Drugstore vs. High end makeup Options

[angelrevelation]

In your opinion, is it worth it to get high end makeup from department stores or other places like Sephora, or is the quality of drugstore makeup the same? It must depend on the brands, so which do you think are just as good? I don't want to waste money on makeup, but I don't want it to give me eye infections either.

[transcendentalis...]

it depends on what you're buying.

mac is pretty much legendary for eyeshadow, but many milani shadows can do a very passable job. loreal shadows are also rated extremely high.

for concealers.. you have that one gold tube concealer? i think it's lancome or yves saint laurent. it's maybe $30, but the revlon under-eye concealer's been rated just as highly.

for brushes.. mac, again is legendary. but i'm perfectly fine with my costco brushes.

maybelline is decent in general...

i like my high-end stuff. smashbox = love.
however, although many drugstore brands can do a wonderful job, many of them test on animals and i'm not really into that.

i could write such a long post on this :/
splurge on brushes (unless you have a costco nearby... $20 for 12 brushes, case and cleaner). and check out the mac 187 brush too!