Hot Tip: Drugstore Mascara

Dec 28th, 2010

Over the holidays I always get my hair and make-up done professionally for parties. I do this for 2 reasons: 1. I am quite inept at doing my own ‘fancy’ makeup without looking like a clown 2. It makes me feel sooo purty. I highly recommend that you go to the pros occasionally as well. I leave the salon feeling like a super-model and only light in the wallet $75. Totally worth it. Anyways, during this year’s party beautification, I came away with a new amazing mascara. By her own admission, my makeup girl is a Laura Mercier snob. It’s the only product she uses religiously. I am very aware of this fact so I was slightly alarmed when she pulled out the ultra-yellow Maybelline mascara. I guess I had become a snob too. Turns out to be a fabulous volumizing product and super-cheap. I went out and scooped up the Maybelline Colossal Mascara in Classic Black and Glam Brown for $5.94 a pop at Target. Comparatively, my old trusty Clinique mascara is $14.00 and only available inconveniently at the mall makeup counter. Sometimes you have to be reminded to keep things simple. I am loving rediscovering drugstore makeup.