Budget Archive
Save or Splurge? Nail Polish Edition
Photo Credit We’ve all seen those enticing ads floating around for the latest Chanel, Dior, or Deborah Lippmann nail polish collections and as incredible as some of the colors look in the ads, on a college budget, most of us have other priorities (food, anyone?) to take care of first. As amazing as the formulas are, [...]
Buy This, Not That: Top 5 High-End Makeup Substitutes
Let’s be real — as college students on budgets, it’s hard to justify paying for high-end makeup when we should be saving our money for essentials like school, food, and rent. But if you’re a beauty junkie like me, then you know how to stretch the meaning of “essential” to include cosmetics. As a beauty [...]
The 3 Best Places to Shop for Cheap & Chic Dorm Decor
Photo: iStockPhoto.com Picture the scene — you’re flipping through a home decor magazine and come across a page that completely speaks to you. The colors, the layout, the furniture and decor, everything is perfect! (I feel like this every time I open a Better Homes and Gardens or a Real Simple.) Then your eyes flick [...]
Beauty Video: Drugstore Makeup Tutorial
Being a college student on a budget, I know how hard it is to fund things like mani/pedis, makeup, and cute clothes. It’s always hard making that decision between eating and buying that new mascara… Just kidding. (Kinda.) Anyway, this week, I decided to create an entire makeup tutorial using nothing but drugstore makeup. My goal [...]
