dupes Archives - Beauty Markdown

Riviera dupe palette with Colourpop shadows

I was quite taken with the Riviera palette when it released at the beginning of the month, it was so colourful and different, which was much needed in the beauty industry. Before I rushed to ABH to buy the palette, it dawned on me that I’d bought two other palettes recently (Colourpop’s Oooh La La... / READ MORE /

phase zero lipsticks unboxed and eye shadows

26/03/2018

Featured, Reviews

High end or bust?! Phase Zero reviewed

Two weeks ago I wrote about Love Me Beauty's new range - Phase Zero. Now it's time for a review. They claim to be high-end quality, comparable to the most luxurious of brands, but are sold at "factory prices" for their members. We'll be the judge of that! / READ MORE /

02/03/2018

Featured, Reviews

I bought a £74 hairbrush & I’d do it again – Mason Pearson review

Usually when we review a product on Beauty Markdown, it’s something new or trending that you might not have tried before – but today’s post is about a hairbrush that has existed in one form or another for 133 years. It’s the OG fancy hair tool, and this baby doesn’t come cheap. I’m the kind... / READ MORE /

Aldi liz earle dupe cheap cleanse and polish

01/01/2018

Featured, Reviews

A £3.99 vegan Liz Earle Cleanse & Polish dupe?

I’m a big fan of Liz Earle’s classic cleanser – it easily removes makeup, the packaging is great, I love the smell. It’s almost perfect… However, sometimes I wince a bit at paying £14.50 for only 100ml of product. You all know how much I enjoy testing out dupes for you, and when I heard Aldi... / READ MORE /

27/11/2017

Featured, Reviews

A £2.50 dupe for Glossier Boy Brow?

Hey! Ever since our first Glossier post, I’ve been trying out lots of their products, and I’m going to attempt to dupe the ones that are my favourites. Although Glossier isn’t the most expensive brand out there, it’s certainly not high street prices. Today I’m taking on maybe Glossier’s most famous and most hyped item... / READ MORE /

24/11/2017

Beauty News, Discounts, Guides

Black Friday Deals Roundup

Black Friday is mental in the UK now. Like, not American mental, but it's up there. Here are some of the best deals we've found so far. / READ MORE /

18/11/2017

Featured, Guides

How to make a DIY beauty Advent calendar

One of the things Beauty Markdown is most well-known for is our big annual Advent calendar comparison post. However, shop bought beauty Advent calendars aren’t for everyone; they can be quite expensive, and some of us don’t need or want lots of tiny little samples of loads of different products. We’ve written in the past... / READ MORE /

15/10/2017

Featured, Reviews

Holy grail beauty products – all under £1

Yes, you read that right, these are our absolute favourite beauty bits for pound shop prices. There’s a lot of nail things on here, but when we say holy grail we really mean we don’t think more expensive products are any better, which is hard to say for most makeup that’s under a pound. Cotton... / READ MORE /

30/09/2017

Beauty News, Featured

We’ve started a beauty group!

Yes, it’s true! We really want to build a community around Beauty Markdown – we’ve been here for a whole year now and it’s all going so well, we’ve gained thousands of fans on social media, had hundreds of thousands of visits to the site and had lots of fun sharing all the best beauty deals,... / READ MORE /

28/07/2017

Featured, Guides

Primark Christmas preview – inc. Advent calendar & new skincare

Yesterday I was lucky enough to be invited to the Primark Christmas show for 2017… and yes, I know it’s July! There were quite a few beauty products on display, including some that you’re probably going to be quite excited by. I’ve split this into two halves, makeup and skincare, so it should be easy... / READ MORE /

14/06/2017

Featured, Guides, Reviews

The Ordinary Glycolic 7% vs Pixi Glow Tonic vs Alpha-H Liquid Gold

Why use an acid toner? I don’t know if you realise that Beauty Markdown is run by two people, one of us is a skincare novice whereas I use a frankly terrifying number of products each evening. I’ve always had okay-ish skin, sometimes it’s a bit dry, sometimes a bit spotty, but the one product that... / READ MORE /

23/04/2017

Guides

Cool beauty stuff – 23rd of April edition

Hey! Welcome to a new series of posts on Beauty Markdown – cool beauty stuff. If the name isn’t self explanatory enough, it’s just going to be a (hopefully) weekly round up of all the cool stuff other people have been doing in the world of beauty. Think of it like a weekly favourites, but... / READ MORE /

22/04/2017

Featured, Reviews

NYX Epic Ink – is it a dupe for Kat von D’s Tattoo Liner?

Kat von D’s Tattoo Liner is probably the most hyped liquid eyeliner out there, and it really is good. It was bought for me as a Christmas gift last year, and it’s taken over from the 17 Tattoo Me liner that used to be my holy grail. I’m a cat eye queen, so I need... / READ MORE /

26/03/2017

Featured, Reviews

Is this £5 Primark foundation really a Double Wear dupe?

As beauty obsessives, naturally we’re a member of lots of Facebook beauty groups – they’re amazing and we’ve discovered so many incredible products through them. So when we saw a LOAD of posts claiming that Primark’s new makeup line had a dupe for Estee Lauder’s bestselling foundation Double Wear, we needed to investigate. About our... / READ MORE /