As well as fashion one of my favourite things to blog about it make-up, I’m a serious Boots fanatic and one day I’d love to get involved with the beauty industry. So I thought I’d give you a sneak peek into my make up bag, this might look like a lot of make up but I like to have variety as I never know what lip colour or eye shadow I might feel like wearing! So, I’m taking you through the four sections of my make up bag: palettes, face, eyes and lips.
I try not to be too heavy with my face make-up as I find quite a lot of foundations stick to drier areas of my skin. So I always wear the Maybelline BB cream, as I find no matter what time of the year this will suit my skin type. However if any of you have any recommendations of foundations you love please do let me know! I am a huge fan of concealers and I’m always looking for the next best one. I’m currently loving the collection lasting perfection (of course) and the Maybelline fit me. They both do the job and you can usually buy both of them for under £10, which is great news for those of us on a budget.
When it comes to my staple eye make up I tend to turn towards Maybelline. As I know that I can rely on their eyeliners, all of the ones I've tried so far have all been pretty darn good. I would recommend the Master Duo eyeliner to those of you who aren't so confident with creating winged liner, as the brush is double sided with two different thickness's, making it easier to draw on that perfect flick. I bought the Falsies mascara as Tanya Burr recommended it one of her monthly favouites videos. I knew I could probably trust her opinion as her lashes always look amazing, (I now probably realise she was wearing false lashes, whoops!) However I do like the mascara as it's inexpensive and adds a good length to your lashes. The only criticism I do have of it, is that it always transfers underneath my bottom lashes, so I just have to make sure I powder there to stop it from happening.
Despite finding it a little tricky to sometimes apply lipstick nicely, I have so many lip products in my make up bag! Just as you will see with my eye shadows below, I like to have choice as you never know what make up you will feel like wearing. I tend to switch between wearing a red lip and a pink based nude most days. Up until recently I didn't realise quite how amazing lip liner was, if you struggle with getting the right lip shape, this will become your new best friend. Barry M and Rimmel have some really great shades, I particularly love Spice by Rimmel. How can I talk about all things lips without mentioning lip balms? I'm a huge huge fan of EOS so much so that I sent Liv on a wild goose chase to find one specific scent whilst on a trip to New York (I'm sorry Liv!) However over here in the UK they can get a little pricey, so I've been loving the Baby Lips by Maybelline (I promise you I'm not sponsored by them I just really love most of their products...)
Finally, my palettes, where I would be without these in the morning or on the go, I do not know. My favourite has got to be the sleek contorting and blush palette in the shade light. I use it everyday and rave about it so much that I've actually made people go out and buy it whilst I've been with them - the highlight in it is so pretty! Charlotte Tilburry's Dolce Vita eye-shadow quad creates the best look for a night out, ranging from a subtle pop of colour to a beautiful burgundy/copper smokey eye. For those of you who are just looking for a small basic and netural palette, will find that the Urban Decay Naked Basics will do just the job. There are six highly pigmented shades and you'll be able to put together a range of different eye looks from day to night and it's only £20!
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I've been meaning to do an updated "what's in my make up bag" for a while as I've changed quite a few pieces in my collection. The make up that I've included in the post is what I'll usually be wearing in my posts, staple products I really love and what I wear on a day to day basis.
Lips: I tend to always have my trusty Carmex with me to keep my lips hydrated on the go and two coloured lips products. For some reason my favourite lipstick (Asia by Rimmel) wasn't in there when I decided to photograph my bits for this post, but it's a really pretty pink/brown nude shade. Along side that I have one of Rimmel's Apocalips lip lacquers in the shade Celestial. All of which you can find pretty easily at your local Superdrug or Boots for my UK readers.
Face (base): Maybelline's BB cream is my favourite product to use on my skin, it gives me a bit of coverage, has SPF 30 and I find it really moisturising too. I'm quite lucky with my skin as it tends to be quite clear and if I do need some extra coverage on those bad days, I'll use Vichy's derma-blend foundation. In comparison to my BB cream the coverage I get from this is pretty full on so I'll only use it in areas that need it or I'll wear it for a night out. This will come as no surprise to many beauty bloggers out there that my favourite concealer is Collection's lasting perfection, I have gone through so many of these and I will continue to until they no longer make it.
Face (bronzer): For summer I tend to always gravitate towards bronzers more when putting on my make up, I prefer to use bronzer to blush as a whole as I just think it looks better on me. I have a 17 bronzer which I love but was limited edition so I think it's no longer available but boots make a similar one every year. What I love about this bronzer is that the gold and bronze detailing goes all the way to the pan and doesn't rub off after a few times. Another beauty blogger classic is the Bourjous bronzing powder, which is a great shade for contouring the face. Although not technically a bronzer Benefit's Sun Beam provides a great golden glow.
