Great makeup under $5

Makeup. It's something that can help us look and feel great. It also happens to be something that can make our wallets hurt. We all know it can be hard to find good quality makeup for a price that is actually affordable. So I have decided to compile a list of makeup that is under $5. I will try to add to this list every time I find products that are worth mentioning.

Foundation:

• NYC smooth skin liquid makeup ~$2.99 I like this foundation because it's a relatively full coverage foundation. The problem I have with it is that there isn't a great selection of coverage. I found that it can get a little greasy throughout the day, but that could have also been because I tend to have oily skin. The lightest color was a little to dark for me and had the tiniest orange tint but it was by no means unwearable. 
• Covergirl Clean Liquid foundation~$5.94 at Walmart. So this was a little more than five dollars but I thought it was worth mentioning. I have had a lot of luck with this foundation in the past. I find that i is really light feeling and can be built up to medium coverage.

Powder:

• NYC Smooth skin loose translucent powder ~$2.99 I use this product every day. I find that it works as well as the covergirl professionals loose powder but it's a lot cheaper. It's lightweight and completely disappears on your skin.  

Blush:

• Wet 'n' Wild color icon blush ~$2.99 I have found this blush to be highly pigmented. A little of this stuff goes a long way and it is totally gorgeous. I don't like the brush that comes with it but it is a fabulous product. I just wish they had more colors.
• Covergirl cheekers blush~3.00 This was the first ever blush I owned. I'm not totally in love with this blush but they are a good product and they have a huge assortment of colors.
• Jordana Blush Powders~$2.99 Holy crap I cannot say enough good things about these blushes they have a great  range of colors and are crazy pigmented. The only downside I could even see if that they don't come with an applicator but I usually don't use those anyway so it doesn't bother me.

Eye Primer:

• Wet 'n' Wild Fergie collection eye shadow primer~$4.99 I recently bought this primer and I haven't tried it out on my eyes yet but I did a few swatches on my hand with a shadow and I scrubbed my hands a few times and it STILL wouldn't come off. I will admit that I used a long-wearing shadow but still it was pretty impressive. I will update later with how the trial went.

Eye shadow:

• Wet 'n' wild color icon ~$2.99-$4.99 Both the trios and the 8-pans are amazing. I can't say enough good stuff about these shadows. they are incredibly pigmented and beautiful. They are also super soft and just an all around great product.
• E.l.f essential brightening eye color~$1.00 These quads are pretty great shadows. They aren't as soft as the color icon shadows that I mentioned above but they are great especially for being only one dollar.

Mascara:

• LA Colors Lash Building Mascara~ $1 at the Dollar Tree. This stuff feels similar to the Elizabeth Mott's It's so Big mascara sent out in the September Ipsy bag. I will say that I actually like this one better though because I have found it to define my lashes better. This is my go to black mascara. It's not the blackest black on the planet but I think it's pretty awesome and $1 is a steal for this formula.

Brushes:

• E.l.f. brushes~$1-$6 I have found that these brushes tend to be pretty good. I love their eye brushes a lot and though I haven't tried the face brushes I have heard they are really good.

So for now that is all I have. I will try to update whenever I find a new products worth mentioning!

xoxo

Courtney