Aldi Lacura Perfect Nude Lip Range - Charlotte Tilbury Dupes?

If you have taken a stroll down the middle aisle of Aldi in recent weeks, you will have noticed an explosion of products within the Lacura range - The ProNight Advanced Range getting a lot of attention as well as the Perfect Nude Lip Range which sold out as quickly as baskets were filled, though thankfully I did manage to grab one of each.

The Perfect Nude Lip Range has been likened to products from the Charlotte Tilbury Pillowtalk collection and whilst there is some similarity within the shades, not so much with the packaging, but as ever, here is a look at each product. Priced at £2.99, the Aldi Lacura Perfect Nude Lip Range features a Lipstick, Lip Liner and Lip Gloss, all of which are described to boast a "stunning universal nude-peach shade".

The Lacura Perfect Nude Lipstick (£2.99, 3.5g) is sold in a pretty pastel pink box which clearly labels the product inside. The lipstick bullet itself is silver in colour, not gold like its Pillow and it is more of a triangular shape than cylindrical, in the middle of the silver tube is the letter L for Lacura. At first glance, it doesn't look or feel like a lipstick that has cost £2.99, it is quite weighty in your hands.

The lipstick bullet itself does look very similar to the original Pillowtalk shade in natural light and it is said to offer a buildable and high colour payoff to give a velvety soft matte look with a hint of highlight. The texture of both Charlotte Tilbury and Aldi Lacura are very different, Tilbury is much smoother than Lacura and the latter slightly more chalky but not too drying. Enriched with Moon Orchard Plant and carefully formulated with specially selected waxes, this Lacura Perfect Nude Lipstick is designed to ensure the colour effortlessly glides to give a flawlessly hydrated finish.

On the lips, I am a huge fan of the colour, it is a shade, like Pillowtalk, that will suit pretty much everybody, but what has really impressed me is the longevity because it lasts all day, doesn't transfer as much as I had expected, infact it is barely noticeable. So impressive for £2.99.

The second product within this trio is the Lacura Perfect Nude Lip Liner (£2.99, 1.2g) and again, there are some similarities to the Charlotte Tilbury Lip Cheat.

Keeping with the theme of silver metallic packaging, this lip liner is sleek in design and again, for the price it definitely doesn't have that budget feel to it. If anyone does get their hands on this product, I would suggest sharpening it first because it is slightly tough and drags a little, but as soon as I had sharpened, it was a breeze to use and I absolutely love the shade, it is also really creamy when applied and could be used on its own as a lip colour.  

Again, it is formulated with a blend of Coconut Oil and Soya Bean Oil which work to offer a seamless and moisturising finish. This lip liner is everything it claims to be - long lasting, non-transferring and it has a smooth and velvety texture.

The final product within this trio is the Lacura Perfect Nude Lip Gloss (£2.99, 2.7ml). This Lip Gloss was a bit of a surprise for me because I haven't stopped wearing it since I bought it.  Described as being a dupe of the Charlotte Tilbury Lip Lustre Lip Lacquer, Pillow Talk, but again there are only a few similarities.

Again, this lip gloss is packaged so beautifully it looks much more than a high street brand, packaged in a clear glass tube with a silver lid, it keeps in design with both the Lip Liner and Lipstick. This Gloss is enriched with Collagen, Coconut Oil, Vitamin A and also includes Mint Oil, so it not only leave your lips feeling smooth, soft and moisturised it also has an aromatic scent creating a refreshing feel. 

It isn't sticky or tacky when applied and as it is sheer, it works wonderfully well with the lip liner and lipstick or on its own.

 

Aldi Lacura is a cruelty-free beauty brand and this launch of its new line-up of luxe makeup must-haves are priced from £2.99.

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Aldi Lacura Launch Estée Lauder Dupe Range

Well it was going to happen and here it is! Aldi, with their Lacura brand has launched the ProNight Advance range which you could say is very much inspired by Estee Lauder.

It has now launched in stores and is expected to sell out, as all the Lacura launches do, especially as it is priced from just £4.99.

The ‘ProNight Advanced range’ which is dermatologically tested and boasts the perfect combination of natural and antioxidant-rich ingredients that work overnight to repair, hydrate and rejuvenate whilst reversing daytime sun damage.  It features three products and combined, are said to give you a saving of up to 90% compared to the  luxury brand, Estée Lauder!

