The first item is a mint green nail varnish:
MUA's "Pistachio" nail varnish, costing £1 (what?!?!) is a dupe for...
Essie's "Mint Candy Apple", costing £7.99.
I am a huge fan of MUA products anyway, they've featured rather regularly in my previous blog posts, as they are good quality, and excellent value for money, so when I spotted this mint green nail varnish, it was a dead ringer for Essie's well known version. I am a huge fan of Essie nails, don't get me wrong, but I think the MUA's version, which costs an astonishingly low price of £1, also lasts and looks pretty identical. I found it amazing how I could get the same creamy mint green look that I love from Essie, result!
The second item is a nude eyeshadow palette:
H&M's "Nudes" eyeshadow palette, costing £3.99 is a dupe for...
Urban Decay's "Naked Basics" palette, costing £20.
I own both of these marvellous eyeshadow kits, but when I saw that H&M had their own version of a nude palette, I immediately bought it, even though I already own the Naked Basics. Don't get me wrong, I get that Urban Decay is a very prestigious brand, is very good quality, and like most women, want/need something Urban Decay in my life. BUT, the H&M palette contains very similar shades, and in fact, I prefer the darker brown shade in the H&M palette, to the practically black shade in the Naked Basics palette, as I find brown shadows more wearable, even for a smokey eye, which you'd think would need more black colours. I definitely am happy to own both, and I wouldn't want one or the other, but I think H&M offer the perfect solution if you're a little strapped for cash, or frankly, just want to save a bit on eyeshadow, to splurge on something else!
The third item is a metallic cream eyeshadow:
17's "Wild Metallic Eyes" cream eyeshadow, costing £3.99, is a dupe for..
Maybelline's "Colour Tattoo" eyeshadow, costing £7.99.
I got this idea from Zoella, one of my favourite beauty bloggers, as she suggested that the 17's version (sold at Boots only, it's a Boots brand), was great if you didn't want to pay the Maybelline price, which is a very good tip, as 17 has produced a very good dupe cream eyeshadow. I bought the shade "Wild Nude", which is a gorgeous, metallic cream eyeshadow, even though I rarely go for any metallic shade, this looks amazing, as I'm obsessed with nude eyeshadows, and this is no exception. For half the price, try the 17 version even if you're a lover of Colour Tattoo, as it could buy you two eyeshadows in 17, for the price of one!
The fourth item is a highly pigmented powder blush:
Sleek's Blush in the shade "Pixie Pink", costing £4.49, is a dupe for...
NARS blusher in shade "Angelika", costing £21.50.
Granted, these shades are not IDENTICAL, and that's not the reason I've included these into my "Dupe" post, but the products themselves are very similar, plus I'm talking about the actual product, as opposed to the exact same colour. NARS is a very good high end makeup range,I love browsing at their counter, and I especially love their matte eyeshadows. One of NARS' staple products have been their well known blushers, which are highly pigmented, good quality and long lasting. However, SLEEK happen to have an extremely similar product, costing around a quarter of the price! When it comes to powder products such as blusher and eyeshadow, I love things that are highly pigmented and strong, so when I trialled the dupe, I found it just as pigmented, and frankly, just as a good!
The fifth and final item is a pencil colour lip balm:
Rimmel's "Colour Rush" lip balm in shade "The redder the better", costing £5.99 is a dupe for...
Clinique's "Chubby Stick" lip balm, costing £17.
This product is a new release from Rimmel, and as I'm always trying new lipsticks, I was intrigued by the concept of a lip balm, being able to give such a striking, strong colour such as red, which of course, is my all time favourite. I know Clinique are well known for their famous "Chubby Sticks", but the Rimmel version is so good, and so much cheaper, they are definitely the colour balms to go for on a budget! Clinique are, of course, probably a higher quality, but if you're like me and prefer to experiment with lipsticks, something more inexpensive, allowing you to buy more, and try different colours, rather than just stick to the one that costed you a lot more. I would definitely think of buying a chubby balm by Clinique, but at the moment, I'm satisfied with the moisture, the colour and the experimentation I can have with Rimmel's Colour Rush lip balms!
So there are all my "Dupe" product ideas, that I think are personally very good matches for the more expensive/high end brands I've picked out. I hope I may have inspired you to try a cheaper alternative, that you will also love, happy duping! :D
(I do not own these pictures)
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