Well, I had my birthday, so I allowed myself some pretty big slip-ups. My boyfriend bought me the Urban Decay Glinda pallet, I bought myself a L'Occitane hand cream (I am out of my old one, to be fair), and finally (here's the big one) I bought an eyeshadow quad and a cream eyeshadow from Chanel.
So... oh well. But I will say this: one thing that this experience is really teaching me is the value of high-end cosmetics. On a few levels. One, because I feel like you treat your high-end products more delicately and reverently. Mine don't get mucked up or broken or dirty as easily. Two, because when it comes to shadows especially, I find you can *really* tell the difference in quality. With mascaras and lip glosses, brushes and lipsticks, I do think you are better off staying drug store, but eye shadows, foundation, tools (not brushes but, like, tweezers and eyelash curlers), highlighters, bronzers and blushes... given how incredibly long these products actually last, why not get something that will blend better, look better, feel better, work better?
The thing I notice so much about drug store cosmetics is that they often don't let you try them, and then the lighting when you do get to try them is terrible, and I would say 75-90% of the time, I wind up not liking the color/texture as much as I thought I would. Compared to 5% of the time with high-end. So I wind up buying an armload of eyeshadows because I'm still looking for *the* taupe or *the* green. Whereas my one Chanel eyeshadow quad is perfect. Everything about the way it looks is perfect. And maybe that's psychosomatic, but ultimately aren't cosmetics supposed to make me feel better?
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