Beauty love on a budget
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I'm not going to lie, having a budget but being a massive lover of all things beauty has been a massive culture shock to me. Gone are the days where I can spend my saved up pennies on makeup I usually don't need, but lust over constantly and now i'm paying for bills and food. It's not all doom and gloom though, here are a few hints and tips on how to give beauty some love on a tight budget.
My first thing would be to say look at budget makeup on the highstreet, there are many brands out there such as MUA, or Makeup Revolution who go completely unheard of because of major drugstore brands such as Rimmel or Revlon. If you're lusting over a certain colour of lipstick check out MUA, they have a selection of great lipstick shades which have an amazing formula which often dupe popular lipstick shades out there on the market. My favourite concealer following the collection lasting perfection one is the MUA hide & conceal in fair and it's an absolute bargain at a £1! Also, their makeup palettes along with Make Up Revolution are some of my favourites, 12 buttery eye shadows which blend beautifully and are usually dupes of the Naked palettes are only £4! However, I would say spend out on your base but you can always cheap it up on the extras.
Secondly, there are loaaaads of brilliant discount makeup sites out there. They sell off either discontinued makeup from certain brands at super cheap prices. My favorite is fragrance direct as they sell of highstreet but also luxe brands for a percentage of the price. They have everything on there from perfumes, to skincare. If you are feeling the need for a splurge have a look on these websites, postage is usually cheap to and you tend to stumble across brands you never knew existed. Also, ebay is a brilliant resource for finding makeup bargains. I recently bought two Korres lipglosses for £2.50 each and Stila lipstick for £3 or £4. It takes a while to root around but it is definitely worth the hunt.
Before I went to uni I decided to stock up on products whenever they were on sale, for example I am a massive lover of the Fudge Urban iced raspberry and vanilla hairspray which is usually around £5.99 a bottle. But superdrug were doing a deal for around £2.62 so I ended up buying 3, and as I don't use hairspray a lot it ended up lasting me nearly the whole year for a similar price tag.
-Tasha x
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