Save or Splurge

10 Must Have Beauty Products to either Save or Splurge On.

When it comes to searching for the best products from eyes, to lips and face, it’s best to have your wallet’s budget in your best interest. These are the top products that you need for this year from drugstore to high-end. Choose which products you want to splurge on or which ones you’d rather save your money for.

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1. Primer:

Save: Nivea’s Men’s Sensitive Post Shave Balm

• Yes, believe it or not this product is not just used to moisture men’s skin after trimming their beards. This post shave balm is the perfect primer and a little goes a long way; you can get this large jar for just $5.98 at Target. This will hold makeup on your face for hours on end- plus it smells wonderful!

Splurge: Benefit Cosmetics- POREfessional Face Primer

• Regina George may have complained about her huge pores, but I guess she never tried Benefit’s POREfessional primer. This primer leaves your skin feeling soft smooth and totally flawless. This primer helps to minimize the size of your pores and helps to put your makeup on so evenly. ($31.00 at Sephora)

2. Foundation

Save: Maybelline FIT Me Foundation

• This foundation is BY FAR the best Drugstore foundation I have ever used. It comes in two forms: a “Matte + Poreless” (better for oily skin combination) and a “Dewy + Smooth” (better for a normal-to-dry skin combination). This product is easy to use and comes in 16 different shades, so it’s not hard to find a shade perfect for your skin. ($7.99 at Ulta)

Splurge: Smashbox Studio Skin- 15 Hour Wear Hydrating Foundation

• One of the worst feelings in the world is going out and having to worry if you’re going to sweat off your makeup while you’re dancing with friends. The Smashbox Studio skin is a 15-hour wear foundation is sweat resistant and will stay on your skin all night long. It has a hydrating formula, so it does not dry out your skin and leaves a flawless skin finish

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3. Concealer

Save: Maybelline FIT Me concealer

-The Maybelline concealer comes in 6 shades to highlight your under eye. This concealer is easy to blend out and is nice and creamy, leaving a glowing touch to hide your dark circles.

Splurge: NARS Radiant Creamy Concealer

The NARS Radiant creamy concealer is one of the most perfect concealers I’ve ever used. It’s so creamy and reduces all redness and dark circles under your eyes without that gross cakey after finish.

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4. Contour Palette

Save: NYX Cosmetics-Highlight & Contour Pro Palette

• This contour kit comes with four highlight and four contour shades so it’s great for choosing how intense you want your contour to be that day. ($24.99 at Ulta)

Splurge: Kat Von D Shade + Light Palette

• If you’re looking for a Kardashian level contour, this palette is guaranteed to make your makeup look on fleek. The shades are perfect shadowing and can even be doubled to use shades for a neutral eye shadow look. ($46.00 at Sephora)

5. Highlighter

Save: L’Oreal True Match Lumi Liquid Glow Illuminator in Rose

• For those just starting to experiment with highlight the L’Oreal True Match Liquid Glow Illuminators are great to start off with! They’re only $12.99 a bottle at any drugstore, easy to blend into the skin and leave a subtle glow to your skin.

Splurge: BECCA- Shimmering Skin Perfector in “Champagne Pop”

• For those makeup guru’s that need the best glow around. BECCA’s “Champagne Pop” is the best around” the shade is flawless and easily blended into the skin leaving a beautiful glow to last you all day!

6. Mascara

Save: Maybelline Volum’Express Colossal Mascara

• This mascara has great volume and leaves your eyelashes looking thick and full without the clumpy mess of other cheap drugstore mascaras! ($6.99 at Ulta)

Splurge: Too Faced- Better Than Sex Mascara

• Volume, length and curl are all the necessities that need to be checked off your list when shopping for mascara. The Better Than Sex Mascara definitely does the trick. No digging around to the bottom of your mascara bottle for more formula, this brush is voluminous enough and perfect to get the whole “false eyelash” look without the eyelash glue mess. ($23.00 at Sephora)

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7. Eyeliner

Save: Maybelline Eye Studio Master Precise Ink Pen Eyeliner

- Many liquid eyeliner pens dry out easily and make it hard for to apply. It has a thin felt tip making it easy to apply and get a precise thin line. ($7.99 at Ulta)

Splurge: Kat Von D- Tattoo Liner

• This is the perfect liquid eyeliner pen I’ve used. The felt tip glides perfectly easy on the lid for easy application and leaving you with a deep dark line that lasts all day. ($20.00 at Sephora)

8. Eyeshadow

Save: e.l.f Cosmetics Only Mad for Matte Eyeshadow Palette

• These neutral colors are essential to have in any makeup, they apply smoothly and blend easily for any basic smoky eye look. ($10.00 from Ulta)

Splurge: Tartelette 2 in Bloom Clay Eyeshadow Palette

• These eyeshadows are so pigmented and creamy that it makes it so nice for any day-to-day look or using the darker shades for a night out. They palette has matte and shimmer shades to pick from to either matte-ify or glam up your look. ($45.00 from Sephora)

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9. Eyebrow

Save: NYX Cosmetics Microbrow Pencil

• If you’re looking to get the bang for your buck out of all the brow pencils around. Only $10 from NYX Cosmetics, and easy to glide on your brows and shape with the brush applicator.

Splurge: Anastasia Beverly Hills Dipbrow Pomade

• This creamy dipbrow pomade is perfect for shaping your brows and getting them to the picture-perfect bushiness. They pomade is super creamy and easy to apply with a thin brush and is long wear to last you for hours.

10. Lipstick

Save: NYX Cosmetics Lip Lingerie

• The Lip Lingerie is by far one of my favorite liquid lipsticks ever. These liquid lipsticks are to die for and only $7.00 at NYX Cosmetics. They’re matte finish and come in 12 shades and have a creamy liquid formula that dries to your lips and lasts long during the day

Splurge: Kat Von D Everlasting Liquid Lipstick

- Kat Von D carries 28 shades in this long-wear, full-coverage liquid lipstick. Creamy and rich formula that’s easy to apply like a lip gloss but stays on your lips like a strong lip stain for hours on end!