The Best Makeup Drops for Customizing Your Beauty Routine
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Courtesy of brand1/13Clinique BIY Blend It Yourself Pigment Drops
Scared of caking on foundation over your favorite moisturizer? Add a couple drops of these pure pigment drops to it before applying to turn your everyday moisturizer into a BB cream.
$33 (ulta.com)
Courtesy of brand2/13Tarte Rainforest of the Sea Radiance Drops
Jojoba oil has never looked so good. Tarte spiked the non-greasy, hydrating stuff with champagne shimmer, so you can use it as an illuminating primer or subtle highlighter. You can also tap it over a matte lipstick for a more moisturizing finish or moisten your Beautyblender with a couple drops and press it over your foundation for a dewy glow.
$32 (sephora.com)
Courtesy of brand3/13Tan-Luxe The Face Illuminating Self-Tan Drops
Skip smelly, streaky self-tanners in favor of these easy-to-use drops. All you have to do is stir a couple drops into your daily moisturizer, serum, or oil for all-over color.
$49 (ulta.com)
Courtesy of brand4/13Inglot Duraline
Give lackluster eye shadows a second life with Inglot Duraline. The clear liquid will amplify the pigments of any powder in your makeup bag. You can also transform your favorite shadow into a liquid liner that won't budge for anything.
$11 (macys.com)
Courtesy of brand5/13The Body Shop Shade Adjusting Drops Liquid Foundation
Instead of keeping multiple shades of foundation around for each season, you can fine tune your go-to one with these lightening and darkening drops.
$12 (thebodyshop.com)
Courtesy of brand6/13Maya Chia the Highlight of the Day in Happy Hour
Not to name any names, but one Allure editor, in particular, wears this serum-meets-highlighter every day. (Hi, Sarah Kinonen.) The shade Happy Hour is a pretty pink that shifts to lilac when the light hits it. All you need is one drop for your both your cheekbones to harness its holographic qualities.
$42 (mayachia.com)
Courtesy of brand7/13Cover FX Custom Cover Drops
This list wouldn't be complete without a Best of Beauty winner. In 2015, it won a Breakthrough award, and we're still obsessed with how versatile these foundation drops are. Allure editors love mixing it together with facial oil for a radiant, hydrating finish.
$44 (sephora.com)
Courtesy of brand8/13M.A.C. Lustre Drops in Bronze Hero
These bronze drops can be used alone for a hint of shimmer on your skin or you can combine some with your foundation for added depth and illumination.
$21 (maccosmetics.com)
Courtesy of brand9/13Smashbox Camera Ready BB Water Broad Spectrum SPF 30
There's BB cream, and there's BB water. Just as the name suggests, the latter has a water-like consistency that feels weightless on skin. It even has a built-in hydrating primer, so you can skip moisturizer.
$42 (ulta.com)
Courtesy of brand10/13Urban Decay Liquid Aura Illuminating Mix-In Medium
Urban Decay took its popular iridescent pink powdered highlighter called Aura and turned it into a multipurpose liquid. Give your cheekbones an opalescent sheen by dabbing it atop them, add it to your foundation for peak illumination, or slather it all over on a no-makeup day.
$32 (sephora.com)
Courtesy of brand11/13NYX Total Control Drop Foundation
Unlike Cover FX and Clinique's foundation drops, NYX's take on the trend is supposed to be used solo. Blend a drop or three directly onto your face for light to full coverage in seconds.
$13.99 (ulta.com)
Courtesy of brand12/13Algenist Reveal Concentrated Color Correcting Drops
Cancel out your skin's redness with some of these mint green drops. Prime your skin with it or create a CC cream by dropping the green formula into your foundation.
$38 (sephora.com)
Courtesy of brand13/13Perricone MD No Bronzer Bronzer SPF 30
Practice safe sun by giving your skin some warmth with this matte bronzer, which is infused with SPF 30. It'll look totally natural and not at all orange.
$35 (sephora.com)
