For the Ladies: 5 Must-Have Korean Makeup Essentials in Your Purse

Where to buy: TPSY

Price: $26 or aboutPhP1,390.70

The TPSY Two Drink Minimum Dual Tip Eyeshadow is perfect for women who are always on-the-go. With its convenient packaging, you can take it anywhere. It can even fit inside your purse! Despite its humble packaging, the product contains an impressively rich and long-lasting formula. Touch-ups are unnecessary since it’s highly pigmented and smudge-proof. The color combinations range from warm tones perfect for day makeup, to darker hues perfect for a girls’ night out.

There are a total of five available shades combos: Sidewalk and Street (light black and metallic silver grey), Fairy Dust and Happy Ending (pink and burgundy), City Tan and Beach Tan (light reddish brown and dark reddish brown), Unbothered and Bothered (light smokey and dark smokey grey), and Beer and Coffee (mocha and brown).

Where to buy: Sephora and Urban Outfitters

Price: $14 or about PhP748.73

If you’re a big fan of Benefit’s Porefessional Primer but on a budget, why not try this No Poreblem Primer Eraser from Touch in Sol? Just like Porefessional, the No Poreblem Primer promises to fix one of the issues that women have when applying makeup: visible pores and wrinkles. Applying a pore-erasing primer can help you achieve a much flawless foundation coverage. Primers also help in prolonging the your base makeup, meaning there would be less touch-ups needed! Look for this primer at Sephora and Urban Outfitters before supplies run out!

Just like the TPSY Dual Tip Eyeshadow, the packaging of No Poreblem is in stick format—making it easier to carry anytime, anywhere. While this stick primer might have just been released this year, it already has a bottled version.

Where to buy: Innisfree

Price: $8.00 or about PhP427.84

Innisfree stepped up their game by releasing not just one, but twelve version of setting powders! This limited edition Birthstone Setting Powder will wow big fans of personalized makeup. You can choose among the available birthstones that correspond to the months of the year.

Beyond the cute packaging, the setting powder can help those with excessively oily skin, because it contains an oil-control translucent loose powder. The powder will mattify any makeup that will last all day. The all-natural formula was made from Jeju minerals and mint, each container comes with powder puffs for touch-ups.

Where to buy: April Skin

Price: $19 or about PhP1,016.13

Applying eyeshadow is already hard as it is. It takes skill to get the blending right. And if you’re not confident enough with your makeup skills, it can get overwhelming with all the colors you can use. But worry not! There are products such as April Skin’s Perfect Magic Dual Eyeshadow which eases the struggle of layering eyeshadows on you lids.

While its packaging is similar to Benefit’s Eyeshadow duo, this product have a three-color pay-off per swipe that you can mix and match . The tri-color combos range from pigmented light to dark shades, which can create a gradient effect on your lids. Application is also easy because the included applicator can cover your entire eyelids in just one swipe. The formula also promises that it to be easily blendable and crease-free.

Where to buy: Tony Moly

Price: $18.5 or about PhP989.39

While everyone can appreciate a good makeup, taking good care of your skin is still the best beauty secret. Before applying your makeup, finish your skin care routine with Panda's Dream Rose Hyaluronic Face Cream available at Tony Moly. Having a smooth face is a great canvas for applying foundation, and you can achieve this by using hydrating moisturizers. Moisturizers also helps your makeup to stay a little bit longer since moisturizers are substitute for primers.

The key ingredients of this Rose Hyaluronic face cream is rose water, which has anti-inflammatory properties that can reduce redness and soothe your skin. Rose hip extract is also included, which can help in brightening. Antioxidants such as gooseberry, raspberry, hibiscus, and bilberry extracts are also included in the formula.

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