This is by no means my first Favorites post, but back then I just threw in a list of the products and the promo pictures of them instead of how they actually look in reality. I spent quite a lot of time finding this beautiful white fabric piece with hand-painted pink flowers on it thinking the picture would turn out to be great, but oh well! Anyway, let's get into this month's worth of favorites. I will also link to all places where you can purchase these products and the reviews I have written about each specific piece so that you can take a further look, or some reading if you please.

Mary-Lou Manizer Highlighter ($24.00 for 8.5g/ 0.3oz - purchase yours HERE) is one of the cult favorite of theBalm - one of the most talked-about product that I had to pick one up in my Hautelook order several months back. The serious retro and cute design melts anyone's heart, and bank account! I cannot stress enough how lovely the packaging is with the mugshot of such a sassy pin-up lady. The compact is made from study plastic, extremely portable with a full size mirror inside for any touch up needs, as if you need to reapply!

Meet Mary-Lou Manizer, a seemingly innocent honey-hued luminizer that catches everybody’s eye. This highlighter, shadow and shimmer diffuses light so your skin looks softer and younger while adding a subtle glow.

However, this creamy feeling highlighter, shadow and shimmer diffuses light leaving skin looking softer and younger - while at the same time adding a subtle glow. Layer it on your lids for luxe-looking lashes, sweep it on your cheeks for a sexy sheen, or use it as an all-over finishing touch before you head out for the day or night. Talc, Oil, and Paraben-free, Mary-Lou Manizer is a lot more than she appears to be!

Ingredients: Mica, Isoeicosane, Polyethylene, Boron Nitrate, Polyisobutene, PTFE, Silica, Synthetic Wax, Dimethicone, Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Iron Oxides (CI 77491)

The Bourjois Délice de Poudre Bronzing Powder (£6.99 for 16.5g/ 0.6oz) seems to be a cult product among beauty Youtube gurus and bloggers. The same-old "it smells like chocolate!" has been repeated countless times that it put this little bronzer straight to my cart while I was shopping on ASOS. You can get it here, and mind you, it's not a sponsored post as all, I just happened to shop from there since they offer free shipping, and they have a nice variety of products to choose from.

The generous amount of powder is shaped into a chocolate bar which looks and smells good enough to eat (please don't attempt to do this at home for your safety!) housed inside a shiny cardboard package with a magnetic closure. It's a pity it does not come with a mirror but overall it's not a big minus. I find it quite cute yet cheesy :)

Illamasqua is known for their bold and unusual color offerings. Violate (£16.50 for 7ml 0.2oz can be purchased HERE) is described as a dark green shimmer. I got this during their Summer Sale months ago for only £5.00, which was a total bargain since Illamasqua is quite a high-end brand considering their eyeshadow quads are retailed for a whole £34!

Similar to other Illamasqua glosses, it comes in a plastic transparent tube and glossy black lid with their cream-colored logo printed on. I am not at all fond of the brush tip applicator since it works like trash, which is a bummer since Bourjois gloss (£7.99) has a much nicer brush. Out of my 4 Illamasqua glosses, only one applicator works forgivably fine after my having to really smooth it over. This is quite my only complaint about their packaging choices.

Bourjois Little Round Pot Blush in 35 Lune d'Or - roughly translated into Golden Moon (£7.99 for 2.5g / 0.08oz) is one of the permanent Bourjois blushers which have been around for forever. I received this in my Bronzed Up Makeup Kit - a limited edition set from Bourjois, but I find it to be also available individually on Boots. For international buyers, if you are interested in these blushers you can order from ASOS.

Sleek Blush By 3 in Sugar ($14.99 for 20g/ 0.68oz) is one of the permanent shades in the blush range. I have 2 already but the urge to collect them all always directs me to get more, so another palette (Pink Lemonade) is coming to me in a few days. This one came together with my other Sleek stuff but it got battered up during transit, but still usable.

I believe I grabbed this Physicians Formula Shimmer Strips Eyeshadow Palette in "Bronzed Brown Eyes" for an incredible low price point on Walgreens a few months back - a mere $3.75 for 7.5 g / 0.26 oz compared to the usual price of $10.79 - $11.79. I am not sure what the reason behind this is since this palette is still now sold at this price while the rest are in normal price. Physicians Formula products are in the higher price range in the drugstores so I am totally happy to be able to get this palette.

