Being a girl has its perks, especially when it comes to scoring free drinks at the bar. But being a girl also takes a lot of work and costs a whole lot o’ cashola. Just think about all the things we need to pay for that guys don’t: waxing, haircare, makeup, Spanx, the list goes on.

Yeah, keeping ourselves groomed and primped is not easy on the wallet, but it doesn’t have to cost you an arm and a leg (or a month’s rent).  Here are some of my favorite beauty products that all come in under 20 buckaroos. These things are just as fabulous as the expensive stuff and, hey, anything that’ll make me feel purty without making me cringe at the price is good by me. (Side Note:  You can get a lot of this stuff on Drugstore.com, an awesome website that carries nearly every beauty item you can imagine and has great deals on ‘em too.)

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Hey, Kristin: apology NOT accepted!

Lady Gaga…before she got all kinds of crazy.

Back-to-school fashion at its finest.

Oh you know. Rihanna looking fabu as always.

Now THOSE are some lashes.

Wear your perfume. Literally.

I have an “eye thing.” You know, the thing where, if some one was to touch his or her eyeball, or touch anything relatively close to his or her eyeball, I squeal like an eight year old and threaten to pass out and/or throw up. However, I know that as a female, I have to accept my eyes as just another part of my body that needs a little extra something. Some liner, some shadow, and some mascara make so much difference.

I’ve never been all that good at applying mascara because of my eye thing. I was recently given a makeover, and as I grimaced while she put it on, I asked if she had any advice.

“You really just gotta get in there. Get inside those lashes. Get down to the roots.”

Ew. The thought just makes me cringe.

Luckily, there’s a new mascara on the market that really helps create awesome lashes, quickly and painlessly, even for girls with eye things like me. It’s from Maybelline, and it’s called “Lash Stylist”. What sets this mascara apart is instead of a regular old bristle head, it has a cute and tiny little comb that picks up just the right amount of mascara. It really does get between the lashes, which is exactly what the makeup artist advised. Even better – you don’t have to spend two minutes going over and over the lashes for thickness. Just a couple swipes and you’re good to go! It dries really quickly, so the only thing you have to watch for is stopping application before you get those spider eyes.

If only there was something to help my “spider thing.”

Check out the Lash Stylist here.