Comments on: Contest #3: Steals and Splurges

By: Beaded Trim

Beaded Trim — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:14:43 +0000

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By: Kayren

Kayren — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 19:50:19 +0000

Also wanna say thank you to Andrea for the heads up on ELF…Just made my first order from them!!

By: Mary

Mary — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:10:54 +0000

Splurge (and can also be a Steal) would be Ulta Minerals loose powder foundation. It lasts forever, doesn’t look “cakey” and it comes in about 14 different colors – unlike the more expensive Bare Minerals loose powder foundation. It costs $14 a jar (splurge) but Ulta usually has it on sale, sometimes as low as $5 (steal!) And, when you toss in the weekly coupon from Ulta (usually they are either for 20% off one item or $3.50 off a $10 or more purchase), it’s a BIG steal!

By: Liz B.

Liz B. — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:49:52 +0000

Splurge: MAC foundation, it works so much better than the stoer stuff.

Steal: Wet N Wild nail polish! Cheap so you can buy lots of colors!

By: Patricia Krueger

Patricia Krueger — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:41:44 +0000

SPLURGE: I can’t live without my Garnier eye roller, which is about $13 at Walgreen’s.

STEAL: I bought OPI nail polishes on sale, 2 for $3 at the Sally Beauty Supply in my town.

By: Peldyn

Peldyn — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:41:52 +0000

Ack, forgot to post my favourite steal. Max Factor Volume Couture mascara. It performs just as good as my Smash Box for a fraction of the cost esp when I buy it at Walmart. I hope it lasts through the lock out!!!!!

By: Peldyn

Peldyn — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:35:25 +0000

I never found a great foundation and now I can’t even afford to replace the inexpensive ones I used to use. Anyone know of a place that gives out free samples? Until unemployment kicks in or the mine decides to end the lock out I am S.O.L.

Bare-faced in Boron

By: Kryssa

Kryssa — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:23:07 +0000

My steal? I save on skin care treatment by using grape-seed, extra -irgin and castor oils with a little bit of vitamin E oil (with different essential oils for scent) as a face wash., then I steam my face right at my kitchen stove and use Thayer’s Rosewater and Witch-hazel toner to tighten my pores after. My skin is always blemish free and I have no discernible wrinkles, though I am turning 40 tomorrow! I also make my own sugar-based body scrubs.
My splurge? I use only Bare Minerals makeup…and while they are pricey they last forever. I get lots of compliments on my skin and honestly, I think I probably spend less that $10 a month on it!
I love D.I.Y. beauty treatments. Who needs expensive, 500 ingredient laden products when nature has provided us with everything we need to be our healthiest and most beautiful? And I absolutely LOVE, LOVE, LOVE ‘Bitches on a Budget’! (My mother asked if she could borrow my only copy and I had to say “Sorry, but I covet that book almost as highly as ‘The Joy of Cooking’ and higher than ‘The Joy of SEX’!!!)

By: Rhonda

Rhonda — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:59:16 +0000

STEAL:

Based upon the BEST advice I ever got from a friend (who was an exec at L’Oreal/Lancome):
If you usually like Lancome, watch for identical products in the L’Oreal version. Buy L’Oreal when you can. Lancome is the department store version (and price) while L’Oreal is the drug store price. Example: My fave eyeliner is Lancome’s Artliner $29. The L’Oreal version is the same formula, nearly identical in appearance (different color packaging), and is called “Lineur Intense” – it’s about $8.50.

Check out the comparisons between Lancome and L’Oreal across the line. There are a ton of “Lancome” products that you can buy at L’Oreal prices. I kick myself for the years I paid over three times the price for the same product.

SPURGE: Still buying any Lancome products that don’t have a L’Oreal version. I just wait until “Gift” so that I get a bunch of free items along with my purchase.