Exclusive: R&B Artist Maeta Talks All Things Beauty

What are your top five favorite long-lasting makeup products?

I don’t know if I have a top five, but I have a few things. I’m a drugstore girl. I rarely go to Sephora to buy makeup. Everything I get is from Target or CVS. I think baking is important. I use the Makeup Revolution Translucent Setting Powder. That’s so important; it’s my all-time favorite powder. I use that, and then I do a matte lip every time. I sing with the mic so close to my mouth. If I have a gloss on, it will be everywhere, so I never put a gloss on. I use setting spray, but I don’t know which setting spray is the best one. I think Patrick Starr has a good one […] That stuff is incredible. I remember being really impressed by it.

Do you happen to have a favorite eyeliner or mascara?

I do love Dior palettes. They have such beautiful colors. Every time I use eyeshadow, it’s almost always the Dior palette. For eyeliner, I stick to the drugstore; I’m using an ELF brown liner.

Another trick is sometimes I’ll use an eyeliner for lip liner. I don’t know if that’s good for your lips, but it stays so long. Any brown liner…I’ll even use it to put little fake freckles on my face.

That’s a good trick, especially if it’s waterproof.

Yes, and my lip liner moves! If you know me, you know I’m always pulling out my phone and checking my lip liner. When I use eyeliner or even a brow pencil, those things just don’t move.