Starting with the Lacura ProNight Advanced Face Cream (£5.99, 50ml), not only is it incredibly hydrating, but it is designed to rejuvenate the appearance of dull and dry skin. 

Formulated with ingredients that have moisture-binding properties, you will find  Shea Butter, Hyaluronic Acid and Laminaria Ochroleuca Extract (a form of seaweed/kelp) to reduce the look of wrinkles, dark circles and signs of ageing.  I have only been using this cream for a few days and what I like is the texture is not thick, greasy or tacky when applied to the skin, it is infact smooth and really hydrating, so I am looking forward to see how this works over the coming weeks.

Potential Dupe for the Estée Lauder Nightwear Plus Face Cream.

The second product within this range is the Lacura ProNight Advanced Face Serum (£5.99 30ml) and possibly the product most people will be curious about. 

Designed to promote younger looking, radiant skin, it has a lightweight, fast-absorbing formula which is enriched with Copper Peptides, Hyaluronic Acid and Allantoin for an all-in-one recovery complex that will soothe, moisten, and restore.  I am a huge fan of the Estée Lauder Night Serum and can't even count the number of bottles I have used over the years, so this product is definitely the one to catch my attention within this range.  It does have a dropper to help apply the right amount of serum and whilst the textures are different, with this one being slightly runnier, it does feel delightful on the skin and isn't sticky or tacky - a big issue I have with any serum!

Potential dupe for the Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair Serum

The final product within this trio is the Lacura ProAdvanced Eye Serum (£4.99, 20ml) and whilst I don’t have this in my collection, you can bet that I am intrigued to try it.

Enriched with Caffeine, Algae and Chamomile Flower Extract to rejuvenate and visibly reduce signs of ageing around the eyes, the ingredients are said to help improve the appearance of fine lines, wrinkles, dark circles and age spots.   Again, Aldi have created their product with a dropper to help with the application of this serum and again, the description does state that it absorbs super quick into the skin on application.

Potential dupe for the Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair Eye Concentrate Matrix

As you can see, this is an impressive looking range from Aldi 's in house Lacura brand and you might notice there is one huge difference - the packaging.  Not the same and possibly only similar with the bronze/brown coloured bottles of the serums.

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Top 10 dupes for your favourite high-end beauty brands

I love a good dupe product, one which really makes you question the price of a high-end brand and whether you are being overcharged. Not all dupes are dupes of course, just because something looks similar doesn’t mean it is the same, as the saying goes, even salt looks like sugar.

Over the past 12 months there has been an explosion of dupes and not just from Revolution and Aldi Lacura, if you are on or watch anything on Tiktok it is awash with dupes and as seen on the infographic below, it showcases some of the best viral beauty dupes for 2023 but not all.

As you can see, those are just 8 dupes from brands you might now have expected to see, like Elf, L’Oreal and even Fenty Beauty, but for me, there are some that should have made that list. In recent weeks, I shared the Aldi Lacura Eyeshadow Primer which to all intents and purposes is inspired by Urban Decay and their Eyeshadow Potion, very much a HG product for many. Again, Aldi have also got their own Hot Cloth Cleanser which is similar to that of Liz Earle, but it isn’t just Aldi. Primark also has an incredible line up of ‘dupes’, most recently, people raved about the PS Skin Tiger Grass Colour Correcting Treatment, which is most definitely inspired by the cult classic from Dr Jart+ and even more recent was the PS Flawless Glow Radiant Primer Foundation which many claimed was a potential dupe for Charlotte Tilbury Hollywood Flawless Filter, £36.

So, if I was to create my very own Top 10 makeup dupes for your favourite high-end beauty brands, this is what you would find on that list:

• Aldi Lacura Vitabase Moisturising Primer - potential dupe for Bobbi Brown Vitamin Enriched Face Base
• E.l.f. Halo Glow Liquid Filter - potential dupe for Charlotte Tilbury Hollywood Flawless Filter
• Rimmel Magnif'eyes 12 Pan Shade Palette Spice - potential dupe for Urban Decay Naked Heat Palette
• L’Oreal Paris True Match Lumi Healthy Luminous Makeup - potential dupe for Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk Foundation
• Aldi Lacura Microblade Effect Pen - potential dupe for Benefit Cosmetics Brow Microfilling Brow Pen
• Elf 16hr Camo Concealer - potential dupe for Tarte Shape Tape
• Revolution Pro Miracle Cream - potential dupe for Charlotte Tilbury Magic Cream
• Aldi Lacura Vanilla Golden Bath Nectar - potential dupe for Laura Mercier Honey Bath
• Revolution Pro Miracle Balm - potential dupe for Elizabeth Arden 8 Hour Cream
• Essence Stay 8h Waterproof Lip Liner - potential dupe for Charlotte Tilbury Lip Cheat Lip Liner

