Facing-it on the cheap

Sometimes I think I'd give away my mother for a slice of Chery Cole's fortune. Okay, so I'm no prize, and I clearly don't have her bone structure (save for the bump in the nose), but just imagine how all those Vichy and Elizabeth Arden products could transform this face from drab to fab.

STOP! Hold the press! Wipe off those tears of self-pity and put down the magazine. I've found us some brilliant, ultra-cheap solutions. So that when we do become rich and famous, the transformation won't be quite so obvious.

MUA Superdrug

It's been all over the beauty press like Berlusconi on a 17- year- old hooker. At first, I must admit to thinking 'a £1 make-up range? What, is it made out of dog ash or something?!' but then i remembered, I am but a lowly student *sob*, and I decided to give it a try. And, eating my hat, I'm damn sure glad that I did. For £5 you can have a whole new make up wardrobe for the new season.
    My current faves are the eyeshadows in Shades 17 and 19. One is a neutral taupe kind of shade and the other is a brown/ grey colour. They're really good for building up the smokey-eyed look. (Although leaning in to a fire and giving yourself a real smokey eye would be even cheaper....but not quite the desired effect.)
    I've also been trying out their blush in Shade 1. At first I was a bit concerned this would be too bright and I'd end up looking like an idiot (too late...), but I actually really like it. So long as you don't apply too much, it gives you a nice flush (though word of warning, make sure you thoroughly conceal any blemishes first before shoving it on. I went out in a hurry the other day, cack-handedly patting on the blusher and only realising later that my face looked like a big angry zit.)

http://www.superdrug.com/a-z-brands/make-up-academy/icat/mua/

ELF Cosmetics

Cheap as chips. They have a massive range of make-up products, but my favourite thing has to be the daily brush cleaner and shampoo. I'm prone to break outs and recently (a tip courtesy of the Saint of Skin Lisa Eldridge) I've been really thorough with cleansing because my germy face is not a good look. I was a bit worried when I used the cleanser that it would leave them all stuck together and un-useable- unless you like the stripey foundation look- as has happened before. But it really did a good job of cleaning out all the crap that was lurking on the implements I swipe at my moon face on a daily basis and they dried *deep sigh of relief* back to their orginal state.
http://www.eyeslipsface.co.uk/category~catID~13.htm