Top beauty dupes for a glamorous summer.
Just because the cost of living is squeezing your budget doesn’t mean you need to skimp on your beauty routine. You can find good-quality dupes for a fraction of the cost of your high-end favourites and still look incredible this summer.
Our list has all the stations covered from skincare, haircare, makeup, and even perfume.
Here are our top picks:
1. Drunk Elephant D-Bronzi Anti-Pollution Sunshine Drops, $60, vs MCoBeauty Super Glow Bronzing Drops, $31.99
This summer in Melbourne may have been wet and gloomy but that doesn’t mean your skin can’t be bronzed and glowy. If you are wanting to look like you’ve spent the summer in Greece, bronzing drops as the way to go. Mix them in with your moisturizer or foundation to give the illusion you have just stepped off the beach.
The Drunk Elephant drops are a cult staple for skincare junkies on TikTok but are $60 for only 30ml of liquid sunshine. The MCoBeauty bronzing drops make a perfect dupe, coming in at half the price. These drops even have great skincare benefits with ingredients like jojoba seed oil, cocoa extract, white tea extract, and hyaluronic acid.
2. Maison Francis Kurkdjian, Baccarat Rouge 540 Eau de Parfum $369, Armaf Club De Nuit Untold For Women 105ml $59.99
Fragrances are so expensive. You can find good dupes for most scents, but our pick for this list is a perfect summer fragrance. The Armaf Club De Nuit scent is a long-lasting fragrance that has an incredibly similar scent profile to Baccarat Rouge. It is dramatic and bold and pairs perfectly with your summer wardrobe.
3. Laniege Lip Sleeping Mask, $24 vs W7 Sweet Dreams with Vitamin E Aloe Vera & Grape Seed Oil Strawberry Overnight Lip Mask, $4.99
Forget chapped and dry lips. A lip-sleeping mask is an easy fix to add to your nightmare skincare routine.
The W7 lip mask leaves your lips soft and moistured by morning, making your lipstick application seamless in the morning. The lip mask boasts ultra moisturising ingredients like vitamin E, aloe vera, and grape seed oil. It also has a sweet strawberry scent.
4. Charlotte Tilbury Hollywood Flawless Filter, $70, vs MCoBeauty Flawless Glow Luminous Skin Filter, $34.99.
This Charlotte Tilbury TikTok cult favourite flies off the shelves for its ability to smooth and camouflage fine lines and pores.
The MCoBeauty foundation leaves the same flawless finish across the skin. It is a primer, illuminator, powder, and foundation all in one application. Your skin will be left glowing, dewy, and smooth throughout the entire day.
5. Olaplex Shampoo/Conditioner Bond Repair range $104 250ml vs L’Oreal Bond Repair range 200ml $14.99-21.99 Pre-Shampoo, Shampoo, Conditioner
With all this skincare and makeup, a good hair dupe is essential for this list.
We all have split ends and use too much heat on our hair, so a good hair-repairing shampoo and conditioner might be necessary for our locks. Olaplex revolutionised the hair repair game, but the L’Oreal Bond Repair range is just good for a fraction of the price. You’ll find your whole routine, a pre-shampoo, shampoo, and conditioner that will repair weak and damaged hair.
By Erin Constable in association with Chemist Warehouse. For more please visit https://www.chemistwarehouse.com.au