That least doesn’t even cover hair care or fragrances, which again both Aldi and Revolution have hair care dupes of Olaplex and Living Proof in their line-ups, and the same for fragrances.

I would love to know if you have a favourite dupe of a high-end branded product!

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Aldi Fragrances - dupes?

I absolutely love my fragrances and when it comes to Aldi, they do have an entire fragrance catalogue, which you might or might not have come across.  I make no secret of my love for the Aldi Lacura range, if you have never tried it, there are some absolute delights to find, the latest being the Warming Eye Masks.  However, today I am sharing some of the latest fragrances to launch and they might just surprise you.

The latest two fragrances to launch within the Aldi range is Lacura Lady Pour Femme EDP and Lacura Atom EDPP both 100ml and both priced at just £5.99.  At this stage you might be wondering where Aldi got their inspiration from for these fragrances! Well keep on reading to find out!

Lacura Lady Pour Femme Eau de Parfum is described as being a sensual scent which boasts dark notes of sandalwood and tonka bean to compliment the notes of orange blossom and Bularian rose.  So have you guessed what it might be a dupe for? The answer is Carolina Herrera Good Girl.

So where do the similarities start and end?  For anyone who is a fan of Good Girl, of which I am as you can see here, the bottle is perhaps one of the most iconic of its kind. That stiletto heel is attention grabbing, it looks stunning and is like nothing else I have ever owned. Aldi have not copied that design, instead their bottle happens to be a deep blue with a gold lid, so you could say the colour design compliments the stiletto but that's all.  

When it comes to the fragrance, they are incredibly similar, from Caroline Herrera, you have a scent which is fresh, rich, it is bold and incredibly beautiful with the citrusy floral aroma and in contrast, you get pretty much that very same scent with Lady Pour Femme from Lacura, only the sillage isn't as good and the opening notes are not as fresh.  However, at £5.99 for 100ml versus £98 for 80ml, it is worth looking out for in store.

The second fragrance is Atom and it is described as being carefully formulated with Iso E Super to create a warm fragrance that is designed to adapt to each person who wears it. So have you guessed what it might be a dupe for? The answer is Escentric Molecules - Molecule 01, which happens to also be one of my all time favourite fragrances.

It isn't easy to describe Escentric Molecules 01 as a fragrance to anyone but it is best described as being a Woody Floral Musk fragrance for women and men. Created by the incredible Geza Schoen to take the fragrance industry and give it a shake to create something completely different. Molecules 01 is designed to blend with the wearer’s natural pheromones and create a scent which is unique to each person that applies it, so much so, you might not be able to smell it on yourself. Whenever I wear this fragrance, I am always asked multiple times what I am wearing, much more so than any other fragrance I own.

From Aldi with Atom, there are no similarities when it comes to the bottle design, firstly it is much more rounded whereas as Escentric Molecules is square and whilst both are 100ml, you pay £5.99 with Aldi and £72 with ES.  However, there is for me a difference in the fragrances, they are similar on the first spritz (I am using the example of spraying them on the hubby) but when drying down, Atom carried the woody amber scent much stronger and again the silage isn't as good.  However, if you have always wondered about Escentric Molecules 01 and wanted to know what all the fuss is about, Atom isn't one to turn your nose up at, but it definitely doesn't beat the original.

Both of these fragrances can be found within the Aldi Health and Beauty range and as with many Aldi Lacura products, they come in and out of stock all the time, so worth keeping an eye out for.

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Aldi Lacura Vanilla Honey Golden Bath Nectar

It is no secret that I happen to think Aldi has some pretty amazing beauty offers, having recently upped their K-Beauty collection, they have now just released another incredible product that you are going to want to try and it is the Aldi Lacura Vanilla Honey Golden Bath Nectar.  It will be back on sale online and in store this week!!

