Eye Makeup: Drug Store vs. Department Store
Cover Girl for $4.99 versus Clinique for $49 - the stark comparison is mind boggling and the question arises, is there really such a difference in quality? Is the eye makeup you buy for five dollars the same value you spend on something ten times more the price?
The answer is simple; the quality or the ingredients in both the eye makeup products at the department store and the drug store are not that different; however the prestige and the status symbol associated with Lancôme, Estee Lauder or Christian Dior is hardly that of Revlon, Maybelline and Cover Girl. A woman's most precious asset is her face and her eyes speak volumes about her; she does not want to risk looking cheap or tacky with using something that costs as much as a sandwich on her eyes. She wants a top-notch eye makeup product just like she wants top of the line clothes and accessories.
Learn How to Apply the Product
However, if you were to dissect the eye makeup products of the major name brands and the more mass produced versions you can see that there is very little difference and if you know HOW to apply eye makeup, it really will not matter where you buy your shades from. If you know which color looks best on the top of the lid and which makes your eyes look bigger or brighter, then the name of the company of eye makeup you choose is irrelevant,
On the other hand, if you buy the most expensive Bobbi Brown eye makeup and have no clue as to how to apply it, then it will look blotchy and tacky irrespective of the hefty price tag that came with it.
Professional makeup experts have often confided in magazines and on television shows like ABC's the View and the Oprah Show that learning the techniques of eye makeup is crucial. While they do endorse some big name products, they also admit to having drug store favorites as well. The trick is mixing and matching and finding the color or colors that suit your facial characteristics and skin tone the best and settling for the right color and the art of applying the eye makeup as opposed to the name behind it.
After all, when you go out for a night on the town, people will look at your eyes, they will not know what brand it was but what the end result is like. Therefore it is better to spend some money in leaning the art of applying foundation and eye makeup from a pro rather than thinking an exorbitantly priced product can transform you in to Cinderella with a magic wand.
