Meet Rachel Carlisle, content creator and cookbook author. She published her first cookbook, “Perfect Pairings: Potatoes and Cocktails!” in April of 2022, and she creates custom content for Instagram and TikTok. Many people know Rachel for her makeup style, which includes starting her routine with a face oil and liquid blush. For Instagram, she focuses more on curating beauty and lifestyle content. Here are some of her favorite products for looking effortlessly glam.
1. BEST OVERALL BEAUTY PRODUCT FOR FACE AND BODY
Bio-Oil is the product I would choose if I could only have one. I use it as moisturizer, the base for my makeup — everything. I just wish one day, they would make one that includes sun protection; I’m very serious about always using spf.
2. THE HOLY GRAIL OF TANNING PRODUCTS
MineTan Dark Ash Spray Tan Solution is holy-grail product for a deep, lasting tan that never gets patchy or orange. It’s a spray-tan solution, but I put it in a foam pump and apply it with a mitt.
3. MY FAVORITE FACIAL SELF-TANNER
Tan Luxe Tan Drops for Face is the only facial self-tanner I’ve ever used that didn’t look yellow or orange. It’s very customizable. Add a few drops to whatever facial moisturizer you use, and it creates the perfect shade. Last summer in Mexico, I mixed a drop a day in with my sunscreen so my face matched the rest of my body while still using a high spf.
4. MASCARA THAT LENGTHENS, VOLUMIZES AND NEVER CLUMPS
I feel like I have been looking endlessly for the perfect mascara, and Tarte Tartelette Tubing Mascara checks every box. It’s volumizing, lengthening and never clumps. It gives a very natural, but extremely glam, look — like a good false lash.
5. A CLEAN, SOPHISTICATED SCENT
My mom is very into fragrances and always has stressed the importance of having a good signature scent — or a few. Maison Francis Kurkdjian Baccarat Rouge 540 just smells clean and sophisticated without ever being too much.
6. MUST-HAVE HAIR FIX FOR THE SOUTHERN HUMIDITY
I absolutely swear by the Bed Head Hair Wax Stick! In the warmer months, you most likely will see me sporting a slicked-back ponytail or bun. I love how elegant and effortless it looks, and it’s the only way I’ve found to avoid looking frizzy down here in the South. This stick keeps everything at bay, isn’t sticky and smells amazing!
7. THE LIQUID BLUSH I ALWAYS REACH FOR
If you are familiar with my makeup style, you know I love liquid blushes! I have so many in my collection, but I always come back to the NARS Classic Liquid Blush. It is so easy to build up or keep subtle. I always recommend this one to someone just getting into liquid blushes.