16 Time-Saving Beauty Products We Love

Instead of spending time trying out dozens of toners and serums to achieve the skin of your dreams you should choose one that does it all. This one serum addresses fine lines, irritation, uneven skin tones, and hydrates and plumps. This lightweight serum has been awarded numerous awards for its innovative approach to soothing and calming. However, we love it because all of our other serums are thrown out the window.

This primer and sunscreen combine two steps. The Unseen Sunscreen, a thin, silicone-based SPF40 product, blurs pores and prepares your skin for makeup. This product can replace a makeup routine if you have trouble remembering to apply sunscreen daily. They also offer the Glowscreen Sunscreen for dry skin. It has an integrated illuminator and is absolutely stunning.

I know many of us are over full-coverage foundations, but I have recently discovered this one, and it’s entirely changed my mind. Full coverage doesn’t have to mean cakey, heavy, or uncomfortable, and this foundation is basically the opposite of all of those negative characteristics. I love it when I’m trying to get my makeup done quickly because it’s one-and-done and so easy to blend. I don’t have to go in with concealer because it covers everything in one step, but unlike other full-coverage foundations, it blends seamlessly into my skin, so the application is super quick. This is bold, but it’s the best foundation product I’ve tried in a long time.

This concealer is taking over TikTok. It’s a radiant, medium-coverage concealer that effortlessly blends into skin. I’ve been using it under my eyes and to spot conceal with a little bit of powder, and it gives me a gorgeous, glowy look without much effort at all. It doesn’t crease in my fine lines, and I love that there is some glow to the formula that doesn’t make me look greasy.

I had to include a classic product that does double duty, and this one has become one of my favorite. This cream is versatile and can be used on your eyes, cheeks, and lips. You can use it as a sheer eye wash or with a flat brush to add color. I apply a small amount to my cheeks using a fluffy duofiber brush. I apply it with my fingertips to the lips.

This is great for creating monochrome looks (which is a major go-to for me when I’m looking for something easy that’s still trendy and fun), but I also just love it individually for each part of my face. This is a great makeup bag addition as it includes three products.

Everyone needs a classic mascara you can rely on that won’t clump, flake, or smudge throughout the day, and this one is mine. This mascara is my go-to mascara when I want my lashes looking their best. It is so great that I wrote an entire review about it. 🙂

I love products that I can use in more than one way. If I can find two ways to use it, it takes up less space in my makeup bag. This pencil can double as an eye and a lip pencil. You could also use it to fill in beauty marks with extra pigment or on your brows.), and I love this “Endless Cacao” shade for creating a gorgeous brown smokey eye with a neutral brown lip. This gives you a classic look in five minutes and only one product. Plus, I love these pencils because they’re the perfect mix of creamy and pigmented but with lots of staying power. They’re my #1 favorite lip pencils, and this color is slowly becoming my favorite for the eyes too.

Beauty sponges have entirely changed our beauty routines, and I don’t think I’d be able to do my makeup without one at this point. When I want to blend my foundation, concealer, blush, or bronzer quickly and without worrying if I’ll be marred by harsh lines, I trust a beauty sponge to get it done. These ones from Beauty Bakerie are extremely cost effective (you get six sponges for less than $20, making them cheaper than practically any other sponge I’ve tried), and they’re just as soft as the ones that are five times the price.

I’ve been raving about this product for months, and it’s become my go-to product to add extra glow to my skin in the morning when I don’t want to wear makeup. This product does double duty as a serum containing hyaluronic acids. It plumps up my skin and gives me a gorgeous, dewy glow.

This dry shampoo is for the days you’re like, “I’m not sure if dry shampoo will cut it today.” With this one, it will. It doesn’t cause irritation to your scalp and, although it leaves a little white residue at first, it blends easily with your skin. For the days you just don’t have time to shower, you’ll want this in your arsenal. I love it for refreshing my hair after the gym, and it’s great for adding lots of texture to my clean hair too.

I would love to love hair masks but I find them very inconvenient. I hate that I have have to wet my hair to apply the mask, and then I have have to get out of bed to dry it. I simply don’t have the time or patience to dry my whole body multiple times in one day. This means I almost never used hair masks—until I found this one. You apply this mask to your hair while it’s dry (ideally before bed), and you’re good to go. There’s no need to wash it out, and it leaves your hair just as soft and shiny as any other hair mask you’d spend forever tinkering with will.

I almost never use air drying if I want my hair looking great quickly. My hair is like most people’s, it can be unpredictable. Some days, it’ll air dry completely pin-straight. Others, my ends flip under like I’m in a ‘90s sitcom (and not the cute kind). I can count on my hair drying flat and without volume. However, blow drying my hair isn’t always in the cards, so I turn to this air dry cream. It gives my hair the volume and hold I want from a blow dryer, without the heat damage. I love to use this product on my hair, and then braid it or clip it for heatless waves. It’s so much easier than having to sit in front of a mirror with a curling iron, and my hair likes me a lot better in the long run.

Bread Beauty Supply has a leave-in conditioner for curly or kinky hair. This cream provides extra moisture and conditioning for hair. It also adds shine to curly hair types. It combines a treatment with a styling product, saving you a few extra steps in your routine (which will feel like a major weight off your shoulders—literally!).

This one-step hair dryer is the most loved hair tool in the last few months, and I predict it will be the best for the next decade. It takes just 15 minutes to get the hairstyle of your dreams. Or five if you have short hair like me. I have curtain bangs, and I use this to style my curtain bangs basically every single day, and it’s the easiest way to get that swoopy look in truly one minute. This tool is indispensable in my hair kit.

To get the best tanning experience, ditch the mousse and go straight to our favorite tanning products. Simply put a few drops in your moisturizer, and you’ll wake up with bronzey, glowy skin, and you didn’t even really add an extra step. I often forget to self-tan because it feels like such an extra step in my routine, but since I tried these drops, I consistently do it because I just keep the drops in my bathroom cabinet next to my moisturizer, and it’s easy as pie.

Our whole team swears by this product for soft, supple skin without the annoying step of applying moisturizer all over your body, feeling sticky, waiting for it to dry, and wishing you’d never put it on because you feel so uncomfortable. Apply the moisturizer to your wet skin either in the shower or immediately after. Pat your skin dry with a towel. Wiping off the product will cause it to dry. It takes out all the hassles of applying a body moisturizing cream, but retains all its benefits. When I’m not using this regularly, I can tell because my skin is so much drier and flakier. Plus, my tan lasts a lot longer when I use this product.