Sunday, December 5, 2010

SPLURGE or SAVE?? Part 2

Now, where were we.....ah yes, to spend on the high street fancy makeup or save and go discount and drug store. Some surprising bargains to be had, and some surprising products you can't afford to go cheap on.
Foundation was a splurge,  mascara was a save, but what else?

Blush: Save


 While its true that many expensive blushes like Nars give a beautiful effect, you can indeed find beautiful glowing blushes at the drug store. the key is to know what to get. Avoid anything chalky and anything from the waaay cheap brands. I am always partial to cream blushes because, especially in natural light, they will always look the most ntural and blend the best. Loreal HIP and Covergirl  have some lovely options. Physicians formula is a wonderful brand for this who love sheer dewy glow. They have blush mosaics and palettes which combine various tones and shimmers when you swirl the brush on it and give you a beautiful multidimensional finish.

Bronzer: save

Yes bronzer is not something worth spending big on. I don't use bronzer much, but if I did I would be spending my makeup dough on physicians formula. They seem to specialize in bronzer and have SO MANY many varieties. As with the blush the magic lies in allowing you the customize the dimension, shade and depth by swirling your brush over several colors in the compact. and unlie many bronzers they have several LIGHT shades of bronzer to suit lighter skin tones.Too dark bronzer in the bane of any bronze makeup look. It screams fake.

1 comment:

  1. Wow Chava! WTG! I love the new blog!!! It's on my favorites list!

    Mindy

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