Emily Awards 2012: FACE!

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Hey everyone! The Emily Awards are back again! I hope you enjoyed the silly intro this year- Tyler and I spent a lot of time on that :) Gotta give my assistant Cupcake a little credit, too. In case you're not familiar with the Emily Awards, basically these are all of my favorite products of the past year. These awards began with just one video back in 2008, and now I do multiple videos each year so I can provide more details, and favorites for both high end and drugstore categories. Basically, I like to pretend that I work for Allure magazine and really go crazy with it. 

My first video focuses on favorite face products, and keep in mind that I may not have a favorite in every single category. It's gotta be awesome (in my opinion) to make the list! :) I hope this list makes it easy for you to keep track of your favorites and refer to it if you're on the go. Keep checking in with my YouTube channel for new videos in this series, and I'll also update Twitter and Facebook when something new is posted. 

* denotes the number of years a particular product has won. 

This is the 5th year for the Emily Awards

Best Primer

• High End: Mally Perfect Prep Poreless Primer
• Drugstore: Rimmel Fix & Perfect Pro**

Best Liquid Foundation

• High End: Estee Lauder Double Wear
• Drugstore: Revlon Colorstay Whipped Creme Makeup

Best Mineral Foundation

• High End: MAC Mineralized Skinfinish Natural***
• Drugstore: Everyday Minerals*****

Best Concealer

• High End: Bare Minerals Bisque** and MAC Pro Longwear Concealer
• Drugstore: Cover Girl & Olay Concealer Balm and Pixi Correction Concentrate in Brightening Peach

Best Loose Powder

• High End: IT Cosmetics Bye Bye Pores
• Drugstore: (none)

Best Pressed Powder

• High End: (none)
• Drugstore: L'oreal True Match***

Best Powder Foundation

• High End: Laura Geller Balance & Brighten**
• Drugstore: Milani Multitasker**

Best Bronzer

• High End: Laura Geller Bronze & Brighten
• Drugstore: Revlon PhotoReady Bronzer in Bronzed & Chic

Best Blush

• High End: The Balm blushes
• Drugstore: ELF Studio blushes & Wet n Wild blushes

Best Cream Blush

• High End: NARS Multiple in Orgasm
• Drugstore: Maybelline Dream Bouncy Blush in Hot Tamale

Best Highlight

• High End: LORAC Perfectly Lit powder in Spotlight***
• Drugstore: Wet n Wild Color Icon- Reserve Your Cabana

Best Finishing/Touch-Up Product

• High End: Mally Poreless Face Defender**

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Where to buy...

• Drugstore products are available at most drug/discount stores
• Milani is found at cherryculture.com or milanicosmetics.com 
• Pixi is available exclusively at Target
• ELF is available at Target and eyeslipsface.com 
• Everyday Minerals is found at everydayminerals.com
• Laura Geller, Mally, Bare Minerals and IT Cosmetics are at qvc.com
• The Balm is available at thebalm.com 
• Estee Lauder is at esteelauder.com
• MAC is at maccosmetics.com
• NARS, LORAC, and Bare Minerals are found at sephora.com