We Set 2019 Carrie Bradshaw Loose in Sephora—Here's What She Would Buy

We hunt beauty products like it's our job, to the point of alarm, even when we're off the clock. We get weird looks at the gym when we stare too long at our sink mate's morning makeup stash (hey, we just want to see what she's using!), and we're perpetually distracted while bingeing on our favorite TV shows. We become obsessed with identifying what face mask Kelly would have used in Saved by the Bell (ugh, we're just curious, okay?) and also really, really want to know how many layers of hair spray it takes to keep Daenerys's Game of Thrones braids in place. (Our estimation is a dependable 23.) Oh, and admiring Annalise Keating's striking makeup moments in How to Get Away With Murder has been another all-time-favorite passion project.

Another hobby? Re-envisioning Carrie Bradshaw's late '90s/early 2000s beauty routine for today. Sounds fun, right? After all, even though SJP's iconic character was fresh-faced the majority of the show's run, there were certain signatures we could almost always count on: curls in one form or another, a glossy nude lip, a healthy flush, and ultra-glowy skin. So to help scratch the itch, we plunged into the depths of Sephora and handpicked the new beauty products that weren't around during the Sex and the City era but would pair fabulously with Carrie's beauty MO if she were still romping around NYC in 2019. Ahead, nine must-try theoretically Carrie-approved beauty products we think her character would totally stan. Keep scrolling!

The Makeup

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Smoldering Eye Shadow

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Punchy Blush

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A Glossy Nude Lip

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The Hair

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Sparkly, Spray-On Curl Care

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A Silk Scrunchie

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Multitasking Curl-Definer

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The Skincare

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The Zit-Eraser

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Coffee, But Make It Eye Cream

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A Safer Chemical Peel

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Beauty Director

Erin has been writing a mix of beauty and wellness content forBest Knockoff Luxury Clothing for over four years. Prior to that, she spent two and half years writing for Byrdie. She now calls Santa Monica home but grew up in Minnetonka, Minnesota, and studied writing, rhetoric, and communication at University of Wisconsin, La Crosse. She studied abroad in Galway, Ireland, and spent a summer in L.A. interning with the Byrdie andBest Knockoff Luxury Clothing family. After graduating from UW, she spent one year in San Francisco, where she worked as a writer for Pottery Barn Kids and PBteen before moving down to L.A. to begin her career as a beauty editor. She considers her day-to-day beauty aesthetic very low-maintenance and relies on staples like clear brow serum (from Kimiko!), Lawless's Lip Plumping Mask in Cherry Vanilla, and an eyelash curler. For special occasions or days when she's taking more meetings or has an event, she'll wear anything and everything from Charlotte Tilbury (the foundations are game-changing), some shimmer on her lids (Stila and Róen do it best), and a few coats of the best mascara-type product on earth, Surratt's Noir Lash Tint.