Reader Recs: Kate Shares More Beauty Products

Dear Wendy readers are some of the most intelligent, stylish, super-cool people around (it’s a proven fact), so it’s a no-brainer to feature some of their favorite products. Many of the recommended products happen to be affiliate products, which means I’ll receive a commission on any click-throughs or purchases you make through the affiliate links. As always, I appreciate your support! Today’s recommendations come from Kate, who lives just outside of Boston with her husband and their Jack Russell Terrier, Mike. She’s in Client Development at a global media company, and she travels a lot to glamorous places like New Jersey while also taking fun vacations to Mexico and anywhere warm. Kate is our resident style and beauty maven (you can read previous reader recs of hers here); check out some of her more product recommendations below, including what will fix your summer-fried hair and the best drug store swaps for pricey Mac lipsticks.

These lipsticks are drugstore dupes for popular Mac shades:

Maybelline Touch of Spice is a dupe for Mac Twig. Really pretty neutral. Kylie-ish, but it looked good on me, a blonde, as well.

L’Oréal Fairest Nude is a dupe for Mac Blankety, and is THE nude for fair skinned women. Great with a smokey eye too, for your party looks.

Revlon Certainly Red is a dupe for Mac Ruby Woo.

And finally, I don’t know if Revlon Pink in the afternoon is a dupe, but it’s supposed to be Holly Golightly’s shade in Breakfast at Tiffany’s.

If you need to fix your fried summer hair: Sebastian Dark Oil. Omg, it smells wonderful, is beautifully packaged, moisturizes, controls frizz, protects from heat styling, and is also great for air drying. Ideal to follow a leave-in cream like Oribe SuperShine.

This night cream is an oldie but goodie that I’ve always loved, with retinol! I’ve seen it listed as a dupe for La Mer, but I wouldn’t know. 😉 I’ve been using it for many years, and my skin is smooth and youthful.

This biotin supplement for hair, skin, and nails has brought massive regrowth to my head. There are a million little hairs a few inches long, since I started using it back in the spring. So my hair is thicker and stronger. The hairs don’t stick up all over but you can see them if you lift up a section. I like the fruit-flavored dissolving formula so you’re not swallowing another pill.

And a great work dress! Comfortable, profesh, doesn’t wrinkle much if you pack it. Comes in navy or blush. Runs true to size. I went a size up and it was too big.

Thanks, Kate!

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