Articles about: dupe

L’Oréal Paris Glam Shine Stain Splash: Dupetastic

Yay! They’re here! The hotly anticipated and lengthily named L’Oréal Paris Glam Shine Stain Splash lip lovelies have been tipped as excellent dupes for the far spendier Glossy Stains from YSL. This happens a lot with brands in the L’Oreal …

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Read More |May 2 2013 | 27 Comments

How to: Get the look of Illamasqua Speckled polishes

Illamasqua Speckled nail polishes were a limited edition release that dropped at the end of January, part of the I’mperfection spring collection and all of the stunning imagery that went along with it. The collection as a whole focused on …

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Read More |April 4 2013 | 10 Comments
Attractive happy young woman buying perfume. Shallow DOF.

Rate it: Most UNDERRATED brand!

Last week we were listing the brands that we feel are OVERrated – and predictably almost every well known brand came under fire.  From Mac and Clinique to Benefit and No7 there was hardly a big brand that you felt was …

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Read More |September 10 2012 | 58 Comments
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L’Oreal Paris Rouge Caresse Lipsticks are Dior Addict Extreme Dupes at 1/3 the Price!

WARNING: Lipstick porn contained herein! Tell you what the first thing that struck me about these new lippies from L’Oreal Paris was, shall I? Ok, you’ve twisted my arm. Rouge Caresse are basically the budget dupe for Dior’s super-spendy Addict …

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Read More |April 4 2012 | 22 Comments
aldi moroccanoil dupe

Double-Take: Aldi’s Miracle Oil is the Living Spit of Moroccanoil at a 10th of the Price

I did a bit of a blink blink eye rub when I saw this in my email. “Aldi selling Moroccanoil? Surely not!” Nope. Definitely not. In a triumphal move akin to Lidl’s Suddenly Madame Glamour/Chanel Coco Mademoiselle coup, the budget …

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Read More |March 23 2012 | 31 Comments
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Essence Volumising Lash Powder: Dupe Model Co Fibre Lash for About 2p

Well boy howdy, I thought, I’ve done heard it all now, was what I thought in a Country and Irish* accent when the press release ploppped into my inbocks from Essence. Volumising Lash Powder! €3.79 to fatten me fringe! Here …

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Read More |February 22 2012 | 23 Comments
tacky nails!

Tell The Truth and Shame The Divil: What’s Your Secret Beauty Guilty Pleasure?

I was a bit anxious about contributing this post. I have a healthy fear of my fellow Beaut.ie readers, seeing as you’re quite a stylish-non-word-mincing-bunch. The fact of the matter is, I have a guilty pleasure. It probably goes without …

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Read More |February 8 2012 | 54 Comments
teal and aqua dupes

Teal, Green & Mint: 7 Dupes for This Season’s Dior & Estee Lauder Aqua Nail Shades on a Budget

Judging by the two stand-out nail shades released from Estee Lauder (Teal Topaz) and Dior (Waterlily) for SS12, aquamarine shades are very definitely the nail colour du jour (du week and du everything else too, wha’) for the new season. …

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Read More |February 6 2012 | 14 Comments
bobbi brown dupes

Dupe Bobbi Brown Neons & Nudes With Gosh, Rimmel, NYX, Catrice & Maybelline

It occurred to me when I was putting together last week’s post on Bobbi Brown’s Neons and Nudes collection (it’s out now, I had a gander at it in Brown Thomas on Saturday, FYI) that it’s actually one of the …

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Read More |January 30 2012 | 8 Comments
barbara daly and benefit dupe

Dupe Alert! Barbara Daly Soft Focus Highlighter Vs Benefit Girl Meets Pearl

I followed through with my weekend plans and actually did make a start on spring cleaning my clutter at the weekend. Three bin bags to the charity shop later, two loads of crap out to the rubbish and my wardrobe …

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Read More |January 17 2012 | 20 Comments