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I tried seven days of makeup trends earlier this year, and after reading all of your beautiful
comments, I thought it would be a great idea to try a similar challenge, but using only
$25 worth of drugstore makeup.
I hopped over to the store, did a little bit of online shopping, and came up with a bunch
of different makeup products.
It comes out to $24.63, just under $25.
Uh, not gonna lie, it doesn't look like much.
Drugstore makeup can get a little bit pricey.
I had to really keep it minimal.
Hopefully this whole challenge will show you that drugstore makeup can be really glam and
very versatile.
I think we're gonna come up with some pretty cool looks this week.
So, follow along!
So, for day one of this challenge, I decided to ease into it with a monochromatic pink
look that matches my hair.
I started off with my base and applied the Wet N Wild concealer all over my face, under
my eyes, around my nose, and blended that out.
I skipped foundation this entire week A) to keep my cost down, but also because I do often
use concealer as foundation.
Then, I followed up with some of the ELF HD powder all over my face to set my makeup.
And then applied some blush, bronzer, and highlighter from the Rimmel palette.
Then I followed up with some eyeshadow primer before adding a touch of the ELF powder on
my eyelids so that the blush that I'm going to use as my eyeshadow would apply more evenly.
I didn't have a separate pink eyeshadow in my drugstore arsenal, so I used the blush
from the Rimmel palette, dusted that all over my lid, and then put a little bit of the bronzer
shade in my crease as a transition shadow.
Then, to finish off the eyes, I curled my eyelashes and applied a couple layers of the
Wet N Wild mascara, and added a bit of the pink blush on my lash line for a little bit
of extra definition.
And then to finish off the look, I used a little bit of the ELF lipstick, which at first,
was a little bit difficult to work with straight out of the bullet.
So, I used it on my finger, warmed it up on my fingers, and tapped it into my lips as
a stain.
I really like this look.
I think that when I typically do monochromatic pink looks, I like to use eyeshadows that
are a little bit punchier, but I think for a day-to-day look, it was really pretty.
I think it really complimented my hair.
It was a really great daytime look.
For the second day of the challenge, I kept things simple with just some very glowy
skin and a punchy red lip.
For the whole week I used the same base, but this time I used a little bit of the highlighter
on my eyes just to give my lids a little bit of iridescence.
A little bit of bronzer in my crease; a bit of mascara.
Then I finished off with a swipe of the Wet N Wild red lipstick, which was beautiful and
really pigmented.
It felt really nice.
The look itself is a little bit more on the natural side, but having that punchy red lip
makes it a little more bold.
For day three, I decided to go with a little bit of a bronze smokey eye look using some
of the shadows from my Wet N Wild palette.
I went in with the ELF eyeshadow primer all over my lid and little bit on my lower lash
line, before going with a generous helping of the bronze eyeshadow.
For a little bit of extra definition, I dusted a little bit of the deeper, kind of green-ish
shadow in the palette on my upper and lower lash lines using a more dense pencil brush.
Followed up with a little bit of mascara, a touch more bronzer, and, finally, a layer
of lipstick.
This was a fun look.
I don't typically wear smokey eyes, but I liked it.
It was a good daytime-appropriate one.
Definitely didn't veer too far into the smokey
territory, so I think that if you want a daytime-appropriate
smokey eye that you can deepen up for nighttime, this was definitely it.
Day four focuses on a very soft ombré lip.
I did a nice, crisp cat eye using the Black Radiance liquid liner before moving on to
the main event, which was the ombré lips.
So, I decided to do the red lipstick on the outer perimeter of my lips and then the pink
lipstick in the center, kind of diffusing it out to make it all look like it blended
together.
I do think that this look would've been a little bit more longwearing if I had used
liquid lipsticks rather than these satin finish lipsticks that I had just because as I wore
the lipsticks, I did find that the color started to melt together and ended up just kind of
looking like a mixture of red and pink.
You know, it didn't look bad, but it did lose its ombré quality throughout the day.
Day five was probably my favorite look: a graphic wing that I created using the
Wet N Wild palette.
But, I wanted to get more pigment out of this deeper, kind of teal shade, so I decided to
mix it with some water to create a paste-like consistency.
I used an angled brush to take that, apply it to my lid, winging it out slightly, and
then bringing it in to my crease before filling it in.
This was actually a lot easier than it looks because it's really only one shade, and the
most important part is making sure your lines are really crisp.
Then, I followed up with some mascara, some of the pink lipstick, and that was it.
