The Daily Beauty Break

Calling all Bobbi Brown Long Wearing Gel Liner and MAC Fluid line Eye Liner addicts!!!  I happened on Maybelline’s Eye Studio Lasting Drama Gel Eye Liner last trip out to Walmart.  SO happy drugstore brands are catching on to what I need. Granted Maybelline’s color selection doesn’t even come close to the department store brands (just your basic black, brown,charcoal and purple), but the quality is THERE. Lasting Drama Gel Liners also come with a brush that is keeper (although I prefer using an angled brush for my gels).

I thought the Maybelline gel liner wore just as well as their more expensive counterparts ( these bad boys will run you around $7 bucks vs the $15 department store)….AND you can pick it up while you are buying laundry detergent. NICE, real NICE.

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So I hate to say it, but I never got to try Givenchy’s Phenomen’Eyes Mascara ($28) with the cool ball-wand…However, I may never need to because L’Oreal just introduced their version in Telescopic “Explosion” Mascara (not sure how much but I’m sure waay less than $28 bucks!).

I love nothing more than when “mass-tige” lines come out with niche products you thought only department store lines (prestige) could carry.  Tell me if you picked either of these guys up…..Come on, I can’t buy it all…Ah, the wants vs needs thing again.

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So whether you like to go funky and fab with your nail polish or not, the fashion world was all a-buzz at the shows this fall with Chanel’s Jade Laquer ($25). Well even if I did want to shell out $23 for the real deal, Jade was sold out practically as soon as it debuted down the catwalk.  Enter OPI’s Go on the Green.….For only $8 bucks, the color is close enough for moi!

I love being a nail trend victim because I can afford a new polish but not always a new outfit, ya know?

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If you love Prescriptives Flawless Face Primer ($27.50)……You might want to try Sally Hansen Inspired by Carmindy Luminzing Face Primer ($10). Yep, I’ve started a new category here at The Daily Beauty Break titled “Drugstore VS Department Store”…Got any favorites you want me to review? Just leave a comment and I’ll get right on it.

These two primers are both semi-transparent gels with almost the exact same consistency.  Both contain the lovely light-reflecting particles that add life back to dull skin. The only difference would be that I would say the Prescriptives primer might be a tad bit moisturizing…But considering the Prescriptives primer is only available while supplies last (sniff,sniff), you might want to make a move. I’m just sayin’.

Be Beautiful Y’all…..