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This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Illinois State chapter.

In a world where anyone can go to Sephora or Ulta and spend their whole paycheck on makeup, it’s an obsessionfor how important high quality makeup is to us. Girls dream of the day that we can buy foundation that won’t melt off our face when we head out on a Friday night. We spend hours getting ready and trying to figure out the perfect contour to look like Kim K. Of course you can’t forget the most important compliment we can get from a girlfriend, “Your eyebrows are on fleek”. So why do we invest so much money on all the high end products when there’s makeup out there that has the same effect as all the high quality makeup?

Here are the top 10 best makeup dupes that are available at most drugstores or your local Sephora or Ulta.

Primer: Benefit Porefessional Retails: $31 (Ulta)

 

Top 2 Dupes: Maybelline Baby Skin $5.94 (Walmart)

L’oreal Miracle Blur Primer $19.99 (Target)

 

 

Foundation: Mac Prolong Wear Foundation $32.00 (Mac)

 

Dupe: Revelon ColorStay Foundation $9.98 (Walmart)

 

Concealer: Mac Prolong Wear Concealer  $20.00 (Mac)

Duper: Hard Candy Heavy Duty Concealer $6.00 (Walmart)

Eyebrows: Anastasia Beverly Hills Dipbrow Pomade $18.00 (Ulta)

Dupe: E.L.F Studio Eyebrow Kit $3.00 (Target)

 

Mascara: Benefit They’re Real Mascara $24.00 (Sephora)

 

Dupe: Jordana Best Lash Extreme Volumizing Mascara $3.49 (Walgreens only)

 

Bronzer: Benefit Hoola Bronzer $28.00 (Ulta)

 

Dupe: NYC Bronzer in color “Sunny” $2.79 (Target)

 

Blush: Nars Blush in Oragasm $30.00 (Sephora)

 

Dupes: E.L.F studio blush in Tickled Pink $3.00 (Target)

 

Milani blush in Luminoso $6.37 (CVS)

 

Lip Liner: Mac Lipliners $16.00/each (Mac)

 

Dupe: NYX Lipliners $3.50/each (Ulta)

 

Lipstick: Mac Lipsticks $16.00/each (Mac)

 

Dupe: Revelon Lipsticks $4.99 (Walmart)

 

Finishing Spray: Urban Decay All Nighter Makeup Setting Spray $30.00 (Ulta)

Dupe: NYX Matte Finish Makeup Setting Spray $7.99 (Ulta)

 

 

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