My honest No7 Beauty edit: the four I use, ranked

Four No7 Beauty products live in my everyday makeup bag. Not a haul, not a one-week test, just the things I keep picking up. I thought it was worth writing down how they rank against each other, including the one I am most critical of, which happens to be the one I have owned longest.

I am part of the No7 Beauty Community, which is No7's advocate programme. It means I get product and vouchers from them. My link gets you 10% off, and to be clear about it, I earn nothing from it: commission only starts at tier 3 and I am on tier 2. I bought everything in this post myself and No7 have no say in what I write about it.

How I tested these

There is no clever methodology here. I wear makeup most days, I have oily skin through my T-zone and combination skin everywhere else, I am fair with dark blonde hair, and I have worn all four of these on my own face for the lengths of time listed below. Every one of them was bought with my own money in Boots.

The one thing I will say for this test is that nothing here is a first impression. The shortest anything has been in rotation is about two months, and the longest is two years.

Quick comparison

1. Pro Artist Powder Blush, best of the four

My favourite blush to date, and I do not say that lightly, because blush is the product I have bought most of over the years.

The pigment is the thing. You need a fraction of what you think you need, which is the opposite of most high street blushers where you end up building and building and it still looks like nothing. Mine is Fuschia, which sounds far louder than it wears. It is a cool-toned pink, and that is the detail that makes it work for me, because it sits next to my bronzer instead of arguing with it. Warm pinks and my bronzer end up looking like one muddy stripe.

It is in every single makeup look I do at the moment. Two months in, I have not reached for anything else.

What I did not like

There is genuinely very little. If I am pushing for something, I would like the pan to be bigger. It is 5g for £14.95, and while I use so little of it that it will probably last me a year, the compact feels small in the hand for the price. That is the whole complaint.

2. Set The Scene Loose Setting Powder, the one for oily skin

If you have an oily T-zone, this is the one from this list I would point you at.

It does the job it says on the pot. My makeup is still where I put it at the end of a full day, and my T-zone is the part of my face that usually ruins that. I have used plenty of setting powders that hold for four hours and then give up.

The other thing I like is that it does not wash me out. A lot of setting powders go stark white on the skin and leave me looking grey and flat, especially in photos. This one has enough warmth to it that it disappears instead.

What I did not like

It can be quite drying. That is a real drawback, not a token one, and it is the reason this is second rather than first.

It shows up most for me in one specific place. I wear Estee Lauder Double Wear in 1W0 and set it with this powder, and the combination goes dry and slightly patchy just under my nose, which is the driest part of my face. Everywhere else it is fine. If your skin is dry rather than oily, I would be careful with this one, or keep it to your T-zone and leave the rest alone.

3. Pro Artist Precision Ink Liner in Noisette Brown

The best liner pen I have used, undone by its own lid.

The tip is fine and genuinely pointed, so it goes exactly where you put it. It is very hard to make a mess with, which matters if you are not a confident liner person. A thin line along the lashes takes seconds and a small, delicate flick takes barely longer. It is perfect for the sort of subtle eye I wear most days.

Brown rather than black is the other half of why I like it, and that is enough of a topic on its own that I wrote about why I switched from black to brown separately.

What I did not like

The cap. Mine stopped shutting properly after about six weeks, and because it no longer seals, the pen has started to dry out. For a liner I would otherwise rebuy without thinking, having the lid be the weak point is frustrating. It may well be one faulty cap rather than a design fault, and I will update this if the next one behaves, but I can only tell you what happened to mine.

4. Lift & Luminate Serum Concealer, and why it is last

Here is the odd one. This is the No7 product I have used by far the longest, since about July 2023, and I have repurchased it several times. It is also the one I have the most complaints about.

The texture is lovely and the finish when it first goes on is exactly what I want from a concealer. It is not thick or cakey and it does not sit on top of my skin. For a small blemish or a bit of redness it does the job nicely.

What I did not like

Two things. It settles into my creases by the end of the day, so what looked smooth at 9am is visibly sitting in the lines under my eyes by early evening. And its coverage has a ceiling: for a minor blemish it is great, but ask it to cover anything more significant and it struggles, and layering it on makes the creasing worse rather than fixing the coverage.

I keep buying it anyway, which tells you something. But I am not going to rank it above three products I have fewer problems with just because it has been in my bag the longest. There is a full Lift & Luminate Serum Concealer review if you want the longer version.

How to choose between them

If you want one thing, make it the blush. It is the one I would replace immediately if I lost it.

If your skin is oily and your makeup slides off by lunchtime, the setting powder is the one that solves a problem rather than adding a nice-to-have, as long as you are not dry.

If you are nervous about liquid liner, the Precision Ink pen is the friendliest one I have used, cap issue aside.

And if you want a concealer that looks the same all day, I would keep looking, even though I will probably buy this one again.

Common questions

Which No7 product is worth buying first? The Pro Artist Powder Blush. Most pigment for the money of anything I own, and the cool pink works under a bronzer. I have used it daily since July 2026 without reaching for another.

Is No7 Pro Artist good for oily skin? The Set The Scene loose setting powder is, and it is the one I would point an oily-skinned person at. It holds a full day on my T-zone. The catch is that it can be drying, so go carefully around any dry patches.

Does the Lift & Luminate concealer crease? On me, yes, by the end of the day. I still buy it for the texture and the finish, but if you want something identical at 9am and 9pm, this is not it.

Do I get a discount through your link? Yes, 10% off, applied on its own at checkout with no code to type, and it stacks on any sale No7 Beauty are running. I earn nothing from it at the moment, as I am on tier 2 of their advocate programme and commission starts at tier 3.

What shade of the blush do you use? Fuschia, spelled the way No7 spell it. It is a cool-toned pink and it wears far softer than the name suggests.

Where do you buy your No7 products? All of mine came from Boots. Prices move between Boots and the No7 Beauty website, so check both. My link points at the No7 site because that is where the 10% applies.

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One honest note: I am a content creator, not a dermatologist. This is my experience on my own skin, oily through the T-zone and combination elsewhere, and yours may behave completely differently. If you are dealing with ongoing breakouts, redness or any skin concern, please speak to a GP or a pharmacist rather than relying on makeup or on me.