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drugstore affordable makeup 💄
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items I LOVE makeup and I know you don't need to spend your money on expensive products. I've tried a lot of drugstore options over the years and I have SO many favorites. I switch between a few different makeup looks, ranging anywhere from a really natura... I hope you love them as much as I do 🫶
Sections
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Primer
Foundation/Skin tint
Concealer
Setting powder
Bronzer/Contour
Blush
Primer
This one is THE PERFECT high end dupe for Glow recipe watermelon drops!! Works literally the same!🍉Skin looks so naturally glowy!
Hello, Good Stuff! Glow Serum Primer - Essence
Also one of the best high end dupes for Tatcha Silk canvas
Poreless Putty Primer - e.l.f. Cosmetics | Ulta Beauty
Hydrates, soothes, evens tone and keeps makeup fresh.
THE MARSHMELLOW SMOOTHING PRIMER
literally like glue on your face in the best way! no peeling or cracks in my makeup ever with this primer
NYX Professional Makeup The Face Glue Gripping Primer
they weren't lying when they said “power grip", my makeup lasts all day - the best affordable primer!
Power Grip Primer
Skincare and makeup all in 1. Beautiful primer, lightweight and moisturising, isn't sticky and doesn't dry my skin out. So hydrating
NYX professional makeup plump right back primer & serum
Foundation/Skin tint
Such an amazing foundation! Works for all skin types and looks so natural on the skin! Full coverage but an amazing finish!!😍 My fav for so many years❤️
Infallible Fresh Wear 24HR Foundation - L'Oréal
Really glowy and really natural! Great everyday foundation!
Fit Me Matte + Poreless Liquid Foundation - Maybelline
Very lightweight. Gives skin a natural,healthy-looking finish
TOTAL CONTROL PRO DROP FOUNDATION
Foundation for when you don't want full coverage. This is your skin but better, doesn't look cakey or crease in wrinkles or fine lines. Blends so quick and easy. Beautiful finish
True Match Super-Blendable Foundation - L'Oréal
This one is so full coverage and a little goes a really long way!! You only need a dot or two! It is also really smooth and lasts whole day!
I Am Magic Velvety Matte Foundation
skincare and makeup?! it's great for a more natural look and feels very light on the skin
Maybelline Super Stay 24H Skin Tint + Vitamin C
my holy grail foundation! whether i want a natural everyday look or a full beat, this foundation has got me covered
Porcelain Fit Me Dewy + Smooth Foundation - Maybelline
BEST dupe for CT flawless filter! A little goes a long way. Gives a glowy, light coverage, gorgeous finish. Big applicator makes it easy and quick to apply
E.l.f halo glow liquid filter
Can use this on it's own, under foundation and even as a highlighter! Gives your skin a beautiful, healthy glow and a bit of colour
L'Oréal Paris Paradise Lumi Glotion
Foundation for when you want full glam. Blends so well, full coverage, feels lightweight, doesn't cake or crease. Flawless finish
Soft Glam Satin Foundation
Concealer
It melts into your skin and its very easy to blend. It completely covers my dark circles
Instant Age Rewind Eraser Dark Circle Treatment Concealer
Full coverage, doesn't feel heavy and doesn't look cakey. So easy to blend, brightens the under eye area and looks flawless. Great concealer. This is my fav 🩷
Infallible Full Wear Waterproof Concealer - L'Oréal
For a more natural 'no makeup' makeup look. So lightweight, perfect if you have dry skin as it doesn't sit in any lines and has a beautiful, dewy finish
Bare With Me Concealer Serum
great for spot concealing and as your everyday concealer! creamy and easy to use
Maybelline Natural Finish Concealer
hides my hyperpigmentation!!! sets so well with the setting spray
Light Nude Conceal + Perfect Longwear Concealer - Milani
Setting powder
great foundation in powder! for me it lasted the whole day and itdoesnt crease
L'Oréal Infallible 24HR Fresh Wear Foundation In A Powder
The best drugstore loose setting powder! No explanation needed
Fit Me Loose Finishing Powder - Maybelline - Ulta Beauty
great powder to throw in my purse for touch ups throughout the day! goes great with the foundation
Fit Me Matte + Poreless Powder - Maybelline
mattifies my face so well! gets rid of all my oil and gives a blurring effect
Can't Stop Won't Stop Mattifying Pressed Powder
Matte finish. Stops my oily areas from shining, holds makeup in place, feels lightweight, doesn't settle in any lines. Great powder
Vitamin Babe Flawless Shine Controlling Setting Powder
Bronzer/Contour
my all time favorite
Butter Bronzer Murumuru Butter Bronzer - Physicians Formula
great bronzer! blends easily. So creamy, so beautiful, so natural. This is the best drugstore cream bronzer.. looks like the tan is coming from within the skin!☀️☀️
Putty Bronzer - e.l.f. Cosmetics | Ulta Beauty
Looks beautiful on the skin, blends so easily, isn't too pigmented, can build it up to your desired look, matte but not drying. I'm a big fan of e.l.f products, they're amazing quality and super affordable.
