<p class="ingestion featured-caption">I'm always surprised to see some great name-brand products at Dollar Tree. Meredith Schneider</p><ul class="summary-list"><li>I was a <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/beauty-trends-hair-and-makeup-artist-never-follows-stop-doing-2024-7">hair and makeup artist</a> for over six years, and I buy several beauty products at Dollar Tree.</li><li>The budget variety store stocks some of my favorite <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elf-cosmetics-lip-oil-is-worth-the-hype-2023-10">lip oils</a>, eyeliners, and masks.</li></ul><p>As a professional hair and makeup artist, you have to keep your kit updated with the latest colors, products, tools, and accessories.</p><p>After six years in the industry, I've tried a myriad of <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/best-drugstore-beauty-products-from-makeup-artist-2024-4">bargain beauty products</a> to see which ones actually work — sometimes as good as or better than high-end stuff.</p><p>My biggest secret? Dollar Tree.</p><p>The discount variety store isn't anything like the dollar stores I grew up going to. For one, its products range from $1.25 to $7 (which its day-one fans <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/dollar-tree-shoppers-angry-dollar-store-raises-prices-2024-4">don't seem to love</a>), and the chain is <a target="_blank" class href="https://corporate.dollartree.com/news-media/press-releases/detail/269/dollar-tree-inc-reports-results-for-the-first-quarter">worth more than $30 billion</a>.</p><p>But this expansion has also allowed it to stock some amazing hair tools and makeup items.</p><p>Here are 10 <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/what-not-to-buy-at-dollar-tree-says-former-employee-2024-1">Dollar Tree products</a> I swear by — both professionally and personally — that cost $1.25 each.</p>