5 Underrated Products to Try Now

Hero beauty products like mascara and foundation hog all the air time so we’re spilling the underrated makeup items we can’t live without. You know the unsexy products that always perform and never let you down? Yes, those! We’re talking mascara primer, brow gel, makeup sponges, clear gloss and lip liner. These beauty workhorses are affordable and always in stock. Best of all, they make your GRWM routines so much easier while making you look better, too! Here are the five underrated beauty products to buy stat.  

1. Mascara primer 

Your fave mascara does just fine as a solo act, but wait until you team it with this lengthening and volumizing mascara primer. What’s a mascara primer, you ask? We’re glad you asked. Think of it like a clear mascara that you put on before your actual mascara to give lashes some major life in the form of length and volume. It coats them evenly, which allows the mascara to adhere to them better, and also helps prevent those dreaded clumps that can happen with mascara alone. Simply apply one or two swipes of this tinted primer (don’t worry, it dries clear!) and then let it dry before applying your mascara overtop. Once you see the results you’ll wonder what took you so long to try it.

2. Brow Lifting Gel 

Brow pens and mascaras are great for days when you want to do a full face but the real brow all-star is clear lifting gel. This underrated makeup must-have can take your brows from fine to fire in mere seconds while giving them that natural, bold effect (like you were born with them). The gel texture holds brow hairs neatly into place for groomed brows that last all day. You can use this for a subtle polished brow look or a laminated effect and either alone or overtop of your tinted brow pencil or pen.   

3. A Makeup Sponge 

There’s a reason why beauty influencers use makeup sponges to apply foundation. As an underrated beauty product second to foundation brushes, it helps give your foundation that coveted second-skin effect. You can use beauty sponges in so many ways, damp or dry, or with powder or liquid makeup. Its unique shape makes it a clear MVP. The pointed tip allows for easy access to precise areas of the face like the inner and outer eye corners and around the nose and mouth. The bevelled side is perfect for achieving a baking technique with foundation, powder and blush.  

4. Neutral lipliner 

Why should gloss and lipstick have all the fun? Lipliner really shouldn’t be on the underrated beauty product list because it makes any lip product perform better and last longer and adds definition and volume to the lips. It also creates the cleanest edge for your lip look. Here’s why a neutral-colored lipliner is our fave. You can use it to overline lips for a fuller-looking pout and it plays nice with any color of lipstick or gloss. Whether you apply a neutral-toned lipliner the traditional way, around the perimeter of the lips, or use it to entirely fill them in, neutral lipliner tops our underrated makeup must-try list.  

5. Clear lip gloss 

Let us count the ways in which clear lip gloss should get all the attention and likes. First of all, good clear lipgloss can be used daily. For obvious reasons, it’s great on the lips in any situation, for a natural or all-out look, alone or on top of any lip color. But did you know that you can dab a bit of clear gloss on your lids and cheeks to add a gorgeous dewy glow to your makeup look? There’s nothing underrated about that!