Friday 11 January 2013

FAVE MAKE-UP

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From my first foray into make-up (Boots' 17 white liquid eyeliner, blue mascara & orange eyeshadow, FYI.. worn together) until very recently I never had favourite make-up: that is, items I'd buy again and again. I never liked anything enough to not try something new the next time, just in case. Beauty blogger I am not, but now I am so happy about my make-up routine that I feel the need to shout about it!

The introduction of BB creams were the turning point in face make-up for me. I don't like foundation as I find it too thick, so I was using a tinted moisturiser which wasn't quite enough, but a BB cream is ideal for twenty-somethings' skin as it provides light, dewy coverage. I'm on my third Garnier BB cream in Light now and I'm pleased to report the under-eye rollerball is just as good! I went off wearing pink blusher for a while in favour of Benefit's Coralista, but when that ran out I had this Body Shop blush on emergency back-up. I'm glad I started using it now as it's the ideal colour for adding a slight winter flush to my cheeks.

For my eyes, every day I wear Yves Saint Laurent liquid eyeliner - having tried many different application types, a brush is my favourite - and the 17 shadow trio in Nude. I wear the taupe every day, with the oyster as a highlight and the dark brown as a shade. I still haven't found my ideal mascara so I'm open to suggestions here!

My Illamasqua brow cake is now too dark for me since I went blonde, though the brush application was a revolution for me. I'd heard good things about Sleek's eyebrow palette and I can confirm it is pretty great. I use the powder with a bit of wax for everyday, and the wax for going out, when I know I'll be dancing (and potentially glowing. Or perspiring. Or just out and out sweating). I even prefer the tiny brush to my Illamasqua one - it picks up more product and is much quicker to apply.

The finishing touch for me is Topshop's Inhibition lipstick. Their lipsticks are hit-and-miss for me: the colours are bright and highly pigmented, but they dry my lips and settle into fine lines. This one is great though, lasts for ages and doesn't dry your lips. I think I'll be trying Depth next.

So that's my make-up routine. Simple, and the same every day. Leaves much more time to decide which bonkers outfit to wear!

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10 comments:

  1. Lip colour of my dreams! You look fantastic
    xxx

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  2. Sleek brow kit is a MUST! Love it xxx

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  3. And my pathetic scraggly eyebrows thank you everyday for going blonde and donating your brow cake to Brows in Need. You are a total Betty. Victoria xxx

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  4. Oh my goodness! I love this! What an excellent choice for fashion, style, a bit of modesty. 2013 is full of beautiful trends that I like and I am looking forward to wearing! Thanks for this great post! Keep it up girl!
    Sincerely,
    Cherelynn
    http://makeupuniversity.blogspot.com

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  5. Love love love the lipstick!

    http://rosalindis.blogspot.com.es

    xx

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  6. I agree BB cream is da bomb! I've never tried either of those brow kits but Benefit Brow Zings also works a charm.

    Tara
    The Style Rawr!
    xoxo

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  7. Your make up looks lovelyyyy. I'm a massive fan of that Garnier BB Cream too and I agree about keeping things quick and simple choosing an outfit is more fun for me! xxx

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  8. beautiful! I use that BB stuff too, and the concealer! I'm so bad at makeup-I've just been using eyeshadow on my eyebrows! Dear me. Will have to check out that sleek kit thing!xx

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