Primer-Infused Matte Powder Bronzer
Love how creamy and easy this contour is to blend. The applicator really helps with precision. Pigmented so a little goes a long way, has a lot of different shades too
Sun Sculpt Liquid Contour
Another great affordable contour. Has good pigment, blends easy, looks beautiful on the skin and is beginner friendly too
Halo Glow Contour Beauty Wand
Easy to blend and great pigment. Love how compact it is. Gorgeous creamy bronzer that doesn't feel greasy or oily. Gives you a healthy, bronzed glow
Makeup Revolution Ultra Cream Bronzer
just like the blushes they are so nice to work with! perfect warmth for so many skintones.
Buttermelt Bronzer: Long Wear Powder Bronzer
Blush
lovee all the products from elf cosmetics. This ecream blush gives you the perfect amount of product to achieve that natural blush but it can easily be buildable! So creamy and smooth!
Putty Blush - e.l.f. Cosmetics | Ulta Beauty
This is honestly a game changer when it comes to drugstore cream blushes! Nyx has set the bar so so high!! This product is a high end blush BUT with the drugstore price!
Sweet Cheeks Soft Cheek Tint Blush - Ulta Beauty
Creamy and glowy at the same time!! So pigmented!!
Cheek Kiss Cream Blush - Milani - Ulta Beauty
also my favorite one. it can be used as a highlighter as well since it already has some shimmer in it or as blush topper
Blush | Ulta Beauty
Glides on skin beautifully. Very pigmented, a little goes a long way(I dab my brush in once and it's enough for both cheeks), gives a gorgeous pop of colour!
Buttermelt High-Pigment Blush | NYX Professional Makeup
This blush is beautiful, gives a glow from within, sits great on top of makeup, super blendable and can achieve a subtle look or a more full on look
The Beauty Crop glow milk luminous blush powder
Highlighter
The best drugstore highlighter, hands down!! This one is so smooth but gives you such a glass-skin glow, truly a game changer!!
MegaGlo Highlighting Powder - Wet n Wild - Ulta Beauty
This liquid highlighter gives a stunning luminous glow, lightweight, so creamy and blends effortlessly. Perfect for a soft radiant look. Dewy finish
Halo Glow Liquid Highlighter Wand
Smooth, creamy formula, isn't glittery, lasts on the skin all day. All the shades are very pigmented, you get so much product so lasts ages too! Can achieve an intense look
BEAUTY BAY highlighter trio palette
Mascara
also great! gives false lashes effect
Lash Princess False Lash Effect Mascara - Ulta Beauty
definitely the best! feels like wearing false lashes
I Love Extreme Crazy Volume Mascara - Essence
Coats every lash with ease, makes me look like I have long lashes, the length this mascara adds is amazing. Doesn't flake or clump
Maybelline sky high mascara
Another favourite drugstore mascara. Makes your lashes look so much fuller and doesn't smudge, clump or flake
E.l.f lash XTNDR mascara
Lips
Great matte lipstick😍
SHINE LOUD HIGH SHINE LIP COLOR
It looks perfect on the lips💄✨
Nude Pink Lipstick: Pillow Talk - Matte Revolution
So longlasting and matte but doesn't dry the lips out! Great product, so pigmented and wears amazing during the day!! 💄
Lip Lingerie XXL Matte Liquid Lipstick
So easy to use, looks like velvet on the lips, gets rid of all the texture on the lips and very longlasting! 💄
The Nude Velvety Matte Lipstick
This product is super longlasting! It's shiny but at the same time doesn't leave the stain! 💄
Maybelline - Cheeky Super Stay Vinyl Ink Liquid Lipcolor
The hydrating nude lipstick nourishes the lips with castor oil and shea butter.The lipstick gives the look a natural finish and is the ultimate everyday beauty favourite! very affordable which is the plus 💁♀️
Lipstick Essence Hydrating Nude 3,5 g
Easy to line your lips with, the colours are beautiful and pigmented, doesn't bleed and easy to sharpen
E.l.f cream glide lip liner
Creamy, pigmented, goes on smoothly and lasts all day
