How-To: Looking Expensive

Top 10 Makeup Bag Must-Haves for Women on a Budget from Andrea Pomerantz Lustig, Glamour beauty editor and author of How to Look Expensive

Top 10 Fashion and Makeup Basics

Top 10 Year-Round Closet Must-Haves from Michelle Madhok and Eileen Conlan, authors of Wear This Now and editors of SheFinds.com. Madhok and Conlan suggest using online shopping websites to track down bargains on these basics, such as style.com and their website, shefinds.com. Also, off-site stores like Loehmann's and Marshall's often carry quality brands at low prices.

Top 10 Fashion

1. Trench Coat: You can wear this piece of outerwear through all four seasons, Conlan said. Madhok adds, "Outerwear separates those who really are fashionable and those who aren't."
2. A pair of well-fitting jeans
3. A neutral blazer: "It makes everything look more pulled together, even your worst work outfit you instantly regret leaving the house in," the duo says.
4. Statement necklace/ring/cuff
5. Business dress: Madhok says when searching for easy work wear, "If in doubt, buy a dress. You can wear them different ways with a scarf or with a belt."
6. Little black (or white) party dress
7. Stylish rain boots: No matter what the weather is, looking polished is important, Madhok says.
8. Face-flattering sunglasses
9. Sexy heels
10. A pair of flats: Make sure you can walk for miles in them, the duo adds.

Top 10 Makeup

1. Makeup brushes: Essence of Beauty Bamboo Brush Set ($10-$12). Lustig adds they are equivalent to her high-end makeup brushes.
2. Concealer: Revlon PhotoReady Concealer ($10-$12)
3.  Foundation: L'Oreal Paris True Match Super-Blendable Makeup ($10-12)
4. Cream blush: NYX Cosmetics Tango with Bronzing Stix in Merengue Flush ($10-$12)
5. Eye Shadow: L'Oreal Paris Studio Secrets Professional Color Smokes Eye Shadow in Blackened Smokes and/or Lavender Smokes ($5-6). "One makeup artist said they are a perfect match for a high-end department store eye shadow quad that costs almost 10 times the price," Lustig says about the product.
6. Eye Liner: NYX Cosmetics Super Skinny Eye Marker in Carbon Black ($8-$10)
7. Shimmer stick: Almay Intense i-color Shadow Stick ($7-$10). Lustig uses this product as both eyeshadow and eyeliner by using her fingers to smudge the color across her eye.
8. Mascara: L'Oreal Paris Voluminous Power Volume Mascara ($5-$9)
9. Tinted lip balm: Neutrogena Revitalizing Lip Balm ($8-$10). Lustig swears by this product, which creates fuller lips and gives a classic sheer tint to lips for a year round look.
10. Eyelash Curler: Revlon ($7-$12)