20% OFF AT SEPHORA SALE
Saw requests for Sephora Sale recommendations so I felt like the best way to recap the best of the sale was to pull together my very own MASTER GUIDE!
If you are ROUGE you have probably already shopped and used your 20% off but if you haven’t – you still have plenty of time!
SEPHORA SAVINGS EVENT APRIL 2026 MUST-HAVES
BEST OF PRIMERS
HUDA BEAUTY BLUR PRIMER || I have found a few amazing blurring primers over the past year or so but this one stands out. It is tried & true and my second tube — and its what I pack when traveling which tells you a lot! Keep in mind, I am a porous, hot mess. My skin, if well taken care of, can be decent but if I let it go at all – it definitely goes back to the way it was years ago. [I shared on my blog the whole journey of having horffic acne for a decade and how it ruined my skin – granted it has come a very long ways but I still have to use good products that work. I do not have naturally nice skin.]
BEST OF FOUNDATIONS
DIOR 24HR Foundation Stick || [Shade: 3.5 Neutral] My favorite foundation the past 2 months – what I have used for travel, etc. It goes on so smooth and wears soooooo smooth. Very blurring and long wearing.
HAUS LABS Triclone Skin Tech Medium Coverage Foundation || [Shade: 270]
DANESSA MYRICKS BLUR BALM / FOUNDATION || [Shade: 4] This is my JAM lately. It is a “primer” but I get tons of compliments when I wear this and just set it w/a Bare Minerals SPF powder. I currently have some slight melasma from pregnancy and this DOES cover it! I still use a full coverage concealer under my eyes however.
HUDA BEAUTY Easy Blur Natural Airbrush Foundation with Niacinamide || [Shade: Latte] This foundation is so amazing and combined w/ the primer it is truly magical. Great coverage and blurring – as it promises.
*I have found a lot of really good foundations over the past year honestly. I feel like there are soooo many good ones but the ones I’ve traveled with and used the most are the ones who deserve a spot in this post.
THIS is the foundation brush I have been using for a few years now! However!! I also love THIS one and THIS one! [link to Ciele foundation brush]
BEST OF CONCEALER
HOURGLASS Vanish™ Airbrush Concealer || [Shade: Silk] I have been swearing by this product since the day it came out and I notice that literally everyone online also swears by it. Its full coverage but works for all age ranges. I use it on Coco AND its something I gift my neices because they all swear by it but don’t want to pay that price point but IT WORKS.
HUDA BEAUTY #FauxFilter Matte Buildable Coverage Waterproof Concealer || [Shade: ‘Coconut Flakes’] I’ve used this on and off over the years but I do always come back to this – this and Hourglass are just holy grail.
HUDA BEAUTY Brightening Under Eye Color Corrector || [Shade: Cherry Blossom] I use this before concealer to brighten the under eye area. It reverses the dark color – only a little needed.
Caliray Hideaway Brightening + Hydrating Under Eye Color Corrector Concealer || [Shade: ‘Dawn’] This is new to Sephora but its very good. I recently caught Coco using it – she said shes never used anything like it! Great for dark circles and super brightening under the eyes.
TOWER 28 Hydrating Serum Concealer || [Shade: 2.0BU] I’m picky about products and I get a lot in PR but this is a product I loveeeee. I got a bright color and it totally just does something on those dark eye days, lol! I combine this with the Hourglass. The HG is going to stay put and full coverage all day while this is more of a light, creamy product that just brightens.
Bare Minerals Broad Spectrum Concealer || [Shade: ‘Summer Bisque’] Another hot item that I talk about way too much but this is so incredible for no makeup looks or just to set or brighten you under eye area! This is one of my holy grail products. I use this at the end of my routine to more ore less – set and brighten my under eye area. I have bad allergies so sometimes as I get ready my eyes water… this is my sure fire way to really lock it down. Also, on days where I am just using a tinted moisturizer or serum foundation – I use no liquid concealer and just this!
BEST OF SETTING POWDER
ONE SIZE Ultimate Blurring Setting Powder || [Shade: Ultra Pink] *What I use daily AND travel with the past several months…
Huda Beauty Easy Bake Loose Baking & Setting Powder || [Shade: ‘Cherry Blossom’] These are easily the 2 best setting powders! I go back and forth on these.
