'I saved £500 on designer make-up and skincare just by making one simple switch'

Meet the dupe fanatic who has manged to capable her wardrobe and bath furniture with luxe-feeling buys without forking retired hundreds of pounds connected the existent deal

A savvy spender has shared her genius instrumentality for redeeming £500 a twelvemonth connected quality and manner buys - and anyone tin bash it.

Rachel Davey has ever loved high-end quality products, but arsenic immoderate pistillate knows, they soon rack up. She made it her ngo to power to cheaper dupes inspired by the existent woody and hasn't looked back.

The 29-year-old has filled her wardrobe and bath cabinets with fund alternatives to her favourite buys from the likes of Olaplex and Lululemon and has made her hunt for the champion dupes into a hobby.

After scouring TikTok for the latest quality and manner favourites, she past looks for the champion alternatives with near-identical ingredients - and a acold cheaper price-tag. Rebecca made the large power aft becoming unemployed and has since saved hundreds of pounds.

The savvy pistillate saved £500 past twelvemonth by switching to cheaper takes connected high-end products, including an Olaplex dupe from Headshock for £5, compared to £28 for the original, and ditching her £21 Sol De Janeiro assemblage food for a £3.99 from Home Bargains. She besides buys her apparel from Primark and is presently eyeing up a gym acceptable that looks akin to a Lululemon one.

Rachel, from Nottingham, said: "Over the past year, I person saved a batch of money. It's similar a hobby I spell retired comparing the existent thing." While she has ever people looked for dupes for arsenic agelong arsenic she tin remember, it became much of a necessity erstwhile she stepped distant from her occupation astatine the extremity of 2022. Now she is looking for decorator dupes for her postulation and presents for friends and family.

For her skincare, Rachel uses the Primark Prep and Perfect primer, which costs £4.50 - alternatively of the £52 terms tag for the Bobbi Brown moisturiser version, explaining: "I've tried the archetypal and I similar the Primark one." And for make-up, she hails Primark's scope and uses a £3.50 Primark treble enactment mascara - which is simply a dupe for Mascara Maybelline Lash Sensational Sky High - worthy £12.99.

She besides uses a £6 Estee Lauder instauration dupe from Primark, redeeming her a whopping £36 arsenic the archetypal costs £40. Rachel added: "I spell to Primark a lot. I person been looking connected TikTok - it shows you each the dupes."

When it comes to perfume, Rachel started purchasing scents from The Essence Vault aft realising she couldn't spend her favourite spritz: Alien from Mugler, which costs £67 for 30ml. She's present recovered a dupe of the scent - The Essence Vault 61 "inspired by Alien" which comes successful astatine conscionable £15 for 30ml. "It smells precisely the aforesaid and lasts each day. It conscionable needs 2 squirts," she said.

She besides loves the Lidl perfume Suddenly Madame Glamour - which costs conscionable £4 - arsenic she says is simply a large alternate to Chanel's Coco Mademoiselle which comes successful astatine an eye-watering £98. The bargain huntsman said: "People volition wage a batch for the label."

For her hair, Rachel uses Lidl's Cien Luxurious Lengths shampoo and conditioner - which costs little than £2. She notes that it's precise akin to Loreal's Elvive scope which tin outgo up to £7 per bottle.

Her cost-cutting habits don't halt astatine quality products, arsenic she fills her wardrobe with bargains and secondhand apparel too. A caller favourite were a £8 brace of Ugg dupes she picked up successful primark. "With the outgo of living, it makes consciousness to get the dupe," Rachel said.

Here's a afloat database of Rachel's savings past year:

Olaplex dupe - Headshock for £5 - £23 saving

Home Bargains Sol De Janeiro dupe - £4.99 - £16 saving

Primark Prep and Perfect primer - £4.50 - £47.50 redeeming connected Bobbi Brown version

The Essence Vault Alien inspired perfume - £15 - redeeming of £52

The Essence Vault Chanel No.5 inspired perfume - £15 - redeeming of £60

Lidl perfume Suddenly Madame Glamour - £4 - redeeming of £94 compared to Chanel Coco Mademoiselle version

Primark mascara - £3.50 - dupe of Mascara Maybelline Lash Sensational Sky High - redeeming £9.49

Primark Estee Lauder instauration dupe - £6 - £33.50

Lidl Cien Luxurious Lengths shampoo and conditioner £4 for 2 bottles - £10 redeeming connected akin Loreal Elvive range

Primark Ugg lookalike boots - £8 - redeeming of £157

Total savings - £502.49

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