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On GMA: Does high cost mean high quality?
  • PurpleRulesPurpleRules
    Did anyone see this? Go to  GMA's website abcnews.go.com/gma and search for "Does High cost mean high quality." I don't watch morning TV so I don't who the correspondent is (Not Diane Sawyer, the other woman. Of course I know who Diane Sawyer is.) but she does her makeup using dollar store products ($15), drug store products ($50) and department store products($500.) Sort of. A makeup artist does her makeup with the department store products. She does the others herself. So you see the same look done at three different price points. No big suprises here but it's fun to watch.
    I think she looks best with the $500 makeup but if you've got a professional makeup artist appling expensive makeup, it had better look awesome.
    Also, Diane Sawyer has gorgeous hair.
  • Guiness
    Great post!

    I always like tips on how to keep it cheap since I'm trying to downsize my makeup drawer spending. I agree that cheap foundations aren't a good buy, but cheap is the best way to keep up with eyeshadow and blush color trends. I recognized e.l.f. butternut eye shadow which I have and like.

    I liked the $15 dollar face the best. It looked light and fresh.
  • Janis
    I'd like to see a makeup artist, a real pro, do someone with drugstore stuff -- they'd probably still look fantastic, especialyl if the makeup artist didn't know they were using supposedly "cheap" stuff.
  • Left BrainLeft Brain
    Yeah, the real test would be for a make-up pro to be given three sets of products on a blind basis and see what they come up with.  I'd bet you wouldn't be able to tell a difference.
  • PurpleRulesPurpleRules
    I would've liked to see the correspondent do her own makeup with the department store products. I would expect a makeup artist to do a better job with any line of products for the same reason that I expect my hair do look better when it's done at a salon. It also would have been nice if it hadn't turned into an ad for Make Up For Ever. She should have selected her own brands and colors for the comparison to be meaningful.
  • taiwanesegurltaiwanesegurl
    ^I actually blogged about it when it came out, and I have the same thoughts too.  Why did a pro do her makeup for the high end segment?
    Would a discount/drugstore foundation feel as luxurious if a nice soft brush/hand of a makeup artist applied it?
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