I want / I can: Girls about budget replacements favorite makeup products
Once we asked the girls, interested in cosmetics, to share your favorite budget care, which, without prejudice, will replace the unique expensive banks - it turned out that there are many worthy alternatives on the market. Let us try again: now the beauty enthusiasts and professionals show makeup products that will help you to safely endure the parting with expensive in every sense means.
Irene Shimshilshvili
Make-up artist, author of the telegram channel "Diary of Vizazhidze"
Want: Liquid shadows Giorgio Armani Eye Tint, 2397 rub.
Can: Liquid shade NYX Lid Lingerie, 550 rubles.
Want: Brow mascara Estée Lauder Brow Now, 1800 rub.
Can: Mascara for eyebrows Essence Make Me Brow Eyebrow Gel Mascara, 290 rub.
Want: Concealer Urban Decay Skin Weightless Complete Coverage Concealer, 1850 rub.
Can: Concealer Holika Holika Cover & Hiding Liquid Concealer, 475 rub.
The NYX and Armani liquid shadows are successfully replacing each other. Both products are tints. The principle of operation is the same: you need to quickly shade the color for a century, it will immediately fix and hold on all day. The brands have different color palettes and "glossiness" - NYX is more generous with glitter.
The gel for eyebrows Estée Lauder is smaller and, at the same time, better than fiber, compared to the budget fellow - these are the fibers that make the eyebrow thicker; a very natural result is obtained, few gels can do this. He also has better fixation. But if we talk about an inexpensive alternative, then Essence will replace both the popular Benefit and the magnificent Brow Now. I advise you to arm yourself with a brush and brush the eyebrow after the product - it will fix better, and the stuck hairs will separate.
With a pair of concealers - the case when a cheap counterpart is much cooler. The formula of Holika Holika is more creamy, which makes it easier to apply and blend, due to the texture it is even more comfortable on the face. Pigmentation is a bomb! The only advantage is in the direction of Urban Decay: their concealers have a much wider palette of colors.
Masha Vorslav
makeup artist, beauty editor The Blueprint, author of the telegram channel bankihuyanki
Want: MAC Mineralize Moisture SPF 15 Foundation Mineral Tone Foundation, 2990 rub.
Can: BB-cream Holika Holika Moisturizing Petit BB SPF 30 PA ++, 550 rub.
Holika Holika Petit BB Moisturizing SPF 30 PA ++ got me on the cosmetics swap, nobody wanted to take it. Several years ago I already had a BB from this series, only a shade of gray, and I liked it - but since then I have tried a lot of things, and the requirements for tone have changed.
It is a little darker and pink than I would like, but it adapts well to the skin, and I can wear it. I use literally a quarter of a pea because it is dense and pigmented. I squeeze this portion onto my fingers, rub it between them and pat them in the center of my face - I need a tone only there. I think you can apply and sponge, but I love it when the skin looks as natural as possible - that's why the fingers. Even for shine, you can mix it with a nourishing cream: I have a favorite, but it has not yet appeared on sale.
This BB covers everything, except for obvious redness after pimples, does not matte, but does not shine much (you will not get the effect of glossy skin with it). I like his small lightweight bottle - it fits in any bag. But on the SPF I do not hope: I wear such a meager amount of tone that it does not give any protection.
Lina Markina
Mel.fm Sales Manager
Want: Mascara Dior Diorshow Iconic, 2400 rubles.
Can: Maybelline The Colossal Volum 'Express Mascara Mascara, 510 rub.
Want: Waterproof contour for eyes Chanel Stylo Yeux Waterproof, 1432 rub.
Can: Sephora Collection Fingertip Eyeliner Thimble Eyeliner, 199 rub.
Want: Dior Diorshow Fusion Mono Cream Shades, 1299 rub.
Can: Cream Shade Maybelline EyeStudio Color Tattoo, 390 rub.
The most useful knowledge gained over the years is that there will be at least some cool cheap cosmetics for any expensive cosmetics. Five years ago I spent a lot of money on make-up for the eyes. Diorshow mascara and the pencil of Chanel Stylo Yeux Waterproof were constant companions. What is one that the other cost about two thousand rubles. Yes, of course, this is not a monthly spending, but infuriated anyway. I decided to start looking narrowly at something more budget. After a series of setbacks, Maybelline The Colossal Volum 'Express Mascara mascara, Sephora Fingertip Eyeliner liquid liner and Maybelline Color Tattoo eyeshadow fell into my hands. Now this is my standard daily makeup kit.
The mascara really suits me: the brush is comfortable, there are no lumps and it does not turn eyelashes into bunches. I have been buying it for several years, and the price has still not changed (I did not notice, at least). I replaced my favorite luxury pencil with a counterpart from Sephora. It doesn’t have a very large tube, and at first it was quite difficult to adjust, but this is like with lenses: you poke a finger in the eye a couple of times and learn.
I have pretty low eyelids, and no matter what I put on them, in an hour or two everything slips, so I always try to choose waterproof products. I put all the pencils and liners on the shadows, so that nothing smeared for sure. Maybelline shadows have very nice texture and color, I enjoy it every day with my budget purchase. The NYX Vivid Brights multi-colored liners still loved - they never let me down and never rolled.
