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10 celeb-loved drugstore beauty products under $20
These are the A-lister beauty secrets we can afford, starting at $6.
When your face is what pays the bills, you want the best your money can buy — but the best doesn’t always mean the most expensive. Sure, some celebs blow a lot of cash on skin care and makeup, but not all of them. Some stick to tried-and-true drugstore brands. We're talking about Drew Barrymore's favorite Bioderma makeup remover and Martha Stewart's go-to tinted moisturizer, both just $13 at Amazon. And there’s more! Take a look below at all the celeb-approved beauty products you can nab for under $20.
L'Oreal Paris Makeup True Match Lumi Glotion
Bliss Bright Idea Vitamin C + Tri-Peptide Collagen Brightening Face Serum
L'Oreal Paris Magic Root Cover Up Gray Concealer Spray
DEL INDIO PAPAGO Night Skin Cream with Tepezcohuite
Cetaphil Hydrating Gentle Skin Cleanser
Bioderma Sensibio H2O Micellar Water
Weleda Skin Food Original Ultra-Rich Body Cream
CeraVe AM Facial Moisturizing Lotion with SPF 30
Neutrogena Hydro Boost Water Gel Face Moisturizer
ChapStick Total Hydration Vitamin Enriched Blushed Bronze Tinted Lip Oil Tube, Lip Care - 0.24 Oz
1. Martha Stewart's L'Oreal Paris True Match Lumi Glotion
Instantly hydrate and highlight your skin with Lumi Glotion for a gorgeous, luminous look — choose from multiple shades to best enhance your glow! Prices vary slightly based on shade.
On her website, Martha Stewart revealed the 14 beauty products she swears by, and this glow-enhancing priming lotion is near the top of the list. Her trusted makeup artist of nearly 10 years, Daisy Toye, said she applies it to Martha's face after SPF to add dewiness and create "a smooth canvas for makeup." Infused with glycerin and shea butter, the "glotion" hydrates and moisturizes the skin and helps enhance its natural glow.
2. Bethenny Frankel's Bliss' Vitamin C skin care
This serum contains a high concentration of Vitamin C along with tri-peptides and green tea extract to help get skin to its youthful, glowy best.
Bethenny Frankel is a big fan of anything Bliss: "Bliss was the first spa chain that I can remember, and now they can reach everyone. I always remembered that Bliss products were amazing ... I love [the] entire Bliss Vitamin C skin care range," she said in a video on her YouTube channel.
3. Eva Longoria's L'Oreal Paris Magic Root Cover Up Gray Concealer Spray
Available in nine shades, this spray conceals grays until your next shampoo. With nearly 50,000 five-star ratings, it's also super-popular, and we can see why.
Eva Longoria demonstrated her hair routine in a video, spraying L'Oreal Paris Magic Root Cover Up onto her part to camouflage silver strands. "If you’ve been following me, you know I've been going gray," she said. "So I have my favorite solution, Magic Root Cover Up. This thing's awesome because it has a little nozzle that makes it really specific."
4. Salma Hayek uses Tepezcohuite
This cream contains Tepezcohuite which comes from a tree often called the "Mexican skin tree" because its bark is known to help regenerate skin and hair. It was used to treat hundreds of thousands of burn victims in an earthquake and a gas explosion in Mexico in the 1980s when no medical supplies were available.
This cream contains Salma Hayek's secret weapon ingredient for youthful-looking skin. "I use an ingredient called Tepezcohuite that's used in Mexico for burn victims because it completely regenerates the skin," Hayek told Elle. "Some of the ingredients, when I took them to the American labs, they were like, 'Oh my God! How come nobody is using this?' This is why I have no Botox, no peels, no fillers."
5. Reese Witherspoon's Cetaphil Face Wash
The affordable face wash loved by Reese Witherspoon is infused with glycerin and niacinamide to hydrate skin while it cleanses it.
Thinking about switching up your facial cleanser? Reese Witherspoon loves Cetaphil. "I use the face wash, and I travel with it ... I love drugstore makeup, too," she told Refinery29. "I remember going as a little girl to the drugstore down the street from my grandmother's house, and I'd spend hours looking at nail polish and lipstick and blush."
6. Drew Barrymore's Bioderma Sensibio H2O Micellar Water
This cleanser-and-toner multitasker is loved by celebs and beauty enthusiasts alike.
Drew Barrymore called this cleanser "by far the best makeup remover I've ever used," but it does so much more: It'll streamline your skin care routine and allow you to wash your face without regular water (even if you don't wear makeup). It instantly wipes away grime and works well for almost everyone, including those with sensitive skin.
7. Julia Robert's Weleda Skin Food Original Ultra-Rich Body Cream
The ultimate moisturizer, this rich, botanical cream hydrates the skin and makes it appear more luminous.
Julia Roberts loves this ultra-rich cream, formulated with nourishing natural ingredients like extracts from rosemary, chamomile and pansy in a base of sunflower and sweet almond oils. It's safe for use on any skin type and on any area of the body. No need for a facial moisturizer and a separate body lotion!
“I put it on my hands after I wash the dishes, and wind up putting it on my elbows and feet," Roberts told InStyle. "Before you know it, I’ve squeezed this poor little green tube into a twist.”
8. Olivia Wilde's CeraVe Moisturizer
This lightweight, oil-free lotion contains an SPF, so not only does it help keep skin moisturized, but it prevents it from burning and developing bad sun damage.
Olivia Wilde is one of the brand's many fans. "I use the cheapest possible skin care — not because it's cheap, but because it's the best," she once said. "Dermatologists have recommended it for years and I've never paid attention. But recently I started using Cetaphil cleanser and CeraVe moisturizer. They're gentle and simple."
9. Jennifer Garner's Neutrogena Hydro Boost Face Moisturizer
This celeb-approved moisturizer keeps your skin hydrated for up to 48 hours. The main ingredient is hyaluronic acid, which binds water to the skin’s surface to give you smoother, hydrated and more supple skin.
Jennifer Garner has long been a fan of Neutrogena’s affordable yet effective products, so much so that she has been a longtime ambassador for the brand. Last year, the actress shared with InStyle magazine that the Hydro Boost Water Gel Moisturizer is one of her favorites from the skincare brand.
“I can instantly tell the difference — it just looks fresh and plump and better. There are all these little micro-lines that once I put this on, they go away," she said. "This is 48 hours of moisture that you're locking in with one thing, and then I don't have to worry about it…I think it's my favorite product we've ever put out.”
10. Padma Lakshmi's ChapStick
With vitamin E, vitamin C, and omegas 3, 6 and 9, this oil helps replenish moisture and nutrients to your lips and adds sheer color and subtle shine to them.
Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi has a memorable smile made for TV. To keep her lips supple, she uses ChapStick Tinted Lip Oil.
"It's an oil that hydrates your lips," she said in a video for Vogue. "It has a little color in it and I just let that soak in. This is just to really get them moist."
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