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How To Spend $5 And Look Like A Million Bucks

No one wants to be easy, breezy, beautiful, and broke.

Emily Ragano
Jun 02, 2015
James Madison
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How To Spend $5 And Look Like A Million Bucks

Natural beauty is priceless. However, tired eyes will never be a fashion trend. For those of us who don't want to be easy, breezy, beautiful and broke, I ventured into Walmart to find makeup products for less than $5.

Before becoming the Wolf of Walmart.

I composed a list of makeup essentials:

Foundation/concealer

Blush

Eyeliner

Eyeshadow

Mascara

Lip gloss

For comparison, I researched Sephora's products and prices for my makeup list.

Omorovicza: Complexion Perfector. $135.

Bobbi Brown: Hot Collection Cheek Palette. $45.

Surratt Beauty: Auto-Graphique Eyeliner. $42

Sephora Collection: Colorful Eyeshadow Portfolio. $599

Guerlain: Noir G de Guerlain Exceptional Complete Mascara. $52.

Guerlain: Rouge G De Guerlain L'Extrait. $53.

There better be gold in that concealer, considering it's approximately five times my electric bill for my apartment. I don't think I could ever justify spending $599 for eyeshadow, unless it gave me super hero, see-through vision.

With only $5, I knew I would have to make some sacrifices to my list of makeup essentials. There was no way I was going to find concealer for anything less than $6.

I walked into Walmart and -- BAM! It's like they knew I was coming.

Unfortunately, I could not indulge in nail polish because it was not part of this thrifty mission.

I eliminated concealer, blush and eyeshadow from my list for money savings sake. With my $5, I was able to purchase eyeliner, mascara and "lip stain."

Lip stain was a hybrid between lip gloss and lip stick, two-for-one deal. For $2.

Without tax, I was under the $5 limit. With tax, I had to come up with $0.12. Mission, 98% complete.

To test the value of these products I did a selfie photo shoot. And yes, I felt ridiculous during the whole process. I compared the products to the ones I use frequently. Before I show you my natural selfie on a scale from one to ugly, I'm pushing Hargrid.

(WARNING CONTENT OF PHOTO MAY CAUSE MILD NAUSEA AND SHOCK)

No makeup -- AH.

No makeup.

Makeover products I already use.

Products from Walmart.

Left, no makeup. Center, regular makeup. Right, Walmart makeup.

Makeup is fun and for $5 you can get a lot of individual purchases. However, trying to complete an entire look was challenging.


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