In general, I try about all cosmetics, including caring, not to choose from luxury brands, and I do not have anything in my cosmetics bag, without which I would not be able to live. In addition, not so long ago, I learned that lipstick can be painted cheeks - and life finally became a paradise. Of course, I will never in my life refuse an expensive decoration, but only as a gift. After all, if you do not see the difference - why pay more, as they say.
Moore Sobolev
journalist, authoring telegram channel Fierce & Cute
Want:Eyeliner Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil, 1350 rub.
Can:Eyeliner Wycon Long Lasting Eyeliner, 579 rub.
Want:Mascara YSL Volume Effet Faux Cils, 2630 rub.
Can:Mascara Maybelline The Colossal Volum 'Express 100% Black, 579 rub.
I love Urban Decay very much - I have been collecting eyeliners and palettes, including limited ones, for more than eight years. I have all the shades of pencils that have come out during this time, and I adore them - in fact, it is thanks to them that I love the arrows and the outline of the eyes, before that I used only shadows. When I first tried the Glide-On Eye Pencils, I was surprised that such a thing ever happened: pencils are soft, durable, allowing to vary the sharpness and intensity of the line, plus an incredible choice of colors. And if in the latter it is still difficult to compete with Urban Decay - in fact, no one has such a wide palette of shades - then the formulas that can compete with Glide-On have already appeared.
My favorites are the pencils of the Italian brand Wycon with very similar technical characteristics to Urban Decay: they are just as soft, also fixed on the eyelid tightly after about thirty seconds, also waterproof and suitable for mucous membranes. There are a lot of shades too - as many as twenty - and they are very beautiful: complex deep colors, lacking only ultra-bright ones.
Volume mascara Volume Effet Faux Cils - almost the same classic YSL, for example, the corrector-highlighter Touche Éclat. She really does "doll" eyelashes, voluminous and separated, does not kill the curl, if you first use the curler, and does not dry out with a nasty film on the eyelashes, than many mascaras sin. In its previous iteration, the mascara quickly dried out, which was widely discussed in the beauty forums, but now the formula has been changed, and Volume Effet Faux Cils behaves well all its life.
However, for the effect that it gives, it is not necessary to pay more than $ 40 - the same concern L'Oréal produces ink Maybelline The Colossal Volum 'Express 100% Black. Its main and, perhaps, the only drawback is the lack of color variations that YSL has, but otherwise it is perfect. She can make up in a taxi, in an elevator, in the dark and, probably, even on the edge of a cliff - with one movement of the brush, it can be used to make the same eyelashes that are obtained with Volume Effet Faux Cils: long, neatly divided, voluminous and twisted. And to the touch remain the same "alive", as with YSL.
Margarita Virova
beauty editor wonderzine
Want: Liquid matte lipstick Lime Crime Velvetines Lipstick, 1990 rub.
Can: Maybelline SuperStay Matte Ink Liquid Matte Lipstick, 381 rub.
Want: Tonal gel Chanel Les Beiges Touche de Teint Belle Mine SPF 25, 2999 rub.
Can: Cushon Maybelline Dream Cushion Fresh Face Liquid Foundation, 950 rub.
The specifics of the work allows me and even my colleagues to significantly reduce the cost of cosmetics, so I have a lot of luxury, and I don’t refuse it - nevertheless I am very happy about budget finds every time and I think that some day these treasures will be useful to me. Lime Crime matte lipstick is a timeless classic: despite the fact that there are more comfortable formulas on the market for a hundred years, only these guys can boast unparalleled resilience. I am not very ready to choose between the day from the lipstick and the day without the possibility of dragging fatty foods into my mouth, so velveteen is my favorite way of reconciling the two.
An adequate replacement came up this year in the ranks of the new Maybelline products, which made a line of products that can only be removed from the face through the courts. Seriously, SuperStay Matte Ink lipsticks remain in their original form for much more than a couple of hours, and if no threats are foreseen, they live to see the evening. There are few shades, but the dark ones, which I usually choose from Lime Crime, look very good.
The second favorite bank, thanks to which I can proudly declare that I am generally painted, is a tonal gel, also known as a cushion, Chanel from the brilliant nude collection of Les Beiges. He does not mask anything and in general does not give out anything about the presence of tone on his face. But slightly aligns the color, gives a beautiful even shine, slightly hides the blue under the eyes and other signs that I do not live, but survive.
In general, I am not ready to refuse him at all, but at Maybelline I found him not so much a full-fledged alternative - just a remedy with a similar effect for days that are heavier. Dream Cushion has much more ambitions to work as a tonal basis: it masks small reddenings, it feels like it is much denser than my invisible pet, but the beautiful glow and adequate correspondence to the skin tone completely suits me. In addition, I apply it with the perfect Chanel brush, which spreads almost any tool with a very thin layer: alas, I still are not ready to underpay for brushes, as they are responsible for a considerable part of the magic in terms of creating skin texture.
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