Since we’re about to bid farewell to 2019 — and wow, an entire decade for that matter — and there’s been no shortage of new beauty drops and discoveries on our end. STYLECASTER’s senior beauty editor, Nikki Brown knows this first hand. To honor the passing of yet another year in proper editorial form, I decided it was an apt time to ask Nikki for her beauty editor favorites of 2019. Nikki literally comes into work every morning only to be greeted an entire office covered filled to the brim with press packages and boxes chock full of new beauty launches from PR firms and brands (she actually refers to her desk as a “beauty dumpster,” from time to time), so she clearly knows a thing or two about what’s worth your money and what actually works. Sure, a daily unboxing ritual probably either sounds like a blessing or the contrary — a straight-up chore — but one of the perks (and well, occupational responsibilities) of our job is being able to test out new products on the regular to make sure that we’re recommending you the best stuff to drop your hard-earned coin on. With all of the samples and constant switching up of our routines to give beauty’s constant cycle of newcomers a fair shot, naturally there are bound to be some standout favorites (and un-favorites, to be sure) that make their way into our everyday beauty routines and even attain long-term holy grail status — despite the overwhelming influ...