Today I am going to be doing a Tag with Kirsty from PrettyLittle Fashionista, me and Kirsty have done some posts together before but we
haven’t done anything in a while and so I thought we have to do something, I
came up with some tags and we both liked the idea of the I <3 Drugstore
Make-up. The first paragraph is my answer and the second with a K- at the
begging is Kirsty’s answer. Hope you enjoy…
1, What is your favourite drugstore make-up brand?
This is rather easy to answer especially as this brand has
been on fire recently with new products realises. Rimmel has been amazing within
the last six months with bringing out new products from the Apocalips Lip
Lacquers to modifying their foundations like Match Perfection which is one of
my all-time favourites and will of course be featured in this post.
K - Now this is a really tricky question as I like lots of
different products from different brands. If I had to pick I'd probably say
Rimmel as I like a whole range of their products from their face products to
eye products.
2, What are your favourite face, cheek and lip products?
So I’m going to keep this simple by only mentioning to
products for each category I know I have restrained myself!) For face products
it has to be Rimmel – Match Perfection Foundation, it has a medium coverage,
suits my skin tone perfectly which is rare for high street foundations and it
leaves my skin looking healthy. The next product has probably featured in
almost every single post of this sort but it is well worth it Collection –
Lasting Perfection Concealer, enough said! For cheek products I picked
Maybelline – Dream Touch Blush – 02 Peach and Natural Collection – Peach Melba
both blushes have great pigmentation and look great on. Now this was probably
the hardest to narrow myself down to two products as I had originally picked
about ten so maybe I will do a post in the future all about my favourite high
street lip products! Anyway I have picked Rimmel – Lasting Finish by Kate
Lipstick – 101 and Revlon – Colourburst Lipgloss – 002 Crystal Lilac, these are
both great products that give an amazing finish to my lips (separately!).
K - For concealer and foundation they are both from Rimmel. They
are the Wake Me Up foundation and concealer. These are amazing products and
work amazingly by themselves but when they are used together they look really
lovely. My favourite blusher is the NYC colour wheel in plum passion it is such
a lovely colour and love how it looks on my skin. For lip products I have 2 the
Revlon Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain in Honey which I wear every day and I
have used so much of it. The second product is the Revlon Colourburst lipgloss
in Bordeaux which is a new find for me but it has completely converted me.
Before I tried it I never used to like glosses as I found that they were sticky
and lacked the pigmentation of lipsticks. But Bordeaux isn't sticky and is very
pigmented I also find that for a gloss it is very long lasting.
3, Least favourite product?
I am going to mention two products because they are
basically the same apart from ones a blush and ones a bronzer. This is a
product that you either love or hate – I hate it! And I really don’t understand
how anybody could like these products! For some people this is in their “Holy
Grail” products!? But for me I only keep it for posts/ questions like this and it
has a permanent place in a bag that all my disappointing products go or the bag
of disappointment if you will! These are the MUA – Mosaic Blush/ Bronzer, you
might wonder what’s wrong with them and well here go’… They are incredibly
shimmery, they are rather sheer and the colours aren’t flattering on the skin
at all – I have tried this on other skin tones and it has never looked nice.
They are cheap that’s about the only positive!
K - I don't like the MUA Shimmer Kiss blusher. I really like the
mosaic blush, the single powder and cream blushes, but this blush is horrible.
I find that the formulation is really chalky and it feels really cheap. It also
has the unpleasant smell of PlayDoh which I personally don't like.
4, What is your best make-up bargain?
My best make-up bargain is from the same brand that my least
favourite product is from so that just shows some products just miss the mark.
Anyway this is a must for me and I will re-purchase for a long time to come and
it is the MUA – Mega Volume Mascara this beauty is only £3 and it gives your
eyelashes volume, length and defines them. I love this so much and I always go
back to it, it works just as well if not better than the hyped about high end
mascaras!
K - My best makeup bargain is the lipsticks from ELF they are
only £1.50. They have quite a big range to choose from they have colours
ranging from nudes to reds. All of their lipsticks are fantastic quality and
last quite a reasonable amount of time. They aren't drying either which is a
common problem I find in cheaper lipsticks
5, What is your favourite underdog product?
