best/worst drugstore cosmetics?

[removeyourpants]

Hello! I have been playing around with more drugstore cosmetics lately because I think I was kind of a brand snob for too long and I'm trying to not be that way. Also i'm broke. BUT I STILL WANT TO BUY THINGS

Comments

[ninepointfivemm]

Dream Matte Mousse isn't Revlon, and I think it's absolutely amazing.

[removeyourpants]

oops let me edit that real quick. glad it works for you. i really wanted to like it. it just did not look good on my skin at ALL

[washironfucketc]

I think Revlon or L'Oréal just came out with a mousse foundation.

[washironfucketc]

Love
Wet n wild eyeshadows & cream eyeliner
Hard candy blushes & lipsticks
Maybelline falsies mascara!
Colorstay eyeliner pencils, liquid foundation
Elf liquid eyeliner, translucent mattifying powder
Nyx round lipsticks & single eyeshadows
Nyc cream blush sticks

Avoid
Wet n wild foundations, lip products
Covergirl smokey eye crayons, eyeshadow
Maybelline lip products
Hard candy eyeshadows, tinted moisturizer, the glitter eyeshadow pencil set, lipglosses, eyeshadow sticks

[removeyourpants]

Ooh thank you so much for posting this.

That's really disappointing about Hard Candy lip gloss...I was super close to buying one the other day and for some reason put it back. I did get a pink lipstick from them and LOVED IT. I think it was called knockout.

I want a wet n wild palette but when I went to the drugstore they had ZERO. Do you have any specific recommendations for shadows from them? Any color will do, ranging from smokey to bright to neutral to bronzey to anything!

[miaoudeminou]

I agree with the Hard Candy. They're supposed to be coming out with new products here in about 3wks (concealer, mascara, some powder, a foundation and a few more items; I need to do a post). I hope they're better than what they have out. What they have currently is average at best.

[miaoudeminou]

I agree with you about the Hard Candy. Most of their items are average at best. They're supposed to be coming out with new items in about 3wks (a concealer, foundation, mascara, powder... & a few more). We shall see if they're better than the other [junk] Hard Candy has out already.

[kristinleigh]

Best: Philosophy Bronzer palette. I used to use Smashbox bronzer and it just got way too expensive.

Worst was Covergirl's smokey eye. AWFUL product.

I agree with the Dream Matte Mousse. It made my skin look so dry and cakey even when using a little bit. I use Revlon PhotoReady and it's AMAZING.

[removeyourpants]

EXACTLY about Dream Matte Mousse! I have combination skin BUT I regularly exfoliate and keep it damn moisturized, so when I applied the Mousse I couldn't believe what I was seeing. It was like when you have a cold and you blow your nose so much that you get those little flakes of dryness at the end of your nose, only it was over my entire face. How could that even be possible when my face was clean, smooth, and moisturized prior to putting it on???? GAHHHH
Sorry for the rant.

I haven't worn covergirl eyeshadows in probably like 5 or 6 years because they were always a colossal disappointment. I dunno if they've come out with anything better since then, but i'm still damn skeptical.

[cityxpretty]

I love Revlon's colorstay eyeliner. It's just a good basic eyeliner and it stays put all day.

A lot of the Maybelline mascara that I've tried ends up looking so dry and clumpy after only an hour or two. I think they have some pretty good ideas with the concepts and brushes, but the formula is just no good in my opinion.

[whomperjawed]

I hate Revlon's Creme Shadow. I used it a long time ago when it first came out and it was really greasy. I purchased it a few months ago due to a 'new formula' and it still creases pretty bad - even with primer.

I love anything Physician's Formula. It's so light and nice to my skin!