Spendning $$$ on makeup!

Nov 25, 2011

Meidy M.

Since I'm a college student, I like to save every single penny I have on me, and buying makeup on my budget should be the last thing I should spend my money on, but hey, I love makeup so its at the top of my list haha! What are some of your guys favorite dupes for your favorite "expensive" product? 

Nov 25, 2011

Mandy H.

I don't really have any " dupes " but my go to brand for drugstores is Maybelline for eyeshadow, lipsticks and mascara, Revlon for foundation and Wet&Wild for eyeshadows, blushes and lipsticks. Haha hopefully this helps? LOL

Nov 26, 2011

Meidy M.

Thanks Mandy! It actually does help me :D I just came from the store looking at Wet n wild eyeshadows and lipsticks ^^ 

Nov 26, 2011

DJ M.

Have you checked out Sleek? I've been meaning to order soon. At $10 per palette they seem to be impressive in performance and price! Even though they're technically a "drugstore" brand in the UK, they do have pretty strict regulations through the EU so the quality seems good :) Trendy colors, too.

Nov 26, 2011

Arabelle S.

Milani Liquif'Eye (or w/e the name is lol) pencils are on par with Urban Decay's 24/7 pencils so I stopped buying the UD ones. I like Wet n' Wild eyeshadow palettes, too. Other then that I'm okay with investing my money in lux brands for stuff since I don't buy makeup very often. 

Nov 26, 2011

Lena l.

Spending money on make up is soooo hard for me! Just knowing that I'm spending money on something i don't necessarily need makes me very hesitant, but i still do it. I always check out the clearance section on any make up store i go to first and sometimes find a thing or two. I also like to go to places like marshalls and ross and tj maxx to look for makeup, sometimes i get lucky and find some make up on clearance( Like right now theres a ton of The Balm products at my local Tj Maxx for only 6 bucks!) I have even found some nice Revlon products at the 99 cent store and Dollar Tree!

Nov 26, 2011

Mandy H.

@Meidy: Did you get anything? :)

Nov 26, 2011

Meidy M.

@Mandy: I got a couple of the Wet n wild color icon palettes and mega last lipsticks :)
@DJ: I've never herd of Sleek. Thanks for introducing it to me! :D Ive been checking out their products now.
@Arabelle: I've been wanting to try out the Milani Liquif'Eye eyeliner for such a LONG time but everytime i go to walgreens or target i always forget to pick it up haha!
@Lenaaa: quick question, does ur name really have all those a's? if so thats pretty cool! lol but i actually never thought about buying makeup at Tj maxx or Marshalls, thanks for sharing that with me :D 

Nov 26, 2011

Steff J.

ELF's Blush & Bronze duo at Walmart, Target, etc. for only $3 is pretty much the same thing as the NARS Orgasm/Laguna duo, and I believe it's the same size! I love it and I've hit pan on it! 

Nov 26, 2011

Meidy M.

@Steff: Omg i love that stuff! ive never had the nars orgasm/laguna duo, i seriously cringe when it comes to spending so much money on makeup cuz my budget is so tight right now. When i discovered that stuff at target i got super excited and now i pretty much use it everyday :) 

Nov 26, 2011

Steff J.

isn't it amazing!? I just went to target w/ my friend today and made her get it LOL.

especially for drugstore makeup too, CVS has a place on their website where you can get extra bucks back for purchasing certain items, or redplum.com has coupons, or smartsource.com has coupons pretty often for beauty products. They're great ways to get BOGO free or 50% off.

Nov 26, 2011

gee m.

Off the top of my head I like the Revlon colorstay foundation. Wet n wild eyeshadows and I just purchased one of their lipsticks and I like it. Black radiance have some very nice eyeshadows. E.l.F. brushes, studio line blushes, eyeshadows.

From time to time check out Sephora website they often have nars eyeshadows on sale for $8.00 to $10.00. Sephora blushes for $5.00 and so on. 

Nov 26, 2011

Meidy M.

@steff: seriously....God bless you for sending me those websites! <3 haha