(Something you love that often gets overlooked?)
This without a doubt has to be the Soap & Glory –
Supercat Liquid Black Eyeliner Pen, I swear this is amazing it’s pigmented,
lasts all day, is easy to use and is just an overall great product. It’s only
around the £5 mark and I would recommend this to anybody wanting a black liquid
liner whether you’re new at make-up or if you’re an experienced make-up artist –
just try it!
K - This has to me by single eyeshadow by Bourjois in the shade
Tabac Blond. Not many people talk about Bourjois but when they do they talk
about the foundations. No one ever seems to mention the eyeshadows which in my
opinion are amazing. They are really pigmented and very blendable. I definitely
recommend their eyeshadows another plus is the packaging is super cute.
6, A drugstore product that is overpriced?
This was quite tricky as if the products has been too
expensive I have just not bothered getting it, but when I was doing my research
for this I discovered I paid £8.19 for L’Oreal – Rouge Caresse Lipstick – 101 Tempting
Lilac. Now I do like this product but the texture and finish is much more of a
lip butter or a highly pigmented lip balm than a lipstick however I do still
love it.
K - I personally think the Revlon lip butters are overpriced. I
love the lip butters but I feel that £7.99 is quite expensive for what they
are. Some of the colours in the range aren't fantastic especially the lighter
shades which come out patchy. If they were priced at £5 I think that would be a
more reasonable price.
7, Show your best drugstore dupe(s)!!
I’m going to share with you two dupes both for your face –
ones a face powder and the other is a highlighting concealer. I love my MAC –
Mineralized Skin Finish Natural but even though I love it I dis like the price
tag! So I decided to give a go at a pressed powder that everyone was talking
about and that was really cheap this would be Rimmel – Stay Matte Pressed
Powder, I personally think there very similar as they are both light powders
that can be built up without looking cakey or powdery especially since I have
dry skin and I don’t need a powder to control excess oil on my skin as well
there is none! My next dupe is for the YSL – Touché Éclat I again loved this
product but dis liked the price tag, especially since I do like to use a
highlighting concealer under my eye most days especially when I have slept
well, so therefore I needed a product that was cheaper as I felt I was wasting
my gorgeous gold pen of magic so that put me onto the search for a highlighting
concealer and well long story short I found Maybelline- Dream Lumi Highlighting
Concealer. First of this is darker than my Touché Éclat and next time I will
get the lighter shade but they both give a similar effect. It is really easy if
you do your research to find dupes for high-end products as the high end brands
also own the cheaper brands so the products are very similar you just need to
do your re-search.
K - This has to be MUA's Undressed palette not only is it a
great dupe for the Urban Decay Naked palette it is a fantastic palette on its
own. The colours are really pigmented and are great to work with. Another good
dupe is the ELF contouring kit in St Lucia which is a dupe for the Nars Orgasm
and Laguna duo. The quality of the blush and bronzer is very good and for £3.75
it's a steal.
8, Drugstore product that isn’t worth the hype?
This is really difficult to answer as I just can’t think of
a product that has a lot of hype around it that didn’t live up to my
expectations so I am going to go back to my answer for question three and say I
really can’t understand how anyone could like the Mua – Mosaic Blush – 3 English
Rose and Mua – Mosaic Bronzer in 2 Sunkissed Glow. It just baffles me!
K - This is going to be extremely controversial but I don't think
the Rimmel Apocalips are worth the hype. I bought the shade Big Bang and I've
been extremely disappointed. Everyone has raved about how good they are and I
don't think that they live up to the hype. They smudge easily and often end up
on my teeth and I can't understand why anyone would like them. Perhaps it's the
concept I don't like seen as everyone else seems to love them or perhaps I'm
applying them wrong either way they didn't live up to the hype.
I hope you enjoyed, this was quite interesting as I was able
to have a rummage in my collection and I found some things I forgot I had! So
this was almost like a shopping my stash kind of post! I’m sure me and Kirsty
will do more posts together soon. Do you like any of the products mentioned?
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