My Makeup Collection: Lips

Hey Sweeties,

It’s time to show you all another area of my makeup collection, having already shown you my; foundations, blushers & eyes bringing us now onto, lips. Here goes…

lips Makeup collection

The collection! Note: the glosses in the top left compartment aren’t usually kept there, I’m not that messy 😉

I touched upon my makeup storage a while back now (here) so it’s probably time I did an update post soon, but for the purposes of this post, my collection of lip products are for the most part stored on top of my dressing table in organisers from TK MAXX and Muji.

All the glosses seen in the left on the top organiser are normally kept within my dressing table as I find I hardly use these ones, but they’re still useful to keep on hand for when I do. Essentially my core collection consists of lip liners, lipsticks and a couple of glosses as I will talk you through below.  View Full Post

Too Faced Foundation

Hey Sweeties,

Following my delight at being bought and totally loving Too Faced’s Pink Leopard Blushing Bronzer (review here) last Christmas, you can imagine my delight at finding one of their foundation powders in my old haunt, TK Maxx (admittedly, a little while back now). Prior to purchase I had no idea what this product was like but I knew that I couldn’t let go of it and to the till it went.

Too Faced Foundation Powder

Too Faced Foundation Powder

Probably the key thing that attracted me most was the packaging which I just love and is the same as the Pink Leopard bronzer; a very appealing, sit in your hand, embossed plastic compact. What is different about this one though is the additional internal layer separating the product and the application pad. I love the addition of the mirror inside the lid too!

Too Faced Foundation Powder

I’ll be honest in saying that for me, this is not an everyday foundation because the coverage is too light. That being said, this product is ideal for the weekend when I am not going anywhere too special, or, after the gym if I am going somewhere afterwards, albeit just for coffee, where I prefer to make my face look a bit fresher. One thing for sure though is that this product is great for the summer.

As I mentioned, the coverage is light but this is not said negatively, my daily foundations are all liquid based because that is how I find I gain the best coverage that I need. To apply, I use a combination of my Real Techniques buffing brush and the supplied pad, although I prefer to use a brush in all honesty to achieve a consistent, well blended result (as modelled above).

Overall, I am delighted I found this foundation and it just reinforces that I am definitely keen to pursue more from Too Faced. 

Until next time x

Rimmel, Collection, Maybelline, Batiste & L’Oreal Beauty Haul

Hey Sweeties,

So someone has been a bit spendy lately and I wish I could say it was just on beauty bits.. (cough, fashion haul coming soon, cough!), so I thought I would show you my latest purchases; some of which are repurchases as well as some completely new ones.

Boots beauty haul

L-R: L’Oreal True Match foundation in C2, Rose Vanilla; Collection Lasting Perfection concealer in shade 2, cool medium; Rimmel Lasting Finish primer; Rimmel London Lasting Finish by Kate lipstick, shade 45; Maybelline Lash Sensational mascara; Baptiste dry shampoo in Oriental; and finally (right at the top) Revlon highlighting palette in 020, Rose Glow.  View Full Post

My Makeup Collection: Eyes

Hey Sweeties,

Continuing with my posts taking you through my makeup collection having already shown you my foundations (here) & blushers (here), today I thought I would take you through eyes, specifically palettes, individual pans and crayons.

eye Makeup collection

eye makeup collection

Ofra in shade, Bliss: The problem with eye palettes and individual pans is that unless the brand, colour etc. is really good, the pans can get lost in the drawer and that is kind of what has happened here with Ofra. I got this sometime early last year I think in a Love me Beauty Box (here), and although I liked it at the time, it eventually got forgotten about until I dug everything out to photograph for this post. However, while I am loving bronze and gold tones, I should try and re-incorporate this pan back into the mix.  View Full Post

Clinique Smart Custom-Repair Serum Review

A couple of weeks ago in a recent haul post (here), I discussed my want to integrate a serum into my routine hence why I purchased the one from Elizabeth Arden. However, typically I then see that Instyle magazine were giving away a free Clinique smart custom-repair serum sample in their May issue, which I snapped up quickly.

Clinique serum Instyle magazine

Clinique serum Instyle magazine

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