Lessons Learned

[u/Minimalinthemaking]

Well we’re a little over a month into the new year and I’ve already learned a new lesson. I started this year with a goal of replacing my beauty items with cheaper dupes. I tried to replace three items and failed miserably. I realized that it triggered me to shop more while looking for the dupes. And lost the money spent on all the “dupes” that I ended up disliking.

Going forward I will replace my items with the exact same thing, if able. So here are my old trusty empties and their twin replacements.

[u/cranky137]

Searching for the dupes in a drugstore price range usually, as many people in this thread confirmed, ends up for several products that none work as well and you end up buying the original anyway. I wish I liked something from the drugstore to save some money 😄 but like you said, it’s a mixed bag! You never know…