Facial care on a tight budget

I think there's some things that just need to be laid out for all these girls out there spending so much money on their makeup. Here's a few things I find extremely important about managing your wallet with your beauty habits.

1. Use samples. Makeup and beauty samples are simple, portable, and free! I elaborated on this in my last post.

2. Lancome beauty time. Lancome beauty time is the best. I always have to get relatives gifts for birthdays, Christmas etc. So I get them the regular sized version, and I get the small gift set for myself. This is how I get my mascara, eye makeup remover, lipstick and a few other perks once in a while.

3. Go for neutral colors when possible. Honestly how many times are you going to wear that extravagant "pop" makeup? Unless you work in the entertainment/fashion/beauty industries, in which case your makeup is part of your work anyways and you're probably going to spend a lot more on it anyways. 

4. Multi-task your products. Notice I didn't say "buy products that are marketed as multi-tasking", I said multi-task your products yourself. What's the difference? In one, you're buying another product; in the other, you're taking products you already have and using them for multiple things. One leads to spending more money, the other leads to spending less. :) 

Examples: 

- Eyeshadow doubling as brow-liner 

- Bronzer doubling as eyeshadow 

5. Use products not marketed as beauty products, for beauty. 

I've seen great examples of people on Youtube using $2 artists' brushes as brow brushes. This is fantastic. Why pay more? 

I will try to elaborate on some of these points with future posts. I feel like your wallet will be thanking you, however, for helping out. 

Until next time!