There
is nothing more fun than playing with makeup, with the exception of playing
with your children. You can get makeup everywhere now. But, how can you be sure
that you are getting the best makeup for you? Do you go to the drugstore or do
you go to the department store to get the makeup?
Let’s
start off with the obvious, since that’s where we all started from, and for
most of us, are still at. Drugstore makeup. Covergirl. Maybelline. Revlon.
N.Y.C, L.A. Colors. Yep, we’ve heard of them all. Most are all great products.
Some not so much. But more than likely, we all have a variety in our makeup
stash. I can’t even tell you how many different brands of drugstore makeup I
actually have. I want to say a fair amount. But in reality, about half of my
makeup is drugstore.
With
so many different products easily accessible to us, one would wonder why they
would go anywhere but the drugstore. Plus, there are coupons for these
products! There are only a few items that I use that I only get at the
drugstore. One is my Olay. I use that all the time and I tend to freak out when
I run out. Another is my NYX products that I get either at Ulta or Target. I
also get my Physicians Formula at the drugstore too, if they are having a really
great deal.
I’m not going to knock the drugstore makeup. They
have some awesome stuff. I’ve worn Covergirl, Maybelline, Revlon, L’Oreal most
of my life. I could swear by their stuff. I still can. But, the only problem is
this. I’m getting older and my skin is getting way pickier. So it’s a lot
harder to wear certain kinds or brands of makeup. If I wear the absolute
cheapest stuff out there, and we all know what they are, then I have the mother
of all breakouts. When my skin isn’t happy, then I’m not happy.
I
know that most people would just say wash your face. I do. But with drugstore
makeup it really depends on formulation and on how my skin is going to act.
Everyone’s skin if different. I can only say how my skin is going to act. I can
only be the one to tell you what makeup I can use on my face. No one else can.
Now,
we have to move to on to Luxury makeup. This include MAC, Urban Decay, Tarte,
Marc Jacobs, Yves Saint Laurent, Clinique,
Bibbi Brown. So many more! All of them I want and all of them I know I
can’t have. But, I sure can try!
Luxury
makeup is not something that I thought I would get. I figured that only rich
and snooty people bought it. It was EXPENSIVE! I never had the means to really
get it. BUT, now that I am able to, and I have done my research, Got my skin
typed and finally have figured out my skin, I have indulged in some of those
products. I have let myself get $40 foundation and eye shadow. And not have a
panic attack with spending the money. I have figured out that with my skin, on
some things, I have to have the more expensive products. Or it gets even. I’m
talking about horrible cystic acne that pits my face and leaves my face a
horrible uneven color.
Yes,
I have gone to the other side! I have Tarte foundation and powder. I have Urban
Decay shadows and moisturizers. I have awesome lipstick that makes me feel
special. I get samples of expensive
primers and foundations at Sephora and Ulta. I have no shame in admitting that
I buy it. I have no shame in admitting that it’s better for my skin, which I
can make out everything that is in my foundation and eye shadow. I adore it. I
guard it like a dog. Ha ha.
But,
I mix the two. Drugstore and Luxury. Sometimes I do use all of one thing or
nothing at all. Sometimes, I am just
trying things out before I end up giving it away and just using it to review. I
do it with both worlds of makeup. There are duds in both worlds and there are
holy grails. I love my Cover FX primer. It’s $38! But I also like my Rimmel
primer and it’s $6. Some days, it’s Cover FX and other days it’s Rimmel. I’m
not a complete snob. Hell, I’m not a snob at all. I’m just a regular girl who
loves to play and wear makeup. That just happens to have picky skin.
So no
matter what, both are good, and both have good and bad points to them.
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