Budget Beauty Buys I can recommend!

sarahlou83_2

Hiya.....since moving to Scotland and moving with my boyfriend I have been doing some cutting back, beauty products being one part! I used to use Clinique, Clarins, Benefit, Lancome etc so I thought I'd recommend some products that I've been converted to.....hopefully this will actually help someone!

Best Mascara: Boots Natural Collection Lash Length Mascara (£1.99 - 3 for £5 at the moment) - this mascara made made my lashes look better than Lancome!

Best Lip Gloss: Rimmel Sweet Jelly gloss (£3.99) fab lip gloss, not sticky

Best Eye Liner: Miss Sporty Mini Me Eye Liner (£2.49) this is by far THE best eye liner i've ever used!

Best Eye Shadow - Miss Sporty Fabulous Eyes Eye Pencil (£2.49) this is a fab eye shadow pencil that goes on really easy and lasts aaaages!

Best Face Wipes - Asda Essential Care Wipes (3 for £2) removed all make up really gently and without rubbing my eyes loads, left skin really soft and not dried out

Best moisturiser - Asda Clear Skin Moisturiser (£1.99 i think!) - this is for spots etc but leaves any skin feeling clean and soft

Best self tan moisturiser range - Asda Essential Care Tan Moisturiser (£2.64 for body, £1.29 for face) THE BEST self tan moisturiser/gradual tanner ive used.

A lot of these products (well probably all of them!) i actually prefer to the more expensive products. The packaging may not be as cute as Benefit, but the products themselves are brill, esp for the price.
I have other product recommendations, but I dont want to waffle on, if anyone wants to ask me, reply to this thread and ill see if i can help!
Sarah xxx

x__Indigo_x

sarahlou83 wrote: »

Hiya.....since moving to Scotland and moving with my boyfriend I have been doing some cutting back, beauty products being one part! I used to use Clinique, Clarins, Benefit, Lancome etc so I thought I'd recommend some products that I've been converted to.....hopefully this will actually help someone!

Best Mascara: Boots Natural Collection Lash Length Mascara (£1.99 - 3 for £5 at the moment) - this mascara made made my lashes look better than Lancome!

Best Lip Gloss: Rimmel Sweet Jelly gloss (£3.99) fab lip gloss, not sticky

Best Eye Liner: Miss Sporty Mini Me Eye Liner (£2.49) this is by far THE best eye liner i've ever used!

Best Eye Shadow - Miss Sporty Fabulous Eyes Eye Pencil (£2.49) this is a fab eye shadow pencil that goes on really easy and lasts aaaages!

Best Face Wipes - Asda Essential Care Wipes (3 for £2) removed all make up really gently and without rubbing my eyes loads, left skin really soft and not dried out

Best moisturiser - Asda Clear Skin Moisturiser (£1.99 i think!) - this is for spots etc but leaves any skin feeling clean and soft

Best self tan moisturiser range - Asda Essential Care Tan Moisturiser (£2.64 for body, £1.29 for face) THE BEST self tan moisturiser/gradual tanner ive used.

A lot of these products (well probably all of them!) i actually prefer to the more expensive products. The packaging may not be as cute as Benefit, but the products themselves are brill, esp for the price.
I have other product recommendations, but I dont want to waffle on, if anyone wants to ask me, reply to this thread and ill see if i can help!
Sarah xxx

:beer: thanks
i like the superdrug 3 for a £5 range [ the name has completely slipped my mind] they even do dazzle dusts now like barry M

Princess_Coupon

sarahlou83 wrote: »

Best Mascara: Boots Natural Collection Lash Length Mascara (£1.99 - 3 for £5 at the moment) - this mascara made made my lashes look better than Lancome!

I used to use lancome intencils (best mascara ever) this vanished new one ampicils appeared I used this for a while the prices kept going up and mls kept going down I haven't used Lancome now for about 5 years because of this but have never found anything nearly as good, I'll give this one a go.

mooomin

I am gradually trying to cut back on my favourite make up, but I do love MAC and Benefit. Mac eyeshadows are so long-lasting and the colours are amazing

I do need to find a better mascara though, I got tricked by the pesky Benefit salesgirl the other day into buying some mascara and it wasn't as good as the No 7 stuff I had been using. £14 down the bleedin drain :mad:

sarahlou83_2

flying_fresian wrote: »

I am gradually trying to cut back on my favourite make up, but I do love MAC and Benefit. Mac eyeshadows are so long-lasting and the colours are amazing

I do need to find a better mascara though, I got tricked by the pesky Benefit salesgirl the other day into buying some mascara and it wasn't as good as the No 7 stuff I had been using. £14 down the bleedin drain :mad:

Try Barry M dazzle dusts, they are really long lasting, cos the pigment is concentrated and u dont need much, they are really cheap.
I'm stickin to cheap stuff til i get my overdraft cleared :A lol
If you apply it correctly any make up can look wonderful! I never believed that until i tried these products!

sarahlou83_2

Princess_Coupon wrote: »

I used to use lancome intencils (best mascara ever) this vanished new one ampicils appeared I used this for a while the prices kept going up and mls kept going down I haven't used Lancome now for about 5 years because of this but have never found anything nearly as good, I'll give this one a go.

i was very surprised at how good this was, cos i have tried miss sporty mascara...i love their eye liners and eye shadow pencils, but their mascara was no good for me... natural collection was brill. goin to try the lash curl one next - maybe get some nail polish and lip gloss cos its 3 for £5 at the moment!!

sarahlou83_2

x__Indigo_x wrote: »

:beer: thanks
i like the superdrug 3 for a £5 range [ the name has completely slipped my mind] they even do dazzle dusts now like barry M

is it 2true?

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jaymac_2

There are some great buys on this site and you don't need to leave the house http://www.makeup.uk.com/

joyce63

Great thread! :j

I recommend Aldi's face cleansing wipes, I think they're 80p a pack and recently were on BOGOF - total bargain. I use the sensitive skin ones and they are excellent, just as good as brands costing 5 times more. I also tried the much-hyped moisturiser but I don't like it as much as L'oreal Revitalift.

Aldi also do their own version of Touche Eclait which is just as good. I think it's about £4.

Barry M nail polish is a good buy at £3 with an amazing selection of colours.

I don't think I could be persuaded to stop using Clinique foundation and Chanel mascara, but I really like Loreal's Infallible lipsticks. They're long lasting with a moisturising balm and although they cost £11 in Boots, you can pick them up quite easily on eBay for half that price.;)

milk

I use the boots natural collection mascaras and have done for quite a while now and agree that they are as good as the more expensive brands.

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