As part of being my plan for being more sensible with my money (read not buying so many shoes) I have been looking where I spend a lot of money and have been trying to cut back.
I recently did a post on MUA Mascara which was the first product I have tried from the Makeup Academy. It has become my go to mascara for the working week and works very well, for the price I couldn't be more happy.
I was looking through my makeup collection recently though in my budget frame of mind and realised I needed a change in blusher. I have always used Dandelion by Benefit which I used as a double up for brightening up my complexion and adding blush to my cheeks. I adore it. But at £23.50 a time, can I still justify it? Probably not.
Given my good experience with the mascara, I once again raided the MUA section of my local Superdrug. For the unbelievable price of £1 I bought the MUA Shade 2 Blusher and have been roadtesting it for over a week once.
The blusher goes on well, without being too heavy. It has a good staying power and I have nothing bad to say about it at all. In fact considering the price I ended up with two as I keep one at home and one at the office (sometimes a girl just have to retouch).
The blusher has a very good level of pigmentation and as a result, you only need to dab your blusher brush once onto it in order to get the appropriate amount of blusher to apply. I learned this at my peril after using for the first time and ending up looking like Aunt Sally.
The blusher has a very good level of pigmentation and as a result, you only need to dab your blusher brush once onto it in order to get the appropriate amount of blusher to apply. I learned this at my peril after using for the first time and ending up looking like Aunt Sally.
Making a saving of £22.50 is a definate win in my budget task, although I still need to retrain my brain so I don't think "Oooooo, what can I buy instead?"
Have you found any good bargains lately?
