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Readers' Choice: The Beauty Products You Loved Most This Year

By Angelique Serrano and Dianna Mazzone
Updated Sep 09, 2019 @ 8:00 am
Each product we feature has been independently selected and reviewed by our editorial team. If you make a purchase using the links included, we may earn commission.
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Not unlike the Olympics, preparing for our annual Readers’ Choice Beauty Awards is a year-round affair. We editors spent our days swatching, sniffing, and slathering on beauty products (okay, maybe it’s a Iittle different than planning the Olympics) that launched between May 2018 and June 2019, all in an effort to determine nominees.

Then we left it up to you, reader, to cast the final vote. (Or shout-out your own top picks using our write-in option.) Nearly 4,500 of you participated in our online survey and professed your love for budge-proof brow products (ahem, Anastasia Beverly Hills Dipbrow Gel), innovative skin-care, and CBD-spiked everything. (It’s the star ingredient in not one but three of our winning formulas.)

RELATED: The Best Anti-Aging Products of 2019

And, as always, we couldn’t help but award some of our personal favorites, too. (Seriously, the Dyson Airwrap is worth every single penny.) Those winners are labeled “Editors’ Picks,” but you can consider them each the Megan Rapinoe of our editors’ beauty product A-teams.

And now, the fun part: Kick back, relax, and explore the 40+ makeup, skin, and hair launches that changed the game this year.

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FOUNDATION: Tarte Babassu Foundcealer

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This vegan base hydrates like a moisturizer, protects with SPF 20, and melts right in.

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CONCEALER: Fenty Beauty by Rihanna Pro Filt’r Instant Retouch

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Clearly, Rihanna’s idea of the perfect concealer is a long-wearing, full-coverage, anti-crease formula in 50 shades. And we agree.

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BLUSH: Lancôme Le Monochromatique

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In an easy-to-blend cream-to-powder formula, each color delivers a realistic flush.

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HIGHLIGHTER: Ilia Liquid Light Serum

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The sheer liquid gives you a fresh glow, not an overdose of glitter.

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BRONZER: Fenty Beauty by Rihanna Sun Stalk’r Instant Warmth

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Rihanna’s coveted collection of eight bronzers flatters complexions without streaking or leaving a chalky residue.

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EDITOR'S PICK: Perricone MD No Makeup Foundation Serum

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Hate wearing foundation? This fluid will change your mind. The tinted formula not only feels weightless but also conceals discoloration without caking.

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BROW PRODUCT: Anastasia Beverly Hills Dipbrow Gel

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The tiny brush makes it a breeze to apply this waterproof gel, which helps bump up brows to Brooke Shields levels.

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EYELINER: Too Faced Better Than Sex Easy Glide Waterproof Liquid

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For wings so perfectly engineered you could almost take flight, try this ultra-precise, glossy onyx pen.

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EYE SHADOW: Marc Jacobs Beauty O!mega Gel Powder

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With perennial faves like cocoa brown, sheer gold, and warm berry, these are the shadows you’ll want to wear every day. Good thing the single compacts are jumbo size.

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MASCARA: Tarte Big Ego Vegan

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The twisted bristles catch every lash, coating each one with a lengthening pitch-black ink.

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NAIL POLISH: Sally Hansen Mega Strength

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Consider a coat of this platinum-infused formula the next-best thing to wearing gloves: It protects nails from breaks, splits, and cracks.

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LIQUID LIP PRODUCT: L’Oréal Paris Rouge Signature Matte Liquid Lipstick

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The extended wear and the lightweight feel make this a matte you can commit to comfortably.

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EDITOR'S PICK: Charlotte Tilbury Latex Love

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When you want a slick vinyl shine, pick one of these six sexy, limited-edition shades from red-carpet makeup artist Charlotte Tilbury.

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LIP GLOSS: Stila Beauty Boss

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It would take several swipes of your standard gloss to achieve the shine you can get with this formula. It’s flecked with light-reflecting pearls for a glistening sheen minus the stickiness.

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LIPSTICK: Maybelline New York Made for All by Color Sensational

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You’re sure to find a new signature among the line’s multi-tone neutrals and universal reds.

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LIMITED-EDITION LAUNCH: Nars Orgasm Collection

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Featuring shimmering shades of rose, gold, and peach, the face compact and matching lip gloss flatter complexions without coming on too strong.

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SERUM: Glow Recipe Pineapple-C Bright

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It brightens with exfoliating acids and enzymes. Pineapple offers a dose of antioxidant vitamin C for cell protection.

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ANTI-AGING TREATMENT: No7 Laboratories Line Correcting Booster Serum

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Peptides in the silky serum work to make skin look firmer and perkier.

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EYE CREAM: RevitaLash Cosmetics AquaBlur Hydrating Eye Gel & Primer

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Your undereye makeup is less likely to crease and crinkle if you prep with a super-hydrating primer like this.

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MOISTURIZER: Tatcha The Dewy Skin Cream

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The gel-like antioxidant cream leaves your face feeling supple and hydrated for hours.

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PRIMER: Ole Henriksen Banana Bright

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We love the versatility of this glistening lotion, which helps brighten skin thanks to vitamin C. You can wear it as a makeup primer or mix a bit into your base to get an immediate glow.

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EDITOR'S PICK: Neutrogena Rapid Wrinkle Repair Retinol Oil

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For dry-skin types who bristle at the thought of using retinol serums, this winner delivers the potent line-fighting ingredient in a soothing oil.

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CLEANSER: Drunk Elephant Slaai Makeup Melting Butter

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We’d never tell you to skip moisturizer, but washing with this marula-oil-spiked balm leaves skin so soft, you could almost get away with it.

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ANTI-ACNE TREATMENT: Murad Outsmart Acne Clarifying Treatment

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The pimple fighter targets dead, pore-clogging cells with salicylic acid.

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FACE MASK: Milk Makeup Cannabis Hydrating

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Flaky on your forehead but oily everywhere else? This moisturizing mask, containing aloe, glycerin, and cannabis-seed oil, comes in a twist-up stick so you can target areas easily.

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FACIAL TREATMENT: Philosophy Renewed Hope in a Jar Peeling Mousse Instant Glow Facial

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For the days when five minutes of alone time feels like an eternity, rub on this exfoliating treatment (with pineapple and witch hazel), which will get you glowing in 60 seconds.

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EXFOLIATOR: Peter Thomas Roth Peptide 21 Amino Acid Exfoliating Peel Pads

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One of these pads, packed with salicylic and phytic acids, deposits calming chamomile to help counteract redness

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BODY PRODUCT: Merle Norman Cosmetics Anti-Aging Complex Body Lotion

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The skin below your neck needs attention too, and this antioxidant-rich cream brings a tripeptide into the mix to help with deep lines and creases.

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