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The Best Drugstore Mascaras That Rival High End Brands

You want to lift and separate? There is a drugstore mascara for you. Want to plump and add volume? There’s a tube for that too. Some of the best drugstore mascaras rival high end brands because they are made in the same factories or by the same parent company. Take L’Oreal and Lancôme for example. No matter what you want, there’s little chance you can’t find it or a combination of it at the drugstore. Depending on what you’re looking for, you may be able to buy just one tube or double it up with a couple different brands to get the lashes you like best. [Read more…]

Makeup

The Best Drugstore Red Lipsticks Pt. 1: Standouts On Lighter Skin Tones

Drugstore reds can deliver beautiful, highly pigmented color and smooth textures comparable to or exceeding what some department store brands offer.

Hair Care

This Easy Styling Trick Will Change How You Deal With Frizzy Hair

So you've got what, like a gazillion bottles of “frizz serums” laying around and you still like you stuck your finger in an electrical outlet? It could be because you’re applying your products wrong. Try this approach instead.

Hair Care

The Best Drugstore Hair Masks For Your Hair Type And Need

All of these affordable masks work really good and our suggestions are for specific needs based on how these masks perform but you can't go wrong with any of these in our opinion.

Makeup

The Best Drugstore Primer For All Skin Tones And Types

We've vetted out some of the best drugstore face primers out there. Depending on your skin care needs--mature skin to dry or acne prone, there is something for everyone.

Heat Styling

Don’t Be Fooled. Here’s What You Need To Know About Thermal Relaxing Your Hair

Even though this press looks bomb, our current feelings on thermal relaxing natural hair (or any texture for that matter), is a big fat no for one main reason. Say it with us kids: heat damage.

Foundation

The Best Drugstore Foundations For Your Skin Tone Pt. 2

In Part 2 of our Best Drugstore Foundations series, we’re hoping to help change how you search for and find the best drugstore foundation for your skin. We’ve broken your drugstore foundation options down by brand, skin tone, undertone and skin type matching and based on how they hold up all day on skin to help you find your best match. [Read more…]

Skin Care

Lancôme Rénergie Lift Multi-Action Firming Night Cream

This cream works to relive that winter and dry air tightness we've all experienced. It also calms flakiness, especially around your mouth and nose.

How To Find Your Skin Tone And Undertone To Match Foundation

Your undertone is very important when it comes to finding the right foundation shade. If your foundation does not match your skin’s undertone, the color could show up on your skin as ashy white, orange or pink.

Makeup

Yasss! The Quality, Affordable Makeup Brush Set You’ve Been Looking For

There’s no time like the present to finally own a full matching, quality set of makeup brushes. But we realize, price dilemma. We’ve all been there, pinning and cyber shopping brush options only to chicken out right before we hit the purchase button. One brush for $16 or so we can justify. Maybe even that amazing foundation brush that’s a little more than double that, but a whole set of brushes that will put us back a pair of shoes, a weeks worth of Starbucks and maybe having to skip paying the light bill for a month? Um no, and our TV financial evangelist, Suze Orman, would not approve of such financial foolishness. Balling on a budget is always a good idea until one can afford a splurge which is why you’ll be happy to know that this Premium Synthetic Kabuki Makeup Brush Set–the entire set, the whole kit and kaboodle–costs only…drum roll please. [Read more…]

Hair Care

WEN Cleansing Conditioner Is Causing People’s Hair To Fall Out

A class action lawsuit has been filed alleging that WEN Cleansing Conditioner not only causes hair loss but that even after discontinuing use of it, your hair continues to fall out. Can we say this is about to be a fall out in hair care if their ever was one? (Pun seriously intended)

How to wear orange blush pt 2 K is for Kinky 2

On Wearing Orange Blush Pt 2.: Amena In ‘Love’ Powder Blush

Your cheeks are waiting for something. You may not know it, and granted, we didn’t even know it ourselves for quite some time. There are a few things you can do with blush on your cheeks and if you are into maximizing what you are working with while getting your cheeks to flush in way that asks, “Who me?” then your cheeks are missing orange blush. In How To Wear Orange Blush Pt 2., Amena and Lindsey are serving up some bright cheek game that is meant for those who dare to wear their happiness glow inside and out. [Read more…]