Beauty

[Harpa]

When I'm shopping for something specific, I look everywhere. Then again, there is usually only so much I'm willing to pay, especially knowing that I can find comparable quality & colors at better prices.

Some things are entirely unreasonable or simply out of my perceived and/or practical budget.

Whether clothing or cosmetics, generally, I just get what I think is the best I can afford, but it doesn't always have to be this way.

It's all relative. And how I feel today I may feel differently tomorrow.

[tototwo]

This argument again?

To each his/her own. I could buy expensive cosmetics, but why bother? I have other things I'd rather spend my money on. (definitely not clothes or handbags!) You will never convince me that "high-end" is better or healthier than drugstore.

[Cardamom]

I do understand what you are saying because that is how I feel about purses. They are as interesting to me as luggage or reusable shopping bags. They only need to carry my stuff from point a to point b and my purse won't make me look any better. I like a few drugstore products however I have noticed the older I get the better my makeup has to be. . There are a lot of inferior drugstore products and you may just spend more money searching out what works than buying a prestige brand.

[brii]

As long as women can afford it and it makes them happy, I don't care what people spend their money on.

It's nobody's business...

[chrystaltree]

What difference does it make to you ??? Did anyone ask YOU to pay for their "high end" cosmetics? And, for your information, "high end" is subjective. Means nothing. A $50 lipstick might sound like a lot to YOU, it's chump change to someone else. I get what's behind so many of these silly judgemental posts. Get life. Or even better, go buy yourself some "high end", perhaps that will make you feel better about yourself.

[serenity4ever]

I don't answer to anyone why I prefer a bit of luxury in my life whether it be shoes, handbags or prestige makeup. I worked hard for years and the payoff is being able to spend money on extras. What other women do with their money is none of my business....

[wagirl]

If you can afford it, go for it!! And really, spending $42 on Laura Mercier tube of moisturizer really isn't high end is it? High end to me is well over several hundreds of dollars in a spa or 5th avenue dermatologist that I would never be able to afford. I have a few things that are pricy for me in my economic condition but not a whole counter top full. I also have more important things to spend my money on too, that isn't cosmetics.

[Harpa]

I should add that a lot of times it's whichever I see first.

First come; first buy!

[Inwe Calafalas]

Why do so many of these rants about what people choose to buy and spend on always seem to reek of envy and jealousy? Just sayin'.

[Tricolor]

When I worked I was strictly a makeup snob. I thought that if it was not high end, it would not be any good. I have since changed my thinking. However, I still do buy some high end simply because it is something that I want. Today I bought a couple of Milani lipsticks for $5.99. They seemed to have the same color density as some of my high end lipsticks. Usually I stick with high end foundations because they seem to work better for me.