7 Beauty Dupes: Splurge or Save?

Before jumping into this week's blog post, we would like to welcome the new year with open arms and wish all of our readers a Happy New Year!

Finding out your favorite high-end brand product has a dupe for a much smaller price tag is one of the best beauty finds and pleasures! Here are 7 dupes we found that can help out any beauty savvy:

Dupe: Maybelline "Born with It"

Splurge: MAC "Angel"

1) Maybelline's Color Sensational Lipstick "Born With It" vs MAC "Angel" 
Maybelline: $7.49
MAC: $16

MAC is known for having a large variety of lipsticks with lasting and pigmented colors! Maybelline is catching up to the brand offering a very similar color to MAC's famous "Angel" lipstick. "Born With It" by Maybelline is a great dupe costing less than half of MAC's retailing price!


2) Wet n Wild MegaLast Lip Color "Sugar Plum Fairy" vs MAC "Rebel"
Wet n Wild: $1.49
MAC: $16

Dupe: Wet n Wild "Sugar Plum Fairy"

Splurge: MAC "Rebel"

A bold, deep plum is perfect for the winter season and we have found a great dupe for MAC's "Rebel." Wet n Wild's "Sugar Plum Fairy" costs only $1.49, but gives a major color payoff similar to "Rebel."

3) Benefit Cosmetics "The POREfessional" vs Maybelline "Baby Skin"
Benefit Cosmetics: $31
Maybelline: $6.99

Dupe: Maybelline "Baby Skin"

Splurge: Benefit Cosmetics "the POREfessional"

Primers are key to making your makeup last all day, but enlarged pores can be an issue to a non-seamless application. The POREfessional by Benefit Cosmetics has become a staple for many makeup lovers, but Maybelline's "Baby Skin" is not so far from instantly erasing large pores!



4) NYX Liquid Crystal Liner: "Silver" vs Urban Decay Heavy Metal Glitter Liner: "Gunmetal"
NYX: $4.49
Urban Decay: $19

Dupe: NYX "Silver"

Splurge: Urban Decay "Gunmetal"

What is a party look without glitter?! Adding a pop of glitter can spice up any holiday or party look! NYX Liquid Crystal Liner in "Silver" is a great dupe for Urban Decay's "Silver Glitter." Both have a similar applicator and offer major glittery goodness!

5) e.l.f. Matte Lip Color: "Nearly Nude" vs Lorac Cosmetics PRO Matte Lip Color: "Nude"
e.l.f.: $3
Lorac Cosmetics: $16

Dupe: e.l.f. "Nearly Nude"

Matte lips were a major trend in 2014 and will sure continue through 2015! Both e.l.f. and Lorac offer great matte lip colors with similar easy-to-use applicators and colors, but one major difference is the price!

Splurge: LORAC PRO "Nude"

6) Essie: "Mink Muffs" vs Chanel "Particuliere" 

Essie: $8.50
Chanel: $27

Dupe: Essie "Mink Muffs" 

Rocking a rouge, taupe mani is ideal for the fall and winter seasons. Essie's "Mink Muffs" nail polish is the doppelgänger of Chanel's "Particuliere!" Who doesn't love a great dupe of a Chanel product?!

Splurge: Chanel "Particuliere"

7) Anastasia Beverly Hills "Brow Powder Duo" vs e.l.f. "Studio Eyebrow Kit"
e.l.f.: $3
Anastasia Beverly Hills: $23

Splurge: Anastasia Beverly Hills "Brow Powder Duo"

Dupe: e.l.f. "Studio Eyebrow Kit"

Anastasia Beverly Hills is known as the "Brow Queen" and has created some amazing products in the makeup industry. Her "Brow Powder Duo" is one of her many brow products which comes with two shades of colors in each package. E.l.f.'s "Studio Eyebrow Kit" not only has a powder, but also a gel color as well as a brush!

Share with us with some of your dupe finds! 

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