When it comes to makeup, we’re happy to wear anything that does what it says and has nice, clean ingredients in it. But there’s nothing like the feel and the look of high-end cosmetics, and when we’re feeling a bit fancy, a high-end makeup product really enhances the vibe.
High-end or luxury makeup products are usually made with premium ingredients and advanced formulations and come from famous fashion houses such as Chanel or Armani. That said, not all high-end makeup products are worth being called superior!
Keeping that in mind and to help you save your time while searching for the absolute best high-end makeup products, we rounded up a list of 11 iconic products that are absolutely worth their price. Keep reading this article, take a look at our choices, and find the next perfect addition to your beauty bag.
The perfect concealer for a weightless feel
Too Faced Born This Way Concealer
Price: £29.50
A versatile, long-wearing makeup hybrid designed for a flawless, natural finish. Packed with fully loaded pigments, it provides maximum coverage without feeling heavy, and its hydrating, oil-free formula ensures a weightless feel for up to 12 hours. Enriched with Coconut Water, Alpine Rose, and Hyaluronic Acid, this concealer not only perfects the complexion but also boosts radiance and provides lasting hydration. With a doe-foot applicator for precision, it's a vegan-friendly essential available in 35 natural shades.
Top foundation for a flawless look
Armani Luminous Silk Foundation
Price: £45.00
The Luminous Silk foundation is a makeup essential for those seeking a dewy complexion, boasting light-reflective technology for a natural 'second skin finish.' Utilizing Micro–fil™ technology, this silky, luminous fluid foundation ensures long-lasting and comfortable wear. Its fluid texture, blending seamlessly for a velvety finish with light to medium coverage, redefines the concept of foundation. Recognized as the "best foundation" for eight consecutive years, Luminous Silk captures the radiance of a perfect complexion, leaving the skin even and transparent with no visible lines. Ideal for makeup artists and enthusiasts alike, its success lies in its transparent finish, unbeatable radiance, and a diverse range of skin tones. This foundation is designed to create silky, weightless makeup looks with enduring radiance.
Best bronzer for highly defined features
Charlotte Tilbury Bronzer
Price: £45.00
Charlotte's new Airbrush Bronzer is a luxurious, bronzing skin filter designed to enhance the natural beauty of every individual. Infused with hydrating Hyaluronic Acid, it instantly moisturizes for a softer and smoother appearance. The formula, enriched with silky Mica and soft-focusing Silica, imparts a velvety texture and reflects light, creating a soft-focused effect. With micro-fine perfecting powders and magical microspheres, this bronzer delivers an invisibly thin, silky filter on the skin, adding depth of color and coverage for an elegant and radiant finish.
Iconic primer for a super smooth skin
Benefit Porefessional Face Primer
Price: £31.00
The POREfessional is a renowned smoothing face primer by Benefit, celebrated for its iconic status as the #1 face primer. With a focus on minimizing the appearance of pores and fine lines, this primer boasts smoothing superpowers that instantly blur imperfections, leaving behind silky-soft and smoother-than-smooth skin. Its lightweight and translucent formula, enriched with a Vitamin E derivative, not only ensures a flawless canvas but also helps makeup apply evenly and stay in place throughout the day. Recognized for its non-comedogenic properties, The POREfessional is a must-have for achieving a refined, pore-minimized complexion.
Velvety soft matt lipstick
Huda Beauty Power Bullet Matte Lipstick
Price: £23.90
The Huda Beauty Power Bullet Matte Lipstick is a highly pigmented lip color known for its unparalleled color payoff and unexpected comfort. Crafted to flatter every skin tone, it combines hyper-pigmentation with a custom formula for consistent, full-coverage application. The plush matte texture, enriched with nourishing sweet almond oil, ensures the lipstick glides on effortlessly without skipping or dragging, leaving lips feeling hydrated and smooth. This lipstick delivers intense color while maintaining comfort, offering a bold and vibrant matte finish.
Mascara that's all the good drama
Bobbi Brown Smokey Eye Mascara
Price: £27.50
This creamy, kohl-pigmented mascara from Bobbi Brown offers a unique approach to volumizing lashes, building volume lash by lash. In contrast to traditional formulas that may create the illusion of volume by clumping lashes together, this mascara provides thicker, longer, and bolder lashes in an instant. With a precise application that separates and enhances each lash, it serves as the perfect complement to any eye look, delivering a defined and voluminous finish without the appearance of clumping.
Your brows, but in high-def
IT Cosmetics Brow Power Micro Universal Defining Eyebrow Pencil
Price: £23.00
IT Cosmetics Brow Power Universal Eyebrow Pencil is your ultimate solution for achieving beautiful, natural-looking eyebrows. Available in four universal shades that adapt to any hair color, the pencil features an oval tip suitable for both thin and thick brows, creating a realistic hair-like finish. The budge-proof formula, infused with Biotin, Saw Palmetto, and antioxidants, ensures long-lasting results. With a built-in spoolie brush for grooming, it's the go-to pencil for effortlessly enhancing and defining your brows.
Best waterproof eyeliner and that's a fact
Chanel Stylo Yeux Waterproof
Price: £22.00
Chanel Stylo Yeux is a waterproof eye pencil designed for intense, long-lasting eye definition. The retractable tip and integrated pencil sharpener make application easy, while a blend of film-forming agents and waxes ensures a gentle and comfortable formula. With the added benefits of silicone resin, it creates a waterproof texture that resists humidity and remains smudge-free. Ophthalmologist tested and suitable for contact lens wearers, this pencil is your solution for enduring and impactful eye makeup.
A primer for silky soft skin
Milk Makeup Hydro Grip Primer
Price: £35.00
Milk Makeup Hydro Grip Primer is an award-winning invisible makeup primer featuring a 94% natural gel formula. This silicone-free, oil-free primer is designed to smooth the skin, enhance makeup adherence for up to 12 hours, and lock in hydration. With a lightweight grippy texture, it provides a seamless base for foundation application, ensuring it stays in place throughout the day. The airless container preserves the formula's freshness and ensures efficient product usage.
High-precision, smudge-free liquid eyeliner
KVD Beauty Tattoo Eyeliner
Price: £18.85
KVD Beauty's award-winning bestseller, the Tattoo Liner, renowned for its vegan, high-pigment formula that ensures all-day wear, waterproof resilience, and smudge resistance. This liquid liner is the go-to choice for creating diverse eye looks, from the classic cat eye to more imaginative styles. The ultra-precise brush tip guarantees super-easy application and ultimate precision, catering to everyone from makeup beginners to professionals. Available in two versatile shades, Ultra-black "Trooper Black" and rich chocolate "Mad Max Brown," it's the holy grail for eyeliner enthusiasts.
Iconic eyeshadow palette for a finished look
Urban Decay Naked Heat Eyeshadow Palette
Price: £49.00
Urban Decay's palettes have become icons in the beauty industry, and here's a future star in the lineup – Naked Heat. Featuring 12 neutral tones in a blend of matte and shimmer textures, this palette allows you to effortlessly create endless looks with rich and long-lasting pigments. The shades, including warm browns, burnt oranges, and deep reds, sizzle on all skin tones. If you were a fan of Urban Decay's Naked palettes before, get ready for the next level with Naked Heat – their most sweltering palette yet.
