LEIGH CAMPBELL: I've been in beauty for 15 years. Here's exactly what's in my beauty bag.

Stop any woman on their way out of a Mecca store and there’s a good chance they’ll say ‘Leigh Campbell made me do it’.

As a beauty editor with more than 15 years experience, Leigh has built a loyal following by helping us wade through the mountains of beauty products out there, sorting the meh from the you must buy this now.

As Mamamia’s Executive Editor and the host of Australia’s largest beauty podcast You Beauty, Leigh’s been asking influential and interesting Aussie women to open up their beauty bags and share the products they reach for everyday. All the while, she refused to do the same.

Side note – a makeup artist showed us how to contour with our fingers in just a few minutes. Check it out in the video below, post continues after video.

Now, Leigh’s on maternity leave looking after her newborn (you can hear all about Leigh’s birth story on the This Glorious Mess podcast here), but before she left, we forced her into our podcast studio and demanded she give us her ultimate beauty list.

Look, she wasn’t happy about it. In fact, she compared selecting her favourite beauty products to asking one to pick a favourite child.

But we made her do it anyway.

So, after years of swiping and swatching thousands of products, here are the 26 skincare, makeup, hair and body care products Leigh always comes back to.

P.S. You can listen to Leigh’s full In Her Bag interview on the You Beauty podcast below. Post continues after audio.

1. Bioderma Micellar Water, $42.99.

2. Tarte Knockout Tingling Treatment, $58.

3. Beaute Pacifique Defy Damage Skin Repair Serum, $80.

4. Ultraceuticals Ultra A Skin Perfecting Serum, $118.

5. Peter Thomas Roth Water Drench Hyaluronic Cloud Cream Hydrating Moisturiser, $81.

6. The Jojoba Company Australian Jojoba, $29.95.

7. Ultra Violette Queen Screen SPF 50+, $47.

8. Ultra Violette Clean Screen SPF 30 Mattifying Mineral Skinscreen, $42.

9. Beaute Pacifique Clinical Super 3 Booster, $104.

10. SkinCeuticals A.G.E. Eye Complex, $138.37.

11. Clarins Beauty Flash Balm, $65.

12. IT Cosmetics CC Cream, $61.

13. Revlon PhotoReady Candid Antioxidant Concealer, $19.95.

14. Clinique Pretty Easy Liquid Eyelining Pen, $41.

15. MCoBeauty Xtend Lash Tubular Mascara, $22.

16. Lanolips 101 Fruities, $14.95.

17. Mecca Cosmetica Original Lip De-Luscious with SPF 25, $28.

18. MECCA MAX Sunlit Skin Bronzing Powder, $22.

19. Moo Goo Skin Milk Udder Cream, $11.90.

20. Weleda Skinfood, $24.95.

21. Sunescape Week in Fiji.

22. Amouage Honour Woman Eau De Parfum 100ml, $399.

23. Aromantik Tropique Narcotique Natural Perfume Oil, $85.

24. Eleven Miracle Hair Treatment, $24.95.

25. Cleu De Peau Concealer, $100ish.

26. Madame Madeline Lashes, Ardell Demi Wispies, pack of $5 for $10.95.

That is all. You're welcome.

Have you tried any of Leigh's favourite beauty products? Tell us your thoughts in the comments. 

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