The beauty industry is developing very quickly, so you can find a huge amount of goods for every taste in the cosmetics stores. But we all know that good cosmetics is expensive. When buying a quality product, we often overpay for the brand, so it is worth considering how to save money at the expense of yourself. We collected for you Top 10 luxury products that can be replaced with cheap counterparts.
Mass market vs premium class
Products from the mass market are actively fighting for a place in a cosmetics bag. Saving our budget, they are getting better in quality every year, and some of them can compete with luxury products. The main thing is to know the secret cheap products that professional makeup artists are silent about.
Radiant Primer Victoria Beckham KIKO MILANO
Shining primer Victoria Beckham Estée Lauder Morning Aura Illuminating Creme, ($ 95) for today the best product from all represented on the market. Noble fine radiance will create a beautiful glow of the skin from the inside. It can also be used as a highlighter. This must-have product can replace KIKO MILANO Radiant Boost Face Base ($ 17), which are not much inferior in quality, if we talk about the fineness of gloss and moisture.
Estée Lauder A'PIEU foundation
Super resistant and well covering concealer Estée lauder double wear ($ 60) choose the best makeup artists of the world. But if your budget does not allow you to buy such an expensive product, the Korean brand foundation will come to your aid A'PIEU Triple Wear Foundation ($10).
Many believe that this analog is even slightly better shaded and has super durability. It should be noted that this product was created exactly as an analogue of Estée Lauder. The only thing you should pay attention to is the numbering of shades. The entire collection is a little lighter than the expensive analog, and the very first shade is much lighter than we used to see.
Concealer cream NARS A'PIEU
Concealer Cream NARS Radiant Creamy Concealer ($ 30) - a favorite of celebrities and a frequent guest on the red carpet. Ideally covers all the flaws and dark circles under the eyes. You will find many similar products on the market, but they will be thinner and less persistent. Koreans have created the perfect product, which costs literally a penny, and even a little better in quality if we talk about persistence. This is about A'PIEU Moist Creamy Concealer ($9).
Sculpting powder Kevyn Aucoin Estrade
Sculpting Face Powder Kevyn Aucoin The Sculpting Powder ($ 50) in a shade of Lihgt, Medium, which is ideally suited as a dry corrector. Creates very realistic beautiful shadows on the face. Fortunately, it can easily be replaced. Estrade Mon Secret Sculpteur in a shade of 208 ($ 6). The only disadvantage of this product is fairly simple and not very beautiful packaging.
Anastasia Beverly Hills eyebrow pencil Vivienne Sabo
Eyebrow pencil Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Wiz ($ 21) does an excellent job with its function, plus the colors in the collection of this line are just perfect, although there is one “but”. If you count the price per gram, it turns out that it costs more than gold. That is why you should look at the eyebrow pencil Vivienne Sabo Brow Arcade ($ 5). His pigmentation is even higher than that of an expensive product, so makeup artists advise you to carefully brush your eyebrows with the brush that comes with it.
Matte lipstick Dior Gerard
Matt lipstick Rouge dior lipstick ($ 37) fits perfectly and does not create a wet effect, while not dry lips. The composition is more like a mousse, which is very comfortable to wear. Cheap lipstick Gerard Cosmetics Matte Liquid Lipstick ($ 19) can even compete for quality, as the composition is more dense and slightly creamy.
Mascara Bobbi Brown Vivienne Sabo
Mascara Bobbi Brown Smokey Eye Mascara Black ($ 35) was designed to create super volume and super length. It is very bright and black, and is applied very easily, and the volume can be adjusted depending on the desire. But there is a product that many professional makeup artists have long adored - this is mascara Vivienne sabo cabaret ($ 5). She pleasantly surprises, as the quality is in no way inferior, but it costs literally a penny.
Couchon Lancôme MISSHA
Famous cushion Lancôme Miracle Cushion Foundation ($ 50), from which began a total love of compact tonal. It is very convenient to carry and correct makeup if necessary. Korean cosmetics has created an analog Missha M Magic Cushion Foundation ($ 13), which even the packaging is very similar to Lancôme. The coating is fairly light, but it masks all the flaws of the skin very well.
Blush GUERLAIN MISSHA
Blush GUERLAIN Les Tendres Meteorites Perles De Blush ($ 60), which rave absolutely everything. Even if you know nothing about cosmetics, you have definitely heard a lot of good things about meteorites of this brand. But blush MISSHA Rolling Heart Ball Blusher ($ 30) with very beautiful packaging are two times cheaper, and the quality is as good as the famous balls.
Chanel Mary Kay Loose Powder
Crumbly Mineral Powder Veil Chanel poudre universelle libre ($ 52) creates a very thin delicate coating that does not dry and works like a photoshop. This product is absolutely luxury, and it can only compete with it. Mary Kay Mineral Powder Foundation ($ 20). What characterizes it: the smallest grinding, pleasant soul, the ability to hide enlarged pores and minor irregularities on the face.
What can we conclude from all this? Price does not always determine quality, which means you can look expensive for little money. If you want to look beautiful, buy worthy counterparts to expensive luxury goods and no one dares to accuse you of saving on beauty.
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