Hi, my name is Maritza and I'm a drugstore fanatic. I don't let myself into CVS/Rite-Aid because I can never resist the temptation of going down the make-up aisle and buying everything in sight. I've tried a lot of amazing products, and a lot of terrible products. These are my ride or die top 10 products:
1. Revlon Lip Butters:
2. Revlon Colorstay Foundation for Oily/Combination Skin:
This is one of those products that even if you've been in the make-up world for a week, you've heard about it. Almost every YouTuber out there raves about this foundation and it's 100% true. Okay, maybe not 100%, but definitely 90! This foundation has a huge shade range, doesn't make my oily skin shiny, and lasts all day. I love to use it with both a brush or a sponge and it's my go-to foundation recently, but that might be because it's the only one that matches me right now! Regardless, I love it and it retails at CVS for $14.29 (but I'd hold out for a BOGO 50% off sale!)
This is one of those products that even if you've been in the make-up world for a week, you've heard about it. Almost every YouTuber out there raves about this foundation and it's 100% true. Okay, maybe not 100%, but definitely 90! This foundation has a huge shade range, doesn't make my oily skin shiny, and lasts all day. I love to use it with both a brush or a sponge and it's my go-to foundation recently, but that might be because it's the only one that matches me right now! Regardless, I love it and it retails at CVS for $14.29 (but I'd hold out for a BOGO 50% off sale!)
3. Covergirl Outlast Stay Fabulous 3-in-1 Foundation:
If there's a drugstore foundation that I would commit to for the rest of my life, it's this one. It fuses a primer, concealer, and foundation all in one product. It has great coverage, applies flawlessly, and I wore it for probably 6 months straight until I pretty much finished it. For someone with a hoard of foundations that are all 70%+ full, that's mind-blowing. It's going for $12.99 at CVS.
If there's a drugstore foundation that I would commit to for the rest of my life, it's this one. It fuses a primer, concealer, and foundation all in one product. It has great coverage, applies flawlessly, and I wore it for probably 6 months straight until I pretty much finished it. For someone with a hoard of foundations that are all 70%+ full, that's mind-blowing. It's going for $12.99 at CVS.
4. Maybelline Dream Lumi:
I wear this product every. single. day. It's apparently even better than the YSL Touche Eclat, but I've never tried it to compare. This highlights like a dream and blends so easily. It's a fool-proof product that anyone can use, and I use the shade "Nude." It suggests using it in your under-eye area and around the corners of your mouth, but I apply this baby everywhere, such as above my eyebrows, forehead, bridge of the nose, under-eye area, cupids bow, and my chin. Excessive? Maybe. Effective? Definitely! This lovely little thing retails for $8.49 at my CVS.
5. Maybelline Instant Age Rewind Eraser Dark Circles Eraser Concealer + Treatment:
I wear this product every. single. day. It's apparently even better than the YSL Touche Eclat, but I've never tried it to compare. This highlights like a dream and blends so easily. It's a fool-proof product that anyone can use, and I use the shade "Nude." It suggests using it in your under-eye area and around the corners of your mouth, but I apply this baby everywhere, such as above my eyebrows, forehead, bridge of the nose, under-eye area, cupids bow, and my chin. Excessive? Maybe. Effective? Definitely! This lovely little thing retails for $8.49 at my CVS.
5. Maybelline Instant Age Rewind Eraser Dark Circles Eraser Concealer + Treatment:
Can I petition for them to shorten the name? Anyways, this is another every single day product for me. I use it in the shade "Brightener" to cover my under-eye circles and sometimes, it's a little too effective. I'm constantly going back and forth on whether I should get a darker shade next time I purchase it, but then I say "why the heck would I mess with something that works so well for me?!" The ridiculously long name is ridiculously accurate, it really erases your dark circles. It never creases on me, lasts all day, and it won't break the bank at $9.99 for a tube that will last you for months.
6. Milani Baked Blushes:
6. Milani Baked Blushes:
I've never tried any other drugstore blush but I will never have to. These blushes are absolutely gorgeous and will last you forever. I've been using "Luminoso" for so long that the words on the packaging have faded away and I've barely made a dent in it. These retail for $8.99 and they're worth every penny.
7. L'Oreal Infallible Eyeshadows:
7. L'Oreal Infallible Eyeshadows:
If you're looking for an intense glittery/shimmery drugstore eyeshadow, you've just found them. These eyeshadows are SO intensely pigmented that you barely need to touch them to get the payoff you want. My personal favorites are "Iced Latte" which is a shimmery champagne, and "Amber Rush" which may possibly be my favorite shade of eyeshadow of all time. It is absolutely stunning and I coordinated my outfits to match this eyeshadow for a week straight after I bought it. These little pots of eyeshow gold retail for $8.79 at CVS.
8. Maybelline Color Tattoos:
8. Maybelline Color Tattoos:
These are my favorite cream eyeshadows, and I wear them either alone or as an eyeshadow base very frequently. They apply easily, have great pgimentation, last all day, and you will own these for the rest of your life. If I ever finish one, I may as well go play the lottery because you need such a small amount of product and you have such a big pot. My absolute favorites are from their recent "Dare to Go Nude" collection (that wasn't released in NYC and I could only find them when I went to Texas to visit my best friend! THE AGGRAVATION.) and are "Pure Nude," "Nude Compliment," and "Sleek & Spice." Their permanent collection has some great colors as well, and at $7.49 a pop, they're a great investment for your make-up arsenal.
9. NYC Sparkly Eye Dust Eyeshadows:
9. NYC Sparkly Eye Dust Eyeshadows:
Possibly my favorite bargain eyeshadow out of all of them, these eyeshadows are stunning. The price is stunning ($3!), the colors are stunning, the pigmentation is absolutely stunning. While these are messy, the name "eye dust" is unfortunately very accurate, they're well worth the clean-up. They come with a doe-foot applicator that makes application a breeze, but there's still fallout since it is, essentially, a loose powder eyeshadow. My absolute favorite is Pink Topaz" but I just got back from Rite Aid where I picked up "Bronze Shimmer" which was so gorgeous I pretty much ran to the register because I HAD TO HAVE IT....honestly guys, I don't trust myself at drugstores. These sell for $3.19 at CVS but I got them for $2.99 at Rite Aid!
10. Rimmel Kate Moss Lipsticks:
10. Rimmel Kate Moss Lipsticks:
Last but not least, my signature lipstick. These are creamy, they don't dry out your lips, I love the smell, and they last for a relatively long time. My ride or die signature lipstick is the 104, but I switch over to the slightly more pink 103 for the summer/springtime. There are no faults to this line in my eyes and they retail for $5.79 at CVS.
NOTE: Sorry this post took so long to go up, but school/personal life got real crazy, real quick. I'm definitely getting things back on track and there will definitely be a post ready for this Friday!
NOTE: Sorry this post took so long to go up, but school/personal life got real crazy, real quick. I'm definitely getting things back on track and there will definitely be a post ready for this Friday!
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