Confession: I’m cheap.

I know this about myself and I’m okay with it. Kind of. But, I will say being a cheap DIY-er lead me to search for a RiRi Woo dupe instead of wall slide at every photo on my Instagram timeline. Everyone is either swooning, jealous, obsessed–or all three–with the cool red lipstick shade RiRi Woo from the RiRi Loves MAC collection. Once I saw this color and found out it sold out online in less than a day, I was cool because I’ve already achieved the bright, cool red lip. Awesome sauce, right!?

The best and cheapest dupe for RiRi Woo is  …. NYX Slim Lip Pencil in Plush Red (#SLP813). Take a look: 

If this ain’t a RiRi Woo dupe, then I don’t know what is! And the best part is that you can grab this lip pencil in Plush Red for only $1.99! If you scour the Beauty Supply Stores for the best Cheapie McCheap makeup–holla!–then you already know what I’m talmbout! If you’d rather go the ‘regular store’ route, you can get these from Ulta for about $3.99.

NYX Lip Pencils do Double Duty–and they’re Awesome

NYX’s lip pencils are awesome because they’re opaque enough to be used all over as a lipstick. And, they’re matte. So you can get a bold shade, layer on as much as you want and still have enough pencil to go around. Just a tip though: let your lip moisturizer soak in, then blot off the access. It helps the pencil give you the best and truest cool red color.

Riri Woo dupe Plush Red lip pencil by NYX pictured without flash and with flash.

There’s your dupe! NYX Slim Lip Pencil in Plush Red for $1.99. Boom. And for that reason, I love cheap makeup from the drugstore, the beauty supply store or the dollar store. Judge if you want to, but I’ve found some good products in all of those places.

Now go rock your red lip, Miss Hunty Ma’am!

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*Cheers!