A peek into my daily makeup

Hello peoples! 

So I'm finally getting to grips with blogging, whoever knew it would be this time consuming and brain buzzing. With thanks to the blogging community i've managed to do a few things i had no idea about. Working a full time job and trying to blog is particulaly hard, working round everything else going on. Big resepct to all bloggers out!! 

Anyways...since i have a bit of spare time I thought I'd share my daily makeup rountine with you. 

I get up in the morning as close as possible to when i need to leave from work. I love sleep and I'm always tired so I need products that are not going to take long and i can just slap on so i can spend more time with my beloved bed!

I dont wear foundation on a daily basis, only really when I feel like I'm looking a bit worse for wear and I need to make a bit more of an effort. Being a beauty therapist i should try and make a bit more effort to look more glamourous, but I'd rather just sleep to be honest! 

Maybelline mega plush volum' express mascara

I love this maybelline mascara its super quick to apply and gives great volume after a few coats. I did a full reveiw Here

Rimmel stay blushed liquid cheek tint

Now this liquid cheek tint, im still trying to make my mind up about it. I got it in this months glossybox, and when I saw it i was thinking 'oo I've been wanting to try a liquid/cream blush' now I don't know if there's a nack to applying this. I put a very small bit on my fingers and kind of blend on to the apple of my cheeks. It either goes well or I look abit like I've been punched in both cheeks! Never a good look really! I like the colour and it isn't as runny as I thought it would be so I'm going to give it a longer trial, to see if I can get on with it a bit more.

Artdeco colour couture lipstick in 645

One of my favourites this one, along with all my dark reds/purple colours at the moment! So easy to glide on and stays on for ages so its easy to glam up my make up when i feeling lazy. It doesnt dry my lips out either which is always a plus.

Benefit boi-ing industrial strength concealer

The holy grail in my make up case closely followed by my aldi lacure concealer pen. This would be one product I couldn't leave the house without! It hides anything from spots to dark circles. As it says its industrial strength but without being cakey and drying. I find I have to be careful with concealers under the eyes as no one wants premature wrinkles from products that dry the delicate skin out. I do go through this quite fast so I wish they had an industrial size! 

MAC liquid last eyeliner in point black

Another kind of holy grail in my make up case. I came across this by accident about 4 years ago and have never stopped buying it. I was going on my first girls holiday and I hate not wearing mascara so I needed something to waterproof. But all the mascaras seemed to be more splash proof than actually waterproof. So i heard about a MAC mascara, but when i asked the assistant she said it would still be no good for me, as im like a child when there's a pool near! She suggested using the liquid last  eyeliner to line my eyes so i brought it. After lining my eyes i looked...well quite frankly very strange! So I cleaned my favourite mascara brush and dunked it in and used it as a mascara which worked perfectly! Since then I now use it on the wet part of my eye (just above the lower lash line, if that makes sense) which I know makes your eyes look smaller but I prefer it there as I think I look abit alien eyed without it there. Its the only eyeliner that literally stays put all day, although it is a bit of a bugger to get off if I line the tops of my lash line! 

Jelly pong pong 2-in-1 eyeliner and shadow

Does what it says on the tin this one. I tend to use this to just smudge very slightly under the lower lash line. Not too much though you dont want to look like a panda! 

On a day to day basis I also just use this on the top lash line on the outer corners and smudge slightly. Its quite a thick pencil so i like to keep this sharpened to have a more precise line. I dont really tend to wear eyeshadow so i havent really tried this as an eyeshadow yet. I'm guessing it will look quite dramatic though. 

Do you have a daily make up routine post? Drop the link in the comments so i can check them out! 

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Natalie

Xxx

Adding to the collection

Hope your all enjoying the bank holiday! I keep thinking its sunday already! Two more days off so its all good. Are you doing anything exciting this weekend? 

Anyway onto the real subject! 

While walking round the supermarket again and swatching millions of lipsticks, i finally decided on just two. I was being good! 

