You Don’t Need a $40 Blush… Try These Under $10 Instead
Hard Candy$6.96- “This is their smooth unlock primer. This evens out texture. It's very pore filling, smoothing, blurring”▶ 1:27
NYX$9.00- “For my kind of dry skin, this is my favorite because this is like a grippy primer meets like a milky essence”▶ 1:56
- “It really does look like glue, but it feels so hydrating. It does get tacky, but it just feels so good on my dry skin”▶ 2:12
- “This is like a grippy primer I can get behind. It actually just feels like so hydrating and so good. I absolutely love this stuff so so much”▶ 2:00
NYX$10.00The Brow Glue Instant Brow Stylershade · Dark Brown- “I love that it's a two-in-one product. I hate doing my brows. I hate it so so so much. But this product makes it super easy for them to just sort of stay in place. Get a little bit of tint on them”▶ 3:27
- “Perfect for almost no makeup. You're just running out the door. You don't have time to do an entire brow routine. This guy's kind of got you covered”▶ 3:46
- “It's just worked out really well for me because it's just simple”▶ 3:56
- “This is like really really intense gel for your eyebrows. But this works if you're into that look where you laminate your brows to your face. This is your guy”▶ 4:14
- “Actually, when I really want my brows to look crisp, but when I'm just sort of running out the door, I want them to look a little more natural but just brushed and stay in place, I will use the next one”▶ 4:27
NYX$10.00- “This is one of the most underrated concealers from the drugstore of all time in my opinion”▶ 4:47
- “It is one of the creamiest stick concealer consistencies I have ever felt because I could almost put this under my eyes and I would feel like my under eyes were hydrated enough”▶ 4:54
- “This is the closest thing when it comes to spot concealing I have found that compares to my Nars pot concealer”▶ 5:10
- “This just sits on the skin so beautifully and it blends out so well. You will see it goes with any foundation and it actually goes over powder really well to spot conceal again. It is such a flawless formula”▶ 5:20
- “I will cry my eyes out if this ever gets discontinued because then I'm going to have to pay 33 bucks for Nars every time I want to spot conceal my acne”▶ 5:34
Catrice$10.00- “I put this on for the first time and I was flabbergasted. This looks so beautiful and it is so comfortable”▶ 6:08
- “This performs high-end, but you are going to look flawless. This is not giving skin tint. This is giving flawless face for under 10 bucks”▶ 6:14
- “I also find this foundation to be just a hint more longlasting than the soft glam. I think it's because it's a liquid. It sinks into my skin a little bit more”▶ 6:41
- “For 10 bucks, I love this foundation so much”
- no stille.l.f. Cosmetics$9.00
- “E.L.F. really made a splash with their E.L.F. soft glam satin foundation. So, if you like the look of satin skin, you like full coverage, you like glam, you like perfected skin, you like being budget friendly, this is your gal”
- “This is so gorgeous. It's very comfortable”
- “The soft glam sits on my skin a little bit more. So, if I touch it, it kind of transfers a little bit more”
Essence$5.99- “The Essence contouring duo stick is so creamy. It's so good. Again, it's the perfect size for any micro contouring in here as well”▶ 8:54
- “It's so emollient and so creamy. It's so good for the price. It really is an impressive product and I have loved using this. I use this all the time and it's great for travel as well”▶ 9:04
e.l.f. Cosmetics$7.00Camo Liquid Bronzer & Contourshade · Fair Light- “This is a really unique color because it's not incredibly cool toned, but this is definitely not warm. This is much more of an in between contour bronzer situation for me. It's very neutral, which is why I like it”▶ 9:24
- “It gives a little bit of warmth to my face without looking like straight up bronzer. I love this color and the formula is really nice”▶ 9:40
NYX$9.99- “These were one of my most used formulas in 2025, and I still cannot get away with them”▶ 11:44
- “Once you blend them out on your skin, that color does not look as crazy as it does in the pan. It just gives wet, beautiful, ultra thin blush that it looks like skin”▶ 11:57
- “It's one of the most liquidy formulas out there, but that's what makes it not sit on top of the skin. It is so beautiful”▶ 12:08
e.l.f. Cosmetics$6.00- “I use this 90% of the time on my lips all the time, but I have used it on my cheeks and it is gorgeous. For a stain, it's not patchy at all”▶ 12:26
Maybelline$9.99- “This is going to be a matte Korean inspired moussey type blush texture. These are gorgeous. They are very pigmented, but they blend out to this ultra blurring matte gorgeousness”▶ 12:54
- “It just gives this gorgeous blur to the cheeks. And the colors they came out with are so lovely. It's such a nice formula because it's very blurring, but my skin doesn't look like dehydrated. It's really gorgeous”▶ 13:23
L.A. Girl$5.99
