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Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Reader-submitted drugstore dupes

I've received several emails recently containing great drugstore dupes that YOU have discovered, so I thought I'd put them all into one fabulous post for your reading pleasure!

First up, click here to see That'sSoFresh's dupe comparison of Sinful Colors Envy vs. OPI Jade is the new Black.

Next, we have ShaGLAM's comparison post of Revlon Facets of Fuchsia vs. Deborah Lippmann Bad Romance.

Frequent contributor Maria discovered a great dupe of MAC Girl About Town in the new L'Oreal lipstick, Audacious Amazon's Pout (from the L'Oreal Project Runway Colors Take Flight Collection):

image credit: Maria for Nouveau Cheap
image credit: Maria for Nouveau Cheap

image credit: Maria for Nouveau Cheap
Maria writes:

"Girl About Town is an Amplified color While the L'Oreal I found had the same finish just a tad bit creamier. I did notice that the stay power on Girl About Town was stronger. Because as I took it off my lips, my lower lip was still visibly stained while my upper lip with the L'Oreal color was stained but not as much as my lower."

Speaking of the L'Oreal Project Runway Colors Take Flight Collection, my pal Rach did a helpful  comparison of the taupe polish in this collection, Cockatoo's Wisdom, with some other drugstore taupes:

image credit: Rach for Nouveau Cheap

image credit: Rach for Nouveau Cheap

image credit: Rach for Nouveau Cheap

image credit: Rach for Nouveau Cheap
 
And finally, reader Melissa shared a lipgloss dupe discovery she made recently. She told me that e.l.f. Glossy Gloss in Sweet Salmon (retail: $3) has the same feel, texture and sheer wash of color as Smashbox Lip Enhancing Gloss in Pop (retail: $18). She even said they have similar brushes and matte black lids! Melissa said they look more alike on the lips than in the tube, which is great to know. 

Thanks so much to everyone featured in this post. Drugstore dupes are wonderful and I really appreciate that you took the time to share your dupe discoveries with us!
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8 comments

  1. Nice! Thank you! Keep 'em coming! xx

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  2. Great dupes! Definitely need to find the L'Oreal lipstick!

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  3. What appropriate timing, as I just discovered a drugstore dupe today. I was at Walgreen's and picked up a Jordana Lip Out Loud gloss in ASAP. Jordana's website calls it a baby pink with baby pink glitter, but to me, it's a bit more like a peachy pink with medium pink glitter and just a hint of gold.

    The important part is that it immediately reminded me of Lorac's 3D Multiplex gloss in Untamed, a peachy pink with pink pearl.
    And I'm much more willing to shell out the $1.99 for Jordana than $22 for Lorac.

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  4. I've also heard that the elf lipgloss in sweet salmon is also a great dupe for MAC's boy bait.

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  5. Love the dupes! Thank you everyone for sharing!

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  6. When I compared Cockatoo's Wisdom in the store, it looked almost identical to Sally Hansen Insta Dri in Slick Slate! I decided not to buy it based on that, I already have Slick Slate! :)

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  7. love revlon's fuschia! it's amazing ;)

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  8. I recently bought Sinful Colors Citrine, and thought it was familiar with something I already have. Looking through my stash and swatching with Pure Ice Hot Tamale, I realized that the base color was exactly the same, but Hot Tamale had a bit of gold shimmer in it. Loved citrine's creamy texture, though! So I didn't regret buying it.

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