I like to purchase a few sponges, I am lazy and hate washing them and when I got two new sponges I thought I would see if they are a dupe for each other. PACKAGING (Lottie London): The sponge comes in a resealable plastic pouch PACKAGING (Spectrum): Comes in a cardboard tube I decided like I always do to wet my sponges and ring them out. My skin before makeup. I am using the Lottie London sponge on the left (right in the picture) and Spectrum on the right (left in the picture

All over the internet or social media you will see two skincare brands showing off and I thought I would battle them out. PACKAGING (The Inkey List): Simple clip open bottle lid inside a cardboard box PACKAGING (The Ordinary): Plastic bottle with two different lids, one normal lid and then a twist spout lid also come inside a cardboard box although I don't have a picture of it because I have had this product for a while CLAIMS (The Inkey List): Enriched with 10% glycolic acid

I thought I would just write a quick blog post regards what is a dupe? A dupe is a cope, a replica. My blog posts I find a beauty product and try and find a copy of it, either a cheaper copy or one that is easier to get your hands on comparing it to a limited edition product.

Pixi Glow Tonic has won many awards so I thought I would try and find a cheaper dupe. PACKAGING (Pixi): I have purchased the smallest bottle just incase I love it I will throw it into my travel bag (not that I am traveling thanks to corona). The product is in a plastic bottle with their signature greenish cap, you open the bottle up and there is a small hole. When I ordered it, it came with plastic wrap. PACKAGING (The Ordinary): The Ordinary came in a cardboard box, the prod

I saw online that Lottie London has a dupe for Essie Sugar Daddy so thought I would try it out. I have a bottle of Essie Sugar Daddy but it is almost all gone so I purchase a new bottle to try it out with when I do this battle and as you can see by the picture above there is a difference between the new and the old bottle in colour. I am going to battle it out with the new bottle. PACKAGING (Essie): Squared bottle Brush is round PACKAGING (Lottie London): Rectangle bottle Bru

I saw on the Instagram page of allintheblush that she uploaded a post that had dupes for Rimmel Eastsnob check the post out here . I love Rimmel Eastend Snob lip liner so if I can find dupes for it here it goes. PACKAGING (L'Oréal): The packaging for L'Oréal lip liner is very simple and you have to use a pencil to sharpen it. PACKAGING (Rimmel): A retractable lip liner. I swatched the lip liners, L'Oréal on top and Rimmel on the bottom, it is definitely not a dupe. L'Oreal P

Now you might know that one of my favourite foundations is one from it Cosmetics which I did a blog post on it; REVIEW: IT Cosmetics Your Skin But Better CC+ Cream with SPF 50+ and have repurchased the minis in my shade as well as other shades for when I tan and even bought the full size in my natural colour (Casper the ghost shade). I saw on Instagram @dupeboss this post (click here to see it) so as I have just done a blog post on that product FIRST IMPRESSION: Revolution

I had purchased the Zoeva eyebrow product to try out and noticed that NYX have a skinny eyebrow pencil so thought maybe these could be dupes. PACKAGING (NYX): NYX comes with the plastic around it so nobody can use it but otherwise it's a normal looking eyebrow product. PACKAGING (Zoeva): Zoeva's comes in a box but otherwise the actual product looks like every other eyebrow product. CLAIMS ( NYX ): Build full beautiful brows with our ultra-thin Micro Brow Pencil. So precise, i

I had seen on social media that Zoeva has a few dupes with Morphe so thought I would try it out. I have been purchasing more and more eye brushes so let's see if these are dupes. PACKAGING (Morphe): The eyeshadow brush came in a pouch plus plastic slip packaging, I like the pouch, I probably put eyeshadow brushes in it when I travel so its more organised or put dirty ones in when I have used them on holiday. PACKAGING (Zoeva): The makeup brush comes in a plastic slip packagin

I LOVE SAND&SKY face mask, I had received a few sample tubes in Birchbox's as well as Glossybox so when I tried a sample I actually bought a full size from ASOS and have used it all up, I still get trial products so I am trying to find a cheaper alternative for it. I did a first impression on a face mask recently and thought 'Oh this reminds me of SAND&SKY' so thought I would battle them out, if you want to see that previous blog post it is called FIRST IMPRESSIONS: Revoluti

