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Everyone has a go-to makeup routine - y'know, the stuff you put on your face when you're on autopilot.

Glowy skin! Statement lip! The combo becomes so familiar, so failsafe, it's kinda like a uniform - a makeup uniform, if you will.

From fluffy brows to smudged liner, we asked seven familiar faces fromMamamiato break down theirs. And boy, did they come through with the goods.

Holly Wainwright, Head of Content and Co-Host of Mamamia Out Loud.

I have a powder ban in full effect. My make up uniform has evolved as I have become more grown-up (cough, old). I have not put a powder anywhere near my face for years now, and I won't be doing it anytime soon, I'm now all about cream and glow.

In terms of my uniform, it's very simple. Over my serum and moisturiser I do Trinny London's BFF Skin Perfector SPF 30, $67.50. I don't really understand what it does, it comes out of the tube white, goes onto my skin peachy and just gives this even tone and GLOW that I am completely addicted to. I have repurchased about 25 times.

If I'm being fancy (office, filming, party, one of those rare things) I follow with some foundation - my ride-or-die is Rageism All Day Mineral Foundation, $68, and my new flirty friend is NARS Light-Reflecting Foundation, $73 - either of those, but more often than not I leave it at my BFF.

Then it's a bit of concealer on the eye circle bags - I like a really creamy one, right now it's an Armani Beauty one called Fabric, $65, which cost more than I should have spent. And then, mascara and brows. I can't leave the house without that.

Tubing mascara, MCoBeauty Lash Xtend, $24, every time. It's the only one that doesn't smudge on me. And I have 25 different brow-taming products but right now it's also MCoBeauty - their Magic Brows brow pomade, $18, and then their Hair and Brow Magic Wand, $18, to stick in place (my brows are unruly).

If I have places to be, I'll stick on cream blush, highlighter and cream eye shadow - I love Mii Forever Eye Colour Crayons, $45, or my Trinny London Eye2Eye T-Tones, $38 in Wisdom.

And if I need a confidence boost lately I have become obsessed with a red lip - either Lip Luxe, $40, in Demon by Trinny London (again!) or my MCoBeauty Double Ended Lipstick & Liner, $14, in Iconic Red.

Instant power face. Not a powder in sight.

Leigh Campbell, Executive Editor.

My makeup uniform is filled-in brows ( Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Wiz, $36) a little bit of liner on the top lash line (can be pencil or liquid, I don't discriminate), and mascara. That's my go-to look.

Then I'll switch up the base depending on what I'm doing that day or how well my skin is behaving, but I always set it with bronzer ( Estée Lauder Bronze Goddess Powder Bronzer, $66).

I'm not a bright lipstick person so lips are generally some form of nude gloss ( Too Faced Lip Injection Liquid Lipstick, $39) or just plain lip balm.

Emily Vernem, Social Media Producer and Co-Host of Lowbrow.

My failsafe makeup look is clean and simple with a PLOT TWIST. The plot twist being a bright coloured eyeliner. I love having fun with makeup whenever I'm feeling sad or a bit down I know that a pink lip and a bright blue eyeliner will perk me up straight away.

My actual face makeup is minimal, I switch between

Erin Docherty

Beauty & Lifestyle Editor

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