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The Five Best Drugstore Beauty ProductsFor the average woman, a trip to the drugstore is full of danger and intrigue. Beauty and wellness products abound, many of which promise to accomplish extraordinary feats, such as “defying gravity.” But be forewarned, the only thing that will diminish with many of these products is the size of your wallet. Not to worry, we’ve invested our own time — and money — and rounded up a list of the five best drugstore products on the market, so you don’t have to waste a dime, or a moment, on products that don’t deliver.
Turns out the oversized applicator works brilliantly,
in fact CoverGirl calls it a “volumizing brush” designed to amp up
lashes thanks to 50% more bristles than the leading blush. Smudge-proof, smear-proof
and hypoallergenic, the volumizing mascara is also available in a waterproof formula.
Get it for $8.49 at Walgreens.
Applied with the included natural kabuki brush, this powder offers up long lasting coverage that has been recognized with best in beauty awards from Oprah Magazine, Self Magazine and now, yours truly. Get it for $8.29 at Drugstore.com.
This
affordable pencil goes on smoothly and stays for hours without feathering or bleeding.
The product is so good that we pick up several each time we head to the drugstore
for fear that they’ll discontinue this beloved beauty bargain. Get it for
just $4.49 at Walgreens. A product we picked up at CVS and use every day is Organix Coconut Milk Split Ends Mender. Thanks to coconut oil, as well as silk and keratin proteins, this product keeps hair soft and shiny in even the most humid of weather. Organix features sulfate-free, organic ingredients while boasting results similar to those of much pricier brands. Best of all, it sells for only $6.99 at CVS and Walgreens.
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Revlon’s
Pre/Post Tweezing Cream is one of the products that we plucked
off the shelves at our local drugstore expecting to be disappointed. After all,
what were the odds that for just six bucks one could buy an easy to apply product
that would miraculously make tweezing more effective? 
We’re
eternally skeptical about inexpensive mascaras so we have to give full credit
to a close friend who insisted that we spend $8.49 on CoverGirl’s Lash
Blast. Housed in a thick orange container, we were even more cynical when
we pulled out the product’s bulky applicator — normally a dead giveaway
that the mascara will end up on our eye lids, not our eyelashes. But Lash
Blast defied all of our preconceived notions, serving up surprisingly thick
and full lashes. 
As
you probably know, we’re sticklers about mineral makeup. But even we could
find no fault with Maybelline’s Mineral Powder. Free of preservatives,
fragrances, fillers and oils, this triple-refined powder foundation is available
in eight shades to suit skin tones from the palest to the darkest. 
This
isn’t the first time we’ve paid respects to Milani’s Easy
Lipliner Retractable Pencil, and it looks like it won’t be the last.
After testing 10,000 products over the years, we still turn to Milani’s
lipliner in “cherry pie” every time we wear red lipstick. 
