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MissBudgetBeauty / Mikhila McDaid
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MissBudgetBeauty / Mikhila McDaid.

MissBudgetBeauty is Mikhila McDaid's channel of hauls, empties and product reviews, with the budget angle running through all of it. She also steps back to ask the question her audience is living with: whether beauty is selling the same trends round again.

Why Is She A Guru?
She has been writing about beauty since 2010 and won Best Established Beauty Blog at the 2014 Cosmopolitan Blog Awards.
8Products
7 yay100% approval rate
0 nayNothing panned yet
0 hot takesRuns with the consensus

MissBudgetBeauty / Mikhila McDaid, in short.

What does MissBudgetBeauty / Mikhila McDaid recommend?

MissBudgetBeauty / Mikhila McDaid has reviewed 8 products. Of the ones she gives a clear yes or no to,she approves 100%. The products she rates highest and brings up most are Missha M Perfect Cover BB Cream, Too Faced Sex Espresso Natural Eyes Palette and Mario Badescu Drying Patches.

Which eye makeup does MissBudgetBeauty / Mikhila McDaid recommend?

She has reviewed 4 eye makeup and approved 3 of them. The ones she rates highest are Too Faced Sex Espresso Natural Eyes Palette, NYX Blade and Shade Brow Pencil and NYX Primer.

What does MissBudgetBeauty / Mikhila McDaid say no to?

Nothing yet. She has not skipped any of the 8 products she has reviewed here.

What they review most.

Every review.

All 8 products MissBudgetBeauty / Mikhila McDaid has reviewed, grouped by product type. Click a product to see the full guru consensus.

All takes Yay takes Nay takes Against the gurus
Eye Makeup4 reviews
Lash Idôle Mascara
Lancôme Lash Idôle Mascara
"The only thing with this is I'm considering buying the waterproof one, because I have horribly dry eyes. This is the best mascara I've used in a very long time, but since my eyes have been really dry and [...] I'm touching them all day, [...] I'm finding that this flakes and deteriorates over time. [...] If I leave my eyes alone [...] I don't get any transfer, and it doesn't flake for me then, but with how much I'm touching them, I'm wondering whether I should try something different."
~Mixed
74%Guru Score
Blade and Shade Brow Pencil
NYX Blade and Shade Brow Pencil
"I have bought that particular brow pencil, the NYX Micro Brow Pencil, approximately 1 million times."
✓Yay
79%Guru Score
Primer
NYX Primer
"I used the eye primer from NYX as well as the Orin brow pencil."
✓Yay
82%Guru Score
Sex Espresso Natural Eyes Palette
Too Faced Sex Espresso Natural Eyes Palette
"Sex Espresso, the dark brown in the Natural Eyes palette, which is my all-time favorite. [...] It still smells of chocolate and it smells absolutely incredible."
✓Yay
88%Guru Score
Cleansers1 review
Vitamin C Brightening Skin Renew Cleansing Oil
Super Facialist Vitamin C Brightening Skin Renew Cleansing Oil
"It is thick enough to remove all of my makeup. Feels really soothing on my skin, but it also doesn't leave tons of residue behind. So it just feels like it does the job really well, but it also makes my skin feel very soft and nourished afterwards. It's not so heavy, so if I don't use a hot cloth, I can just use hot water and splash it on my face and I don't feel like there's a film left behind. It's just the best. The best."
✓Yay
71%Guru Score
Foundation1 review
M Perfect Cover BB Cream
Missha M Perfect Cover BB Cream
"You get absolutely every single drop out of this and it's £10 on Amazon. It's been my favorite base for years. [...] It does have SPF, weirdly 42 in it, though I wouldn't trust that to be my SPF. I use shade 23, and it works best sheered out over moisturizer and oil. It's not hugely opaque, and [...] I probably could go a shade lighter, but going lighter than your skin [...] shows up every imperfection, so [...] I'm 100% going to repurchase it."
✓Yay
87%Guru Score
Moisturizers1 review
Eight Hour Cream
Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream
"I've been putting it on as a kind of face mask at night, even though I've got acne. It [...] has been really, really good. I initially put it on because my skin was feeling very sore, [...] red, and [...] flaking, [...] and it seemed to reduce the inflammation and the redness; everything seemed to go down when I used this overnight. I'm 100% going to repurchase this, [...] because [...] it's basic but I never want to be without it."
✓Yay
86%Guru Score
Other1 review
Drying Patches
Mario Badescu Drying Patches
"The Mario Badescu Drying Patches have salicylic acid which I know my skin reacts well to. They also have hyaluronic acid, niacinamide, and vitamin C. I really really liked these. I got these [...] for three pounds from Beauty Works. [...] I think if you leave them on all day, they really do do something. [...] Of the three, the Mario Badescu ones were the best."
✓Yay
86%Guru Score

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