It's All About Beauty: Radiant: Dupe For Mac

1. It's All About Beauty Radiant Dupe For Macy's
2. It's All About Beauty Radiant Dupe For Mac Fix Plus

CYO is the newest brand to join the Boots family. It is bursting with products including this absolute dupe for MAC Strobe Cream. For the first time in a long time, we are actually getting a real summer. We get to wear our summer dresses.

We stay in the garden all night sipping Aperol Spritzes and watching Love Island through the window from outside. In the words of every Irish person ever, if we were guaranteed weather like this every year, we wouldn't ever leave the country. Sure where else would you rather be? Everyone is in a better mood when the weather is this good (except when it gets too hot). And everyone, somehow, looks better.

From a makeup point of view, nothing looks better in this glorious weather. If you're not blessed with 21-year-old model skin, or you tend to get sweaty and red rather than glowy, the best way to fake this summertime look is. There are so many ways to incorporate this into your routine, but the top three are that you can use it on its own, mix it with your foundation or apply it to the high points of your skin, i.e. Your cheekbones, nose, cupid's bow and brow bone. You can also use it on your collarbones, shoulders and legs if you're looking for an allover body glow. MAC Strobe Cream €34 MAC Strobe cream is a tried and tested cult favourite when it comes to illuminating skin creams. This cream has been used globally at fashion weeks, on photo shoots and is a celebrity favourite.

The reason is that it illuminates the skin in such a versatile way giving you that natural yet dewy look you have been looking for. If you want to look brighter and more radiant in a non-glittery way, this product is a must-have for summer. The €34 price tag is a bit of a head-spinner, though.

If you're not sure you want to flash the cash, then here is a purse-friendly lookalike. CYO Illuminating Mixing Cream T urn On The Light €6 CYO is the latest makeup collection to launch in Boots. The affordable line is set to hit the shelves by the end of June.

The vast product line promises variety and quality all at an affordable price. But do they fulfil that vow?

It's All About Beauty Radiant Dupe For Macy's

I put the Illumination Mixing Cream to the test against Strobe Cream and was hugely impressed with the outcome. The colour is exact, and true to their words; the colour pay off is excellent. The only difference was that Strobe is slightly more moisturising and spreads a little further.

Result Left, Strobe Cream / Right, CYO Illuminating Mixing Cream As you can see the colour is exact. It's a really great alternative to the MAC version especially if you are unconvinced whether or not to invest.

A Lit-From-Within Highlighter The Contenders:, $26 in Lilac Petal, $1 The Breakdown: Both of these highlighters have a gorgeous, pale pink sheen that makes skin look young, fresh and dewy when applied over the cheekbones and brow bones. They both blend easily, last throughout the day and work well on top of other makeup like foundation or powder (often times, creamy products like these, or cream blush, simply disappear into foundation). However, the sticking point for some may come down to product packaging. Product's tube design lets you squeeze a little onto your fingertip before applying, which I found more convenient and less messy than the nail polish wand applicator of Benefit's High Beam.

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But even if you prefer Benefit's brush-on applicator, the $25 difference could make you a convert. For $1 a pop, I will definitely be getting my angel glow on daily with the drugstore steal. The Winner: in Lilac Petal. You fall head over heels for a $58 BB cream that leaves your skin soft, dewy and impossibly clear - and you're quite sure there's no other product in the world that will make you look so youthful and radiant.

So you do want any beauty-product-obsessed girl on a budget would do: splurge on another bottle and eat ramen for the next week. No matter how much you love a product, it can be hard to justify the price tag, especially on day six of shrink-wrapped noodles.

While there truly are some out there for which there is no substitute, plenty of expensive department store beauty products have a drugstore doppelganger that works just as well - and for a lot less money. We road-tested every popular beauty dupe on the market to find out which high-end beauty products are worth the splurge and which ones you may want to reconsider.