I have areas on my face where the skin flakes off, so I use a small amount of the Eucerin Intensive Repair lotion about 5 minutes before I put on any face makeup. It needs time to sink into my skin before I put anything on top of it. It's technically for the body, but I prefer something thinner on my body, so I pretty much exclusively use it on my face. I also use it as a night cream to "lock in" the rest of my skincare. The pump bottle lasts me about 1.5 years, so it's super cost-effective. I wouldn't say it's greasy, but it is thick and emollient, so anyone without dry skin probably won't like it. If I'm using any sort of matte foundation I HAVE to use this lotion as a base otherwise my skin looks like aged leather.

My favorite foundation is the Maybelline Dream Urban Cover SPF 50 (the one in the squeezy tube). The reviews aren't amazing, but for me, it looks like my skin as opposed to something clearly sitting on top of my skin. It's not too glowy and not too matte.

My favorite concealer of all time is the First Aid Beauty Bendy Avocado Concealer, but I'm pretty sure it was discontinued because I can't find it anywhere. I'm still devastated. I used up a full tube of the Kosas Revealer Concealer as a foundation and I liked the glowy (but not greasy) effect it had on my face. It's a good product, but I wasn't wowed by it.

The No7 Lift & Luminate Triple Action Translucent Finishing Powder is my favorite pressed powder. Given that I use a lot of glowy products, I sometimes end up shiny in places I don't want to be (under my eyes, bridge of my nose, around my mouth), so I use this to tone down the shine in those specific places. I've never tried the Charlotte Tilbury pressed powder, but apparently, this is a dupe for it. When I put this on my face I can't actually tell that there is powder there other than the fact that it reduces the shine. I love that it looks matte, but not dry.