The first was the maybelline 14 hour lipstick. Ive been looking for a rich coral colour and thought this perfect. It glides on nicley and it does last quite a while. I wouldnt say 14 hours, but i was drinking and things like that. Still impressed by it though, ive only worn it once so far but im sure it will be coming out again. 

The other is a collection2000 lipstick. I've never used this brand before and i'm liking this lipstick. Its a good budget price and you dont need to layer it up to get a good colour. Again ive been looking for a neutral nude colour which doesnt look like ive put foundation on my lips or makes me look like im dead. I can imagine this colour suiting most skin tones aswell. Its a winner for me! 

Anyone found any budget brands that are great for lipsticks? 

Natalie xxx

Stop the shine!

Hey hey people! 

I go through stages of buying loads of new stuff, then realising I'm skint, then I don't buy anything for ages! Well lucky for you I found some things I wanted to try out.

So I'll start of with this little beauty. For about 2 years now I haven't really worn foundation through the day and even on a night out I've only worn a tinged moisturiser. I saw the advert for this new maybelline FIT ME anti-shine stick foundation and thought straight away "I want it!" The different coloured core intrigued me so when strolling round Morrisons, getting carried away, picking things up as I normally do, the make up caught my eye. And low and behold this foundation just jumped in my basket!

This stick foundation is the new edition to the FIT ME collection. I haven't tried any of the other items in the range so if anyone's used them I'd love to hear your opinions.

Firstly the thing that made me buy it in the first place was the core of the foundation, 'lightweight powders in the anti-shine core instantly dissolve excess oil' maybelline say. The foundation is also a'fresh gel', I'm not too sure what the fresh part means, but it is a lightweight foundation and perfect for people like me who want coverage without feeling caked. 

It's super easy to apply you just use the stick to apply to your face and use your fingers to blend. It's really blendable and glides on so easy, so great for a non fussy quick application. It feels like a cream when first applied but when blending it feels silky like a powder. It reminded me very much of the texture of dream matte mousse which I loved in my teens. It has a light to medium coverage I'd say, I'm sure you could build it up but I hate that look so its great for a natural finish and evens out skin tones perfectly. If you have blemished skin I can imagine its not the best foundation for you though.

The foundation being a stick foundation is a easy handbag friendly idea. I love that its not going to squirt everywhere and I can slip it in my bag and easily apply when I want. It's small in size so I'm not sure how long it will last, like I said I don't tend to wear foundation through the day so its probably going to last me a while. It's staying power I have yet to find out I've had it on for a couple of hours now and it still looks great. When I first applied it was definitely a matte shine free look that made my skin look flawless. A couple of hours on I have to admit there's a bit of shine coming through, I didn't set it with powder or anything so I expected that. I do prefer a bit of a dewy look though as long as I don't look mega greasy! 

Finding the right shade was Hard as the supermarket didnt have testers, I just went for why I thought. The cores abit off putting as there all different colours! I would say the shade I choose was a bit lighter when applied it than it looked before, but it still matched so its all good.

All in all I will keep using this foundation as I like the easiness of the stick and the coverage is perfect for me.

Natalie 

Xxx

mega plush mascara

Hey all! So I know this has been out a while but I finally got persuaded to buy it after being intrigued by the adverts.

I've never really used maybeline mascaras much, I've tried various ones and always found my current mascara cheaper and better, but I thought I'll give it a whirl! 

This mascara uses a new gel formula which is ment to keep your eyelashes soft and flexible while building non clumped volumous lashes. 

It also has a flexor brush which is ment for easy application, but to be honest I found it kind awkward at first. I felt I couldn't get enough pull from the roots, but after the first coat I got used to it. It's great if you layer up your mascara like me, as it doesn't clump or leave flakey bits. My lashes do fell more flexible and soft so its doing its job! Overall I think it's a good high street product for under £8 and I will definitely keep using it, and it may have just inspired me to try more maybeline products.

Please excuse the smudge of mascara under my eye I didn't realise! 

What's your favourite mascara and have you tried this mascara? 

Xxx