Fight back against over-priced cosmetics! Post your cheap but outstanding discoveries

supersol

I bought a pack of 3 Revlon lipsticks for £1 at Poundworld. These are Moisture Boost and are soft and easy to apply. The colours are modern. One set consists of true reds which are right in fashion just now.

*Vikki*

I just bought aldi aqua complete moisturiser, concealer pen and lipstick. All are so far comparable to my Clinique products but at a fraction of the cost!

JenC

Waitrose Essentials Cinnamon Cakes shower gel smells amazing. As good as philosophy shower gels!

Queen_of_NO_MATTER_WHAT

JenC wrote: »

Waitrose Essentials Cinnamon Cakes shower gel smells amazing. As good as philosophy shower gels!

I keep hearing about this...desperate to try it but not until my no toiletries challenge is over!

glitterandgoldx

Treacle Moon at Tesco have lovely body scrubs/bubble baths, the packaging is very Philosophy. They are about £2.99 each i think, better than paying about £16!!!

RightyTightyLeftyLoosey

JenC wrote: »

Waitrose Essentials Cinnamon Cakes shower gel smells amazing. As good as philosophy shower gels!

I've been using this for a while and it smell nicer than the Philosophy one, I think. And only 99p!

mineallmine

Funny how many of us doing the buy no duplicate toiletries are over here eh! I notice that Waitrose essentials do a whole load of stuff:
http://www.waitrose.presscentre.com/Content/detail.aspx?ReleaseID=1067&NewsAreaID=2

Now that's a cheaper way to enjoy smellies! Bye bye Philosophy!

Unity

starrystarry wrote: »

You're right Unity, Sudocrem isn't that cheap but I think it's good value as you can use it for so many things. I use it on my dog who seems to have an uncanny talent for injuring himself (or getting scratched by the cat). I call it magic cream because it heals everything...cuts, burns, spots, insect bites, blisters etc. And a little goes a long way.

I remember my next door neighbour dashing over to ask if I had anything that might help her husband. He had spilt a cup of very hot coffee in his lap :eek: and scalded his 'important places' . Sudocrem worked a treat and he was walking normally again in no time .

metalgal

i am a well know beauty junkie but i would never go without tiger balm. it has so many uses burns bites everything.

another good cheapie is a shaving foam from lidl. its 99p or something and much nicer than expensive ones from boots etc.

also avon is very good for deals if you keep an eye out

Angie74

St Moriz tanning mousse, from Home bargains, or B&M bargains and some other similar shops is £2.99 and is a copy of St tropez mousse. It goes on well, drys almost straight away, hasn't streaked on me yet, and has hardly any smell on me. It's also a good colour, not orangey at all, but can be quite drying when used on the face.

Also Beauty uk eyeshadow palettes are really cheap (less than a fiver from Superdrugs) and also the Sleek palettes are less than a fiver and are really pigmented and they do some great colours (theres a range of palettes in both brands). The sleek packaging is also really nice.

Can't think of anything else for the moment. Oh hang on, yes I can. Home Bargains do a make up brush for 79p (last time I looked) and it's a complete dupe of Macs 224 blending brush. Well I say it's a dupe, I actually haven't seen the mac 224 properly, only pictures, but I do have the sigma brushes which are dupes of Mac brushes, but cost alot less (you can order online but the shipping is about $14 to the uk) Anyway my sigma 224 brush is a dupe of the mac 224 and the 79p brush is exactly the same as my sigma brush, and I actually use that one over my sigma 224. So I am assuming that it's also a dupe of the mac224 Anyway, pick one up if you're in there, for 79p, you can't go wrong. Make sure you get the domed one though as there are two similar and the flatter one is abit too soft and rubbish.