Now looking at this Bath Nectar, you might notice that it is very much inspired by the Laura Mercier Ambre Vanille Honey Bath, which retails at £45 for 300g, so as a product, it is very much on the luxurious side of things. The Aldi Lacura Vanilla Honey Golden Bath Nectar is priced at just £5.99 for the same 300g, which is a saving of almost £40!

Relax and unwind in complete luxury with Aldi Lacura Vanilla Honey Golden Bath Nectar (£5.99), the latest launch from Aldi’s Health and Beauty brand. With calming scents of vanilla and honey, the indulgent nectar comes complete with a wooden honey dipper to leave skin soft and smooth and in complete serenity. What’s more, shoppers can save up to 82% compared to Laura Mercier.

To look at, the packaging is completely different to Laura Mercier in that Aldi's version has a much more rounded plastic jar with a silver lid and Laura Mercier is less Jam Jar and very sleek, though both have silver lids. For fans of Laura Mercier it is all about the honey dipper and that scent. Well the Aldi Bath Nectar also comes with the wooden honey dipper and surprisingly it is really well made and slightly more rounded.

The Aldi Vanilla Honey Golden Bath Nectar does have the most wonderful golden colour to it and when removing the lid there is an immediate vanilla and honey scent that wafts past, like the very first opening of a jar of fresh honey, that wonderfully sweet scent that is just so moreish, very much like a freshly opened bar of honey!

The directions for using this Bath Nectar is swirl the wooden honey dipper into the jar and then place it under the running tap to create lovely honey vanilla scented bubbles.  The honey dipper itself works really well with the bath nectar and does a great job at helping you to use the product without getting it everywhere.

If you love the sound of this and want to try the Aldi Lacura Vanilla Honey Golden Bath Nectar, then get ready to get your hands on it.  The Aldi Lacura Vanilla Golders Bath Nectar will be available to pre-order online from the 23rd January, and you can find in stores from the 27th January.

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Aldi's new Lacura skincare range

My favourite middle aisle gang over at Aldi has launched a new premium skincare range and as you might expect, it’s filled with dupes of high end products.

Aldi’s beauty brand, Lacura, which recently announced its upcoming beauty box and of course the Advent Calendar, has said that these are “high quality ingredients without the luxury price tag” with its new products and they are online and instore now!

The new range starts from £3.99 and includes everything from jelly cleansers and a microdermabrasion scrub to a glycolic exfoliating treatment and vitamin C serum. I’m sharing a sneak preview of them with you today and will then give an in-depth review of each one as I’ve used them a few times more.

The first product is the Lacura Jelly Cleanser, which is priced at £3.99 and aims to “remove even the most stubborn make-up, dirt and impurities”, it is said to be a similar to Drunk Elephant’s Beste No.9 Jelly Cleaner, which retails at £27. This cleanser is packed with make-up dissolving emollients and the luxurious gel to foam texture will remove even the most stubborn make-up, dirt and impurities. Free of skin-stripping ingredients such as fragrance or essential oils, it is of course cruelty-free.

 

The second product is the Lacura Multi-Peptide Moisturiser which (£6.99, 50ml). Formulated with a powerful complex of seven peptides, proteins and nutrients and enriched with Waterlily Extract, the gel-cream will help improve skin tone, texture, firmness and elasticity as well offering antiaging benefits. The dupe this time is said to be another Drunk Elephant product - the Protini Peptide Cream which retails for £57.

The product which really intrigued me is the Lacura Gylcolic Exfoliating Treatment (£5.99) is compared to the Sunday Riley Good Genes Glycolic Acid Treatment (£85). It is enriched with Glycolic Acid, Prickly Pear and Lemongrass Oil and not only does it offer intense moisture, gentle exfoliation but it can even be used as a treatment mask to reveal healthier, more radiant skin.

The final product within my collection, though it is by no means the last one available, is the Lacura Intensive Eye Cream (£3.99, 15ml). A dupe of Dermalogica’s Intensive Eye Repair (£49), it is packed with must-have ingredients such as Vitamin A, C and E as well as Pro-Vitamin B5, while remaining gentle enough to use daily. Perfect for hydrating and smoothing skin, it will also diminish fine lines and help to defend against further damage.

