I buy some stuff from Lauren Hutton’a "Good Stuff" make-up for older women & love, Love, LOVE the stuff.  Her face disc with concealers, blush, contour, etc. is divine, & it comes with a video so you can learn how to use the diffferent items by watching Lauren applying it on herself.

Most of my eye make-up & lipstick comes from Target or sales at Walgreens. My eyelashes have always been short & sparse, so I am a sucker for every offer by cosmetic companies to make my eyelashes look thicker or longer.  Buying mascara at discount department stores or drugstore sales is the only way I can keep trying falling for every offer of better lashes.

I mix it up.  I have some "high end" products I love, but the rest are all drugstore.  Eyeshadow—drugstore.  The NYC brand in the matte black cases—they have great colors, they last a long time too.

Mascara— Benefit’s BAD Gal mascara in mini-size for $9. My eyelashes are fine and Bad Gal fattens them up and makes them stand out like no other brand I’ve tried.  Besides, who doesn’t want to be a "bad gal" every once in awhile, eh?

Lipstick—drugstore.  Although, my one go to for YEARS is Clinique’s almost lipstick Black Honey.  It looks good on everyone, no joke. Sheer perfect color no matter what you wear.  I have a lot of cheap lip gloss, etc., but always have a tube of Black Honey, too.

Blush—I have 2 of "all in one" kind of blush "sticks" from Aveda. The color is so nice and sheer that it really looks natural. I can also put it on my lips and eyes in a pinch.

Foundation—I wear Origins, it works best for me, I’m not switching. My skin is very difficult to not only to match in color, but it’s combination and moody, too.  This seems to work no matter what my skin "mood" is for the day.  

But, I buy makeup only occasionally, so the "splurge" for mascara or a good foundation doesn’t hurt when it only happens a couple times a year.  I deserve it anyway, so no guilt there!