£20 Makeup Challenge

Do you remember those days when someone gifted you a £20 note and it almost seemed like it would last you a lifetime? Not the case anymore right? It's always intriguing to see how many amazing products people purchase for only just £20 especially when these days we often purchase one item itself for more than that. I will attempt to include as many items for a full faced look in this post.

Foundation:
Here's where a chunk of the budget will be eaten up, but that's okay. A flawless base for me is essential. Rimmel Match Perfection Foundation is a great one for this purpose and fits in well with our budget. The consistency is beautiful and runny, making it easy to blend. The foundation has medium coverage and gives a natural glowy finish to the skin. It comes with SPF 18 so is great for the summer days. This foundation is currently on sale for £4.99 (bargain!).

Concealer:
Of course how could I not include the infamous Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer. Retails for £4.19, this product gives amazing coverage and works well both under the eyes and on blemishes.

Eyeshadow:
Palettes are great as they come with a range of colours that compliment each other and allow you to create an eyeshadow look using just one palette. It also gives you an idea of what colours to use rather than scattering through your makeup stash. Bronzey shades work well with most skin tones, outfits and generally tend to go well for an everyday makeup look. The Collection Eyes Uncovered in Nude has a great selection of colours and for £3.99 you just can't go wrong.

Eyeliner:
Adding eyeliner to a makeup look takes it from a natural look to a glammed up look for me. I always wear eyeliner unless I'm in a super rush that day. The NYC Liquid Liner is super inexpensive as it retails for just £2.49 and allows a perfect matte winged liner to be achieved.

Lashes:
Okay mascara just wouldn't fit in to our tight budget so a pair of falsies for £1 will do the trick. Lashes will help to really open up the eyes, curl your lashes beforehand to help the lashes blend together with the false lashes (mascara would've really helped with this step).

Cheeks:
When using one product on the cheeks, bronzer is a good option to opt for. It warms up the skin and can give a slight contour to the face. For this I've chosen the NYC Bronzer which is available for £1.99 at Superdrugs.

Lips:
I only have £1.35 left to select a lip colour. Lip liners can often be used on their own to line the lips and add colour which can't often be achieved by itself with some lipsticks (some lipsticks require a lipliner to be used). Makeup Revolution have some great shades in their lip liner range for £1 and so do MUA. MUA have a beautiful red shade called Red Drama which I think would go well with this bronzey look. I'm also drawn to Rebel and Vamp from the Makeup Revolution range which I think would tie in well with this makeup look.

I've opted for products that I actually think are worth it and would actually use myself. Have you tried any of these products and what do you think? Are there any other affordable products that you would've replaced with the ones I've selected or any steps you wouldn't have missed? Bearing in mind that it is incredibly humid here in the UK at the moment, if there was more to my budget I'd have opted for a powder to set my makeup in place. The Rimmel Stay Matte is a perfect one for this whilst being super inexpensive (I really could've missed out the eyeshadow palette and included a powder but since I included lashes I really wanted to add a bit of glam to this look, you could swap the eyeshadow for the powder if you prefer). For mascara I would've opted for the Collection Does It All Mascara which is a fab drugstore affordable mascara that lengthens and separates the lashes beautifully.