One of the
biggest trends at the moment is highlighters and no I'm not talking about the
neon colored sharpie markers, highlighters to essentially make you glow! Girls
everywhere are spending tremendous amount of money to buy products like the
becca highlighters and
the new glow kit that ABH just released and the benefit
liquid highlighters. These high end highlighters sell at 20-90$ each depending
the brand. Even though these highlighter are too die for the cost are
ridiculous, so I decided to do my research and to test a few cheaper products
similar to those I already mentioned and I actually found a few products that
were almost 3 times cheaper and worked just as go as the high end brands ones.
The first
product I tried was the elf color stick that comes in two different colors
persimmon and spotlight, I fell in love with this product the first time I used
it, it's so easy to apply and it's very similar to the benefit high beam
highlighter, this product is great for people with oily sensitive skin this
product did not make me breakout either. I also loved that this product is so
small it’s a perfect on the go product. Another I loved about the elf highlighter was
that it was only 1$ compared to the high end one which sells for 27$. I'll
definitely be using the elf highlighter for now on!
The next
products I tested out was NYX liquid
illuminator which u can find at your local drugstore (rexall) . One of the
reasons why I was exacted to use this product was because its liquid also the
color looked so pretty it would really compliment any skin tone. I found that
this product was very similar to the becca champagne pop highlighter which I
absolutely love did I mention the NYX illuminate was only 7$
One of the
most important products for any girl rather they barely wear makeup or do a
full face of makeup every day is mascara. Personally I love having long lashes
and I've went through literally everything from high end to drugstore to find a
few good mascaras to avoid wearing fake lashes. So the first product I found
was the Lancôme drama mascara which you can get a Sephora or shoppers drug mart
for 35$, because it was considered a high end brand I had high expectations for
this product sadly it really let down. The first thing I hated about this was
the smell, it was way too strong it would give me a headache every time I would use it Also it would make my lashes
super clumpy. 
Instead of wasting your money on this mascara I would really
recommends buying the l’oreal telescopic mascara you could buy this at shoppers
drug mart and Walmart I love this mascara because the brush is really nice and
keeps your lashes for getting clumpy and sticking together to add that not too
much product comes out with that being said it lasted me about 6 months before
it started going dry which was okay because this mascara is only 11$ which is
super affordable! Another cheap mascara that I love is the Maybelline New York Volume Express Pumped Up! Colossal Mascara, its smooth application and ability
to lengthen lashes beautifully I’m obsessed with this one, I always get
compliments on my lashes when I wear this mascara and did I mention its only 7$
at any shoppers drug mart and Walmart. with that being said high end products arent always better than the drugstore products.
