Poundland shopper dumbstruck when she goes to the till with a basket full of makeup

A beauty fanatic was left dumbfounded when she went to pay for her basket which only contained makeup. The woman says the experience was seriously eye-opening.

Tilly Alexander, a writer at our sister site MyLondon, went to Poundland to see if she could replace her expensive beauty items with some budget options.

When she got to the till, she couldn't believe what she was hearing. Here's what she said:

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The first set of replacements was an obvious choice: I'd already noticed the neat rainbow wall of hair products lining the left wall while traversing the beauty section earlier. More mindful inspection now revealed several household names: Alberto Balsam (£1), Pantene or L'Oreal Elvive (£2), Tresemmé (£3). My eyes lit up at spotting a line of bottles from Aussie, my go-to hair brand, on the top shelf - then withdrew upon realising they were all identical (Colour Mate Shampoo) and £2.50.

My eyes slid to the floor, darting from red '£1' label to red '£1' label until they were snagged by two sets of colourful, cuboids in smoothie-worthy shades - seemingly a shampoo and conditioner duo. One sported a cartoon strawberry on its front, the other, a pictorial bunch of bananas. I didn't recognise the brand (XHC) but the label's description of a 'nourishing' formula that would leave hair 'sleek, shiny and smooth' promised to tick all the same boxes as my current products - only for £1.

But just in case they didn't, I'd be needing a frizz serum too. Except... I couldn't see one. While shampoo and conditioner had been plentiful, other hair products were few and far between. The most likely candidate - a £1 Argan