Tell Me Tuesday~ Beauty Edition

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~It's Tell Me Tuesday time again!~

I am not a very 'makeup' wearing type person.

I can certainly do it up to go out for an 'event'...

but as for life,

I'm easy with some concealer (if i remember),

a touch of powder (i get shiny),

some vaseline on the lips,

and of course,

mascara.

I do perhaps, need more than i wear?

Or, in the very least,

should aspire to wear lipstick Everywhere.All.The.Time,

just like my Grandma did.

(And, truthfully, more often than not, NONE of the above happens.

Can we say 'Hat' day?)

But what is my 'can't live without it'

beauty accessory?

CLINIQUE.

A few years ago (maybe 7), i celebrated one of the joys of being employed

and fancy free with my moola!

Buying what i want!

Mowahahah.

Anyways, it began with a sample of Clinique's 7 day Scrub Cream,

(that i managed to squeeze 3 months usage out of)

where i first fell in love.

I denied it at first.

I told myself that yes, i did love the sample.

But really, $22 a tube??

I had never purchased anything makeup-wise that was THAT expensive before!

(Aside from some Eau de Parfum,

Estee Lauder,

Beautiful.

Which i still deny myself,

when the bottle is clearly,

empty.)

How long could it possibly last for?

And i did it.

Handed over the debit card,

and squealed over this monetary freedom!

Well, let me tell you,

i savoured every last drop of my

Clinique 7-day Rinse off Scrub.

I don't think i had ever even finished a

tube of toothpaste in quite this fashion.

I did not want it to end.

How long did it take to use, in its entirety?

Almost 12 months.

Other scrubs, i had used previously...

i would have bought those 2 or 3 times,

in that 12 months.

I always never want to re-buy it.
There has to be something cheaper??
I always wait for extra in the budget so it seems
like it isn't so expensive.

I wait, until Clinique has a giveaway...

(do they ever sale price their items??)

and then score some makeup with my purchase too. ;)

Can't hurt, right?

I have tried other brands that claim to be
Clinique-esque.
But they never are.
Nothing IS the same.

I currently have three products in the Clinique line,

that i buy (and I am still very thankful they last close to 1year!) :

I'd love to find cheaper alternatives.
But am always disheartened
that nothing quite compares.
(I've tried away!)

(I haven't even checked to see if they test on animals,
cuz OMG what if they do?? Eeek!)


So Tell Me,

What beauty product(s) can you not live without??