The Lancôme Color Design Eye Shadow Palette is a part of their permanent range with consists of 15 palettes as I'm aware of retailed at $50.00 for 0.141 oz. You can find these at Sephora, Lancôme, Macy's, Ulta and almost wherever high-end makeup is sold. 

I have the palette in Petal Pusher to present to y'all today.

COMPANY'S DESCRIPTIONS:

Infinitely luminous. Sensationally smooth. All-in-one 5 shadow palette to brighten eyes.

Lancôme’s versatile, all-in-one palette conveniently creates a full eye look for day or night.

Experience the newest generation of luminosity as silky lustrous powders transparently wrap the skin, allowing a seamless layering of pure color for a silky sheen and radiant finish.

Build with absolute precision and apply the shades in 5 simple steps (all over, lid, crease, highlighter and liner) to design your customized eye look. Contour, sculpt and lift in soft day colors or intensify with dramatic evening hues for smoldering smoky effects.

Long wear, 8-hour formula.

Color does not fade, continues to stay true.

Umm, anybody has the idea that this tag is quite a year old? I can't honestly believe it. Anyway, I am answering the tag anyhow since most of the products in my kits are budget buys, so here it comes to ye!

1. What is your favorite drugstore makeup brand overall?

I am divided between Maybelline and Sleek. I adore the Maybelline The Falsies mascara, Eyestudio quads and Colorsensational Gloss + Lipsticks. For Sleek they have some very fabulous i-Divine palettes, blushers and lipsticks that I use all the time.

2. What are your favorite face, cheek and lip products?

• Face: Revlon Colorstay foundation (unfortunately the undertone is not yellow enough for me so I have to mix it) and Rimmel Stay Matte powder. I have also just discovered that using the Coty Airspun powder in Luminous Translucent gives a beautiful subtle highlight.  
• Cheek: Sleek blushers, they have some seriously pigment colors.
• Lip: well, the Maybelline Colorsensational lipsticks and glosses

3. Least favorite product?

Covergirl Eye Enhancers quad in Tropical Fusion. The colors are exciting but I can't see myself reaching for it at all. 

4. What is the best makeup bargain?

• Makeup Academy MUA eyeshadow palettes in Heaven And Earth and Undressed. They are wonderfully pigmented and smooth for only £4 a pop and they always have some kind of offer going on.
• Wet n Wild Color Icon 8-pan palettes. They surprised me with the major lovely performance.

5. What is your favorite underdog product? (Something you love that often gets overlooked?)

 Covergirl Professional Loose Powder in Honey as a bronzer. I use it on and off, maybe I should rearrange my kit to put it in the spotlight :)

6. A drugstore product that is overpriced?

Mascara! The price is now close to $10 which is utterly ridiculous. 

7. Show your best drugstore dupe(s)

ELF Gotta Glow blush vs NARS Albatross. Everyone talks about it I know.

8. Drugstore product that isn't worth the hype?

Bourjois Délice de Poudre bronzing powder: utterly utterly orange! I will have a review on this particular product coming later this week. Urgh!

So that's ultimately the I ♥ Drugstore Makeup TAG. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did as writing the post. Take care!

During my Black Friday shopping craze I couldn't resist but pick a few things from BH Cosmetics - the brand I'm well familiar with from looking at numerous written and video reviews, so I was dying (not literally of course!) to try some of they products.

These Floral Blush Duos are solved at $9.95 for 10g/ 0.4oz exclusively on bhcosmetics.com and come in 5 shades: Tulip, Lilac, Rose, Iris and Daisy. As you can very well guess, the pan is divided into two sections: half blush and half complementary highlighter. I got the Rose one.

This beautiful limited edition Bourjois Bronze Up Makeup Kit (which I think is exclusive to ASOS.com) is a great start if you want to try some things from Bourjois. I immediate grabbed it for only £13.00 which is a fantastic value (Bronzing Powder £7.00, Effet 3D Lipgloss £7.99, Blusher £6.00 - means you already save £7.99 for these three products alone, and you get an extra mini eyeshadow pencil and a kabuki brush).