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Today I wanted to give a shout out to all the budget products that have been serving millions of beauty lovers for the past decade. With rising product prices in general, especially with newer launches, anything with rave reviews and an affordable price point is worth trying in my eyes.
So if some of these products are new to you then I highly recommend heading to your local supermarket, Boots or Superdrug and picking them up - I can almost guarantee you will love them and they won't break the bank!
From opting for plastic-free packaging to taking your own reusable bag when shopping, we have all become conscious of waste and the effect it has on our world. That being said I think we could all do with being a little less wasteful when it comes to everyday products we use beyond food packaging.
From re-purposing items, and restoring them where possible to clever ways to extend the shelf-life of products! So I thought I would start by sharing a few tricks and tips on how I recycle my own beauty products and try to help the zero-waste cause!
Spring is here and while we may be turning to declutter our wardrobe and generally tidying, our makeup collection can be totally overlooked and actually in dire need of a clean out. So I'm here with an easy 6-step guide on how to spring clean your makeup collection effectively without the stress.
Below, find an easy makeup expiration chart to check if all your makeup is fresh, along with some simple tips and clever hacks on how to clean dreaded makeup sponges and more! I really hope this easy guide helps you get into the spirit of cleaning out your makeup collection and shedding a few unwanted or old products.
If you are here then you most likely own makeup products you want to keep neat and tidy and in some kind of order. The best way to do this, of course, is with a makeup organizer; from small units to makeup towers that can hold a huge amount it's the ideal makeup storage solution.
But what if you are after something more than plain acrylic makeup storage or you are simply over the rose gold trend and want to update the storage you have. Well, hopefully, I have just the finds for you with a round-up of the best gold makeup organizers around right now, plus a great DIY hack at the end! This post contains affiliate links.
Much like your skin, hair needs moisturise and while conditioners can add a little hydration and gloss it's hair masks that you need to be looking to when your hair feels in need of some TLC.
I definitely love a premium hair mask, I've mentioned my love for Coco & Eve Hair Masque, many a time, but good results can be found on a budget - as long as you know the right ones to pick up!
Below you will find the best drugstore hair masks for damaged hair. These are all masks I've used on a regular basis one time or another and truly love... and this is coming from a girl with naturally dry and often frizzy hair! If your hair is in need of some nourishment I hope you find a new bargain favourite here.
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While the saying "less is more" can be applied to a lot of things, when it comes to beauty products bigger often seems better. After all, you are getting more bang for your buck, right?
But sometimes we begrudgingly buy smaller products to find out that actually a little does go a long way or that smaller can actually mean mighter. So in praise of the small beauty products that have stood tall above other more sizable products I wanted to dedicate an entire post to them.
So here are six small but mighty beauty products I highly recommend...
When a new product launches it seems like it's now only a matter of months that a dupe is released to rival it. So I thought I'd be more on the button this year and bring you the beauty dupes you need to know about.
For most of the below dupes I thankfully have the original product to compare against but when and where I haven't I will be making sure to point that out and tell you exactly why I believe it to be a good dupe!
Below are some amazing savings that I can't wait for you to know about!
Much like how the Beauty Advent Calendar has taken off in recent years it seems we are going a similar way with any kind of holiday.
Unlike gifting traditional chocolate Easter Eggs, I don't feel people will start to give beauty gifts instead in a similar manner. But more it's an easy excuse to treat yourself and to something a bit more special shall we say!
So I've rounded up this year's best beauty easter eggs, with the strict rule they must come in egg-like packaging, because why not have both a chocolate and beauty egg this Easter, right? With prices ranging from an affordable £5 to a splurge-worthy £65! If you are in the mood to treat yourself to something a little different I hope you find it here.
Charlotte Tilbury Makeup is without a doubt a beauty brand loved by many. I mean who doesn't love good quality, high-end makeup with amazing packaging?