BEST OF BRONZER/CONTOUR/HIGHLIGHTER
LYS No Limits Cream Bronzer and Contour Stick || [Shade: ‘Courage’] This has been in my routine for YEARS and I just came back to it over the last few months. Its amazing and its something I had to buy my mom on her birthday!
By Mario Soft Sculpt Shaping Stick || [Shade: ‘Medium Dark’] This one is good – not as creamy as the above but it is a top contender. I use one of his brushes to blend it out on my cheeks, jaw, nose, & forehead. I actually really like this for an intense contour.
ABH Smooth Blur Matte Powder Bronzer || [Shade: ‘Beach Bum Bronze’] This was a purchase from fall 2025 and i am OBSESSED. Bronzer is important and this one actually blurs – this is a staple product for your kit.
Hourglass Ambient Lighting Palette || [Shade: Volume 3] It has 3 shades and I more or less just mix into the first two shades. That third one has a little too much shimmer in it for me! If you have super smooth skin you may enjoy the third but glimmer usually enhances my texture so I try to avoid it. I use THIS brush to apply it.
GUCCI Glow Powder Gel Highlighter || [Shade: Opal Pink] **This is one of the best makeup products in my kit!!!** Will last years. This is something Coco found on my vanity and I got her for her birthday a year and a half ago. You won’t make a dent in it for years fyi so that helps swallow the price!
BEST OF BLUSH
PATRICK TA Major Headlines Double-Take Crème & Powder Blush Duo || [Shades: Just Enough, She’s Flushed, & She’s Seductive] I loveeeee these lately. She’s Flushed is just SO good.
RARE BEAUTY Soft Pinch Luminous Powder Blush || [Shade: Happy] I am on my second one of these – they do last a year or so but goodness it is just gorgeous. I get a lot of compliments on this. I go through this like crazy tbh. Anytime a friend borrows they always ask for a link and shade name. Its a blush + highlighter combo.
BEST OF SETTING SPRAY
Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Waterproof Setting Spray || One of the best setting sprays to ever exist, ever. Stock up! [I do not travel without this.]
BEST OF EYE PRODUCTS
Charlotte Tilbury Rock ‘N’ Kohl Long-Lasting Eyeliner Pencil || [Shade: Barberella Brown] I wear this on my waterline and its gorggg but I also do it on the top and smudge it out with the other end and its sooooo good.
HAUS LABS Clear Cut Waterproof Liquid Eyeliner || [Shade: Black Onyx – Matte Black] If you like a liquid for the top – this one is a holy grail. So black and doesn’t move.
BEST OF LIP PRODUCTS
Makeup Forever Artist Color Pencil Extreme Waterproof Lip Liner || [Shade:Anywhere Caffeine] *obsesseddd and this is a long wear formula. This is a staple for EVERYONE.
HUDA BEAUTY Lip Contour 2.0 Automatic Matte Lip Pencil || [Shade: Warm Brown] This is sooooo good. I’ll post a video on my LTK!!
FENTY BEAUTY Trace’d Out Longwear Waterproof Pencil Lip Liner || [Shade: PNUT BUTTA]
FENTY BEAUTY Gloss Bomb Stix High-Shine Gloss Stick || [Shade: Two Lip Kiss]
CALIRAY Lipguard SPF 31 Hydrating Lip Gloss Balm || [Shade: ‘Big Sur’]
SKINCARE MUST-HAVES
CT Magic Night Cream || Mentioned in like 100 other blog posts – these is a one of the few products in my skincare routine that is not medical/pharmaceutical grade. However, my mom, sister, & me go through these little tubs like crazy. We all swear by it. It is a little sticky but if you have dry skin or dull skin – you will wake up and know what we all love it so much. [🚨I keep a travel size of this in my travel bag simply because I don’t want to ever risk forgetting it!] **Guys this product is a must for ALLLL skin – it will totally wake your skin up. Coco and I go through it like crazy – for 8+ years now.
