I think that now is a good time to reflect a bit about the drugstore beauty purchases we've made in 2011. With the coming of spring, let's talk about our favorites so far:
What are your favorite drugstore beauty products that you've purchased so far this year?
Your response can include new products, and also new-to-you products that may be older, existing core collection products that you've just recently discovered. I'd say my favorite things I've personally purchased so far this year (which excludes anything I was sent for review, of course) would be the NYC Lip Stain and the Softsoap Strawberry Smoother body wash. I can't get enough of either! Oh! And HOW could I forget the Physicians Formula Organic Mascara and the Happy Booster Blush! How about you?
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I am in love with my Revlon Colorstay Foundation and Colorburst lipsticks. Amazing quality at amazing prices :)
The Milani Baked Blushes!!
Neutrogena Healthy Volume Mascara, Jordana Lip Liners and Rimmel Stay Matte powder are just a few new-to-me favorite products I've discovered this year. :)
OMG where do i start??
-WnW Silent Treatment trio
-Wnw Walking on Eggshells Trio
-Revlon Grow Luscious mascara
-Revlon Colorburst gloss in Crystal lilac
-Revlon Pink Pop super lustrous gloss
I think 100% of these are thanks to u! =]
Suave Dry Shampoo
Softsoap Sea Mineral Hand Soap
Hard Candy Glamoflauge Concealer
and if it counts as 'drugstore' NYX Lip Creams!
My favorite by far are the Wet n Wild 8 Pan Color Icon palette. OMG, they are soo freaking gorgeous and pigmented. I just love them!
-Wet N Wild Petal Pusher & Comfort Zone
-China Glaze Crackle polishes
-Makeup Remover wipes in general
-Wet N Wild Blushes
-Black Radiance Lipsticks
-Elf Flat Top Powder Brush
Physician's Formula Custom Eyes eyeliner pencil trios, and Wet n Wild's Xtreme Wear polishes. Neither of these is new (well, the eyeliner pencil trios are newER) but they're new to me.
e.l.f. studio brushes
e.l.f. eye brightening quads
so so good!
I totally love L'oreal HIP Pigment in 'Intrepid' I bought this during the 75% CVS sale and it's amazing! I own nothing like it. I'm also loving Eos Lip Balm!
Hard Candy Glamoflauge (sp?). This has taken the place of my Benefit concealer. I have wicked under-eye circles and this is some hard-core spackle!
I also love Wet-n-Wild's Hannah Pinktana nail polish. It's that gorgeous medium pink with holoflecks. I can just sit and stare at my nails for hours when I wear it.
Oh, and I flove Nivea body washes. I initially bought them from Smallflower as German imports. Now I can buy them at Wags, double the amount for half the price. Sure, the bottles are in English now...I like to try and pronounce/figure out the German :).
-Revlon Colorburst Lipstick in Soft Nude
-Revlon Super Lustrous Lipgloss in Pink Pop
-Maybelline Volum Express One by One Mascara
-Garnier Moisture Rescue
Just to name a few!
WnW - Comfort Zone.
Hard Candy - Glamoflauge concealer
Milani - Mai Tai Blush
Nyx - Jumbo pencils, round lipgloss, and Concealer.
Milani Baked Blushes, Suave Dry Shampoo, Burt's Bees Tinted Lip Balm, CoverGirl GlossBalm, and Garnier Hair Color!
Iman's Mineral foundation and Ecotools brushes.
Of course my first thought would be to say the new Wet n Wild 8 pans. Besides those I have been LOVING the Revlon cream blushes. The main ingredients are silicones, so they probably won't work for everyone, but I love them on me. One of my first posts on my new blog is about them!
Hands down, it's got to me the Wet & Wild palettes! I adore them all!
Seche Vite - new to this, can't believe I didn't use it earlier. I LOVE this.
Various polishes:
Confetti
Sally Hansen
and LA Colors (which I lucked into finding at Dollar Tree, thanks to reading this blog and checking out their makeup)
Elf Lip Stain in Mysterious. Another Dollar Tree find. I LOVE this shade. It is just about the best nude I have ever found anywhere.
Cover Girl Simply Ageless Blush - this is my first drugstore beauty purchase, next to Sally Hansen Insta Dry Polishes, and I really, really love this. I can't believe how good it is - I wanted to buy something from this line cause I love that CG uses Ellen as the model, and it ended up being an amazingly great blush.
Sally Hansen Insta Dry Polishes. I love these. The work really well for me.
Physician's Formula Happy Booster Blush, Wet n Wild Fast Dry nail polishes (I bought Silvivor, Grey's Anatomy and Party of Five Glitters.), and there are probably more, but I'm blanking on them :)
Hard Candy Glamoflauge concealer. A new favorite!
my faves this year so far are
Nivea touch of happiness body washes
Alba body lotion
Revlon Color Burst lip glosses
Sally Hansen Instadry. OMG this stuff really works! Kept my mani chip free for a week.
Suave Dry Shampoo. A lifesaver! My daughter broke her wrist and we have used this between showering.
I use a lot of other drugstore goodies, longer than a year.. and I am sure I have more to add to the list for this years finds, but this is all for now.