With an ever expanding range there is now many a Charlotte Tilbury dupe to be found that can save you money without scrimping on quality.
From stunning quality lipsticks to flawless base products and premium palettes I am without a doubt a fan of the brand, with let's just say more products that I should own!
From stunning quality lipsticks to flawless base products and premium palettes I am without a doubt a fan of the brand, with let's just say more products that I should own!
But while I lust over most new Charlotte Tilbury makeup launches I can't help my savvy side that is in constant search of a for the latest beauty dupe or alternative.
For me, this is often a similar cheaper product that I can throw in my bag and use more frivolously but over the years a few of these Charlotte Tilbury Makeup dupes have found their way into my everyday makeup bag in favour of the original.
With the rise of the Instagram Skincare shelfies (yes, that's now a thing!) and influencers sharing what's in their obviously curated bathroom cabinets it's easy to think a good complexion comes only from more premium skincare products, shall we say.
But with drugstore brands constantly upping their game it literally couldn't be further from the truth. With the possible reason for a lack of cheaper skincare on social media being they just aren't as Instagram worthy! Budget skincare very much rivals more premium brands these days and while my own skincare routine consists of a mix of the both, I really believe you can achieve the complexion you want on any budget.
Below discover seven of the best budget skin care products for all skin types can enjoy! Let me know if you discover anything new or spot any old favourites.
Concealer is one of those makeup bag essentials that everyone owns. It's often a multipurpose wiz, used on dark circles, blemishes, pigmentation and is even there to correct makeup mistakes and more. There's basically no denying how invaluable concealer is!
But for that very reason, the beauty industry is awash with every kind of concealer imaginable. From sweatproof to photo proof and industrial strength, in all formulas - we as beauty lovers are spoilt for choice. But as you will likely know, not all concealers live up to expectation - lacking in coverage, blendable, longevity and even shade range.
So today I have one of the lastest concealer launches to share with you that ticks all boxes, being an amazing budget base offering that requires shouting about!
However, I feel enough time has passed to talk ultra bargainous makeup brushes again, especially as I've picked up a few new sets recently and been super pleased with them all. As always the listing I've found below are from both UK and China Sellers with free delivery and no custom fees to pay!
If you are in the market for a new brush set then I hope you find something here!
In exactly a month's time I will be moving house and while it initially filled me with dread, simply due to the general stresses of moving, I've been able to reduce these negative and unwanted emotions by organising the heck out of my life!
Tidying Up with Marie Kondo has been my motivation and has highlighted that I simply couldn't throw everything into boxes and sort it after we moved in! I will not be featuring in Season two! So I've been on a serious mission to declutter my life over the past few weeks.
One of the main areas I knew I had to tackle was my makeup collection, this is something I've been putting off for years, knowing I could do to streamline and organise everything! So finally I did it, going from a 6 tiered makeup tower, vanity case, multiple makeup bags and a whole lots of dressing table clutter to a single vanity case and storage box. I know, I surprised myself!
Whether like me you have a house move on the horizon or simply want to keep from tidying up every time you do your makeup, I hope the below tips I've picked up from Marie Kondo's KonMari method can help you just as much as they've helped me.
If you have oily skin then you will know avoiding moisturiser is a no-no. Simply put, when the skin doesn't have adequate moisture levels sebum glands will produce more oil making your oily skin even oilier. But pick the wrong moisturiser and again you can be facing problems!
So as an oily girl myself I've taken the hard work out having tried and tested endless lightweight moisturisers suitable for oily skin to find the creme de la creme. From save to splurge I have all budgets covered so finding your possible ultimate face cream couldn't be easier!
I don't know about you, but I love when I stumble across an amazing product that I wasn't expecting so much from. Be it a drugstore mascara that works better than your favourite premium one or simply discovering a new staple product to add to your makeup bag.
Below I have a few under the radar type beauty products that are all on a budget! These are currently some of my favourite items to use over much more expensive products which definitely says something, so I really hope you find something new here!
