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Makeup for Baddies on a Budget
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items These are affordable makeup products I recommend if you're a baddie on a budget 💞
Sections
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Bronzers
Blushes
Highlighters
Foundations
Concealer
Eyes
Bronzers
Affordable bronzers for a tanned glow
I love a good matte bronzer. The color is great for paler skin; slightly on the warmer side but perfect for a sun kissed look. It blends well with my other makeup
Primer-Infused Matte Bronzer
So buttery smooth, doesn't make you look like an Ompa Lompa, lasts all day even in heat and humidity 🤏🤏🤏
Infallible Up to 24H Fresh Wear Soft Matte Bronzer
This was my first bronzer and it's absolutely perfect. You get so much product (especially on the price), you can use it forever. I only repurchased when I broke the lid off (not the product's fault, I have poor fine motor skills). It's a beautiful c...
sun club matte bronzing powder
Blushes
Affordable blushes for the perfect flush without highlighting texture
Very pigmented yet blendable, lasts forever, smooth out the texture on my cheeks. It has a great shade range, so there's a palette for every skin tone
Blush Palette | Powder Blush
Such a creamy formula for a powder and long wearing. It has a slight shimmer to it but doesn't emphasize texture on my face. The rounded packaging is harder to open with limited dexterity, but still doable. I did drop it but was able to repress the p...
Buttermelt High-Pigment Blush | NYX Professional Makeup
I love this blush. It's dewy without looking greasy, and pigmented but very blendable and beginner friendly. This was my first liquid blush and I'll always repurchase. I like how it doesn't have a dofa applicator for my acne prone skin. I put it on t...
Cheek Kiss Liquid Blush
I love this formula, it is very build able and blendable. It lasts well throughout the day
Cheek Kiss Cream Blush
Highlighters
Affordable highlighters
Wear great throughout the day, sparkly, and this product will last your foreverrrrr, almost impossible to hit pan even using it every day
Baked Highlighter
I've been using this highlighter for 5 years, and it's Soo good.
Makeup Revolution Reloaded Highlighter
I love this highlighter formula. It's cream to powder and lasts beautifully throughout the day. I have shade lunch money, and it's perfect
Discover Soft Gold Lunch Money | Luminous Highlighter
Foundations
Affordable foundations for a flawless base on a budget (I have light skin with a neutral olive undertone)
Medium coverage, beautiful finish. It does oxidize, so I would swatch a few shades as soon as you get to Ulta then pick from the swatches at the end so you get the true shade
Super Stay Longwear Liquid Foundation 30Hr Wear
There really is a shade for every skin tone and color. It had a beautiful finish and covered up any discoloration or blemishes I have. No oxidation and wears beautiful throughout the day
True Match Super-Blendable Foundation
Beautiful formula, but I HATE the packaging. The dropper gets so messy. The product is worth it, but you have to be careful or you'll make a mess fast
True Match Hyaluronic Tinted Serum - L'Oréal Paris
Concealer
Affordable concealer
This is the only concealer that hasn't creased and emphasized texture on my dry skin. It doesn't separate throughout the day and looks beautiful on the whole face. I use a lighter shade under my eyes to brighten. It has a night medium coverage but it...
Bare With Me Concealer Serum | NYX Professional Makeup
I love the concealer and undereye brighter of this product. It never creases on me and has great coverage
Wakeup Artist Under Eye Correcting Concealer
I love this concealer, it has great coverage. I wish the shade range was wider, especially in the darker shades
Mega Last Incognito All-Day Full Coverage Concealer | Fair Beige
Beautiful finish with medium coverage. The applicator isn't the most sanitary, but I put the product on a makeup palette then pick it up with a brush, so it works fine. If you don't have sensitive skin and you're the only one using it, you should be ...
Instant Age Rewind® Eraser Multi-Use Concealer
This concealer is so underrated! It's a light to medium buildable coverage and so creamy!
Conceal + Perfect Longwear Concealer
Eyes
Perfect eyeshadow palettes for beginners and experts
The perfect eyeshadow palette for both everyday and special occasions. The shades are so pigmented. The shimmers don't get everywhere and the mattes blend like butter. This is a great palette for beginners
Feelin' Bubbly - pigmented pressed powder palette
I love these eyeshadows! There are soo many colors, literally something for everyone. This product will last you forever too, I've had mine for over 2 years and barely hit pan
Shop Super Shock Shadow | Bold, Long-Lasting Eyeshadow
These are perfect for beginners or if you want to try a new color palette to see if it suits you! I love the formula, it's very blendable and beginner friendly.
Bite-Size Mini Eyeshadow Palette
I love this mascara, it lasts all day. I really wish the neck of the bottle was smaller cause more product stays on the wand than I think is necessary, but I just scrap it off.
Blackest Black Voluminous Lash Paradise Waterproof Volume Mascara
Perfect mascara for length and separation. A staple in my makeup routine
Telescopic Intense Lash Length Original Mascara - L'Oréal Paris
Primer
I've used this since 8th grade, it's amazing and makes my makeup last much longer
Power Grip Primer
I recommend the one in the tin, not the tube (it's more effective). It helps make my pores less noticeable, and makeup doesn't settle into them when I use this
Poreless Putty Face Primer
When they say glue, they mean GLUE. This makes my makeup last all day
Face Glue Gripping Makeup Primer
I have very oily eyelids, and this is the only primer I've found that makes my eyeshadow actually stay. No creasing or separating when I use this
Eyeliner & Eyeshadow Primer | NYX Professional Makeup
Lip Products
Affordable lip products for lip combos
I've repurchased this product 7 or 8 times over the years. It's sooo good
Fruit Fetish Lip Oils
This is so moisturizing, shiny, and wears pretty long for a lip balm. I have the color Yummy Gummy and it's beautiful
Glow Reviver Melting and Tinted Lip Balm
Lasts forever and doesn't give me butthole lips (iykyk). Don't pay full price for it, it's usually on sale on Ulta's website
TRESLUCE Liquid Lip Tint
Creamy, pigmented, and only $2-3!!! My favorite affordable lip liners, they also sharpen pretty well
Cream Glide Lip Liner
Amazing color pigment for a lip balm/glaze! It lasts well and has a great shade range. I love how moisturizing and shiny it is
Lifter Glaze Lip Balm
Setting/finishing powder
Affordable setting powders for makeup that lasts all day
Very smoothing and makes my makeup last all day paired with the setting spray. I'm not sure if it would look ashy on darker skin, but it wears beautiful on my paler skin
Make It Last Mattifying Setting Powder
I love this powder. It's very smoothing and mattifies my oils without making me look dried out. I feel like mine came kinda underfilled, but it's still a great product. I have shade transulusant and can use it all over my face
PUFF PUFF PASS SET & BAKE POWDER - 03 Translucent
My favorite pink setting powder! It's super brightening, and my concealer never creases or sets into my fine lines/creases when I use this!
PHOTO FOCUS LOOSE SETTING POWDER | SOFT PINK