Even though we’re still waiting for Rihanna’s next album to be released, we can at least console ourselves in the meantime with the Fenty sale, which will offer 25 percent off sitewide and up to 60 percent off select items until March 25. Since it can be difficult to know what deals are actually worth taking advantage of during a sitewide sale, I’m here with some Strategist shopping advice. Everything below is something we’ve written about before, and much of it comes recommended — and tested — by our beauty columnist, Rio Viera-Newton. Some deals that caught my eye include 50 percent off Viera-Newton’s favorite eyeliner and a luscious lip balm that you can wear all day. To stay in the know about even more exclusive deals, subscribe to our newsletter.
This pore-refining toner-serum hybrid provides instant glow and “does everything from shrink pores to brighten skin,” writes Strategist beauty writer Tembe Denton-Hurst. She recommends it to anyone hoping to build a Black-owned skin-care routine.
For a rich lip balm that can double as a gloss, Denton-Hurst recommends Rihanna’s Luscious Lip Balm, which is still available in two shades — Pinch Me, a deep rouge, and Latte Lips, a burnt salmon. Along with providing moisture through rich ingredients, such as shea butter, the lip balm isn’t greasy, making it “ideal for wearing all day and reapplying throughout,” Denton-Hurst says.
This moisturizer-sunscreen hybrid is Viera-Newton’s favorite product in Rihanna’s skin-care line because “it’s a lightweight chemical sunscreen that leaves no white cast behind.” The best part? It’s refillable — “When your product is done, pop out the empty pump cartridge, and slide in your new one.”
Denton-Hurst named this the best tinted moisturizer with coverage because it “has more of a semi-matte finish and the formula is buildable to provide medium coverage.” This is for someone “looking for something lightweight but with more of a foundation look.”
To put this red lip to the test, Viera-Newton wore it through four courses of a Mediterranean-food buffet and two and a half glasses of wine. To her surprise, “It was just as bright, and hadn’t worn at all in the center of my lips.” She says that she was still able to remove it using only two Bioderma-soaked cotton pads.
If you like a glassy lip, check out Fenty’s Lip Luminizer, which Viera-Newton likes because “It’s a high-impact gloss with minimal stick.” She keeps one in every one of her purses.
If you prefer pencil over liquid eyeliner, Fenty’s Flypencils are also long lasting. Viera-Newton reports that “they easily glide across your lids, imparting a beautiful high pigment.”
Viera-Newton uses this two-toned metallic highlighter for her going-out eye shadow and says it “has single-handedly made getting glam before going out the easiest it’s ever been.”
The blendable formula of this bronzer makes it easy to add a little warmth all over your face or achieve a more chiseled contour, writes Viera-Newton. It comes in seven shades.
Viera-Newton loves this concealer not just for its full coverage and seamless color matching (it comes in 50 shades), but also because its formula “truly does not budge.”
Upgrade your correcting, contouring, and highlighting game with this discounted trio that you can customize according to your skin tone and makeup preferences.
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