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Cult Favorite Beauty Brands You Need To Try (If You Haven’t Yet)

August 19, 2020 By Karen Lang

Today, we proudly curate new cult beauty products and brands that will guarantee your stay at home glow up!

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Cult-Favorite Brands You Can’t Sleep On

Cult Favorites | Western Brands

1. Drunk Elephant

@simplybeautyhacksExpensive – yes, worth it? Yes. ##drunkelephant ##beautytips ##skincare ##fyp♬ original sound – simplybeautyhacks


After a rough bout of trying out failed skincare, reset your skin with Drunk Elephant. You can trust Drunk Elephant to only use the cleanest and best ingredients nature has to offer. They believe that skincare should reset your skin, bringing it to its best functioning state. Your skin has always been able to fend for itself, it just needed a little push – from Drunk Elephant perhaps?

Check out the C-Firma Day Serum and the B-Hydra Intensive Hydration Serum and see your complexion glow and your skin nourished. These are my holy grail skincare products.

2. The Ordinary by Deciem

 

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Get yourself a cult beauty brand awarded by 10 distinguishable publications including Glamour and Bazaar.

The Ordinary creates products with rich formulations at drugstore prices, giving you the best of both worlds. They have a wide range of products, catering to beauties with sensitive skin and those that need heavyweight skincare support. With the words integrity and honest communication at the helm, expect only the best from this HG brand!

Their Niacinamide and Marine Hyaluronic serums will leave your skin flawless and your wallet better off. If you don’t know what products you need, you can consult with their ambassadors in real-time on their website.

3. La Roche Posay

 

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La Roche Posay is a dermatologist-recommended brand and a match made in heaven for beauties with sensitive skin. If you’re looking for quick effects, potent protection, and reasonable pricing, look no further.

Their underrated Cicaplaust Baume B5 and Anthelios sunscreen deserve more attention. Packed with hydrators and healing properties, their moisturizers and balms are great for all sorts of troubled skin. The pH-balancing cleansers are purifying but won’t dry you out, squeaky clean is not a good look for skincare.

4. Anastasia Beverly Hills (Cult Classic Favorite)

 

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Anastasia Beverly Hills is both OG and HG when it comes to makeup. Their luxurious formula and consistency are guaranteed to add a touch of glam to your soft makeup look. The consistency of their products are easy to work with, one swipe is all you need to make heads turn.

The champagne highlighter will keep you glowing even in the darkest room, and the shade is perfect for all skin tones! The Dipbrow Pomade will never raise a brow, but will keep yours looking Instagram-worthy for a whole year since a single pot takes that long to finish. Finish off with their non-drying matte lipsticks or glosses to achieve the perfect pout.

Cult Favorites | K-Beauty Brands

5. Missha

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Missha is Lauded as an affordable dupe for SK-II, made with only the most innovative and cleanest Korea ingredients. Their products will help you achieve glass skin and will give you a bang for your buck.

Their Time Revolution line is the affordable sister of the SK-II serum. They recently came out with the new Time Revolution Artemesia line that has us jumping in excitement in our seats. Fermented ingredients work twice as hard to reverse the effects of time, and will hydrate parched skin and balance oily skin.

6. CosRX

 

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CosRX is one of the most popular cult-favorite Korean brands in Asia and deserves a shelf in the U.S. as well. It’s one of the most affordable brands with most potent formulas you’ll find in any continent. With a whole fleet of skincare lines addressing all possible concerns, the search is over.

You have CosRX to thank for acne patches, which will absorb your cystic acne and shrink them in a day. They have an AC collection that will address your breakout concerns. Their One Step Original Clear Pad will get rid of dirt and gently exfoliate your skin so you can wake up with a natural glow.

7. Then I Met You

 

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This is one of the newer brands that have cult classics quaking! Then I Met You is a self-proclaimed product perfectionist brand that is also committed to sustainability and operating cruelty-free. Their ingredient lists are fine-tuned to bring you your best skin yet.

Their vegan and award-winning Soothing Tea Gel Cleanser is giving the old guard a run for its money. Check out the Birch Milk Refining Tower if your pores are looking clogged and your complexion looking dull.

RELATED: 13 Eco-Friendly Makeup Brands and Skincare To Go Green For

8. Leaders Insolution

 

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Leaders Insolution offers cleansers and exfoliators, but it’s their sheet masks that put them on the map! The 10-minute wonders are experts at giving you instant, overnight effects.

Their AC sheet masks will soothe redness and irritation, and will help shrink your acne. Grab the Amino Mask Kit if you need to hit reset on your skin, infused with gentle exfoliators and snail mucus to heal your skin.

9. Laneige (Cult Classic Favorite)

 

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Laneige is a cult classic that stood the test of time and continue to innovate and remain relevant. Beauties that want radiant, Korean skin should check out this cult-favorite brand! Men that want to dip their toes in skincare will enjoy Laneige’s Homme collection.

They create nutrient-rich skincare like the Water Bank Moisture Cream that gently refines sensitive, dry, or oily skin. Everyone can achieve luminous or glass skin with their high-coverage and hydrating cushions. The BB Cushion Anti-Aging foundation will give your luxury option a run for its money.

Cult Favorites | Japanese & TaiwaneseBrands

10. Shiseido

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Shiseido is one of the pioneers of clinically tested cosmetics, and retain their spot in the beauty hall of fame. Whether you’re looking to treat damaged tresses, achieve a healthy glow, or a glam look, Shiseido has you covered.

Grab the Tsubaki hair oil if you miss running your hands through smooth hair. The Ultimune serum is peak skincare for perfect skin. The cost is quite high, but with 179 beauty awards in its belt, so should your expectations be.

11. DHC

 

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The wabi-sabi philosophy finds beauty in imperfection, celebrating confidence in your own skin. For 40 years, DHC has been perfecting techniques with traditional botanicals with this concept in mind. The best thing a woman can wear is confidence, and DHC products will help you find your own.

I look forward to removing my makeup with my DHC deep cleansing oil at the end of the day. Tougher than your waterproof mascara, and nourishing with antioxidant properties so your bare face looks just as good. You can trust their lip cream to repair even the most chapped and dry lips.

12. Heroine Make

 

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Every beauty knows a tear-jerker reel and mascara are an unfortunate pair, not if you patronize this cult favorite. The Heroine Make mascaras will keep your lashes lifted and glamorous with volume. The longevity of their waterproof mascara is so absolute, you’ll need their Speedy Mascara Remover to wash it off.

13. Naruko

 

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Naruko is a Taiwanese brand that has been popularizing eco-friendly and cruelty-free practices even before it was a thing. Realize the supercharged power of botanicals with this cult-favorite brand, you’ll be shopping by the box in no time. They have a number of series to address different concerns, and each series has complete skincare set from cleanser to sunscreen.

Check out their Tea Tree Blemish Control series if you have acne-prone skin. Their Raw Jobe’s Tears Pore Minimizing series is a holy grail product for dry or oily skin with visible pores.

Check out this video from Wishtrend to learn how to layer your new cult favorite beauty products:

Stop sleeping on these cult favorite brands and I promise you’ll wake up with better skin! These cult favorite brands gained popularity through innovative formulations and sure results. If your current arsenal isn’t living up to your expectations, maybe it’s time for a beauty overhaul and a new brand introduction.

Stock up on these brands and you’ll be singing Beyonce’s “I woke up like this,” everyday.

Do these cult favorite brands have you rethinking your current skincare stock? We’d love to hear from you in the comments section below!

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