Great 'Fave Sub-£5 Beauty Products' Hunt?

sal22_2

Becky_2 wrote: »

Thanks for all your recommendations, many brands mentioned on here I have never heard of.

I can highly recommend Botanics Soothing Eye Make up remover from Boots. Currently reduced to £1.99 for 150 ml.

I agree, it is the best eye make up remover I have tried (and I have tried a lot!).

I like all of the Botanics range especially the First Signs of Ageing - Wrinkle Reduction serum. Its is £6.99 but I normally wait until it is on special offer (which it often is) like 3 for 2.

I also scour the pound shops for the Pure range as this is actually boots botanics underneath when you peel the label off.

I also love mineral makeup but have often bought shades that are a little too dark for me online. I bought some white/goth foundation and dilute the darker ones down to more my skin tone so they are not wasted. I can also custom blend the shade for when I have more of a tan this way.

violetta

DMB1 wrote: »

I work with and have young children so I'm constantly washing my hands, making them very dry. I bought some of this yesterday (99p, Tesco) and I have to say that it's the best I've tried (even better than the lovely £10-a-go Dead Sea Lotion I have). I went back and bought another 4 tubes today!

Loving this thread - thank you SO much to all the contributors. I also bought 2 of the Natural High Radiance Balms (as it's also on offer in Superdrug) and updated my make-up at a fraction of the cost I'd usually spend. Now to find non-flaky mascara and face powder...

For the mascara, try tara747's suggestion at Post 85 above. I have made a note of that recommendation to try!

elfen

Botanics Normal/Dry Day Cream. Is in a tube for about £4? I use it on my face and hands and it makes them baby soft.

I also have a pot of Atrixo in my bag so when I wash my hands I can re-moisturise. Think it's about £2 a pot but definitely worth it, OH uses it too for his work hardened hands and it does it good. And he's had less cracking (he's a plumber so works around water a lot and used ot get chapped hands)

Jo7

Belle1990 wrote: »

Boots natural range masscara is a great every day one. Its Euro 2 here but should be much cheaper in the UK. They also have a waterproof one. I also like the Barbara Daly make up at Tescos.

Yes the Boots Natural Mascara is only £1.99 and is very good; at the moment they are doing any 3 products across the complete range for only £5.:j

Biggeeangelpie

Pootle_3 wrote: »

I buy 8p (yes 8p!!!!) shower gel from Asda (basic range) and use it to refill my handwash pump.
Smells really nice, you only need a little bit and I had had no problems such as sensitivity or dryness.

Hi

I also do that with the budget bubble bath.

Great minds!!!!

Belle1990

1maia wrote: »

I won't buy anything tested on animals, it's cruel and pointless, but there are loads of things that are cheap because they're not 'famous' and pricey. For instance, i use food-use rosewater for cleaning my eyes, best i've found (won't do makeup but great for sensitive skin) from a food shop, in a glass bottle, made in india, £1.25. You can even put some in cold water for the most refreshing summer drink ever. I use (really expensive) faith in nature Neem etc shampoo, £4.99 a bottle, because i have really oily hair, but i only want to wash it once a week: this is the only one i've found that rips the oil out without making it go all oily for the last 2 or 3 days: it's almost as good as new on day 6, so i only have to wash my hair once a week, so it lasts forever, so ultimately it's cheap. (If i wash it every day, it's disgustingly oily by 2pm: i had to train it.) The reason, i think, that it's so good is that it doesn't contain Sodium Laureth Sulphate/SLS, so it doesn't overstimulate compensatory oil secretion by the scalp. I only bought it because once i couldn't get to the body shop, and i've been a raving convert ever since: for someone without oily hair, i think any SLS free shampoo would do. Finally, you can often get 'miracle' products a lot cheaper if you buy them pure. For instance, pure rosa mosqueta oil ('miracle' anti-wrinkling/ageing ingredient) £2.99 from my local herbalist; pure cocoa butter, £1.50 for a lump from a carribbean beauty products chemist in london; pure shea butter, fair trade, far more for a big tub but far cheaper than pricey brands 'containing' it, online at the natural collection. If you make your own (you need some plastic tubs to keep it in) stuff such as rosewater, cocoa butter and olive oil lip balm is dirt cheap, as you don't need much 'miracle ingredient' in it, although, like food, it will go off if you make it with mucky fingers... Best of all, my mum found pure coconut oil at the local chemist (not a chain, and always cheapest) for 49p. She's allergic to nearly everything, but that's pure and fine. It wasn't on special offer, it was just cheap.