Soft Glam Satin Concealershade · Fair Neutral- “I personally been obsessed with this, and this is something that, you know, gets mixed reviews, but I personally love this”▶ 14:34
- “I found that this is one of the more creaseless concealers on me personally”▶ 14:48
- “It is a little bit drier, and it's not as full coverage as it looks, but it's doing a pretty good job. It feels so wonderful. It feels really lightweight to me. It's thin. It's not hydrating”▶ 14:53
- “If I'm going to be honest with you, there's not a lot of products that are under 10 bucks that wear a really long time. That's kind of the nature of why they're priced a certain way. But, you can get a really beautiful look that's going to wear 8 hours and not 24”▶ 15:09
- “All I'm saying is for five bucks, this concealer has my approval 100%”▶ 15:44
Essence$4.99Brighten Up! Banana Powdershade · Ba Banana- “I have gone through about 17 of these, as you can see. I need to pick up a new one”▶ 17:57
- “I used to use this to set my face every single time I would do my makeup for stage when I would work for Disney. I would go through this like a mofo. But it is so freaking good”▶ 18:09
- “What's so great about this powder, too, is it goes well to as a touch-up powder. It's literally $4. This is one of my top favorite makeup products of all time in my makeup collection”▶ 18:39
- “It makes your makeup last so well. It is kind of incredible, not going to lie. Obsessed with this”▶ 19:01
- “I loved and then I kind of hated for a while. And I've been going through a phase where I feel like this is making my makeup so patchy”▶ 19:28
- “Every time I open this, it is just like it's snowing central”▶ 19:40
- “I'm on the fence. I like it. For the price point, for the amount of product that you get, it is a good powder, there's nothing wrong with it. I have enjoyed using it for most of the year”▶ 19:54
- “I think when my skin changed and it's become so dry with this weather, it's just been a no-go. But for a lot of other people, I really do know that it does work really well”▶ 20:03
e.l.f. Cosmetics$9.00- “This is a beautiful high-end looking, not flat, not matte powder”▶ 20:31
- “It gives a beautiful realistic skin sheen to the face. You can see on my skin right here, it does have a little bit of a glow that it gives your skin”▶ 20:41
- “It is a really nice setting powder. You just kind of have to want to like that look. And again, the price is right”▶ 20:54
Essence$5.9916h Cover & Last Powder Foundationshade · Porcelain- “It really does just perfect your skin. Look at the line here of demarcation. You can see between where I used it and where I haven't”▶ 21:19
- “It wears so well. Now, it does have a little bit of color to it, so you do have to make sure that you get your shade. But oh my goodness, I love how long lasting this is. I love how smooth this makes my skin look”▶ 21:32
- “If I don't want to look like a disco ball up here, this just gives such a gorgeous amount of skin-like finish”▶ 21:42
e.l.f. Cosmetics$10.00- “This if you need something to brighten up your under eyes and you can mix both of these shades to get a really custom beautiful shade. This is a freaking stunning palette. The powders are so great”▶ 24:34
- “They are such incredible palettes. They have everything you need. I absolutely love these. They are just the right amount of pigmented. They're not patchy. They go on so well”▶ 24:53
- “That is one of my top blush formulas again in my whole entire collection. And I feel like it's like my little secret that I absolutely love”▶ 25:13
- “So freaking stunning. Perfect for travel”▶ 25:37
- “They are pigmented, but they are gorgeous and they're so blurring. I love me some blurring blush. I love it. I love it so much”▶ 26:14
- “Absolutely gorgeous. 10 out of 10”
Wet n Wild$8.98- “You've seen me use this on my channel a lot, but we're going to use it again today”▶ 27:46
- “Now, these have a lot of kickback in them. And they're very pigmented, which is really good. But just a warning for how to use these. Definitely just tap off your brush”▶ 28:47
- “The shimmers are where this palette really shines”▶ 29:05
- “I reach for this palette so often”▶ 30:00
Morphe$10Solo Artist Priming Cream Eyeshadowshade · Mixtape- “These are so gorgeous for setting your eyes. They are so luxurious”▶ 27:57
- “And then what's so great is I will take a little bit of a fluffier brush and just buff out the edges of this. And then you've got such a gorgeous non-patchy base for eyeshadow that's going to keep them on there all day long without creasing. So beautiful”▶ 28:14
Diamond Haze Highlightershade · Gimme Glitter- “This is essentially a highlighter, but I love using it all over my eyes, especially when I'm not wearing much. This is a straight up no color glitter base. It looks exactly like the Fenty Diamond Bomb. It is so beautiful”▶ 30:43
ColourPop$7.00Super Shock Shadowshade · Ritz- “The ColourPop Supershock eyeshadows are famous for a reason. They are ColourPop's hero product. They are so beautiful”▶ 31:19
