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4 Ways to Save Money on Beauty Products and Toiletries

Beauty products help us look, smell, and feel good. Cosmetics and toiletries are important, necessary expenses, but they don’t have to be expensive ones as well. The following tips keep you looking and feeling your best without going over your budget.

Check Groupon

Groupon often hosts daily deals on common necessities like toothpaste, floss, soap, and shampoo. It also has deals on luxury items like lipsticks, nail polish, and perfumes. It’s a one-stop shop for most of your major grooming items.

Along with their daily deals, Groupon has coupon pages for many major retailers, including Crest. Habitually, go to this page whenever you need a Crest coupon. Regularly checking Groupon’s site ensures that you maximize your savings, and get major discounts on household necessities.

Shop at Dollar and Discount Stores

Use dollar stores to stock up on basic cosmetics and toiletries. Sometimes these stores carry travel size versions of premium brands, but overall expect to get items viewed as being slightly lower in quality when compared to their more expensive counterparts. Most of these items work as intended, but might not last as long, or have watered down ingredients.

If you’re dedicated to certain brands, then use discount stores like TJ Maxx, Burlington, and Marshalls. These department stores carry upscale products but at a very discounted price--usually due to them being out of season or not popular products. All three retailers carry a wide assortment of products, including beauty and household decor.

For exclusive beauty items, use discount online stores like Beauty Brands, Sally Beauty, and Hollar. All three stores carry top-rated cosmetic items at very discounted prices. Beauty Brands hosts an annual sale where you can purchase liter bottles of shampoo for only $13.99. These shampoos are often used by salon professionals, and some of them usually cost as much as $50 per bottle.

Hollar sells name brand products for as low as a dollar, and Sally Beauty often sells major labels for very discounted prices. All three stores are crucial places to check for beauty product discounts.

Buy Dupes

Temptalia and DupeThat are two of the most popular and resourceful places to check for dupe versions of your favorite beauty products. Dupes are beauty items, like lipsticks and foundations, that either have a similar color or quality as their more expensive competitor. People use dupes as a way to save money but still get the desired look or results.

Make Your Own Products

Save money on common toiletries by learning how to make them yourself. Stop buying soap and invest in some of the items that you need to make your own. You can also make your own perfume, candles, deodorant, hair moisturizer, and lipstick. Depending on the ingredients, this may cost more initially, but it will end up saving you more in the long term, because your own products last longer and are cheaper to recreate.

Creating your own products are also healthier: You know what chemicals are going into your body more than you would know if you bought these products from a store.