Welcome to My Beauty Edit, a series where, each week, you'll get to know one of our editors. Our shopping market editor, Angela Trakoshis, gives us a look into her high-low makeup bag.\xa0
I wasn't always a beauty girl—as a matter of fact, growing up, I wanted to be a pilot. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I'd land testing beauty products and telling people what's worth their buck as a job, yet here I am, and I wouldn't change a damn thing. I believe my beauty persona is classified into three words: tan, glossy, and sleek. I always need to be tan, I love a glossy lip and a dewy complexion, and a sleek hair look is my go-to.\xa0
The beauty industry is crowded. These days, it seems like everybody is launching a brand. I spend my 9 to 5 searching the internet for the best beauty finds to bring to you, our lovelyAllure\xa0readers. So trust me, this stuff is good. |
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Even though I’m only 28, my biggest fear is wrinkles so I’ll try anything that claims to prevent or treat them. This luxe cream tightens, plumps, and boosts collagen so fine lines are never a worry. |
| Meet the only body wash that doesn't break me out or give me a rash. This drugstore staple keeps me fresh and clean all day. |
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Add a pea-sized amount to the pimple, let it sit for a few minutes (I'll usually do my brows during this time) and lightly blend it out before applying foundation over it for ultimate coverage. |
| My hack for covering zits: during the day, to cover up, applying a pea-sized amount of this Nars concealer to the pimple and letting it sit for a few minutes before blending it with my favorite foundation. At night, a Hero Cosmetics pimple patch to suck up all the gunk. Thank me later. |
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I keep one of these in every bag for touch-ups on the go. The pink and fluffy side is for powder, while the orange and spongy side is for liquids and creams. It does it all. |
| My everything shower always ends with drenching my wet, clean body with this shower oil to reveal soft, smooth, and never-greasy skin. |
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What's your go-to anti-frizz product and how do you use it? — asks AnonymousAllurereader \xa0 The million dollar question! For me, fighting frizz starts in the shower with really hydrating products (like thisHydro Rush Maskfrom Amika). It gives me a juicy, hydrated head of hair to work with—then I follow up by sealing all that good moisture in with a great styling product likeColor Wow’s Dream Coatif I’ll be using heat, or an air drying cream fromBriogeo\xa0or\xa0Curlsmiththat defines without weighing down my curls. After that, I keep my fingers crossed that the humidity gods play nice! —Allureshopping director Shanna Shipin \xa0 Have a question for Angela? Ask ithereand she'll try to answer it in next week's My Beauty Edit newsletter! |
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