'Cheap' Make-up- your recommendations please

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My lovely Clinique collection is running out and I can't afford to replace it. So, I'm looking for alternatives - I'm thinking Maybelline, Max Factor, Neutrogena, L'Oreal etc

I need to know about:

Foundation (something light, not greasy)
Powder
Concealer
Eyeshadow
Lipstick that stays on

I read the liquid eyeliner thread, so I know all about that

All help gratefully received!

TIA

i mostly use fancier make up because i enjoy it (chanel, mac, lancome...) and because trying out products helps me avoid mistakes - I do think the right foundation needs to be tried on.

I think you can def save on rest though - standout products from other ranges for me are: boujouris eyeshadows (blushers are v hard to pick up on a brush but good too), sleek eyeshadow palettes (they have a good pigment), maybelline mascaras, revlon foundations (colourstay - might be a heavier look for some people but i like it) & revlon nail polishes.

boots #7 foundations good too - but frankly not much cheaper than clinique
but you CAN get to try everything on in the store so that helps to buy the right things

i didn't read eyeliner thread but maybelline gel is excellent - i won't be wasting my money on bobbi brown anymore (dries out before I can use it)

Collection Lasting Perfection concealer and W7 eyeshadow palette"In the Nude". I second the cornsilk but it is very messy. I recently bought some empty 10ml sifter jars from ebay and decanted some powder into them. Result ! Had to widen the sifter holes a touch but far better than losing powder everywhere.

For lipsticks, Revlon are excellent. I have used their matte and creme versions and they last well, non drying, have a good colour range and cost about 8 quid. Their lip butters are also good if want a more sheer finish

Sleek blushers - excellent, last well, 5 quid each or a trio for a tenner

Miss Sporty do very good eye liners for a couple of quid

Rimmel Salon Pro nail varnish is excellent, lasts well and the brush is easy to use. About a fiver a go

'I have dry skin and am still on the hunt for a good foundation, just brought colour match by Revlon/max factor'

Dry and dehydrated here and I love Rimmel Match Perfection or Rimmel Wake Me Up. I read a review of MP by a make up artist who swore it was exactly as good as YSL Touche Eclat foundation. Costs about eight quid

For lipsticks I LOVE rimmel matte lipsticks, great range of colours and they stay put all day.

MUA do some good long lasting lipsticks as well and they're only £1 each. They also do some nice eyeshadow palettes (some are dupes for Urban Decay naked palette) and are £4 I think.

I'm still looking for the holy grail of foundations for oily skin. I used Rimmel colorstay for a long time which has great coverage (£12.99 I think which is pricey for my budget) but after having DD it just seemed to stop working and my t-zone was oily as ever). I've switched to Rimmel BB cream which provides light coverage but I still have a very shiny face!

BTW: to echo another poster on sensitivity, try not to switch too many products at once as its a recipe for making your skin sensitive even if would not react to products 1 at a time ... ie replace foundation when that runs out, powder when that does etc... -> it will also help you isolate if any of the products are causing you problems

NYR mascara from Superdrug (3 items for v£5) when I got it beats Lancome hands down.
Though as this thread is 8 yrs old the OP has probably sorted it

I love Bourjois foundation, CC cream and both loose & pressed powder. I love the packaging and the product. It has a cute, slightly retro vibe that I love.

Concealer has to be Collection2000. It was a MN recommendation and I bulk buy it now in case my shade runs out! It's better than ones I've had at 4 times the price.

I also rate Avon make up. I started getting someone coming round with Avon about a year ago and I love most of the make up I've had. Their mascara in the orange tube (Infinitize I think) is the only one I've found that doesn't shift. I love the Glimmersticks eyeliners, nail polishes etc.

Loreal tube mascara is the best i have ever used. I am normally a high end makeup junkie but this is the best for me by a mile. Doesnt smudge ever. Amazing

Bourjois CC cream and Collection 2000 concealor, both are great budget products I wouldn't be without!

thenlater - you have a sharp eye ;) but methinks i will be trying some of these reccos out myself...

Bourjouis healthy mix foundation

Collection lasting perfection concealer

Rimmel stay Matt powder

Mua powder blushers-beautiful colours and no glitter.

pdxs, oh me too! I'll add Maybelline Dream Satin liquid foundation. I'd forgotten how bloomin good a good liquid foundation can be. I got this for about £6 thinking as I was about to pass through duty free it would last me until then- I didn't bother in the end because this is perfect. Goes on like a dream, the colour for me is perfect (palest shade of everything, and Bourjois Health Mix and Rimmel Wake Me Up whilst being lovely for the price are that teensy bit too dark for me, but this is perfect) and it's buildable.

Quick history of Chanel and Bourjois.

When Coco Chanel had her No5 perfume created, she went into a dodgy partnership with the Wertheimer Brothers who own Bourjois. They financed everything from production to department store stands. In return, Coco Chanel would receive 10% of all profit and no control.

During WW2, the Nazis took control of all Jewish businesses in France and Chanel used this to try to get back Parfum Chanel arguing that it was hers by name and by birthright (being Aryan and Christian). (She even became the mistress of a senior Nazi officer to help get it back). Countering the Nazi Jewish Mandate, the Wertheimers gave full control of Bourjois to a Christian French businessman so the Nazis could not do a thing about it. After the war, he gave back control.

After the war, Coco went into hiding in Switzerland as she had been marked as a collaborator and from there, she went through the courts to get Chanel Back. Eventually, she and the Wertheimers came to an agreement where they would pay all her expenses for life, all profit from wartime, 2% of all worldwide profit from Parfums Chanel and the freedom to create her own inhouse perfumes. The Wertheimers got to keep No5 and create their own Chanel branded perfumes and cosmetics to go alongside Coco's perfumes.

So, Chanel doesn't own Bourjois, Bourjois own Chanel.

However, the Bourjois name is being sold to Coty who will continue production of Bourjois cosmetics and Bourjois will continue to produce Chanel perfume, cosmetics and skincare.

The cosmetic industry is complicated. Brands names switch companies all the time.

All from Chanel: An Intimate Life by Lisa Chaney.

The Chanel-Bourjois relationship (and comparable quality thereof) has been discussed for years on here, but annoyingly every time someone says that Health Mix = Vitalumiere without the posh packaging and £££££££££££s of advertising, someone else pops up to say it's an urban myth and whilst the company is the same, the products aren't.

Wish we knew once and for all!

Marks and Spencer Autograph make-up is good, not cheap cheap but with the 20% off they sometimes do it is cheapish! It feels quite high end to me.

I would spend a bit more on foundation - from experience, all the cheaper ones are too greasy for my skin! Powder - I use Rimmel stay matte, nice and soft on your skin! I use Barry M lipsticks but I wouldn't say they particularly stay on long but that's probably me! They do good colours though and they're really nice to use. You didn't mention mascara but L'Oreal do an AMAZING one, it's called false lash flutter and it's my essential make up item!

Definitely MUA at superdrug. Nice eyeshadows, and I love their Pro-base powder which is like a powder foundation (works for me as I have oily skin). I now use it instead of much more expensive Body Shop version and it's just as good.

Sleek eyeshadow palettes are great and cheap. Highly pigmented and great choice of colours. I really rate them, and their bronzer quad.