NYX professional makeup suede matte lip liner
Another lip liner I use and love. Creamy texture, applies so nicely, very pigmented, non drying, feels comfortable and lasts long
Rimmel Lasting Finish 8HR Soft Lip Liner Pencil
Have a few different shades of these. Makes lips look super glossy and juicy, isn't sticky, has a lovely tint and feels so hydrating
NYX professional makeup fat oil lip drip lip gloss
I have so many of these lip oils but this colour is one of my favorites! So juicy, glowy, hydrating and they aren't sticky. The applicator makes it easy to apply too
Glazed Lip Oil - Sugar Rushin
Isn't sticky, leaves lips moisturised and so soft and has the perfect amount of colour. Looks beautiful on your lips
Maybelline Lifter Glaze Oil Balm
This is one of the affordable lip plumpers that actually works! Within a minute of applying you see results, makes lips look so plumped and glossy
Barry M That's Swell XXL Lip Plumping Gloss
Eyeshadow
I love this palette, beautiful and has very pigmented colors✨
Ultimate Utopia 40 pan Palette | NYX Professional Makeup
One of the best Colourpop palettes! So good for both daily makeup and night out makeup! Shades blend so effortlessly and shimmers are blinding!!! 😍✨
Shop Nude Mood Palette | Warm Nude Eyeshadow Palette
Juvia's place eyeshadow palettes perform just like high end if not better but the price is so affordable!! Shades are so silky and smooth for that beautiful blended eye look!
The Nubian Eyeshadow Palette
Beautiful colourful palette and so pigmented! Can create so many different looks, easy to blend and perfect for MUA'S or if like me you just love to experiment with makeup and be creative
BEAUTY BAY: The destination to explore your beauty obsessions
The best eye base. If you want your eyeshadows to have the best colour payoff you need this. Carves your brows, blends seamlessly and your shadows stay vibrant and last all day/night. Smooth, flawless finish
P.Louise Rumour Base
Eyebrows
Holds brows in place all day, dries down matte, no white residue and gives brows a laminated look. So easy to lift and shape your brows. Only need a small amount so one tube lasts a while
NYX Professional Makeup The Brow Glue Laminating Setting Gel
For individual brow strokes! You can easily achieve a natural eyebrows look with just this product!!
NYX Professional Makeup Lift & Snatch Brow Tint Pen Waterproof Eyebrow Pen
Tinted eyebrow gel for those who don't take long time doing their makeup or those who are just starting with makeup!! You just brush this through your brows!!
NYX Professional Makeup Thick it Stick it! Thickening Brow Gel Mascara
The EXACT dupe for ABH brow freeze! This will literally give you a face lift! Strong hold so keeps brows in place all day, gives a fluffy, thicker look and doesn't leave any residue
Brow Lift - Clear Eyebrow Gel
Great quality brow pencil. Fills in brows so well, the colour isn't harsh, gives brows a natural look. Love that it comes with a spoolie as well
Best Eyebrow Pencil - Instant Lift Brow Pencil
reliable precision brow pencil to fill in sparse brows, love it for a natural fill in
Makeup Revolution Precise Brow Pencil
Setting spray
It works so well with the matching primer! My makeup does not move or transfer with this!!
NYX Professional Makeup - 2.03 oz The Face Glue Gripping Setting Spray
keeps my makeup locked downnn!
Milani - 2.03 oz Make It Last Original - Natural Finish Setting Spray
Locks your makeup in place, lasts all day/night. Dries very quickly, waterproof and none of my makeup budges with this. Leaves your skin with a healthy glow
L'Oréal Paris infallible setting spray
i love this setting spray for a dewy look. it melts powder like a dream and doesn't make your skin feel oily or slick.
e.l.f. Power Grip Dewy Setting Spray
another finishing spray option. use a regular setting spray first, then go in with this to lock everything in place.
Revolution Beauty - Superfix Misting Spray