According to Aldi , shoppers can save themselves around £288 on skincare products by using its new Lacura products. Alongside these four products there is an entire arsenal of skincare and other beauty products to discover and they’re online and instore right now, but they never stay there for long!

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Aldi Lacura launches Laneige Dupe range

Aldi are well known for their dupes and over recent months I have featured quite a few of the from a Miracle Cream which is an Elizabeth Arden Dupe to a Collagen Serum which has been likened to Pixi.  Just recently, Aldi has expanded its Lacura range even further to include dupes of a K-beauty brand you might know called Glow Recipe, annoyingly I didn't manage to get my hands on, but just this week there is another addition to that K-Beauty line-up and it  could be said they are dupes for the much loved Laneige brand! 

Aldi's Lacura brand has introduced two new products, which I have got to share with you.  The first is the Dewy Lip Balm range following on with a H2O Sleep Mask!

Firstly we have the Dewy Lip balm, which is available in three varieties - Berry, Pear and Grapefruit, Laneige for reference have their Lip Balms in berry, grapefruit and peach flavours. Like many of you, I have an obsession with lip balm, always have had and perhaps more so because a lip balm doesn't smear all over my face under a facemask.

These balms are said to give your lips a moisturising and nourishing coating whilst Aldi claim they leave a hint of colour, what I have found so far, from the Pear and Grapefruit selection I have, is that they don't leave any hint or trace of colour on the lips at all.

Impressively, the list of ingredients within these balms states that there is a combination of shea butter, coffee seed oil and aloe leaf extract which together work on to provide that moisture-boost and they can be worn on bare lips or over make up. 

The formula is fairly thick but it isn't sticky nor is it tacky when applied, what there is however is a delightful scent of either Pear or Grapefruit.

The Lacura Dewy Lip Balm, which costs £14 less than Laneige’s version at just £1.99 and they are definitely worth picking up if you come across them!

The second product within the Aldi Lacura Laneige Dupe range is a product that you use to complete your evening skincare routine - the Aldi Lacura H2Overnight Face Sleeping Mask. This cream, which comes with its own spatula for application is really lightweight and is said to hydrate and condition the skin with its fast-absorbing gel texture.  On the skin, I love how cooling and soothing the cream feels when applied and again, it is neither sticky or tacky.

It uses a combination of Aloe Vera Leaf Juice which helps to hydrate the skin, Rosa Centifolia which has astringent, antibacterial, antiseptic and anti-inflammatory properties whilst Sodium Hyaluronate helps to keep the skin moisturised and together the ingredients come together to hydrate and condition overnight to help improve the appearance of tired-looking skin.   Aldi recommend using this overnight mask once or twice a week depending on your personal preference and obviously how dry and dehydrated you feel your skin might be.  It is priced at just £4.99 and as far as I am concerned an absolute bargain and well worth trying!

As with all Aldi Lacura products, these all tick the cruelty-free box!  I would love to know what you think to them!

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Aldi Lacura Aloha Bronzer - Is it a dupe for Benefit Hoola?

One of my favourite bronzers is Benefit Hoola, it is one product I have repurchased over and over again and every time I stray away and try something new, it is Hoola that I always come back too.  As Benefit has over the years introduced new members to the Hoola family (review here), it is the original I always opt to use because it is just so versatile and for me, works just as well as an eyeshadow as it does a bronzer.

I have made no secret that I find myself giggling away in the much coveted middle aisle in Aldi where you can find everything from Zoflora to an entire garden seating set and every so often there is a beauty product or two that grabs my attention.  Last time it was the Nip + Fab Glycolic Cleansing Pads Dupe and this time it is the turn of the Aloha Bronzer and as you might have guessed from the title, could it be a dupe for Hoola by Benefit?

The biggest giveaway that there are some similarities starts with the packaging.  Whilst one might be pink and the other purple, there are some very obvious dupes on the lid from Aldi with the canes and flowers.  Again, inside the box, we have a mirror in the lid and a brush sitting inside a plastic holder. The one major difference at this stage is the Benefit Hoola box is of much better quality and less flimsy than Aldi's option.