If you follow Makeup Savvy then you will know I'm keen on an eBay bargain every now and again. Who am I kidding? I seem to order some irresistible budget find most days! But recently I've fallen out of the loop of sharing my eBay finds so to ease my way back into another year of eBay Bargain blog posts I thought I would share the cream of the crop when it comes to what's on my eBay watch list right now!
Much like most people's eBay watch list, I have a mix of items so below you will find an edited version, from makeup to homeware and a few accessories, I will no doubt add to my basket sooner or later.
They say to never judge a book by its cover, and while that may be true for literature, I've generally found a good looking beauty product to live up to its outward appearance. Of course, you are going to discover some duds, but a brand that goes the extra mile with the appearance of their product often has attention to detail that goes beyond just packaging.
I personally love buying/collecting aesthetically pleasing makeup - it really does bring me joy!
So today I thought I'd walk you through some of my more recent pretty beauty products that not only I've been enjoying the appearance of but also how they perform. From budget brands to premium brands there's something to suit all budgets. But as we are all makeup savvy around here you may want to check out my blog post on really pretty makeup without the price tag sharing my favourite drugstore brands that offer some stunning products to boot.
Sunday Riley describes themselves as an advanced, high-performance skincare brand offering real and noticeable results - and I couldn't agree more. This is why I've been a fan of Sunday Riley since the first launch of Ceramic Slip Cleanser that recently got an upgrade both in formula and packaging.
That very cleanser made me realise that it was possible to balance out my oily skin, as I saw nearly instant results from it, and it without s doubt got me on a quest of changing up my skincare routine, introducing products that were effective at balancing serum production and keeping blemishes at bay long term.
For this reason along with lots of other skincare (obvs!) I've stuck with Sunday Riley ever since, enjoying their AHA treatments, cleansers and all-round approach to skincare. Below you will find the products that work best for oily and combination skin. All products mentioned along with the entire Sunday Riley range can be picked up throughout January with free worldwide shipping on Cult Beauty!
At the beginning of 2019, I decided to tackle a few dull blogger admin jobs I'd been putting off the previous year. From fixing my glitchy Grammarly plug-in to renewing my blog domain, I wrote myself a to-do list with the aim of making my work life easier for the year ahead.
Four bullet points later I remember writing 'FIND A SOLUTION TO LATE PAYMENTS' yes, in capital letters! I didn't really know how I was going to tackle this problem but I knew I didn't want another blogging year to go by in which I was constantly chasing late invoices to much frustration.
I know I'm certainly not alone in this, it's very much a freelancer problem, but to be honest I have mainly witnessesed a lot of complaining on the matter (rightly so, I should add) but without much solution. I myself could ramble for a good 10 minutes on the matter but I think if you have found yourself reading this post then you know the frustrations and why being paid late or at worst not at all, basically sucks!
So I decided I needed to research the legal side of things to see where I stood as a blogger/influencer/freelancer/whatever you want to call this thing a lot of people make money these days and see if I could make 2019 less of a headache for myself (and now hopefully you too).
Fast forward only 22 days into the year and I've already successfully chased two late payments (with a single email, I should add) and been paid by both. All simply by knowing where I stand legally and implementing it! They say knowledge is power and I think in this case it really is true.
Aside from the hundreds if not thousands of new beauty releases we will see throughout 2019 I thought today I'd share the products that either came out only recently or in 2018 that I've had my eye on. These are the products that I want in my collection and I'm excited to try!
The Jaclyn Hill X Morphe Eyeshadow Palette
Since Morphe landed on Cult Beauty in 2018 it's a brand that's been very much on my radar. I love their smaller palettes and I can't get enough of their Continuous Setting Spray and affordable makeup brushes. I also recently picked up the sell out and not to mention incredibly hard to get hold of James Charles X Morphe Palette for my 12-year-old niece (spoilt, I know!).
