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Are Expensive Cosmetics Worth The Money?

Humans have been using some sort of cosmetics and facial decorations for eons. Ancient man not only painted his face to signify his status in a tribe, he would add permanent scarring to add to the effect. Amazon Indians still use various forms of face painting for the same reason.

During the Middle Ages, wealthy society men and women used cosmetics – heavily! The most popular was white powder which was put on wigs, faces, and any area that was exposed. Add some red rouge on the cheeks and lips, and the effect, nowadays, seems quite comical.

In the early part of the 20th century, cosmetics became popular purchases at the corner drug store. Up till then, cosmetics had never been mass produced. It took the new movie industry to make that possible. Rich, poor, beautiful, and plain all ran to the new make up counters to see and to buy. Suddenly even the average housewife had a supply of lipsticks and eyebrow pencils and eye shadows.

Makeup didn’t really become a household name until color movies became the norm. When moviegoers could see their favorite stars up close and personal, they were amazed at the colors they saw on their faces. The brows, the eyes, the cheeks and the lips. They were gorgeous! And every woman wanted to look just like these beautiful starlets. The cosmetic companies to the stars – Max Factor and Maybelline – made sure that would be possible.

Companies competed against each other for market share like no other product on the market! Expensive brands began to show up in leading department stores, giving drug store brands a run for their money. No matter where the counters were, makeup was selling.

Of course, as with most products, there comes a point where some of the options simply become so expensive that we need to step and say, “What exactly am I paying for?” When an ordinary foundation can be had for under $10 at the drug store, or a similar product that sells closer to $75 at the local department store, which one is really worth the money?

Ingredients might be different, but are they really better? When the original cosmetic companies are still selling exclusively in drug stores and mass merchandisers, there’s no wonder that some women are reducing their high end expenditures at the fancy counters and heading back to the drug store to buy what they need at lower prices and excellent quality.

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