I second the Happy Booster blush! It's so much better than I expected. I also like Dive Bar by Essie - which isn't a drug store brand, but I bought it in a drug store... does that count? :)
A few of mine are:
Milani Liquif eye Pencil in Green (this is an automatic liner, I need to pick up the other 2 colors)
Revlon Colorburst Gloss in Peony
My favorites so far are:
Milani Liquif-eye (sp?) liner
Milani nail polishes
Milani Lip Flash pencils
Wow, lots of Milani love, hehe.
Hard Candy blush in Honeymoon
Hard Candy bronzer/highlighter in Tiki
Hard Candy powder keg shadow in Groupie
Maybelline Fit Me pressed powder (I may be alone here)
-Johnson's Cornstrach Baby Powder
-Chapstick Fresh Effects Green Tea Mint
-Jergens Naturals Lotion Total Nourishment and Skin Renewing
in the last few months, i have become a nail polish addict, and WnW polishes are some of my favorites! i cant even name names, i have bought so many -- and thats because they are so affordable!
LOVE THIS QUESTION! I'm addicted to Maybelline Color Sensational Lipsticks. Seriously... so good and affordable! Also super addicted to the Yes to Carrots Intense Repair Hand Cream. It's so creamy and makes my hand so soft. And lastly, can't live without my Physican's Formula Mascara! :D
WnW 8-pan Comfort Zone
WnW trio walking on eggshells
Hard Candy Glamophlage Concealer
Hard Candy Fox in a Box Blush
Fit Me Foundation and Powder
Cover Girl Lipstick in Rose Quartz
Jane Blush in Wisteria
Hard Candy Lipstick in Flirt
WnW polish in Greys Anatomy
*Rimmel Glam'Eyes Lash Flirt mascara
*AVON SuperMagnify mascara (ADORE!)
...and, sadly, AVON My Lip Miracle lipsticks (old, and discontinued anyway). I'm loving Rosetastique right now.
Oops - my goof, AVON isn't drugstore! Sorry about that; I got so excited about it that I added it accidentally. So, just the Rimmel then. My new fave drugstore mascara. Definitely.
So many good purchases this year - Maybelline gel liners (I bought black and brown, and will be picking up the purple) are my favorite. If I set them with eyeshadow, they last all day on my waterline - nothing else does that!
I also love my WnW Silent Treatment trio - which took some serious hunting to find.
Oh, and my ELF eyeshadow and blush brushes - both are so perfect!
So far, I love the Wet 'N Wild 8 pans. I got Sinful Color's Green Ocean and adore that! (Thanks, G, for turning me onto that one!)
-Wet 'n Wild black cream liner
-Hard Candy Glamoflauge concealer (it's dense, but not drying at all!)
-Maybelline lip stain in "Touch of Toffee" (a perfect MLBB shade and it lasts much longer than any other stain I've used!)
I love...
- King and Queens Chinese Princess Shower Jel
- NYC Extreme Lip Gliders Gloss
- Wet n WIld 666 Brandywine lip liner (supposed to be universally flattering)
- Cover Girl Tru Blend Whipped foundation
- Revlon Colorstay Foundation (for longer wear)
- L'oreal Lineur Intense eyeliner (felt tip)
-NYX round lipsticks (milani)
- Milani liquif'eye metalic eyeliner (black)
- Sally Hansen "give 'em the eye" eyelash curler (double curls)
I would love to say the NYC stains, but I still haven't seen them anywhere!!
But the Physician's Formula happy stuff is pretty damn awesome. I'm a sucker for cuteness in a hot pink package.
I have to say my favs, cant pick just one, are Revlon Crystal Lilac lipgloss, P.F. Happy Booster, and Sally Hansen Diamond lipgloss in Love Match. I have to admit I bought everyone of them at the CVS clearance.
The products I'm loving so far are my CG NatureLuxe foundation, CG NatureLuxe lipbalm, Revlon Color Stay foundation, NYC lipstain, CG Lip Perfection lipsticks, ALL of my WetnWild eyeshadow palettes (especially in Silent Treatment), Physician Formula Mosaic blush, and ELF Studio blushes in Peachy Keen and Candid Coral.
And MOST of these products that I bought were because of your awesome reviews. I hate buying products that might not work on me so I always read reviews beforehand.
The new NYC lipstains and reformulated lip shines are amazing! also the physicians formula mineral blushes you recommended.
-WnW Comfort Zone
-Monistat Anit Chafing Gel as a primer
-Revlon Colorburst lipstick in lilac and mauve
-Revlon Colorstay, but it didn't love me colorwise =(
-Physicians Formula Mineral Wear pressed powder in Bronzer
-Relon Age Defying Concealer w/ Botafirm
Love your blog and getting a chance to hear everyone else's favorites!
I've been on a project X pan since the middle of december of 2010, so no new stuff for me so far! x
I'm in love with the Physicians Formula Happy Booster Blush. I was never quite the blush type person but this has opened up a whole new realm for me.
And I don't know if this counts, but I recently purchased a few brushes from CVS Essence of Beauty line and I'm in love. They are so incredibly soft to the touch and perfect for application. I don't know why I waited so long to get these to begin with.
Here are mine:
-PF Pink Glow and Blushing Glow Mineral Blushes
-e.l.f. eyeshadow brush
-Studio Tools smudge brush
-WnW Comfort Zone, Silent Treatment, and Walking on Eggshells e/s palettes
-Suave Dry Shampoo
-Essie Mochaccino n/p
-CG Lip Perfection l/s in Sultry
So many of these were based on your raves, so thank you! As you can see, I've done just a *little* shopping.... ;)
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