Favourite Primers

 

Hey guys! So for todays post I have some of my favourite primers for you, a few are myn and a few are my mums that I have tried out, but still love, they are all reasonably priced, and I have 3 drugstore and one high end. So the first one is the Nivea post balm shave, which is actually a after shave gel type formula but I use as a primer as I saw Kathleen Lights using it, it contains Glycerine which helps your makeup stick to your face and only costs £3.50. It also feels really hydrating so is great for dry skin. The next primer is a smashbox photo finish primer. This is a silicone based primer and mattifying on the skin but photographs well. I think this primer would be good for more mature skin and people with larger pores or oily skin. It retails for £25.

 

 

The third primer is the L'Oreal Lumi Magique £10. I love this primer, It is a glowy pearly primer, and it gives a beautiful dewy healthy finish to the skin. You could use this under foundation for a lovely glow or by itself if you wanted your skin to look more luminous. I feel like this could be a good dupe for Mac strobe cream which I've never tried but is a similar type of product, and is £15 cheaper so a definite difference! Packaging is also gorgeous, it is a long white tube with rose gold lettering and feels expensive when you're holding it too.

The final primer is Maybelline Baby Skin primer - a silicone based primer too, which I have used everyday for close to a year now and is brilliant. It is a pore minimizing primer which it definitely does. At first I didn't like this primer as I used it all over my face but made my makeup slightly cakey so I find the best way to use this is under my eyes as I get quite large pores there and makes my concealer go on flawlessly and also my nose area where I think most people get pores. This is also a good dupe for benefit Porefessional which a lot of people have compared and there is not really much difference and both make skin much more smoother. This retails for £8.

 

So that was my post on Primers! hope you guys enjoy and I have a new blog post on Friday xx

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mini makeup collection: Concealers

Hey guys, so for today's blog post I am going to be doing a mini makeup collection: concealers. I've seen quite a few of these on Youtube, and it is basically a smaller more in depth video/post about some makeup product, like eyeshadow palettes, concealers, foundation e.t.c  Today I am going to be doing concealers, 5 are my own and 2 are my mums but I use them, and they are both good.

• The first one is the Maybelline fit me concealer in the shade 15 - £6 I do like this concealer, its a light creamy consistency, however I don't use this under my eyes as I have sensitive skin and I find this makes me itchy and sore and burns under my eyes but I like this as an eye base or for spots.
• Maybelline Eraser eye concealer - £8 this has a different applicator than most concealers, its like a sponge but works really well actually. I use this under my eyes but it is slightly too dark for me even though it is the lightest shade but still a good concealer!
• Collection lasting perfection concealer - £4.19 This concealer is great for the price, really full coverage and they do a really light shade which is great for pale people like me! Overall I would definitely recommend this to anyone.
• Nars Radiant creamy concealer - £22 Best concealer ever!! I love this concealer so much. I picked it up mid 2015 and have been using it ever since, I am in the shade vanilla and I think one of the best things is they do a shade for every skin tone, Chantilly is the lightest and is almost white its so pale, and then cacao a dark brown. It is very thick and high coverage but can be a little cakey so make sure to set with a translucent powder.
• Rimmel wake me up concealer - £5.50 This is a medium coverage concealer pretty good for the drugstore and blends well so is great for an everyday concealer.
• L'Oreal Lumi Magique - £8.50 I love this as a highlighter, its pretty light and very light coverage but is lovely for highlighting the face.
• Finally Urban Decay naked skin concealer - £17.50 This is my mums, but is too light for her so I've been using it. It is a medium to full coverage and when blended out with ring finger, or a sponge gives lovely full coverage.

So that is my post about concealers, I hope you guys like it! If you would like another mini makeup collection let me know what products you would like to see! bye guys xx

Makeup Collection 2016

So today I have something a little more exciting and fun to kick the week off, and it is my makeup collection! I store my makeup in a acrylic beauty organizer which I got in Home Bargains for only £5, which I only purchased last week so you should still be able to pick it up if you would like one. It is pretty big and I store most of my makeup in it that I use on a daily basis so I would definitely say it was worth the money compared to some on amazon and muji which are about £20-25 each. Im going to chat about some of my favourite products and tell you which I don't use as much.

So as you can see I have the acrylic storage which has all my makeup in and then next to that I have a White Skurar Pot from Ikea which I just keep all of my makeup brushes in which are mostly real techniques, If you would like me to do a more in depth post on them I can do that, but I mainly have the core collection, Nic's Picks, Expert face brush which I love, and a few from amazon. So as you can see I keep lipsticks in the front section, and then my bronzer, foundations, primer and eyelash curlers behind there. Then I have my eyeshadow palettes at the back, next to that I have concealers and a few mascaras and lip butters. Then at the left I keep my contour kit from sleek, a powder and a few highlighters. Towards the front I just have a few bronzers, blushers and highlighters.

 

So at the front of  my organizer I have 5 lipsticks, A mac lipstick in the shade 'coral bliss', a deluxe mini posietint from benefit, A L'Oreal lipstick in eva's nude, and 3 rimmel kate moss lipsticks - 16, 08 and 107. Behind that I have a benebalm from benefit, a Revlon lip butter in juicy papaya, and 3 Maybelline baby lips - berry bomb, cool mint and cherry me, I did have a few more but these are my favourites. Then I have a mini Clinique lipstick in cherry pop which is gorgeous, and at the end I just have a Maybelline colour tattoo in pink gold. Behind those I have 3 foundations - rimmel match perfection, Clinique foundation and L'Oreal true match. Then I just have my Maybelline baby skin primer, Estee Lauder bronze goddess and my eyelash curlers. At the back I have 2 makeup revolution palettes flawless and flawless matte. Then I just have a sleek I-divine palette which is gorgeous and a sleek 'dancing till dusk' eye and cheek palette with my collection brow kit at the bottom.

On the right side Theres 4 little compartments where I just keep some mascaras and concealers. So I have benefit roller lash which is my favourite mascara, a rimmel argan oil mascara, a few random eye pencils from urban decay and rimmel and then a Clinique mini mascara and a mini no7 mascara.Then I have my concealers - a collection lasting perfection, a rimmel wake me up, Maybelline fit me and eraser eye and then my nars radiant creamy concealer which I love. I then just have a mua luxe liquid lipstick which I don't like but I keep there anyway and a rimmel lip butter With a collection matte lip cream. Towards the left I keep a sleek contour kit, my rimmel powder and two mua highlighters.

Finally in the front left section I have a bourjous bronzer, a beauty uk baked blush and then a little sample of eyeshadows from urban decay which are gorgeous. Then I just have a bourjous bronzing primer too which is lovely in the summer, I use this on my cheekbones to give a bronzy glow, and a little no7 eyeshadow which is tucked away. Finally I have a I heart makeup highlighter which is beautiful its supposed to be a blush but I use it as a highlighter and it is like a light shimmery pink, my mac msf in soft and gentle, a sleek blush in rose gold and my nars blush in orgasm.

So that Is all my makeup guys! I feel like it is a nice amount, this year I would like to purchase a few more mac lipsticks and foundation but apart from that I am quite happy with my collection. See you in my next blog guys! xx

* I have sorted out my blog schedule too guys, and I have 3 a week for you - Monday, Wednesday and Friday, I think I will have 2 beauty ones and then a lifestyle xx