Eyes: When putting on my make up my favourite part to do is my eyes, so it comes as no surprise that the biggest collection I have in my make up bag is eye products. I have two of my favourite eyeliners one being Maybelline's gel liner and the other is L'Oreal's super liner, both products are great for top liner and you can work the gel liner into you waterline too. After trying a few mascara's out I've gone back to using my favourite mascara which is Clinique's high impact. After carrying round my Sleek "original" palette with me for a while I thought it was time to change things up so when I received the Urban Decay's naked basic palette for my birthday I popped it straight into my make up bag. I can tell already that I'm going to get a lot of use out of this and I've only heard good things about it. For eyebrows I use Boots' Natural Collection duo eye shadow in the combination mocha latte which works perfectly and I've been using it for years.
Tools: My three main brushes I use are the E.L.F defining eye brush, Ruby & Mille's angled brush (who's range has very sadly been discontinued) and Clinique's double ended face/contour brush which I can't find online anywhere. On top of this I'll usually have a pair of tweezers and the Real Techniques shading brush. All of which are fantastic.
I'd love to know what you have in your make up bag or if you've tried out any of these products and what you think!
I'd love to know what you have in your make up bag or if you've tried out any of these products and what you think!
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With so many make up products coming out every week It's hard to keep up with it all and even more challenging to test them all out. So after eyeing up this product for a while ( excuse the pun) I thought I'd give it ago. I'd seen it been used in one of my favourites YouTubers the Pixiwoo girls video and if its good enough for them, then its good enough for me.
Maybelline have never been one of my go to brands when looking at my local "drugstore" for make up but as I was so impressed with their bb cream I was sure that this product wouldn't be too bad. Well I feel its fair to say that this product is pretty amazing. I'm impressed with it on every level the pigment in product is great, its extremely easy to use and its a great price. I was sceptical to try a gel liner as I've used liquid liner pretty much since day one of using make up. I've also tried another gel liner before which was from topshop and was pretty awful, it dried up so easily and just was so difficult and horrible to apply. Make up artist Tanya Burr said is that it was a great cheaper replacement for Bobbi Brown's cult product, the gel liner.
However the brush you get with this liner is actually quote good and works fairly well I haven't bothered to use any off my own brushes with the liner. I think for someone just starting off using eyeliner this would be a great starting point, you don't run the risk off getting the product in your eye and its stinging horribly. It's also easy to achieve the much loved winged liner look as the brush allows you to create great easy flicks.
This retails for about about £6.99 is available also in brown from Boots and Superdrug (UK)
I'd give this product a 5 out of 5.
In the shade light
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I was very excited about this product as I have been wanting
to try a BB cream for a while but wasn't really sure about which brand to go
for and what they really were. I first heard about BB creams through watching videos by YouTube beauty guru Miss Glamorazzi as she has tested out a few and raved about them. I didn't understand how they would be any different from a
regular tinted moisturiser, but i soon found out how this product is very different.
BB creams originate from Asia and their original
purpose was to protect skin after surgery or laser treatment, the BB stands for
Blemish base. The reason why now nearly every skincare brand has released them
is because the BB cream can do so many things, it can be used as a light foundation,
a tinted moisturiser, primer and most also include sun protection.
I tried out the Maybelline Dream Fresh BB cream in the
shade light, there is also the shade "universal glow" which is supposed to
adapt to most skin colours but I think it would be too dark for me and may
leave an unattractive orange tint on my skin. I've found two slight flaws with this product and they would be this
issue of the shade ( I have the shade light) as it doesn't quite blend into my skin perfectly as I would
like to and can leave me with a very slight orange "glow". It's other
flaw is that you do need to use quite a lot of it to cover your whole face and
it can dry quite quickly once it's out of the tube. So my tip would be to
squeeze it out as you need it and not to squeeze out a big dollop at once. Saying
this though I absolutely love this product, it's great for a primer and it
means that I don't need to use as much foundation to give myself a good
coverage. I also really like that it has SPF 30 in as I always forget to put sun
cream on! So if you're like me this product is an absolute life saver.
The bottle states that it has 8 unique selling points;
Creates a natural glow, Compliments skin-tone, SPF30 UV protection, Hydrates
all day, Blurs imperfections, Oil free - non greasy, Looks visibly fresh & Feels fresh. I
really cannot disagree with these statements, the only one I have an issue with
is the "natural glow" it creates, as I just find it too orange.
However this cream has completely changed my skin, my skin is now so soft and
it was definitely not that hydrated and smooth before I started using this
cream. This product retails at around £7.40-£8, I got mine from my local boots
for £7.99, if you're thinking about getting a BB cream but are not sure where to
start I would highly recommend starting with this one.
Have you tried any other BB cream or know any you think are better
than this? Let me know in the comments below!
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