Avoiding Pricey Products

Uptown Girls are really crazy for beauty products. Lotions, creams, perfumes, makeup, body scrub, and nail polish – if a company makes it, we want to buy it. Problem is, many of the products that we enjoy are steep in price. Sometimes, the indulgence is worth it. For example, we love L’Occitane’s Honey and Lemon Sweet Sugar Scrub; but at $36 a tub, it’s a once in a very rare while purchase.  We also go nuts for Crabtree and Evelyn’s La Source line, which includes hand therapy cream, body lotion, and much more. However, starting at $15-$30 a product, this is also not a realistic frequent purchase. Don’t fear, thrifty shoppers, we have a few suggestions for you of how to get top brand quality at lower brand prices. CVS (yes, the drug store) carries a line of beauty products called Essence of Beauty. With body lotions, butters, hand creams, shower gels, and body sprays in a wide variety of scents, any city girl can get that high quality product feel from this line. Some of our favorite fragrances are Violet Water, Sun Blossom, and Citrus Coconut. Our favorite product from this line is the body cream, which with its thick butter-like texture provides you with a luxurious moisturizing touch. Products in this line are usually priced around $5, but watch out for sales where they can be found for as low as $3. Look good, feel good, and smell good with this Uptown Girls tip.

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