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How To Fill Your Makeup Bag On A Budget

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If you know me you know I am the queen of bargains. I love finding an amazing steal, I practically thrive off of the thrill of finding something with a huge SALE tag on.

On a serious note however the one thing I have noticed whilst out shopping is that makeup stores rarely have sales on. It would be such a great way for companies to promote their products by having a huge sale but they never seem to do it when i’m looking.

Being a blogger with a blog that seems to be growing and growing it’s hard to stay on top of each makeup trend. They can be so expensive and a lot of the time you just can’t afford to buy makeup.

I have been travelling a lot recently and I found that KIKO had an amazing sale in their stores, stuff was literally slashed in half (price wise), this was amazing, the stores were finally packed and I actually bought loads of stuff I never normally would have, I just wish the sales weren’t just once a year…

 

Anyway! All of this pondering brought me to the realization that some people who are just begining to experiment with makeup or who have even been wearing it for a long time sometimes can’t afford a lot of the products being shown to us (me included!), that’s why I created this post. I wanted to fill a makeup bag on a budget and here are the results…

 

 

How To Fill Your Makeup Bag On A Budget

 

 

I am going to try and go all out and buy a complete makeup bag worth of stuff for under 30 pounds (around 42 dollars). Obviously they won’t be high brand items but, they will be good items so, if you’re struggling to keep up with trends or even struggling to afford the basics, here comes my budget beauty bag!

At the end of this post I am going to add up each item and reveal my results!

 

First up is foundation. I am going to skip primer as it isn’t really a huge neccesity, not in my eyes anyway and also I want money left to buy cuter stuff than primer.

 

 

Foundation

 

How To Fill Your Makeup Bag On A Budget

I have spoken about the wake me up foundation a million and one times before. I use it on a daily basis and love it so much. It gives me an amazing coverage, it lasts all day, it doesn’t look ‘cakey’ at all and it so easy to blend and work with.

Best of all it comes in way, way way under budget!

 

You can purchase this foundation for an amazing price in the UK by clicking here. 

You can purchase this foundation for an amazing price in the US by clicking here.

 

Eyeliner

How To Fill Your Makeup Bag On A Budget

 

Surprisingly eyeliner was a lot harder to find than anything else. Although it can always be fairly cheap to find all of the cheaper brands were really low quality.

In the end I went for two different products an elf eyeliner for the US which comes in at an actual dollar and a rimmel eyeliner for the UK.

 

Click here for an amazing price on the eyeliner in the UK. 

Click here for an amazing price on the eyeliner in the US.

 

Mascara 

 

 

How To Fill Your Makeup Bag On A Budget

As long as the mascara doesn’t make your eyes spidery or too ‘wet’ and clustered, any mascara is fine. I found two different products for the US and the UK. Both products are on the same level and in the same price range.

Click here for the best price on this mascara in the UK. 

Click here for the best price on this mascara in the US. 

 

Brows 

 

 

How To Fill Your Makeup Bag On A Budget

Brows are of course optional. Some people don’t feel the need to fill in their brows and others can’t go without it. This brow pencil wasn’t the cheapest in it’s range but, it was one of the most loved pencils.

Click here for the best price on this brow pencil in the UK.

Click here for the best price on this brow pencil in the US.

 

 

 

 Translucent Powder

How To Fill Your Makeup Bag On A Budget

Just like the brows the translucent/setting powder is optional. If you didn’t know it just keeps your makeup in place and matifies the skin. I’ve talked about this translucent powder in another post here.

You can purchase this powder for an amazing price in the UK by clicking here. 

You can purchase this powder for an amazing price in the US by clicking here.

 

Eyeshadow 

 

How To Fill Your Makeup Bag On A Budget

This palette is amazing and so cheap. It comes with a ton of different colors to experiment and create different looks with. I couldn’t not add it in to this budget beauty bag because you will always be able to create looks with this palette.

You can purchase this awesome product in the UK for an amazing price by clicking here.

You can purchase this awesome product in the US for an amazing price by clicking here. 

 

Cheeks 

 

How To Fill Your Makeup Bag On A Budget

I am a bronzer kind of girl but, if you’re not then go for a blush like this one.

This bronzer is cheap and pigmented, perfect for your collection. It can also double as an eye shadow if you’re running low!

You can purchase this bronzer for an amazing price in the UK by clicking here. 

You can purchase this bronzer for an amazing price in the US by clicking here.

 

Lips 

How To Fill Your Makeup Bag On A Budget

The products aren’t the same for both the UK and the US but once again they are on the same quality level and equate to roughly the same price.

Lipstick isn’t essential but,it’s nice to have in the bottom of your beauty budget bag just to change up looks sometimes.

You can purchase this lipstick for the best price in the UK by clicking here.

You can purchase this lipstick for the best price in the US by clicking here. 

How To Fill Your Makeup Bag On A Budget

Before I pat myself on the back for finding all of these incredible makeup finds we need to calculate the results and see how much I actually ‘spent’.

The Foundation came in at 5.99 GBP and 12.00 USD.

The Eyeliner came in at 2.95 GBP and 1.00 USD.

The Mascara came in at 2.29 GBP and 1.52 USD.

The Brow Pencil came in at 4.29 GBP and 6.75 USD.

The Translucent Powder came in at 5.99 GBP and 6.00 USD.

The Eyeshadow palette came in at 4.46 GBP and 7.75 USD.

The Bronzer came in at  3.80 GBP and 1.15 USD.

The Lipstick came in at 0.99 GBP and 3.00 USD.

In total my budget beauty bag with all of the essentials came to…

  • 30.76 GBP

  • 39.17 USD

I came in 76 p over budget in the UK and just under budget by 2 dollars in the US.

It just goes to show even without the wonderful makeup sales a bargain can be found. All of the products above are the neccesities and more, I am so happy I found them for the price I set out to pay! Even if in the UK I went 76p over budget, I think I can get over that!

 

I hope you  enjoyed my post on How To Fill Your Makeup Bag On A Budget  if you did please let me know in the comments below!

Lauren. x

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