmy highlighter has a creamy texture that imparts just the right amount of pearly shine. Just swipe it on and blend it out and you'll look as dewy as can be.
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Why: Does it get any better than this? This highlighting powder has the finest, pearly shimmer to it, and can either be worn lightly for a natural glow, or built up to a megawatt shine.
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Editors' Pick Winner: Weleda Skin Food Lip Butter
Why: Weleda's Skin Food has long been a cult favorite and its new lip balm is destined for similar greatness. It's got that same gorgeous fragrance you know and love and it uses natural ingredients to leave your lips comfy and kissably soft.
Buy nowReaders' Choice Winner: Milk Makeup Kush Lip Balm
Why: In 2019, all things CBD and CBD-adjacent (like this balm) trended big time. We love this balm for its ultra-hydrating, non-sticky formula and its fancy magnetic tube.
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Editors' Pick Winner: Pat McGrath Labs Lust: Gloss
Why: You'll be hard-pressed not to fall in love — or lust, rather — with this gorgeous gloss. It's perfection; non-sticky, ultra-shiny perfection. (And it's totally worth every penny).
Buy nowReaders' Choice Winner: Marc Jacobs Beauty Enamored Hydrating Lip Gloss Stick
Why: It might look like a standard gloss, but it's actually a stick! This handy lippie combines the ease of a lip balm with the mega-shine of a lip gloss and we're definitely not complaining.
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Editors' Pick Winner: Cle de Peau Beaute Refined Lip Luminizer
Why: With major shine and pigment and just about the comfiest formula imaginable, this lipstick is a holy grail, full stop.
Buy nowReaders' Choice Winner: Dior Rouge Dior Ultra Rouge
Why: No one does lipsticks quite like Dior and this new formula's no exception: It imparts lips with a gorgeous kiss of color that's as long-lasting as it is comfortable.
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Editors' Pick Winner: Fenty Beauty Face & Body Kabuki Brush 160
Why: Leave it to Rihanna to create the prettiest, fluffiest kabuki brush ever. Designed to be used on both face and body, this brush blends, blends, blends like a dream.
Buy nowReaders' Choice Winner: Juno & Co. Microfiber Velvet Sponge
Why: We love makeup sponges, especially when they're adorable and covered with microfiber velvet like this one is. Makeup application has never been so dreamy.
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