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Best Moisturizers for Every Age: Drugstore vs. Department Store Brands VIDEO

10/15/2020 by azspagirl

A comparison of drugstore vs. department store daily facial moisturizers. Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links. Please see our full disclosure policy for details. We get this question a lot: What’s the best moisturizer? The pricey department store brand with all the bells and whistles and an occasional free gift with purchase? Or that drugstore brand […]

Filed Under: Budget Beauty, Skin Care Tagged With: best daily face creams, best facial moisurizers, budget beauty, clarins, clinique, estee lauder, luxury moisturizers, neutrogena, origins, simple skin care, sunscreens

The 12 Best Memorial Day Beauty Sales to Shop Now

05/23/2020 by azspagirl

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Save money on your favorite beauty brands or discover new products with these Memorial Day beauty sales! Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links, which means we will earn a small percentage if you make a purchase via our links. Thank you for supporting our mission to keep you glowing inside and out! Who’s in the […]

Filed Under: Beauty Deals, Budget Beauty Tagged With: beauty deals, beauty discount codes, memorial day weekend beauty sales

Beauty Superfans: Let’s Go Shopping

11/29/2015 by azspagirl

Holiday Finds for Beauty Superfans

Whew, dodged that bullet! The Black Friday bullet of splurge-mania, that is. The pressure to buy massive amounts of cosmetics and skincare that you may or may not need is incredibly overwhelming during Black Friday weekend, don’t you think? What really makes me merry this time of year is not the sales, it’s the makeup palettes […]

Filed Under: Beauty Deals, Beauty Tools, Budget Beauty, Gifts, Makeup Tagged With: #StyleHunters4Ulta, #UltaTrendAlert, beauty gift sets, best beauty buys, holiday beauty buys

Best New Beauty Finds Under $25

04/02/2015 by azspagirl

New and innovative beauty finds now at a drugstore near you! Think that luxe, effective beauty products have to cost a pretty? Let’s bust that myth right now! We took a spin to our local drug and mass market stores and found some cool new stuff. And the best part? These innovative new beauty finds […]

Filed Under: Bath and Body, Budget Beauty, Makeup, Self Tanners, Skin Care Tagged With: best beauty buys, biore, jergens, proganix, rimmel, rimmel london, sally hansen

Spa and Salon Trends: Do Try this at Home!

01/01/2014 by azspagirl

Top spa and salon trends and how to recreate them at home. Salons and spas are fertile ground for nurturing new beauty fads. It’s when a fad gains trend status that the good stuff happens, and the beauty gods go to work crafting new products to help you create the looks at home. Here are […]

Filed Under: Beauty Secrets, Beauty Tools, Budget Beauty, Haircare, Makeup, Nailcare, Self Tanners Tagged With: drybar, essie, eyelash extensions, false eyelashes, lorac, nail appliques, nail art, nail polish strips, sally hansen, too faced

Cleaning Day: What to Toss After Your Holiday Shopping Spree

12/26/2013 by azspagirl

Ladies, if you’re more excited about Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales than roasted turkey and pumpkin pie, welcome to the club. It’s time again to stock up on your beauty faves, try out a little something daring and new, and snag up beauty bargains for gift-giving. That delicious trio of Michael Kors metallic nail […]

Filed Under: Beauty Deals, Beauty Secrets, Beauty Tools, Budget Beauty Tagged With: black friday, cyber monday, when to throw away mascara

Really (Really!) Last-Minute Drugstore Gifts

12/24/2013 by Guest Blogger

It happens every year. You’re invited to a last-minute fete or you worse, you completely forgot someone on your list. You can’t show up to a party empty-handed and you certainly wouldn’t want anybody knowing you forgot them. Thank heavens for drugstores! The aisles of your local CVS or Walgreens are crammed with cute, inexpensive […]

Filed Under: Bath and Body, Budget Beauty, Fragrances, Gifts, Skin Care Tagged With: #beauty, best drugstore beauty finds, beyonce heat rush, drugstore beauty, sebamed

Practical Beauty Buys Under $20

03/31/2013 by azspagirl

Sebamed Liquid Face and Body Wash

Can we talk practical beauty for a minute? While poppy nail art and sparkly eye makeup may be a tad more exciting, beauty does have a “serious” side. Well, not that serious but there is a lot to consider when you pick a product up off the shelf – convenience, cost, ingredients, color and so […]

Filed Under: Budget Beauty Tagged With: aveeno, best beauty buys, budget beauty, loreal, merle norman, sebamed, suki skincare

Flower Beauty from Drew Barrymore: Adorable and Affordable!

01/30/2013 by Melissa Matthews

Flower Lip Service Lip Butter

Drew Barrymore launches adorable (and inexpensive!) cosmetics line! I let out a tiny squeal of delight as I browsed the website for Drew Barrymore’s new makeup line, Flower Beauty, debuting at Walmart this month. I never thought I’d find myself going gaga over a Walmart exclusive line, but Flower boasts an impressive array of products […]

Filed Under: Budget Beauty, Makeup Tagged With: drew barrymore, flower beauty, flower cosmetics, walmart, walmart beauty

Primping on the Cheap

12/28/2012 by Carolyn Anger

Amazing Grace Body Spritz

Five things a Spa Girl’s gotta have … on the cheap! Between holiday parties and gift shopping, I’m feeling a bit broke. If you’re in the same boat and don’t want to max out your credit card on your must-have beauty splurges, here are a few products that will get you by (or even hooked) […]

Filed Under: Beauty Tools, Budget Beauty Tagged With: clarisonic, incoco nail strips, nail stickers, olay, olay cleansing brush, philosophy grace

Beauty on a Budget: 7 Great Finds Under $7

12/27/2012 by Melissa Matthews

I believe in splurging on high quality, beauty products – great skin is worth it! – but some products can be a little too steep for even the most die hard Spa Girl. Besides, great beauty products don’t need to be expensive –  they just need to work! Below are seven products that will give […]

Filed Under: Budget Beauty, Spa Blah Blah Blog Tagged With: boots, falsies, maybelline, neutrogena, queen helene, st. ives

Beauty Budget Secrets

12/26/2012 by azspagirl

save money on beauty products

The insider scoop on how to save money on beauty products. I have a new obsession. No, it’s not the latest lash-lengthening mascara – although I do predict a new tube in my future (or three for $1) given this new obsession: Couponing. I know clipping coupons doesn’t sound that exciting but hey, if a […]

Filed Under: Beauty Secrets, Budget Beauty Tagged With: beauty box, beauty.com, cvs, newbeauty, sephora, subscription beauty box, testtube, walgreens

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