There’s a kind of stigma when it comes to cheap and expensive beauty products. When I was younger, expensive beauty products were highly associated with quality and long-term results and cheap beauty products weren’t. But as the years went by, the stigma shifted and this was no longer true. Companies started making products as good as the most expensive ones at more reasonable prices (case in point, olay). You can get it at any supermarket and they are not so expensive but have great results – tested by my own mother.
I was never one to care about brands or high prices. My go-to brand since I was fourteen was Nivea. All my face, body and cleansing products were Nivea and I didn’t have to reach my pockets for them. But then, I grew up and, with that, my skin grew as well, becoming more demanding and wanting something I wasn’t ready to give. I went to a dermatologist who recommended La Roche-Posay, hence still using it to this day. But as I said here, I’ve been experimenting a lot and, being 26 means, I have to really start caring about what products I use – no more H&M powder for me.
Having an irritable skin kind of makes me have to use the right products, otherwise, my skin can look like a strawberry. I reached a point when I feel like there has to be a balance between the cheap and expensive beauty products I buy: there are some worth investing and others you can totally buy at a lower price. Face creams and foundations are my pocket reachers because they stay longer in the skin and can prevent all sorts of skin aging problems. Pencils and overall body creams are the ones I tend to buy at the supermarket, they have the same effect but cost way less.
My tip is for you to find a balance between where you can splurge and where you can save!