My DD loved Elf lip gloss, Kosas concealer, Sabrina Carpenter perfume, and some mascara from Sephora.

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Anonymous wrote:Clinique is a great first makeup brand (although I know not particularly trendy).

I think the perfect products for a young teen starting out with makeup are a concealer, a blush, a highlighter, a mascara, and a lip gloss.

No teen wants Clinique now, sorry. Sephora actually has some reasonably priced makeup.

I acknowledged Clinique wasn’t trendy. But also wanted to point out that it’s actually sold at Sephora.

Anyways, for trendier choices:

Tower 28 concealer
Rare Beauty blush or Rhode pocket blush
Tarte tubing mascara
Saie highlighter
Summer Fridays lip gloss

If it is skincare at a good price point she is after, maybe she’d enjoy a K-Beauty store.

Can recommend Besfren Beautyin Falls Church (Eden Center) for good service and a not intimidating experience for a newbie.

https://www.besfrenbeauty.com/store-location/falls-church-virginia/

Anonymous wrote:Clinique is a great first makeup brand (although I know not particularly trendy).

I think the perfect products for a young teen starting out with makeup are a concealer, a blush, a highlighter, a mascara, and a lip gloss.

No teen wants Clinique now, sorry. Sephora actually has some reasonably priced makeup.

I have used/can afford 'fancy' makeup but my holy grail concealer is a Wet & Wild one that sells for like $4

OP, your daughter might have fun doing a color analysis and getting a few product recommendations at Sephora, but she also probably follows enough social media influencers/Reddit threads to know what drugstore 'dupes' to try, too.

Clinique is a great first makeup brand (although I know not particularly trendy).

I think the perfect products for a young teen starting out with makeup are a concealer, a blush, a highlighter, a mascara, and a lip gloss.

Anonymous wrote:My teen wants more expensive makeup than I buy myself.

Sounds like it's time for her to get a job.

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Anonymous wrote:Did no one where drug store makeup at a teen? That is literally all anyone I knew wore. Aside from maple the Clinique gift with purchase my mother or grandmother would pass on it me. It’s fine, really it is. Take her to Walgreens or Ulta and let her pick some stuff

Teens today don’t wear drugstore makeup. I personally have never used that crap.

If Elf is not a drugstore brand I don't know what is, and girls at DD's mid-price private are obsessed with it...

The girls at our public like Saie, Charlotte Tillbury, Rare Beauty, and Rhode. Elf is really only for lipgloss.

I cannot believe you all let your kids spend that kind of money on makeup.

This just in! Teens value different things than adults and have different spending habits/use their disposable income differently than their parents!!!!!!!

But they aren't spending their "disposable income" on it, they are asking their parents to buy it for them. Why? Because they can't afford it, because it's stupid expensive.

I bought Maybelline and Cover Girl in the 90s, not because I didn't know more expensive makeup existed, but because it was what I could afford and no way in hell my mom would have bought me makeup from a department store or MAC just to mess around with. I remember my mom offering to buy me nice makeup as a gift when I was 26 and got my first law firm job.

This is correct. And why so many teens girls are terrible with money. Once you get used to a certain “lifestyle” of spending, it’s hard to downgrade once parents stop supporting. They think they “deserve” the high end products because they work hard, etc. but their income as young adults in college and entering the workforce does not support this. It isn’t just the high end makeup, it’s the high end everything teen girls are wanting (and getting) now, plus the frequent takeouts, Starbucks, etc.

I only get it for my daughter for holidays or birthdays. Otherwise she has to use her own money. She is not allowed to get takeout or Starbucks usually. Those are very rare treats.

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Anonymous wrote:Did no one where drug store makeup at a teen? That is literally all anyone I knew wore. Aside from maple the Clinique gift with purchase my mother or grandmother would pass on it me. It’s fine, really it is. Take her to Walgreens or Ulta and let her pick some stuff

Teens today don’t wear drugstore makeup. I personally have never used that crap.

If Elf is not a drugstore brand I don't know what is, and girls at DD's mid-price private are obsessed with it...

The girls at our public like Saie, Charlotte Tillbury, Rare Beauty, and Rhode. Elf is really only for lipgloss.

I cannot believe you all let your kids spend that kind of money on makeup.

This just in! Teens value different things than adults and have different spending habits/use their disposable income differently than their parents!!!!!!!

But they aren't spending their "disposable income" on it, they are asking their parents to buy it for them. Why? Because they can't afford it, because it's stupid expensive.

I bought Maybelline and Cover Girl in the 90s, not because I didn't know more expensive makeup existed, but because it was what I could afford and no way in hell my mom would have bought me makeup from a department store or MAC just to mess around with. I remember my mom offering to buy me nice makeup as a gift when I was 26 and got my first law firm job.

This is correct. And why so many teens girls are terrible with money. Once you get used to a certain “lifestyle” of spending, it’s hard to downgrade once parents stop supporting. They think they “deserve” the high end products because they work hard, etc. but their income as young adults in college and entering the workforce does not support this. It isn’t just the high end makeup, it’s the high end everything teen girls are wanting (and getting) now, plus the frequent takeouts, Starbucks, etc.

So you think DCUM would help

Mac is a great place to start. They have actual MUA and good products. My friends and I all wore MAC in HS in Canada (and lululemon). Some had full makeup and some of us had a lighter sheer look. I took my DD to MAC and also Sephora. She likes fenty, tarte, milk, rare beauty, glow recipe, tower 28, Saie, and laneige. She loves lip oils. If you go to sephora or any makeup store, you can ask for samples of foundation etc. to try at home before you buy. Estee Lauder gave DD 3 samples of foundation to try and she was also given a primer sample to take home.

Instead of foundation, I'd be willing to spring for a nicer tinted moisturizer or CC cream with a high SPF, plus some decent quality mascara. Then I'd give her a budget for "fun" items from Target, let her mess around with cheaper blush, lipstick,and eyeshadow from a brand like ELF. If she really wanted a pricier lipstick or blush, I'd buy it for her as a gift for a birthday or holiday but not as a one off because I wouldn't want my teenage daughter thinking a $30 lip crayon from NARS is a "need". Whereas a good quality tinted moisturizer with SPF is a good all around skincare product with actual benefits that she could wear daily.

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Anonymous wrote:Did no one where drug store makeup at a teen? That is literally all anyone I knew wore. Aside from maple the Clinique gift with purchase my mother or grandmother would pass on it me. It’s fine, really it is. Take her to Walgreens or Ulta and let her pick some stuff

Teens today don’t wear drugstore makeup. I personally have never used that crap.

If Elf is not a drugstore brand I don't know what is, and girls at DD's mid-price private are obsessed with it...

The girls at our public like Saie, Charlotte Tillbury, Rare Beauty, and Rhode. Elf is really only for lipgloss.

I cannot believe you all let your kids spend that kind of money on makeup.

This just in! Teens value different things than adults and have different spending habits/use their disposable income differently than their parents!!!!!!!

But they aren't spending their "disposable income" on it, they are asking their parents to buy it for them. Why? Because they can't afford it, because it's stupid expensive.

I bought Maybelline and Cover Girl in the 90s, not because I didn't know more expensive makeup existed, but because it was what I could afford and no way in hell my mom would have bought me makeup from a department store or MAC just to mess around with. I remember my mom offering to buy me nice makeup as a gift when I was 26 and got my first law firm job.

Try

-Sephora mini sets. Typical contains trial sizes of newer products in one package.
-look at cross functional products. For example, Milk jellies -a multi purposes color tint that can use for the cheeks, eyes and lips. She can layer it for a deeper color. They also sell mini sizes too.