The Desert-Island List: 26 Epic Beauty Products That Made the Cut

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A "desert-island list" may be a trope, but that doesn't make me like it any less. It indicates high urgency and really separates the good from the can't-live-without things (in this case, beauty products). So trope it is.

When forced to choose just a few things to take to an indefinite stay on a desert island, it really encourages us to take stock of which items we use the most. With this in mind, I asked my fellow Who What Wear editors to consider their go-to beauty products and narrow it down to the few (or even one or two, in some cases) they would hate to be stranded without. (I actually chose seven products myself—I never said I travel lightly.) You can't go wrong with any of these skin, makeup, and hair products below because we're very discerning packers. You'll see.

Scroll to shop 26 beauty products that are desert-island worthy.

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Allyson's essentials:

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Erin's essentials:

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Bobby's essentials:

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Sarah's essentials:

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Kat's essential:

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Before and after:
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Jasmine's essentials:

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Nicole's essentials:

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Yusra's essentials:

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Judith's essentials:

Next up, the 36 drugstore skincare items dermatologists would buy over and over.

Allyson Payer
Senior Editor

Allyson is a senior editor for Who What Wear. She joined the company in 2014 as co-founder Katherine Power's executive assistant and over the years has written hundreds of stories for Who What Wear. Prior to her career in fashion, Allyson worked in the entertainment industry at companies such as Sony Pictures Television. Allyson is now based in Raleigh, North Carolina, and is originally from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She holds a BFA in theater. Her path to fashion may not have been linear, but based on the number of fashion magazines she collected as a child and young adult, it was meant to be.