24/Savvy Beauty and Health

I've mentioned before that I'm a pretty cheap frugal Savvy Girl and have a tendency to go strictly "drug-store" beauty all the way.  Which doesn't mean I have anything against luxe products--because I know some of them have incredibly worthy formulations--I just don't know which ones are worth the splurge.  If I've got an extra $40 to blow on beauty buys, is that $34 Yves Saint Laurent gloss really worth it?  What about the $38 Nars Cheek Stain?  Turns out....neither.

While I talked red-lip with Cloutier makeup artist Ricky Wilson, I got the dish on where the pros spend, where they save and where to direct your cash any time you're refreshing your makeup bag.