- “If you are into a really sophisticated scattered glitter for not Makeup by Mario or Urban Decay's price point, this is the color Ritz”▶ 31:28
- “This is what a lot of Makeup by Mario in his Ethereal palettes or like Urban Decay Moondust shadows look like for way less of the price”▶ 31:47
e.l.f. Cosmetics$6.00Fine as Fleck Glitter Eyeshadowshade · 24 Karat Gold- “These from e.l.f. Cosmetics are absolutely beautiful. They do dry out kind of quickly, but this is the color. Oh, nope. Mine's completely dried out”▶ 31:57
- “This is your standard run-of-the-mill and crazy impact, beautiful shimmer. The problem is I don't wear stuff like that every single day as much as I used to. I don't reach for them as much as I used to. Then they dry out so quickly”▶ 32:09
Essence$2.99Extreme Lasting Eye Pencilshade · Silky Nude- “It's meant to go right in your waterline here to sort of brighten up your waterline without being a stark white. And you see it just gives the illusion that your eyes are a little more awake without actually having an unrealistic color”▶ 33:24
- “This is like $2 and it is so great. It's so creamy. It goes on so well. It doesn't dry out. It's phenomenal”▶ 33:37
Essence$4.97
Essence$4.99- “My gripe with this one is that they changed the formula, I feel like, and this flakes by the end of the day”▶ 34:46
- “This used to be the only mascara I would use. I kind of want to use it for nostalgic purposes, but it just got so dry”▶ 35:02
- “But your lashes are freaking gorgeous with this mascara. I don't know why they changed it”▶ 35:17
- “If you like this and you're a fan of this and it's a little wetter than this, I do think it's a good mascara. If you're not going to wear it for longer than eight hours, it's a good workday mascara, but longevity is not there anymore”▶ 36:05
Essence$4.99- “If you were to ask me 5 years ago, do I have anything at the drugstore comparable to an Hourglass powder? This would be it”▶ 36:47
- “This is not a highlighter that is a bling in your face highlighter. It is a beautiful lit from within all over glow”▶ 37:03
- “It makes your face look like it doesn't have any powder on it, but it also doesn't make it look like you have a highlighter product on your face. It just looks like that's the kind of skin and makeup that you did. It's undetectable glow”▶ 37:16
- “Beautiful alternative, I would say, to the Rare Beauty. They are really wet, stunning looking”▶ 37:43
- “In my opinion, it's just a little more magical. It's just got that oomph. But the price point is three times the price. So, it should be for that price point. It's not an exact dupe. It's not better than the original, but it's really beautiful on its own”▶ 37:53
- “I would say that's one of the best highlighters at the drugstore, period. When you're not comparing it to something else, they are beautiful. Totally worth it”▶ 38:08
Essence$4.99- “These lip oils are my favorite lip oils on the market at any price point. They are so beautiful”▶ 38:24
- “They just give just a hint of color, but they are the juiciest, most hydrating, most shiny, reflective lip oil on the market. They are so comfortable. Their scents are really nice, but definitely subdued and not overpowering. They are so gorgeous. They feel so wonderful. I flipping love these”▶ 38:35
NYX$9.00- “Another one that I am hooked on just wearing on its own because I love them so much. And again, so comfortable. Same kind of formula, a little less reflective, shiny, but so beautiful”▶ 39:02
- “If you get one of the really deeply tinted ones, I just feel like I'm just like a beautiful natural girl that's like walking around with hydrated lips. And I love these. They're a 10 out of 10 for me”▶ 39:24
- “I used to work at Ulta Beauty for the longest time and these lip liners are so creamy. They're so dark. They stay on so so well. They're retractable, which I love and I think is missing a lot of the time in the industry”▶ 39:46
- “The NYX Out Loud pencils and the Maybelline Lifter Liners, these are about the same to me. They both really stay on your lips super well. They're gorgeous. They have the same type of formula to me”▶ 40:27
- no still
- “The NYX Out Loud pencils and the Maybelline Lifter Liners, these are about the same to me. They both really stay on your lips super well. They're gorgeous. They have the same type of formula to me”
Clio$10.90Velvet Lip Pencilshade · Tan Brown- “This is like a really classic, beautiful muted brown right here. And this is six bucks or something like that. And they have such gorgeous colors that stay on really well”▶ 40:53
- no still
Vitamasques$2.99- “These are basically my favorite. They are the best smelling, best feeling. They are so so gorgeous. I absolutely love these. They come in a couple of really gorgeous colors and they are so well priced. I think they're like five bucks”▶ 41:42
ColourPop$10.00
NYX$10.00
- no stillL.A. Girl$8.99
- “These are gorgeous. I will use these to top up my makeup all the time to set my makeup. They have a really nice aerosol mist here. Oh my gosh, so nice”
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