The brushes at a first glance are almost identical, Benefit is blue and Aldi is pink and whilst I do love the colour pink, it is the bristles of the brush which are important and again, for me, there is a huge difference between the two.  Firstly, Aldi packs a lot more into their brush but in doing so, they are not as soft as those offered by Benefit and it is one of the few brushes that comes with a product that I have liked to use, so to find a dupe is quite something.  Sadly, just because there are more bristles doesn't make it a better brush.  It applied the bronzer fairly well, but it is patchy because it just doesn't grab enough and that is whether I use Aloha or Hoola.  With Benefit, you get a much smoother and much more even application and it blends seamlessly, unlike the Aldi option.

When it comes to the actual bronzer, this is where the duping continues, but not in the way you might think.  Both Aldi and Benefit offer 8.0g of product and again, nestled inside the square pan of the box is the bronzer.

At first glance, from Aldi, the bronzer looks much deeper in colour than Benefit and much less smooth but all of this is arbitrary because what really matters is how the shade sits on the skin and below is a finger swatch, unedited onto my wrist and I have kept it as simple as possible because having read previous posts on the Aldi Lacura Aloha bronzer, the one thing I've never found is a swatch.

I found both Aldi and Benefit bronzers really easy to use and swatch, I didn't need to try multiple times to pick up some colour to do the swatch and this is the swatch.

If you want to find out which swatch is which then you will find that answer at the bottom of this post but as you can see from the swatches, the top swatch is lighter and there is a slight shimmer to it whereas the bottom swatch is much more muted. The bottom swatch also has much less of a red undertone than the top swatch, so would probably suit those with a very pale complexion.

For me, whilst there are some nominal differences between the two products as shown so far, the ingredients used are quite interesting.  One thing Aldi is known for is their cruelty-free beauty and there for everyone to see is the Leaping Bunny symbol, something that Benefit does not have.

There are some ingredients which appear in both products and right at the top of that list is Talc for both Aloha and Hoola, they both have ingredients referred too as CL 77491 which is a synthetic red shade, CL 77492 which imparts a purple shade and CL 77499 which is a black Iron Oxide and although Aldi Lacura Aloha says 'may contain' these ingredients they do appear on the label.

So with all of that taken into account, does one bronzer do a better job than the other? For me, I like to mix and match my products and that often includes my bronzers.  Overall for me, Benefit Hoola is my preferred shade and it is the one I find much easier to work with, the one I find easier to blend and the one that works better with my skin tone.

Aldi Lacura Aloha Bronzer retails for £5.99 when it is on sale and if you are curious, then it is well worth grabbing because it does work as a bronzer, it just takes a lot more effort when it comes to blending and building up coverages.  However, it is £20 cheaper than Benefit Hoola which currently retails for £26 (here) and of course, it is cruelty-free, which I know for some is the most important issue when choosing cosmetics.

So which swatch was which?  The answer can be found below - did you guess right?

Have you tried any of Aldi's beauty products before?

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COLLECTION Dupes

Collection is the make-up brand I first ever used as a teen and as a brand it is one I have fallen back in love with, mainly because of these two products which team up as amazing dupes!

The Collection Gorgeous Glow Bronze Brick which costs just £3.99 is brilliant. There is a great range of shades from a highlighter to a much darker bronzer and they are all highly pigmented, much more so than I would have expected at that price. They are a velvety smooth powder formula which makes them really blendable. Then I have the Bobbi Brown Bronze Shimmer Brick, which I have duped before and whilst it is an incredible product, highly pigmented shades and as blendable as you want it to be, it costs £32.50.

If I had to choose a favourite, Collection edges it for me with this Glow Gorgeous palette because it highlights as well as bronzes and the shades are much more workable.

The Collection Speedy Highlighter, which is priced at £2.66 in Superdrug. As a Crayon it makes the job of adding some highlights to your face an absolute breeze and it is perfect for on the go. Then there is the Boots No.7 Instant Radiance Highlighter for which the Collection Speedy Highlighter is the perfect dupe and again I have duped this before. I love this No.7 Highlighter, it is has an amazing formula which dried incredibly quickly and creates an amazing highlighting effect and it costs just £9.95 but the Collection version is almost a third of the price!

Again this Collection offering is incredible, I absolutely love it and have already bought a back up in case I should run out.  It is so similar to the Boots No.7 version it is impossible not to love both, but the highlight that comes from Collection, as you can see below, is amazing and for me it is the winner of the two.

So these are the two current dupes that I am loving right now!  What do you think? Have you found any decent dupes lately?