NewBeauty readers have spoken, and their picks for the best beauty products across the industry have been tallied. This year’s Readers’ Choice Awards features the top-rated products and in-office procedures our discerning audience cannot live without. Some are worthy investments, but our readers know price isn’t everything. If you’re looking to improve your beauty regimen in a wallet-friendly way, start here. We’ve rounded up every single product from the second annual Readers’ Choice Awards that won’t cost you a penny more than $30.
Skin-Care Winners $30 and Under
The skin-care category is a masterclass in high/low beauty. From a classic drugstore moisturizer to de-puffing eye masks and a luxury French brand, there’s something here for everyone. I can personally vouch for the environmentally friendly towelettes celebrities are obsessed with for avoiding unwanted face bacteria—I’ve been using them for months and my breakouts have disappeared.
Bliss Block Star Sheer Liquid SPF 50
CeraVe Moisturizing Cream
Clear Skin Club Clean Towels XL Bamboo
Lanolips 101 Ointment Coconutter
Nakery Beauty Hydra-C Oil to Foam Cleanser
OLAY Super Serum
RéVive MASQUE DES YEUX Instant De-Puffing Eye Gel Mask
Selfless by Hyram Retinol & Rainbow Algae
Makeup Winners $30 and Under
There are so many impressive makeup award-winners for under $30 this year, including the new Tarte concealer one editor calls “worth the hype” and the tubing mascara she says is one of her “favorite beauty product discoveries of the past five years.” Also on the list? Kim Kardashian’s go-to brow pencil.
Anastasia Brow Wiz
Benefit Cosmetics Gimme Brow+
Glo Skin Beauty Essential Eye Base
GXVE Beauty I’m Still Here Lipstick
Laneige Lip Sleeping Mask
LARUCE Beauty LR334 Angle Contour Brush
MAC Cosmetics Lip Liner Pencil
MAKE Beauty Continuum Gel Eyeliner
Poppy & Pout Lip Balm
tarte Creaseless Creamy Concealer
Thrive Cosmetics Liquid Lash Extension
Hair Winners $30 and Under
Give your tresses some TLC—and don’t forget your scalp. Our readers really love products that set the reset button on damaged hair, like bond repair and clarifying shampoos, scalp scrubs and frizz-reducing hair towels.
COLOR WOW Color Security Shampoo
Daily Concepts Daily Hair Wrap Towel
NatureLab.Tokyo Perfect Clean 2-in-1 Scalp Scrub and Clarifying Shampoo
Olaplex No.4 Bond Maintenance Shampoo
Saints & Sinners Divine Dry Finish Texture Spray
Body Winners $30 and Under
I promise you don’t have to spend hundreds of dollars at an actual spa to get a spa-like shower experience. Case in point: L’Occitane’s cult-favorite Almond Shower Oil, Dewy Hours’s Exfoliating Body Glove and Saltair’s addicting body washes are all under $30.
Dewy Hours Exfoliating Body Glove
Dionis Goat Milk Skincare Goat Milk Whipped Body Scrub
eos Cashmere Skin Collection Shave Oil
L’Occitane Almond Shower Oil
OffCourt Exfoliating Body Soap
Olly Goodbye Stress Gummies
Saltair Island Orchid Body Wash
