Top Ten Budget Friendly Beauty Under €10

Today’s post is all about my top ten beauty products under €10. This was actually a lot harder than I thought it would be and made me realise that a lot of my makeup in my collection costs over €10. The ten I did choose however are pieces that I use quite regularly. A lot of the times when I’m in a rush for work and need to throw something into my makeup bag these are usually the items that get thrown in.

Starting with the base we have the Rimmel Lasting Finish Primer. This is a creamy, slightly iridescent primer that really glues the foundation onto the skin. As I have oily/combination skin this is perfect for it. It leaves the skin silky smooth, as well as helping it stay matte for the rest of the day. This primer comes in at €8.85 and it goes perfectly with the Rimmel Lasting Finish 25hr Foundation.

This foundation is an oily girls dream. This has the quality of a higher end foundation and one that I regularly reach for. It’s a full coverage foundation that goes on evenly and last the whole day. Not only does it have great staying power it is also very mattifying, I very rarely have to powder my nose when I wear this foundation. Coming in at €8.99, it is definitely the best foundation under €10 that I have tried.

There were a few concealers to choose from such as the Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer but I chose the Rimmel Wake Me Up Concealer as I’m loving it at the moment. It gives me the coverage that I need without being too heavy it also has brightening properties to help give you that bright eyed and bushy tailed look. The Rimmel Wake Me Up concealer is €5.49.

I have such a love for Makeup Revolution; they sell amazing products at extremely affordable prices. I chose this blush for the price and the quality. The blushes are so pigmented, one tap is all you need and it gives you so much colour on your cheek. I have only one of these blushes in the shade Sugar but the next time I’m on the Makeup Rev. website I’ll be ordering a few more. They are £1.00 each which I think works out at around €1.40.

The Sleek Face Contour Kit is a firm favourite with a lot of beauty lovers. I have the kit in Light which is perfect for our Irish skin. The kit comes with a bronzer and a highlighter. I get so much use out of this palette. The bronzer is a perfect brown, not too orange or ashy it’s just perfect. With this bronzer I like to build the colour, it’s very pigmented so start I start off small and build it up to my desired colour. The highlighter is really good as well; again a little goes a long way. Sweep this on and you’ll be glowing all day. This is one that all girls should have in their collection, €8.49 each and available in 3 shades.

Another Makeup Revolution favourite is their Dual Ultra Brow Arch and Shape pens. They have two ends, one with a waxy crayon and the other a felt pen. I don’t usually use the felt end but the waxy crayon end is my go to. All I have to do is comb my brows through and then shape them with the crayon. As it’s a coloured wax it keeps any stray hair down as well as filling them in. It literally only takes a few seconds to fill my brows in with this pen, I love it and it’s price at £3.50 which is about €4.90.

When it comes to eye shadows there are many under €10 but a lot of the time they are singles and very rarely palettes. I love the Sleek Palettes which I was going to include on my list but when I went to price them they were over €10, I’m pretty sure the last time I bought them they were €9.99. I then spotted the Collection Eyes Uncovered palette for only €3.99. I had bought it a while back and never tried it but was pleasantly surprised when I did. There are 3 palettes to choose from; I got the Nude Grey palette which is perfect for a smoky eye. There are 2 mattes and 4 metallic, with a mix of bronze, silver and plums. I love this little palette and I’m going to have to get my hands on the other 2, they are really pigmented, easy to blend and last all day.

Going through my collection I found that I only have one eyeliner under €10 and that’s the Maybelline Master Kajal, everything else from gels to liquids where all over €10. You can’t really go wrong with this Kajal; it’s perfect for blending out for that smoked out effect.  I know there are cheaper pencils and other liners but I have none in my collection that I could find, this one is around €8.

Again with mascara I found it hard to find one that I liked and one that was under €10, luckily though the Seventeen Falsifeye HD mascara was there to save the day. I love this mascara for slapping on my eyes when I’m not really doing anything but I still want to look like I’ve made a little effort. The mascara, lifts, separates and holds all day to give you that wide eyed look. At €8.89 it is one of my go to mascaras especially on my “No Makeup” makeup kind of days.

Finally we have lipstick, this was really hard to choose but I really like the Maybelline Color Sensational lipsticks. There are so many to choose from whether you want vivid pinks or 90’s nudes’ there’s so many to choose from. They are really pigmented and not too drying. I’ve a good few in my collection and I’m really hoping they bring their Matte collection over here, I bought some in America last year and they are some of the best matte lipsticks I’ve ever tried. They come in just under €10 at €9.99 a pop.

Added all up this makeup bag comes to €69, I wouldn’t like to think what my usual makeup bag costs or even my whole collection, I think I’d need a good lie down if I did. If you’re on a budget or have a makeup emergency then these would be my top picks for you.

All prices are from Boots or Makeup Revolution websites.

Thanks for reading.

Love Sarah xoxo

Seventeen Falsifeye HD Mascara Review

Seventeen is not a brand that I wouldn’t usually buy, and truth be told I don’t think I’ve bought anything from them since I was a teenager all those years ago. However saying that when I saw the new Falsifeye HD Mascara it caught my eye for looking that bit more mature and unlike some mascaras from brands like Seventeen it looked like it would actually do what it claims to.

At first I wasn’t too impressed by it but I think that’s because it didn’t stand out from any of the other mascaras that I had tried out over the last few months. I convinced myself though that it was good but it was just living up to the same levels as the other mascaras.

When I bought it I didn’t realise that I had bought it in the brown/black colour which could have been one of the reasons why I wasn’t completely impressed as I’m sure if it was in the black it would have made my lashes stand out even more. The brown/black colour just made my lashes look the same as my natural colour but with better definition.

From the blurb on the box and online it says that it doesn’t clump which it doesn’t, the comb is plastic and combs through your lashes separating them completely. It says that users found more definition but compared to other mascaras I have used recently I think it has just about the same if not a little less definition then the likes of Bourjois 1 Seconde Mascara. 92% say it was long lasting which I would agree, it stays put all day, doesn’t smudge and when wet it didn’t leave too much of a panda eye. Finally and the statements that I don’t agree with is that it lifts and curls and thickens lashes, basically it didn’t do any of that for me. I have straight lashes that rarely curl even with using an eyelash curler so could say that’s more my problem then the mascaras but I definitely didn’t see thickness, I have other mascaras that give me a lot more thickness than this one.

I can’t say that I hate this mascara, it is quite good but it just didn’t live up to my previous buys who proclaim the same sort of volume. As I said it is good, I used it pretty much every day since I bought it. It’s a very good mascara for just throwing on for work and it helped me brighten up my eyes giving them a more natural look.

I bought this just as it came out and was €5.98 but it’s now €8.89 which makes it a good mascara for the price but I think I’m still so in love with my Bourjois 1 Seconde Volume mascara that it really had to live up to all the expectations I had for it to be amazing and it just didn’t.

So I really could take it or leave but if you’ve bought it let me know your own thoughts on it as I’m really on the fence about this one and would love to know how you found it.

Thanks for reading.

Love Sarah xoxo