Hi 1maia
what does your mum use pure coconut oil for. Just saw it in my local chemist this morning.

fedupandskint

Thanks for the mascara tips as when my last 2 run out I'll be looking for a cheaper one that is as good as my favourite Prescriptives version has been cancelled

Also will try that Boots Blue FF Eye Make up Remover as an alternative to the £15 ones have been using (or more when come in a kit from QVC). Last one has lasted ages and have a small one left then wanted to find a new cheaper one and was thinking about Simple but I need one that doesn't irritate my eyes at all as they are super sensitive.

My bargains are Boots Expert Range - the lip balm is great for overnight and first thing in the morning after I have brushed my teeth. I'm sure it cost less than £2 and has lasted about 9mths so far. Also from Boots Traditonal Skin Cream in a bit round pot for less than £2.70 ish which I have used as a moisturiser on my rhino skin feet. I used expensive brands which were nice and I found this pot in the cupboard and thought I'd try it on my feet.

It has lasted ages plus is really cheap and has done a good job of moisturising. Then cream is practically solid so all I do is warm it up a bit in my hands first

daisybella

Tesco vitamin E range, especially the facial wipes at 28p a pack

ELF makeup

Sleek eyeshadow palettes, cannot be beat for pigmentation

silverarrow73

Superdrug's Vit E Nourshing Night Cream, which I think is about £3 a pot, but I brought it on offer when it was £2 something a few months ago. I have to go careful on what I use on my face because I get Melia and anything too thick sets it off, and causes a expensive trip to the beautican's! This one is more like a normal day lotion, which means it's not to thick and it does the job well, and makes my skin lovely and soft!

Also Vaseline is good....As already mentioned you can use it as a lip balm, and a foot cream (Try slathering it on your feet, then wrapping them in cling film, and then put some bed socks on for an overnight treat, that will leave your feet beautifully soft in the morning!), moisturiser, and even as make up remover if you are really desprate!

Astral cream is good as well, it's about a £1 for a small pot in Wliko's, and I use it as a foot moisturiser after I shower, it nice and thick, and does the job just as well as the special foot cream you can buy, and it's much cheaper!

Olive oil is a good all rounder when you aren't cooking with it! You can use it to make your own Body scrub (just mix with salt or sugar), a hair treatment ( Wet hair, apply oil, wrap in either a hot towel, or a wrap in cling film, and then a towel, and leave for an hour or two and wash out!) or as a nail oil (Just rub it around your Cuticles to soften them!)

And finally, though it's probably not under a fiver is Maybelline's Dream Mousse Concealer. It does a good job of hiding my dark circles under my eyes, and is does double up as a foundation as well.

Try reading The Beauty Brains Blog as well ( http://thebeautybrains.com/ ) for those of you who haven't. It's run by a team of Beauty Sciencist's, who debunk beauty myths. Basically all I've learn after reading it for the last couple of years is that all Beauty products have the same basic ingredients in them, so that expensive doen't always mean it's the best!

I think that's it!!!

killielila

great thread my teenage makeup junkie daughter and i both have excema so good to see some ideas to try apart from the aquious
creams and e45 we get in HUGE quantities on prescription from docs as our skins are so bad

any help on cheaper Emo/Goth syle make up for DD ??