Hi everyone! It’s your favorite twins here today to dish on one of our favorite topics – drugstore makeup! It’s been a little over a year since we published our very first best drugstore makeup products post.

Check out that post here: The Best Drugstore Makeup Products Ever

And while we still love and cherish all the makeup products on that list, we thought it was about time to give the list a fresh new update for 2020.

This year definitely started off with a bang, and we don’t just mean with the fireworks. The drugstore makeup scene was equally popping with a bunch of new makeup releases, some of which have already achieved holy grail status and made our list. You will, however, find a few old faithful favorites that hung on to make the list yet again.

So grab a snack and a drink and let’s find out which best drugstore makeup gems made the list in 2020.

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Best Skin Prep Products

Honest Beauty Hydrogel Cream Moisturizer

This clean beauty moisturizer contains hyaluronic acid to hydrate, plump and smooth out skin. But most importantly, the lightweight gel cream formula is ideal if you’re going to be applying makeup over it.

Maybelline Master Prime Blur + Smooth Primer

In our opinion, this is the best drugstore primer on the market. It’s definitely the drugstore primer we both use for full coverage glam looks because it does an impeccable job of filling in pores and never feels heavy or greasy.

Revlon Photoready Prep Set Refresh Mist

We love products that give you the most bang for your buck. So this versatile 3-in-1 mist spray had to be on the list again this year. Use it to prep skin, set your makeup and keep your face hydrated and refreshed throughout the day.

Garnier Skin Active Facial Mist

Here’s another multi-purpose gem that’s great for prepping skin and setting natural everyday makeup looks. For more glam makeup looks that have many steps, use it throughout makeup application to keep your foundation from drying out and getting cakey.

Best Base Makeup Products

Maybelline Dream Radiant Liquid Foundation

This new release for Winter/Spring 2020 has dethroned Maybelline Fit Me Dewy+Smooth Foundation as Colleen’s go-to drugstore foundation for natural glowy makeup looks. Whether she’s doing makeup on herself or on her models, this lightweight hydrating foundation gets the job done beautifully!

L’Oreal Infallible 24HR Fresh Wear Foundation

This relatively new foundation was released in mid-2019 and has already become a holy grail of ours. Unlike the Maybelline Dream Radiant Foundation which is on the dewy side, this one has more of a semi-matte satin finish so it’s perfect for oily or combination skin types.

Maybelline Fit Me Concealer

If you’ve tried this amazing concealer, you know it deserves a spot on any holy grail drugstore makeup list. That’s why it’s on ours for the second time. If you haven’t tried it, you need to. We’ll let the results speak for themselves.

Maybelline Fit Me Matte + Poreless Pressed Powder

This pressed powder really became a hit on our Las Vegas Girls Trip last May and has been the drugstore setting powder of choice ever since. Use the shade closest to your skin tone to set your liquid foundation and concealer and keep oiliness away.

If you’re new to the foundation game, you may find this tutorial helpful: How To Apply Foundation That Looks Flawless

Best Contour & Highlight Products

Physician’s Formula Butter Bronzer

Here’s another product that will probably be on our list for years to come. The PF Butter Bronzer has a smooth matte finish so you get that beautifully contoured face that never looks harsh or unnatural. Get your own little disc of perfection and find out why it made our list for the second time in a row.

Milani Baked Bronzer

You need only open this compact and behold its warm glow to realize it’s a keeper. The bronzer is available in three exquisite shades but we’ve found that the shade Soleil looks natural and gorgeous on nearly any skin tone.

Milani Baked Blush

Can you tell we love Milani face products? All their baked pressed powders are amazing and the baked blush is no exception. It comes in 11 richly pigmented shades but we recommend Rose D’Oro and Luminoso for that naturally luminous flush of color. You won’t be disappointed, promise!

Maybelline Master Chrome Highlighter

Maybelline really set the bar high when they came out with this highlighter. We’ve yet to find another drugstore highlighter that matches its smooth intensely pigmented formula and glow factor. That’s why we’re keeping it on our list for the second time around.

Best Brow & Eye Products

Maybelline Brow Ultra Slim Eyebrow Pencil

Anyone with sparse eyebrows knows the value of a really good brow defining product. It has to have a smooth pigmented formula that lasts all day and is easy to use. The Maybelline Brow Ultra Slim checks all those boxes. It’s hands down the best drugstore brow pencil out there.

Maybelline Nudes Of New York Eyeshadow Palette

The perfectly chosen shades in this newly released palette make it a one-stop-shop for any makeup look from natural to glam. In terms of the formula, it’s actually the first drugstore palette we’ve tried that can hold its own against some mid to high-end brands out there (ahem..we’re looking at you Morphe and Anastasia Beverly Hills!).

Maybelline Hyper Easy Liquid Eyeliner

If an alluring cat eye is on your makeup agenda, then you need to have this in your makeup bag. With the Hyper Easy Eyeliner, the perfect winged eyeliner is just that, hyper easy. Seriously, it’s so easy to use and the intense black color doesn’t budge.

Maybelline The Falsies Lash Lift Mascara

Okay, so it’s apparent Maybelline kind of dominates the eye makeup department. Rounding out the eye products is this new mascara that lengthens, thickens, lifts and curls eyelashes. You may never need to fumble with faux lash glue ever again!

We’ve featured all these new Maybelline eye products on the blog before in this post: New Spring 2020 Maybelline Makeup Haul + Tutorial

Best Lip Products

Maybelline Color Sensational Lip Liner (Totally Toffee)

Ask MUA Colleen which lip liner she uses the most and she’ll tell you it’s this one from Maybelline. The shade Totally Toffee looks good on most skin tones and complements almost any lip color so it’s one makeup bag essential she never runs out of.

Maybelline Color Sensational Creamy Matte Lipstick

While we both prefer a glossy lip finish, there’s no denying the appeal of a smooth richly-pigmented matte lip. If matte lips are your thing, you need to get this creamy lipstick infused with hydrating ingredients. The beauty of this line is that it comes in 20 shades ranging from nudes to pinks to berries to black so there’s a little something for everyone.

Nyx Butter Gloss (Creme Brulee)

Since the launch of our blog, there’s been one drugstore makeup product we can’t say enough about and it’s Nyx Butter Gloss in the shade Creme Brulee. You can wear this natural shade on its own or over any lip color and it has just the right amount of glossiness. It will continue to be a holy grail makeup product for us as long as Nyx Cosmetics keeps making it.

Final Words On The Best Drugstore Makeup Products In 2020

There you have all of our best drugstore makeup products in 2020. Did we convince you to try any of them out? Or do you have your own holy grail drugstore makeup go-to’s? Please let us know in the comments and thank you so much for stopping by!

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