Essential Scent sell high quality fragrances made by Milton Lloyd . I have become obsessed with YSL Black Opium so when I heard Valorie No8 had similar fragrance notices I had to try it and to see for myself. PACKAGING (Valerie No8): Very simple packaging but elegant in a fun way. PACKAGING (YSL): The packaging is pretty, really beautiful booking, the box is matte where it is black, the YSL is glittery and mirrored sides. The actual bottle is beautiful. INGREDIENTS ( Valerie

I had these two in my collection and thought 'oh, are these a dupe?' so I put them to the test. PACKAGING ( Essie ): I am a bit OCD when it comes to my nail polish, I love the squared/rectangular packaging because they store easier and nicer. PACKAGING (OPI): OPI's packaging isn't bad, the bottle looks sleek and is well known as OPI. CLAIMS (Essie): Provides flawless coverage along with outstanding durability Brush fits every nail size for streak-free application Intense rich

I follow AllInTheBlush on Instagram and she put up a post with MAC Velvet Teddy dupes and I thought I would try one out, to see the post she put up click here . PACKAGING (MAC): I normally like the MAC packaging when it's all black but when I purchased Velvet Teddy from the Debenhams store in Leicester they gave me this, I don't know if it is a special edition. I like the bullet style. I like the actual lipstick bullet. PACKAGING (Rimmel): I never really like the packaging f

For years I have been using MAC Face & Body foundation but when I saw on @dupeboss Instagram post saying that NYX Total Control Drop Foundation is a dupe for MAC Face & Body. If you would like to see the post then click here . Now the shades aren't dupes, it's the actual consistency that is the dupe apparently. I did a blog post recently on the NYX foundation: FIRST IMPRESSIONS: NYX Professional Makeup Total Control Drop Foundation . PACKAGING (MAC): The MAC comes in a matte

I love Benefit They're Real mascara and saw all over social media but it's an article on Cosmopolitan: It's a face off: Luxury vs budget mascaras that was written back in 2016 when Benefit was cheaper, so if W7 have a dupe for Benefit then I will swap it over and get a cheaper alternative. PACKAGING ( Benefit ): The packaging is plastic however I am not sure if the hand is metal, it feels better than the W7. PACKAGING (W7): W7 feels cheaper than the Benefit one but looks ver

I have mentioned a few times (I think) that my favourite nail polish is Essie in Fiji, it's a really nice colour on pale skin tones as well as dark, I saw that there is an OPI dupe for it (according to Pinterest) and I have that shade in my collection so thought I would put them to the test. Prepped my nails prior to painting them by filing, buffing and pushing my cuticles back. First coat is patchy. Second coat and both still patchy. Third coat and the Essie is a solid colou

I was going to find dupes for the very popular face mask by Sand & Sky but my order didn't arrive in time so manage to find something else to battle together. My skin is dry, dull and red. The Lacura® face mask comes with a brush so it's easier to apply in an even way compared to the Superdrug one. Both of them dried after 10 minutes, the Superdrug felt really tight on my skin and was slightly uncomfortable. By the way I put a hair mask on mid way through, giving myself a bit

I thought this Nails Inc shade was limited edition but it turns out that it's not, I got this in a magazine I have buffed and filed my nails as well as paint my nails with a base coat (CND Creative Play Base Coat). Now before I start I will explain how I am going to do this so I didn't think it would be fair to paint one hand with one nail polish and the other with the other nail polish because I am right handed so I generally get more wear and tear on them so going alphabeti

My first MAC lipstick was Creme Cup, this is my second tube of this lipstick so you can tell I like it and when I came across Pinterest dupes and that there was a wet n wild dupe I had to check it out. Just want to apologise for the quality of the pictures, I took them at 5am when I get up and do my makeup so it was dark but they were taken on my iPhone, when I first started writing this blog back in 2018 I had a Canon DSLR but sold it to my brother and still haven't repurcha

I am obsessed with MAC Prep + Prime Fix+, I have bought quite a few mini versions of it but feel bad every time, you maybe wondering why I don't just buy the full size but I like to spray my face throughout the day so a mini in my handbag is so much easier. I have saw a few Pinterest and Instagram posts about dupes so I thought I would try one out myself. My skin is very dry at the moment so after applying my makeup I am not impressed with the matte look so thought I would sp