I like Aldi’s skincare products and because they are so reasonably-priced I feel I can use more. I don’t waste the stuff but put on as much as my skin will absorb rather than the pea-size amounts advised by the QVC brands.
A few weeks ago I picked up a tube of the Aldi version of Flash Balm (Clarins) and their knock-off of Benefit's They're Real. The balm is lovely and the ingredients almost identical to Flash Balm but the scent... uke: And it didn't die down! 30 minutes later I was scrubbing it off with a wet wipe I'd begged off a mum in a cafe!
The mascara is as close to identical as could be. I only have a mini version of They're Real and I think the brush is slightly different to the full version, but the brush on Aldi's version is excellent. I put the Aldi on one eye and the Benefit on the other. Identical results. At the end of the day they'd worn eye-dentically :wink:
I would buy a lot more and be a lot happier with Aldi stuff if their products (or at least some of the ones I've tried) weren't so highly scented. Or at least with a fragrance my nose doesn't hate.