BODY SKINCARE PRODUCTS
Fenty Skin Butta Drop Whipped Oil Hydrating Body Cream || THE BEST STUFF EVER. This stuff saves my legs year round – esp. fall & winter. [🚨I keep a travel size of this in my travel bag simply because I don’t want to ever risk forgetting it!]
Patrick Ta Body Glow Balm || [Shade: ‘She’s On Vacation’] I got this probably 4 years ago and ANY time I use it I get a million questions! The brush is HERE. When I use this on my GRWM videos people always ask ab this!
Donna Karan Cashmere Mist Deodorant || IYKYK – seriously. I gift this stuff to people!!!
Fenty Body Sauce || [Shade: ‘Agave Spice’] SO FREAKING AMAZING! I use this on repeat all spring and summer and even fall and winter. As seen on my stories in Miami, Orlando, Dallas – basically any trip I go on! Seriously amazing for covering any thing you need to cover or get a tan!!! Its incredible! I use it to hide cellulite & boost my tan.
HAIR MUST-HAVES
NEW CURLING IRON – BIO IONIC Long Barrel Curling Iron 1.5“ Nanolonic MX || You guys already know…
Dyson Airwrap Complete Styler || IYKYK..
K18 PEPTIDE PREP™ Clarifying Detox Shampoo || A staple. Always use this first when you shampoo – this will change your hair routine. Gets all product build up out and cleans. I use a moisturzing shampoo after. I always shampoo twice.
AMIKA Un.Done Volume and Matte Texture Spray || Holy cow- if you want volume and texture on clean hair – this is essential! Will give lots of texture and grit so use lightly
KERASTASE Chroma Absolu Anti-Frizz Leave-In Treatment for Color-Treated Hair || I’m on bottle 3 of this – highly recommend.
KERASTASE Nutritive Ultra-Hydrating Mask for Very Dry Hair || I’m on tub 2 of this – if you color your hair at all – you NEED.
Color Wow Products ||🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 The CW Dream Coat, Raise The Root, & CW Xtra Large Bombshell Volumizer. The Color Wow Dream Coat Supernatural Spray Anti-Frizz Treatment sold out last year but this is one of the best hair products – ever! My mom and I swear by it. Douse your hair in this while wet after a shower and blow dry and you will have shiny, frizz free hair for weeks. I think it lasts for 8 washes? But I do it anytime I notice my hair is not as smooth & shiny! ALSO – NEW TEXTURE SPRAY– Chrissy gave me this and said its the best of the best. She knows her stuff – and I have to say she’s right. I show this on my stories a lot and always get a million questions! [🚨I keep a travel size of the Dream Coat in my travel bag simply because I don’t want to ever risk forgetting it!] The Raise The Root is a GAME CHANGER if you want true volume and an amazing blow out! [Will post a wet – dry hair tutorial on my LTK.]
Living Proof Perfect Hair Day Heat Styling Spray || I loveeeeeeee this stuff so much! Like, can not rave about it enough. I have mentioned it a lot on my stories the past 8 weeks or so but its worth it. This has been in my Sephora / Hair blog posts for years now and I recently just restocked it as I do curl my hair one time each week and I like to use this as my heat protectant.
Oribe Dry Texturizing Spray || Old school favorite, the smell, the formula, however – I re-purchase because I use it on Sophia’s buns and my roots for extra oomph! [🚨I keep a travel size of this in my travel bag simply because I don’t want to ever risk forgetting it!]
GHD Max Styler Straigtener || I also use the 1″ & travel size too – all are very good straighteners. See my IG or Tiktok for a quick video – you may have to scroll back as I do not straighten my hair often but this is my favorite straightener and what I use on Sophia and what Coco uses when she is here.
TOOLS & BRUSHES MUST-HAVES
Makeup By Mario F1 Makeup Brush
Makeup By Mario EF1 Makeup Brush
Sephora Collection Concealer Brush
MISC. MUST-HAVES
Jo Malone Hand and Body Wash || I. always. buy. extra. when. discounted. SO GOOD. Also a great chance to get gifts of soap and candles for a boujie friend or teacher!
