Take my advice...I don't use it anyway SPECIAL EDITION: My current beauty essentials Pt 3

Hands up who actually buys the same product over and over?  Yeah me neither.  No matter how happy I am with what I currently use, I get secretly excited when it runs out 'cause I get to try something new.  I mean geez, the packaging is just so damn alluring. I did a beauty post a few months back here and then another one here for the thrifty.  I still swear by those products, but I've kinda moved on to a few new things only to return later to the others.  I keep this shit on rotation...makes life a little more interesting.

STUDIO SCULPT by M.A.C is something I have used in the past but went on to ARMANI FACE FABRIC which is just magnificent but sadly, so is the price. STUDIO SCULPT is a cheaper alternative.  It'll set you back 50 bucks where as the ARMANI bad boy is almost 90.  This M.A.C foundation is the perfect combo of coverage and lightness.  I HATE thick foundation but I like a bit of coverage...I also hate foundation that gives you a white face in photographs (note: anything that has the word 'reflective' in the name will give you a Casper face in pictures)  I use the colour NC30 'cause I am olive skinned and I can use something darker, but this product comes in a million different shades, going from our porcelain dolls to our ebony homegirls.  I can't stress enough that when it comes to foundation, you get what you pay for.  And please get someone to help you with the right colour...there are so many beautiful girlies out there with Dorito dust faces. Yuck.

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Take my advice...I don't use it anyway SPECIAL EDITION: Owl's Beauty Essentials Pt 2 - For the thrifty

So the last beauty post I did actually ended up becoming some kind of Bible to some of you guys.  I had soooo much feedback which is great because now I know you all actually take heed of the shit I say but at the same time kinda freaks me out 'cause now you are all jacking my swagger!  I kid...jack all you want, it's pretty fly. 

Some of the response was that some of you liked the post, but requested I do another with some of the less pricier stuff I use.  To be honest owlies, I do my scrimping on clothes...like buying 2nd hand/Ebay etc, and I flash the cash on the beauty.  'Cause really, this stuff is an investment, however, there are some increddy products out there that won't rape your bank account, and they be ...

Revlon Top Coat.  Right, you know I'm attached to my acrylics like shit to a shoe. I enjoy them because I like having nice hands and I love nail varnish, but I HATE chipped varnish...there ain't no 'grunge chic' Ashley Olsen type shit happening up in here!  Varnish hardly ever chips when you have acrylics, it just adheres itself way better than to your OG's.  But it does go dull every few days, which is why I lacquer up my claws with this baby.  It's great for keeping your nails shiny and it dries super fast.  I've been known to shine up my talons at the traffic lights from time to time...for example.  HEY! Who the fuck are you? Constable traffic man? This is the greatest top coat I've ever tried and it's great even if you don't have fake nails.  Plus its only like 6 dolla.

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