I got the most compliments on this look out of all of the looks this week, just because
I think it's so fun and different.
It's very crisp.
And honestly, I was surprised that I was able to get that much pigment and maneuverability
out of a drugstore eyeshadow that was like $3.
So, day six was kind of a version of day one, but I decided to swap out the lipstick and
do a little bit of red instead.
This is actually inspired by – well, loosely inspired by – a look that Lily Collins wore
to the Golden Globes.
So I started off with the same base as usual.
Then, I wet my eyeshadow brush, and applied the same Rimmel blush as my eyeshadow.
I applied a little bit of the Black Radiance eyeliner, curled my eyelashes,
slapped on some mascara, and put on my red lipstick.
I love this look, I wear pink eyeshadow and red lipstick a lot.
Again, I would've liked it if the blush was a touch more pigmented,
but I do really like this color.
All in all, I think the look came out really well.
The seventh and final day of my seven days of drugstore makeup challenge really only
required one hero product.
So this look is all about the eyes.
Inspired, in part, by dotted liner and by a floating crease, which is essentially a
more modern, fresh take on a traditional 60s cut crease.
A makeup artist on Instagram, her name is Anna-Karin Hellborg, she does a dotted liner
look really similar to this one.
So, what I did was I took the eyeliner and used a different brush.
I used my BH Cosmetics #10 eyeliner brush, dipped into the product, and created little
dots along the crease of my eye.
Not gonna lie, I struggled with this one.
I do this look a lot, but I actually have an eyeliner that has an applicator with a
rounded edge so it makes it super easy to make circular dots.
Doing this with a brush was a little bit more challenging, but after a few tries,
I definitely got it to work.
After dotting the liner on my crease on both eyes, I followed up with some mascara and
some lipstick as per usual, and went on my way.
I absolutely love this look.
I think this look and the graphic wing were definitely my favorites.
I love experimenting with makeup in that way, and honestly, they don't really require
that much product.
And if you have the patience to pull it off, you can do it.
Hi, guys!
So it has been seven days since I have been using only this makeup.
Although I liked a lot of the products, it was so limiting not being able to, like, reach
for the glitter in my drawer or reach for a different color eyeliner.
It did really challenge me to do different things with this makeup, and I was actually
really surprised by how nice the looks came out, if I do say so myself.
I hope that you guys liked them, too.
Definitely let me know in the comments which look was your favorite.
So, I think the first, like, hero product here was definitely the concealer.
This Wet N Wild concealer corrector is so good.
It is so beautiful.
It doesn't have the best shade-range, which isn't great, but if you do have a shade in
this lineup, I would definitely try checking it out.
And I just used this all over my face the entire week, and I really enjoyed it.
I also really loved the Rimmel contour, blush, and highlight.
The blush is beautiful.
The contour – it's not too warm; it's not too cool,
you can contour and bronze with it.
The one pitfall I will say with this is the highlighter is very sheer.
But, overall, it was lovely.
Pretty on the eyes, too.
Eyeshadow palette was really lovely, too.
The things that didn't really work, I will say that the Wet N Wild MegaLength Waterproof
mascara...
If you want something very natural, go for it.
But for me, I need something with more volume.
This lipstick, though, I think that I didn't choose the right color.
This is the ELF lipstick in Classy.
It was too, like, frosty-pale pink.
In my opinion, didn't look amazing on me, but I was able to make it work.
It did kind of accentuate dryness on my lips, but I will say that if you tap it on with
a finger, it worked a lot better.
The powder...
I used the ELF undereye setting powder as my all-over face powder, and I think that
it has a beautiful, like, brightening, smoothing effect, but it doesn't control oil as much
as I would've wanted it to.
So if you have like, slightly drier skin, but you just want to set your undereye area,
you want to set a little bit of your face, I think you'll probably like this.
Last but not least of the things that I want to mention today, the Black Radiance liquid
liner is really lovely.
I'm not a huge fan of the brush, I find it a little bit too flexible.
I like to apply it with my own brush, just a little bit easier to work with.
BH Cosmetics, it's the number 10 eyeliner brush.
The actual pigment of this eyeliner, though, is beautiful.
It's really easy to work with, it lasts a long time.
So, that is it.
I hope that this showed you that you can spend $25 and get all of this makeup and you can
do a lot of different looks if you're creative with it.
So, I hope that you guys enjoyed it.
Let me know if there are any other seven day challenges that you think will be interesting
to watch, and I will catch you guys next week, bye!
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