My Friends Asked Me to Find a Cheaper Version of Everything on My Beauty Vanity

My friends are always thrilled when they get to come over and shop at "Sephora"—aka what they call my tiny, product-stuffed apartment. Given the nature of my job, I'm always in excess, and therefore happy to spread the joy by letting my beauty-loving friends have their way with my retailer-esque living quarters. Whether they're looking for the perfect red lipstick, the best liquid liner, or a luxurious face oil, I always have them covered. 

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What they're not thrilled about, however, are the sky-high price points of the majority of the product sitting atop my vanity. (These are the products I hold most sacred and will let friends try but not take—selfish, I know.) Of course, the sticker shock doesn't stop my friends from falling in love with said items, so they're always asking what products will give them similar results without burning a scorching hot hole in their bank accounts. 

Even though I have a champagne taste when it comes to a lot of my staple formulas, there are plenty of affordable options I still love and vouch for. Below, I'm sharing 10 spendy products my friends and I both love, plus their less spendy dupes. Keep scrolling!

The splurge on my vanity: SkinCeuticals Silymarin CF

The affordable dupe I vouch for: Timeless Skin Care 20% Vitamin C + E Ferulic Acid Serum

The splurge on my vanity: Dior Diorshow Maximizer 3D Triple Volume Plumping Lash Primer

The affordable dupe I vouch for: Honest Beauty Honestly Healthy Lash Tint in Clear

The splurge on my vanity: Augustinus Bader The Hair Oil

The affordable dupe I vouch for: Verb Ghost Weightless Hair Oil

The splurge on my vanity: 111Skin Master Masking Planner

The affordable dupe I vouch for: Sephora Collection Wishing You Face Mask Magic

The splurge on my vanity: Sisley Paris Floral Spray Mist

The affordable dupe I vouch for: Avène Thermal Spring Water

The splurge on my vanity: Tan-Luxe The Face Illuminating Self-Tan Drops

The affordable dupe I vouch for: Tanologist Face and Body Drops

The splurge on my vanity: Tata Harper Be Adored Rosy-Tinted Anti-Aging Lip Treatment

The affordable dupe I vouch for: Burt's Bees Moisturizing Pomegranate Lip Balm

The splurge on my vanity: ZitSticka Pore Vac Clearing Clay Mask

The affordable dupe I vouch for: Aztec Secret Indian Healing Clay

The splurge on my vanity: Joanna Czech Facial Massage Tool

The affordable dupe I vouch for: Skin Gym Face Sculptor

The splurge on my vanity: Renée Rouleau Triple Berry Smoothing Scrub

The affordable dupe I vouch for: Versed Day Maker Microcrystal Exfoliating Cleanser

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Beauty Director

Erin has been writing a mix of beauty and wellness content forBest Knockoff Luxury Clothing for over four years. Prior to that, she spent two and half years writing for Byrdie. She now calls Santa Monica home but grew up in Minnetonka, Minnesota, and studied writing, rhetoric, and communication at University of Wisconsin, La Crosse. She studied abroad in Galway, Ireland, and spent a summer in L.A. interning with the Byrdie andBest Knockoff Luxury Clothing family. After graduating from UW, she spent one year in San Francisco, where she worked as a writer for Pottery Barn Kids and PBteen before moving down to L.A. to begin her career as a beauty editor. She considers her day-to-day beauty aesthetic very low-maintenance and relies on staples like clear brow serum (from Kimiko!), Lawless's Lip Plumping Mask in Cherry Vanilla, and an eyelash curler. For special occasions or days when she's taking more meetings or has an event, she'll wear anything and everything from Charlotte Tilbury (the foundations are game-changing), some shimmer on her lids (Stila and Róen do it best), and a few coats of the best mascara-type product on earth, Surratt's Noir Lash Tint.