For me, it's not about price. It's about necessity, quality, and usefulness. Like, I have my Wet N Wild 666 lip liner. It's 99 cents and always has been. I started using it when I was in high school, and it's great.
My best investment is my imagination, because it has never failed to bring me my greatest returns!
Everyone wants immediate success, immediate celebrity, and that doesn't produce what used to be artists.