Basic makeup products for college girls/beginners

Basic makeup products available in India for college girls/ beginners

• Moisturizer

Moisturizing is one of the most important step you should follow to prevent your skin from being dry/ dehydrated from pollution & cosmetics. Always choose moisturizer depending upon your age, skin type & lifestyle. Please break the stereotype that you don't need a moisturizer if you have oily skin or its summer.Your skin NEEDS it...always, so treat it well. Here are few options you can choose from..

Clean & Clear 

Cipla Cetaphil Moisturizing Lotion
Netrogena Oil-Free Moisturizer
Patanjali Aloe Vera Gel
Lotus Herbals Sheamoist
Niveia Light Moisture
Fabindia Vitamin E
Patnjali Cocoa Face Cream

• Sunscreen

Sunscreen is the most neglected product. Neglecting sunscreen leads to tanning, sunburns, premature aging of the skin and that's something we need least...at-least not in our 20s. Below are my picks for sunscreen. 

Blossom Khochher Aroma Magic

Lotus Matte Spf

Lakme Sunscreen

Patanjali Sunscreen

Niviea Sunscreen

• Base/Foundation/bb

A good foundation sets the right base for makeup so it can definitely make or break your look. Select your foundation according to your skin tone and the intensity of coverage you want. I would suggest to go for sheer to medium coverage and avoid caking up your skin with heavy ones. The best products in indian market right now are listed here:

Loreal Infalliable Foundation

Loreal true match bb cream

Ponds bb cream 

Garnier bb cream

Lakme perfect finish foundation

Lakme invisible finish foundation

Revlon touch & glow foundation

Lacto calamine

Mayblline fit me foundation

• Compact

Compact seals up the whole makeup base and ensures that your makeup lasts longer. A compact/loose powder also controls sebum & sweat keeping oil at bay.It helps you achieve that beautiful velvaty matte look. if you live in very humid/hot climate , it would be better to go for a shade lighter than your skin tone as your skins natural oil are tend to make the powder appear a s hade darker.  The best budget powders are right here:

Mayblline superfresh compact

Loreal mat magique

Lakme redience compact

Lakme loose rose powder

Miss Claire translucent powder

• Mascara

Also known as the "the magic wand".. for the perfect reason.  Normally in one of the three forms- liquid, cake or cream. The modern mascara product has various formulas; however, most contain the same basic components of pigments, oils, waxes and preservatives. Some of the best budget option available in india have been listed below:

Miss claire prestige mascara

Mayblline collosal

Mayblline magnum barbie

Lakme iconic mascara

Volume million lashes

Essance big lsh

Avon max lash

• Kajal/Liners

The first and foremost product in any Indian girl's vanity is kajal. They are the most basic and frequently used product in India on daily basis. Liners define eyes like no other cosmetic product can! They are used to create multiple looks in a ziff-ffy. Great budget options among kajals and eyeliners are listed below:

Loreal maigique

Mayblline collosal

Lakme iconic

Lakme instant eyeliner

Elle 18 eyeliner

Blue heaven eyeliner

Faces magnet eyes kajal

Himalaya kajal

Lotus ecostay kajal

Mayblline hyper sharp liner

Colorbar precision eyeliner

Mayblline hyperglossy liquid liner

Miss claire glimmerstics

Davis eye pencils

• Lip balm/ Stick/ Gloss

The lip products are though available in many forms in the market today but the basic versions of them all are: lip gloss, lipstick and lip balm. College going girls prefer lip balms and glosses over lipsticks these days but it really depends on how you want it for yourself. Lip balms protect lips being chapped during harsh weather conditions( some even come with spf). The budget favorite options are listed below:

Miss claire lip creams

Pro-arte lip liner

Revlon

Mayblline colorshow lipsticks

Lakme enrich satin

Colorbar

Faces go chic

Body shop lip balm

Avon preety me

Elle18

• Eyeshadow

If you feel to jazz up your makeup-game or just feeling a lil crazy, eyeshadows are must go-for. From neutrals to bright-hued... the makeup industry is always up with variety when it comes to eye shadows. These come in singles as well as eyeshadow palettes. The best thing to keep in mind while getting your first eyeshadow product is: (usually)single packs costs more than the whole pallets when compared (quntity & colorswise).The best pick-ups from this section are listed below:

Miss claire single shadows
Mayblline quardz
Lakme quards
Faces quards
Makeup revolution singles
Sivvana colors
Mtv mua bh
Kiss beauty
Makeup revolution redumption
Essence trio
Essence all about
Coloressence single perl
Oriflme very me
Freedom makeup london mono eyeshadows
Essence metal glm
P.A.C eyeshadows
Mayblline singles
Elf flawless
Avon true color quyrds
Revlon quards
Mayblline the nudes
Sivvana colors (naked dupe)

• Brow

Eyebrows are the most important part of the face when it comes to  makeup. Your eyebrows can make or break your look easily than you expect. A well groomed eyebrow is desired by everyone. How much we love those arc-s & defined pointy edges! Here are some options to help you out in attaining your eyebrow on fleek:

Essence eyebrow stylist set

Mayblline fashion brow duo shaper

Loreal brow artist

The body shop eyebrow kit

Revlon brow fantasy

Lakme eyebrow pencil

Mac brow set gel

Mei liinda brow style kit

• Blush

The thing with blushes is.. you will rarely ever feel like you need it.but, you will at some point, feel tempted to try it out once.. and once you try it , it becomes your next makeup addiction. Blushes are so adorable and addictive. These days the blushes have such sweet names & eye-candied packaging. Check out my recommendations below:

Mayblline cheeky glow

Too cool for school dinasour blusher

Miss claire blusher

Sivvana

Colorsessence

NYX Blushes

I hope this post served its purpose...let me know in the comments if you used/use/will use any of the products described above  and how they flared you. I will be more than happy to hear from you guys.. If you want any further posts/ suggestions regarding college's makeup & beauty, just ping me up on any of my social media I will be glad to answer. Stay tuned for the next post!

Note: Few of these products are aligned more towards oily/combination skin...leave me a message in the comments below for any other recommendations.

Shine Bright!

-Ritzy