Dupe.Heaven

Let's face it, with this recession going on, everyone is looking for a break anywhere they can get it. And since we all want to still look good and buy our usual things that make us look good, here is a list of high end brands (Mac, Bobbie Brown, Cargo) vs. cheaper drug store (Ulta, Jane, Loreal) dupes. STAY FABULOUS!
****if you're looking for something in particular, hit CONTROL+F on this site and type in a word (ie... parrot ---if you're looking for Mac Parrot). it will pull you to the first instance of the word. Makes finding a particular color ALOT easier than looking through the whole list.

http://inexpensivebeauty.weebly.com/drugstore-and-etailer-dupes.html

My.$5.Face

I recently discovered Sally Girl makeup at Sally's Beauty Supply after seeing someone use it on Makeup Geek. The eye shadows are $0.99 but with your sally's card they're $0.89!!! so are the lip glosses and blushes. the shimmer bricks are kinda high though...$1.99. LOL! So I picked up a few eye shadows, a shimmer brick, and a lip gloss last week. So far i'm happy with the colors i've tried with the staying power and pigmentation. Which is not good because now i'll be buying alot more!! all the things i used in the look below, i already had which were basics (black eye shadow) or was a free sample I got from Mac except for the new Sally Girl stuff. So the look only cost me $5!!! You can't beat that

STAY FABULOUS!!! *smooches*

What I used:

FACE:

MAc Studio fix fluid in NC45

Mac blush in Blunt to contour--not necessary but you can use it if you want

Mac blush in Coppertone or any peachy toned blush you have will work

Sally Girl shimmer brick as highlighter--the back says 'GTG', not sure if that's the name but its the peach one

EYES:

UDPPNYX white jumbo crayon all over my eye

Sally Girl Green Apple e/s on inner 2/3 of eye

NYX Charcoal pigment in crease

Sally Girl Snow e/s as highlighter

Mac Carbon e/s in outer V or any matte black you have

BTFL

Mac #36 lashes

LIPS:

Mac Hodgepodge liner or anything you have that's a neutral brown

Sally Girl l/g in So Barbie--LOVES IT!!

DO.NOT.ATTEMPT.TO.ADJUST.YOUR.COMPUTER.SCREEN

IT'S ME!!!! ok so i decided to revamp myself for the weekend. So i got some new hair---i went with jet black and super short! anywho, this is the look to go with the new hair do (for now). I rarely use Deep Truth so I tried it out and loved it! hope you like it too :-)

and by the way, dont get attached to this! i'll be trying something different next weekend. LOL

STAY FABULOUS!!! *smooches*

I like this silly picture because you can actually see the contouring I attempted to do. LOL! i'm sick.....

What I used:

FACE:

MAc Studio fix fluid in NC45

Mac blush in Blunt to contour

Mac blush in Pinkered Peach/Trust Fund duo -- LE

EYES:

Mac Bamboom paint all over

Heavenly Natural pigment in Diva on center lid

Mac Gold Mode pigment on inner 1/3 of lid

Mac Deep Truth on outer V and crease

Mac Carbon on outer V

Mac Gold Dusk pigment as highlighter ---LOVES IT!!! looks so much better in person

BTFL

Mac #36 lashes

LIPS:

Bobbie Brown Petal Blossom l/g

Purple.Reign

I LOVE PURPLE! every shade, no matter what it is. Since i thought i lost my mojo last week, i decided to go back to what i love...plus i had a new purple shirt that i needed a look for. ha!

And sorry for the crappy lighting. i'm usually doing looks on saturday mornings and taking pics in my dining room with good natural light. but I woke up late for church and didn't have time to take any pics. So i resorted to taking these late that night. you should have seen me searching the house for good lighting for these pics *sigh*

ENJOY!!!

Face:
nc45 studio fix fluid
mac rose quartz blush
mac blunt to contour--which i did a crappy job of

Eyes:
UDPP
mac trax on lid and almost up to brow
mac parfait amour on outer lid
nyx milk jumbo pencil on inner 1/3 of lid
mac entremauve pigment in crease
mac shadowy lady in outer v
mac vex as highlight
BTFL

Lips:
bobbie brown petal blossom l/g (great gloss to wear by itself for a sheer pink tint--but it's pricey..i'm still looking for a dupe)

10.minute.face

I guess I would call this my natural look. Its pretty much what I wear when i'm running late for work. It goes with everything and it takes like no time to do because there's really nothing to it but its still a little something. and you can always make it go from this look to something more intense by just adding either some espresso or carbon in your crease and outer V. or wearing a red lipstick with it....hhmm might try that one day :-)

FACE:

NC45 studio fix fluid

MSF medium as highlighter

Iman Earth 2 shadesick to contour

Mac coppertone blush

EYES:

Mac Blonde's Gold pigment all over eye--you can also subsititute this with Mac Indianwood paint pot

Mac Carbon on lashline smudged up--you can also substitute this with Mac Espresso

BTFL on waterline and top liner

LIPS:

Mac Hodgepodge liner

Mac Underplay l/s

Rimmel l/g in Lure

I'm.so.behind

A friend pointed out recently that I don't always post my looks on my blog that I do on other sites. and now i see that is true. So i'm spending a little time tonight to i guess repost looks. enjoy!

I used Mac Steel Blue pigment, NYX Green Tea, Mac Cork, Mac Carbon, Mac Shroom

PURPLE.

here is a look using Heavenly Naturals Diva Pigment (http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5906181 ). i like how the bright purple is balanced out with the browns....which you will see i do alot. it makes it more every day wearable IMO.

Heavy Metal

this was an Ashanti look contest on MUG (http://www.makeupgeek.com/) that I didn't enter at the time the contest was on...I ended up doing it a month later. I actually like how it came out. I love the platinum pigment because it makes it look like there's really metal on my eyes

Face:

NC45 Studio Tech

MSF in medium to highlight

MSF in deep dark to contour

Slave to Love blush

Eyes:

UDPP

Architecture pp

Platinum pigment on lid

Heavenly Natural pig in Chic in crease and up

H.N. pig in Espresso in crease and outer v

Carbon in outer v and on lower lash line

Shroom as highlight

BTFL to line on top and water line

Lips:

Hodgepodge liner

Viva Glam 6 l/s (or it might be Viva Glam 5--which ever is lighter of the 2)