There was a time when the Drugstore make up aisle was my mecca…then along came Sephora. Although high end stores carry products to make you drool, the price tags are often too high to justify. Here are 10 products under 10 dollars that are so good, you’ll think you spent your entire paycheck:

1) Real Techniques Expert Face Brush, $9

This is Real Techniques’ best-selling brush and quite frankly, one of the best things I ever bought. I’ve had mine for four years and it still works like new, cleans up in seconds and blends like a dream. G-Bless, Real Techniques, you’re the one.

2) Simple Micellar Cleansing Water, $6

You might not know how to say it, but Micellar water is one of the best things to use to get that laaast bit of smudge under your eyes when you take your eye makeup off.

3) Noxzema Cleansing Cream, $3

When I woke up after using this for the first time, it was the first time I didn’t wake up with a new spot. One year and 5 tubs later, my skin (and bank account) has never looked better.

4)OGX Awapuhi Ginger Conditioner, $5

This stuff smells great and makes hair soft as silk. Should it come in a bigger bottle? Sure. Do I still buy it because it’s a godsend? Absolutely.

5) Neutrogena Anti-Residue Shampoo, $6

Use once a week to wash off the college shower head residue that weighs hair down to no end. You’ll be amazed at how much body hair can have when it’s not weighed down by hard water buildup.

6) E.L.F. Complexion Brush, $4

Use this to powder down, blush up and bronze all over. I’ve had the same one for five years and it still works like new and hasn’t shed a single hair.

7) Rimmel London Lasting Finish Lipstick, $5

It comes in great shades, doesn’t smudge and half a dozen cost as much as one Kylie lip kit. Life doesn’t get better than that.

8) E.L.F. Mattifying Powder, $3

By the end of a long day, the grease on my nose could make a door hinge stop squeaking. This is one of the best powders I’ve ever purchased, and even beats Tarte’s acclaimed setting powder.

9) Seche Vite Top Coat, $6

This stuff dries in the time it took you to read this sentence. Real Talk.

10) NYX HD Photogenic Concealer, $6

Oh, if makeup could talk, this stuff would sing. I’ve tried NARS, Tarte, MAC, you name it. None of them can hold a feather to this product or the price.