Hello again
everybody, so todays blog post is going to be on my everyday makeup, this is
the makeup I use on a day to day basis without fail, even for school!
I’ll be doing mini
reviews on each product and later on if you guys want I’ll do a full review on
your products of choice.
1. So
the first thing I do before I apply any of my makeup is use my moisturizer;
In my eyes you can’t
go wrong with a Clinique moisturizer! This is the one I use, and although I
don’t know if it does actually make a dramatic difference to your skin it keeps
my skin moisturized and smooth and works as a nice base for my make-up.
2. Next
I prime my whole face, I double up my face primer as my eye primer, and I
personally don’t see the point in buying two different primers!
I use the benefit
‘that gal’ brightening face primer, this works really well! It gives me a nice
and fresh faced look if I wear it on its own but it also keeps my makeup on for
a long time and works really well as an eyelid primer also! It’s definitely
worth the money!!!
3.
So onto my actual makeup;
For
my foundation I use the ever so raved about Maybelline dream matte mousse, I
was pretty late in buying this but I can truly say I love it! Its light, smooth
and very easy and quick to apply (I use my fingers to apply this, but I have
experimented with using a foundation brush and a sponge before and that turns
out fine too, it just takes a little longer), the only downside to this product
is that it dries out my skin like crazy! But with a good moisturiser that’s not
a huge problem.
4.
I then conceal any blemishes with my collection
2000 cover-up stick;
I didn’t have high
expectations of this concealer, as it cost me roughly £2 (I will try and put
the link to the products I have mentioned in this post at the end) I bought it
as a cheap alternative to my usual concealer but ended up pretty much falling
in love with it, it has good coverage with a wide range of shades and a very
reasonable price, I blend this in with my finger.
5. Next
I set my foundation and my concealer with my powder;
I am a huge fan of
powder, I love using it and this powered suits me just fine, I tend to use
whatever powder I can find really but I like this one a lot and it matches my
skin tone nicely, I just swirl a big fluffy brush around in it a couple of
times and apply all over my face. I also like the fact this product comes with
a mirror inside for on the go makeup application!!
6. I
then do my brows, I will be doing a blog post on how I do my brows so I am not
going to go into great detail on this post.
7. After
I’ve done my brows I apply a lip balm to my lips, I should probably do this at
the start of my makeup routine but unfortunately vie just gotten into the habit
of doing it after vie done my brows;
I use any of these
three lip balms, the first one is Prada and it smells DEVINE! The other two are
molten brown; I have a tiny obsession over molten brown lip products because
they literally cure my chapped lips in a day!
8.
Next I do my eyeliner which is a collection 2000
one;
Using
an angled brush (not the brush that comes with this eyeliner) I do a very thin
line along my lash line, I find gel eyeliner a really easy way to do a neat,
straight line however to keep this product from smearing all over your eyelid
you definitely need to use a reasonably good primer first (I learnt this fact
the hard way!!)
9.
I then do my mascara, I have quite curly lashes
so I tend not to need to curl mine before I do my mascara, but I do like to use
a lot of mascara to make my lashes nice and long/thick. The mascara that I use
is Mac opulash;
At first I wasn’t
keen on this product at all, I got it as a gift for Christmas and kind of felt obliged
to use it, and it has certainly grown on me! It adds length and thickness to
your lashes but does not make them clumpy! It is a rather wet mascara (which I don’t
tend to usually steer towards) so if that is something that puts you off a
product then I wouldn’t recommend this one. I would also say that make sure you
go to a store and test this out first, as everyone has different tastes in
mascaras and it is more expensive than a lot of drugstore mascaras so I would definitely
recommend doing research before buying this product (as with any high end
products) so as you don’t waste your money.
10. Lastly
I do my lips, my everyday lip product is a Revlon Lip Butter in 005 sugar
frosting;
Revlon lip butters
are great, their so moisturizing and they look really pretty and casual! I am a
fan of plum and red toned lip products, however this shade is great for during
the day as it’s casual and quite sheer, it’s very easy to apply and I love it!
So there you go,
there’s a list of all the products I use and a quick review of each one! Please
let me know if you would like a more in depth review of a certain product.
Here are the links
for the products I mentioned (excluding what I use on my brows, my eye shadow
palette and my concealer)
Gel Eye-Liner: http://www.superdrug.com/collection-2000-lasting-colour-gel-liner-black/invt/450652&bklist
Molten Brown Lip
Balm: http://www.moltonbrown.co.uk/store/mens-grooming/mens-skin-care/protecting-vitamin-lipsaver/MR017/
Mac Opulash Mascara: http://www.maccosmetics.co.uk/product/152/7207/Products/Eyes/Mascara/Opulash/index.tmpl
