So you want to get into makeup, huh? It’s a bit easier said than done considering how much money makeup products are nowadays, so it may seem like you have to spend hundreds for a few makeup products. Nope! Totally, absolutely, 100% not the case.
You can get a ton of great makeup products for significantly cheaper prices, so if you’re someone who wants makeup products, but can’t spend a huge amount, you’re in luck!
Think of this as a kind of beginner’s guide to makeup. We’ll be explaining what certain things do and what they’re for, so even if you have no clue on how apply or what things are used for what, hopefully this will answer some of your questions. So here’s fifteen makeup products for a full beat!
If you’re a beginner to makeup, you don’t need a whole $100 dollar brush set. That’s just going to intimidate you, and we don’t want that! You always gotta ease into buying makeup products.
Now, e.l.f. Cosmetics sells individual makeup brushes for like $2 a piece, so you could totally get some of those makeup products if you really wanted to. But if you want to save money on the makeup products you’re getting, you might as well get it in a pack. Luckily, e.l.f. Cosmetics also has packs of brushes!
This one costs $15, and will give you everything you need for your face. It includes a concealer brush, two eyeshadow brushes, small angled, small stippled brush, eyeshadow duo brush, and ultimate blending brush. Pretty nifty, ay?
Primer is one of those makeup products that work for some people, and don’t work for others. Really, there’s a ton of variations of primers. There’s illuminating primers, mattifying primers, color-correcting primers, hydrating primers, and pore-minimizing primers.
In this case, mattifying primer is meant to make your oily skin more matte! It helps to reduce shine on your face. Photofocus Matte Face Primer is a really good, affordable primer to get you started! If you find that primer doesn’t really do anything for you or you aren’t impressed, then you don’t have to continue purchasing it.
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Foundation! It’s used to cover up flaws on the face and create an even color across the face as well. There’s thousands of makeup products that work with foundation; it’s just a matter of finding the right one.
One of the most affordable makeup products is the Fit Me! Matte Poreless Foundation is a really great, affordable foundation.
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Concealer is a particularly great product because it helps cover up any pimples, flaws, etc. Concealer is usually used on the face to cover up any scars, pimples, and things that appear through the foundation. Usually you would use concealer for your undereyes to give the impression that you sleep enough even though you don’t!
Don’t lie to us; we know.
Anyways, the Hydrating Camo Concealer by e.l.f. Cosmetics is one of those makeup products that is steadily gaining popularity in the makeup community for how good it is! Influencers tout how great this product is. It’s pretty medium coverage, and you could totally use it as eyeshadow primer too.
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Ah, blush. It’s part of that category of makeup products that help you bring some color back into your face. It’s perfect!
For this category, the Milani Baked Blush Luminoso is a pretty good, affordable product, and the colors are absolutely gorgeous. If you’re looking to not break the bank on blush, this is it!
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Sometimes, you need makeup products to really make your cheekbones pop, and bronzer is one of those makeup products that can do that! You’ll usually apply it under your cheekbones to give a sunken-in appearance.
With that being said, the NYX Matte Bronzer is a great, easy-to-use product that’ll fit your budget. It’s a bit more expensive than the other makeup products here, coming in at $10.
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Highlighter is a beautiful product that’s used to highlight (haha, get it? highlight?) the cheeks and make them shine for the gods! Some people prefer liquid highlighter, and others prefer the powdered kind. It’s just a matter of preference.
In this case, the FaceStudio Master Chrome Metallic Highlighter by Maybelline is affordable, and it’s shine is beautiful! It’ll do the same work as an expensive highlight, so if you’re looking to shine bright, then get this highlighter for sure.
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We’re sure we don’t have to explain what an eyeshadow palette does, but if you do it right, then you can create stunning looks on $5 or $10 eyeshadow. It’s one of those makeup products that you definitely, definitely do not need to spend $20 or $50 dollars on if you don’t have it.
In fact, e.l.f. Cosmetics makes mini eyeshadow bites that are like $3, and they work just fine. Just a small recommendation.
With that aside, if you’re looking at a longterm product and don’t want to spend more money on different eyeshadow palettes, then the e.l.f. 18-Hit Wonders Eyeshadow Palette is perfect since it’s got all the colors that you could ever experiment with! It’s $15, and in the long run, it’s one of those makeup products that’s totally worth the money.
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Eyeliner is part of the list of makeup products that you don’t really need if you don’t want to. Some people don’t use eyeliner, and some do; it’s a matter of preference.
As an affordable choice, the Megaliner eyeliner by Wet n’ Wild bangs. It’s a good eyeliner is you’re looking for one, and it’ll pretty easy to work with. And if you don’t like the way this holds, or it performs, Wet n’ Wild sells pen liners that you may prefer more.
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Mascara is used to bring out your natural lashes, and is often used to help merge your natural lashes with fake lashes.
Lash Princess False Effect Mascara is a great, affordable product if you’re just starting out, or don’t want to spend a lot of money on mascara. Which is totally understandable, by the way!
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Now, you could totally stop at mascara. You don’t need to buy false lashes if you really don’t want to, or feel uncomfortable buying those sorts of makeup products. But for those who do want to buy falsies, for the sake of your real lashes, do try and get magnetic lashes!
With Magnetic Lashes, it’s much easier to take off your lashes at the end of the day. This is also a good alternative to glued on lashes if you’re not sure about those yet. It’s $8.99, so totally not that expensive!
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If you’ve got pretty thick brows already, all you’ll really need is a spoolie. The spoolie is the fuzzy end bit. It’s meant to help you with combing and controlling your eyebrow hairs into where you want them to go.
If you’re like some of us, then you probably don’t have a ton of eyebrow hairs. This is totally fine! We’re not knocking on you for that. But if you’ve wanted to combat that issue, then a brow pencil should be able to help you out!
The Morphe Micro Brow Pencil is an affordable brow pencil that only costs $5 on ULTA!
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You don’t really have to wear lipstick. Just slap on some lipgloss and you’ll be good as golden! But if you do, then we recommend the NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream.
It’s affordable, good, and you can graduate to other brands and colors later on if you want! It costs about $6.50 on the ULTA website.
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This is the All-Night Long Lasting Makeup Setting Spray, and people have sung it’s praises for a long time. This setting spray is pretty good, and it’s one of the few things that we recommend you spend a bit more on.
A good setting spray is what makes or breaks your makeup look. Setting spray means you can keep looking fabulous in the morning to well into the night.
Some setting spray makeup products just feel like spritzing water on your face, and you might have to try a few more products to really get the one you want. So to save time and money, why not splurge a bit more for the future?
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Now that you’ve got all your makeup products on your face and in your drawers, now it’s time to figure out how the hell you’re going to get it off your face at the end of the day. Use micellar water! Micellar water is a good cleansing water and makeup remover that doesn’t cost a fortune to get. It’s only $5 on ULTA!
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That’s all, folks! Hopefully this helped you out a bit in your makeup journey, and hopefully helped you save a ton of money! Remember, you can exclude some of these makeup products from your makeup list, so don’t feel pressured into getting them. If you don’t want to get them, you don’t have to get them. Happy shopping!
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