While the JC palette is without a doubt too bright for my own makeup tastes I was beyond impressed with the formulas and out of this world pigmentation, so much so that I decided there and then that I needed The Jaclyn Hill Eyeshadow Palette in my life.
The palette does contain a few brights but on the whole is packed full of neutral shades and gorgeous shimmers and from swatches I've seen I have a feeling it's on par with Morphe's collab with James Charles. I'm really looking forward to adding this palette to my collection!
Charlotte Tilbury Goddess Cleansing Ritual
Next up, an early 2019 launch that instantly went on my Cult Beauty wishlist! Being a fan of both Charlotte Tilbury makeup and skincare I'm generally lusting after most items, however, I'm definitely all about the double cleanse life so this cleansing duo needs to be in my bathroom cabinet a-sap.
For me, cleansing is one of the most important steps in my skincare routine, keeping my complexion clear, so a first cleanse with a citrus and coconut oil based melting oil followed by a deep cleansing yet balancing charcoal 2nd cleanse has me swooning. Skincare may be dull for some but I'm truly excited to add this into my routine some time in 2019.
Charlotte Tilbury Luxury Palette in Pillow Talk
Another Charlotte Tilbury product on my wish list, actually I'm crossing my fingers that it will come back in stock, is the stunning Pillow Talk Luxury Eyeshadow Palette. Already loving both the Pillow Talk lipstick and liner along with adoring Luxury Palettes from Charlotte Tilbury this is a total match made in heaven for me.
I have a feeling the blush neutrals with a hint of shimmer will be perfect for pretty daytime eyes and I just know I will get a lot of wear from this palette as I do with the 3 other Luxury Palettes I own. Four shades for £39.00 is expensive but I seriously can't resist this one!
While I've vowed 2019 will be the year I put an end to unnecessary foundation purchases, this is a foundation I keep seeing in many beauty gurus round-up posts for 2018 for being on the best drugstore foundations. So for £6.00 I think I need to try it out for myself!
I did a haul post of my first ever Wet n Wild spend (you can find it here) when it landed on Beauty Bay last year and I loved nearly everything I picked up, so fingers crossed I love the foundation too!
Pixi Fairy Lights
Another beauty-guru enabled wishlist item here, with Pixi's Liquid Fairy Lights. Before watching Tati's favourite beauty products of 2018 these were on my radar but I haven't seen much about them or even swatches. It turns out they are similar to the Stila Glitter & Glow Liquid Eye Shadows but at the fraction of the cost! They are also currently reduced to only £9 each on Cult Beauty so I have a feeling at least one of the shade will be mine very shortly.
Anyone else a huge fan of super reflective shimmer eyeshadows right now?
Anastasia Beverly Hills Amrezy Highlighter
ABH isn't a brand I've tried much from, it's mainly been liquid lipsticks and brow products. But what I have tried I've loved and feel they are worthy of the price tag. But I've yet to try any kind of highlighter from Anastasia Beverley Hills and when I do I feel it needs to be the bestselling and consistently sold out Amrezy Highlighter.
Not only is this one stunning highlighter to look at and have without my collection but it's also a product that I know a lot of people treasure and even purchase backups of. I without a doubt don't need any more highlighters but when highlighters are as pretty as this I become weak! So if this stunning compact comes back into stock it will have to be mine this year.
Colourpop
Lastly, more of an entire brand to try in 2019 than one specific product. You see I've been reading rave reviews of Colourpop for the last few years and I've still not tried the brand! I can't say I'm keen on buying internationally due to customs fees, however, at the end of last year Colorpop announced they have incorporated these fees into their shipping costs so UK customers now don't have to fear being hit with an unexpected bill on delivery. This changes things for me so I think I will be keeping an eye on the Colourpop's Instagram account and placing an order when there a sale or discount on, trying out some of their much talked about eyeshadows and lip products.
Do you have any products you want to get your hands on this year? Let me know in the comments!
Fee xo.
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