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I’ll write a post with my recommendations and what I’m going to buy later today.

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I wish it had free shipping too. But still!

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This is not about clothes. This is about cheap products that seemed promising or that I’d heard good things about, but that suck. Or at least, suck for me. YMMV and all that.

• Maybelline Great Lash Mascara

Every time I pick up a magazine, some makeup artist is suggesting this. I don’t get it. It does nothing for me. My lashes are barely anything thicker or longer than they were before I used it. Darker, I guess. But like I’ve said before, I think mascara’s quality and effectiveness is highly dependent on the person using it. This might be right for your lashes, but it’s not for mine. There’s no universal mascara that is perfect for everyone, in my experience.

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Whatever you want to call it, it’s fucking awesome. AND EASY. And cheap, of course.

I already directed you to this video tutorial a while ago. If you didn’t look before, do it now. Do as I say. DO IT.

In the video they use all sort of expensive shit to do this. Fuck that. You can do it for cheap.

• Instead of $25 Lorac eyelid primer, get the $1 e.l.f. shit.
• Instead of $20 Laura Mercier eyeliner in Black Turquoise, get the $6-7 Milani liner in Blackened Teal. (Ignore the glitter on the other end - it’s crap. Don’t expect to get two products out of this, and you won’t be disappointed when only one is useful.)
• Instead of $15 Mac Club eyeshadow, get the Wet N Wild Color Icon palette in Comfort Zone for $5, and get 7 other awesome shadows along with it. Use the bottom right shadow for this look.
• Instead of $23 Givenchy black eyeliner pencil, use whatever black eyeliner pencil you want. Seriously. It makes no fucking difference.

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Today I’m just going to write about some of my favorite cheap makeup. Some of these I’ve posted about individually before, and others I haven’t. They aren’t all necessarily revolutionary and life changing, but they are are good and reliable and useful. These are the products I tend to use on a daily basis and that I keep buying when I run out.

This is a long one, so get ready.

• Monistat Soothing Care Chafing Relief Powder-Gel (as primer), $6

Here’s my previous post about this one. I just got a sample from Sephora of Lancome LA BASE PRO Perfecting makeup primer. It costs 42-fucking-dollars a bottle. It looks, feels, and even SMELLS identical to this Monistat shit. I haven’t compared the ingredients, but I’ll wager it is exactly the same. Do not waste your money on that nonsense, or I will have to hunt you down and kick you in the taint.

• CoverGirl Advanced Radiance Age-Defying pressed powder, $8

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These are my favorite eyeshadows by a fucking mile. They come in three and eight shade pans (as well as singles, which I haven’t tried). The ones I own are:

• Comfort Zone (8)
• Silent Treatment (3)
• Walking on Eggshells (3)
• Cool as a Cucumber (3)
• Don’t Steal My Thunder (3)
• Sweet As Candy (3)

Comfort Zone, Silent Treatment, and Walking on Eggshells are my favorites, but the only shade out of all of these I was disappointed by was the darker brown in Sweet As Candy. It wasn’t as pigmented and smooth as all the others. ALL the others are wonderful. Here’s what I had to say about Comfort Zone in particular, recently.

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So, Influenster is this site where you sign up, and if you have a web presence (blog, Twitter, whatever), you can earn badges for various interests, and they might send you shit to review. Not just beauty stuff - there are badges for food, wine, gaming, outdoorsiness, wedding-planning, etc. I am apparently officially a beauty blogger, so I got a box full of beauty shit. 

(If you want an invite, send me a message or an email at cheapasf@gmail.com. I only get 5 invites, so I am supposed to choose them carefully, but … )

Here’s the swag:

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Get this stuff:

• Wet N Wild Color Icon Collection Eyeshadow Set in Comfort Zone 738 ($5)
• e.l.f. Essential Eyelid Primer ($1) (or any other primer)
• (Optional) e.l.f. Studio Makeup Lock & Seal ($3)
• Eyelids, if you don’t already have some

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Is it true that any time you use a new type of makeup (something like foundation), it will make you break out for a while? And you have to give your skin a week or so of using it for it to settle down? Or is the fact that this wonderful BB cream is making my skin a mess a sign that I should just stop using it immediately?

cheapasf:

If you’ve never tried mineral makeup (or even if you have), check this out. Everyday Minerals lets you order 7 free samples and just pay for shipping, which is usually less than $3. The samples are decently sized (at least they were last time I got some) and last me for months! This is some good shit right here. Right now they are offering base (i.e. foundation), blush, and finishing powder samples. 

If you want to be really nice, you can pay a little extra and all of the money you put in will go to the Everyday Minerals Wilderness Preservation Plan.

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Yeah, you read that right. This stuff works really well for its intended purpose, but it also makes an excellent primer for your face. In fact, its ingredients are almost identical to Smashbox Photo Finish Primer, but it costs less than $7. Natalie Dee has a detailed comparison of the formulas, so check it out.

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Just plain great stuff. It’s smooth, shiny, and not sticky. It has absolutely no scent or flavor. When I go out in the wind, my hair doesn’t stick to my face. There’s nothing I hate more than that. Okay, maybe a few things, but that’s annoying. And this goop lasts! Hours, if you’re not eating, and maybe even if you are. 

When I bought the 4 tubes of this that I have now, it was on sale for $2.50. Right now it’s $6 and buy one get one half price. Stock up! It comes in a ton of shades. I honestly think it’s much better than any higher end lip gloss I own. 

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