My Current Everyday Make-Up Routine|Glowy Skin & Neutral Eyes

 So it’s been a while since I last did a post on my most worn make up look and since then a lot has changed and I have discovered new products. This make up look is what I  wear on most days, either to college, out with the girls or just shopping, I do sometimes skip the liner for college so that it’s less to do in the mornings.

 Face

So I start by using my new No7 Instant Radiance foundation on a Real Techniques Buffing brush and blend this into my skin. I have only been using the foundation for around 2 weeks so I still haven’t made a full decision on how good I think it is yet, but so far I like it. For bronzer I used my Sleek Contour Kit to enhance my cheekbones, and for blush I used the Benefit Benetint which gives a beautiful natural flush to your cheeks.

Eyes

The eyes are the main focus of this make up look, even though they are still neutral they do stand out. All the shades I used are from the Barry M Limited Edition Starry Nights Palette, I place the gold shade all along my lid and the burgandy/red shade into my crease. I find that these sort of colours really make blue eyes pop and I have been loving this eye look lately. On some days I will apply a thin line of the No7 Felt Tip Liner to my lash line to make it appear thicker. I then finish off the look with the No7 Midnight Lash mascara, this stuff is amazing and adds so much length to your lashes, I would highly recommend it. 

Lips

My lipstick changes on a daily basis depending on what I am feeling on the day, but my favouite basic lip look is to take Estee Lauder Stay Mauve lipstick and then apply a dab of Mac’s Creme Cup in the middle. This gives a natural looking Kylie Jenner feel. 

 

Mini Beauty Haul

I picked up a few new bits and bobs to try out recently, so I thought i’d put a post together to show you all what I got. First of all, I was in desperate need of a new mascara as all my old ones keep drying up. The last two I have bought have been high end ones and over £25 each, although they were both good mascaras, they just didn’t last long enough to justify spending that much on. I picked up the Rimmel Wonder’ful mascara to try out instead and so far i’m really impressed with it. I also picked up a Liz Earle eye pencil in dark brown and a pencil sharpener. I’ve never tried anything from Liz Earle so i’m excited to try this out, if it’s any good i’ll do a little review on it for you guys. If you’re a regular reader of my blog you’ll know that I’ve been getting oiler skin as of lately, and my regular Maybeline powder just isn’t controlling the excess oil throughout the day, so I decided to try a different one. I’m constantly hearing good things about Bare Minerals powders, so I go the mineral veil powder to try out, I’ve not used it yet but i’m really excited to. Last but not least I got a new eyebrow brush, I got this one from eBay so i’m not actually sure if it’s genuine Benefit, but it does the job. 

Top Ten Tag

 

I seen this fun looking post on my dashboard yesterday and I thought I would give it a go. I have firm favourite product for every category of make up so this post is going to be really easy for me to do, you’ll probably all have seen these products mentioned on my blog before as they are my favourites.

Foundation
Definitley Rimmel Match Perfection. I feel like this foundation is so overlooked and it gives an amazing long lasting dewy finish great for those of you who have dry skin. You can read my review on it here

Concealer
Up until a few months ago this would have been the Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer, but since I’ve got my hands on the Mac Pro Longwear Concealer I can’t imagine not using it. It’s such good coverage, highlights you under eye beautifully and covers any blemishes you may have.

Powder
As my skin is on the dryer side I haven’t used many powders, my favourite one I have tried though is the Maybeline Fit Me powder. It’s not too heavy and doesn’t look cakey.

Blush
Without a shadow of a doubt, my favourite blusher of all time is the Sleek blush in Rose Gold, which is apparently a dupe for Nars Orgasm. It’s the most amazing coral pink with Rose gold glitter specs in.

Bronzer
NYC Sunny Bronzer! Honestly the best drug store bronzer I have ever used. it’s not too orange or too brown, it’s matte which makes it amazing for contouring and it only costs around £1.99! You can see my review on it here.

Eyeshadow
In terms of eyeshadow palettes, it’s the original Naked palette as I can create so many different looks with it. If we’re talking my favourite eyeshadow I think it’d be Half Baked by Urban Decay. It’s such a pretty gold shade and looks amazing all over and in the inner corners of the eye.

Mascara
My favourite mascara is constantly changing, at the moment I am loving the Estée Lauder Sumptuous Extreme Waterproof Mascara which I’ve done a review on here.

Eyebrows
This is definitely the easiest category. Benefits Brows a Go Go eyebrow kit, I’ve been using this for years and the pigmentation on the wax and powder in the kit is unreal!

Lip Product
hmmm..I think it’s going to have to be Mac Creme Cup. It’s the a neutral pink every day shade that in my opinion would suit everyone. Again you check out my review on the lipstick here.

June wishlist

June wishlist by xcourtneypaige

This wishlist has been one of the hardest to make as I haven’t really been dying to try anything but after sitting down to write this post I came up with a few things I need more than want really.

1. Origins Ginzing Eye Cream – I recently got the Nars eye cream as a gift and I’m loving it but I’ve heard great things from this eye cream and I really want to try it out. I have really dry skin under my eyes and I feel as though this would do a better job at helping that than the Nars one.

2. Michael Kors bag – I’m in desperate need of a new bag! This time last year I was a bag hoarder and it was all I seemed to buy, but fast forward a year I seem to use the same boring one day in day out! Even though I’ll probably never be able to afford this one it’s okay to lust after it right?

3. River Island Purse – I’ve had the same purse for nearly a year now and it’s so so dirty! I love River Island purses and I think I may have to get my hands on this one soon.

4. Beauty Blender – I’ve seen beauty blenders everywhere but have never picked myself one up as I just think it’s a lot to pay for what is basically a sponge. I’ve got to the stage where I want to know what the big deal is though and am thinking of buying a cheaper version to try it out.

5. Benefit Hoola Bronzer – I’ve known about this product for a while but I’ve always lusted after Nars Laguna bronzer and not this until recently. I went to my local Debenhamms last week and swatched this on the back of my hand and WOW! It’s completely matte and the most perfect shade to contour with, there’s no orange in there it’s perfect!

6. Benefit Rockateur Blusher – I’ve never tried a blusher from Benefit, in fact I haven’t tried many blushers at all being that I’m not a blush fan. Lately though I have been wearing blusher a lot more than I used to and this Benefit one looks so beautiful and not too harsh which is just what I look for in a blusher.

What’s on your wishlist this month?

My Top 3 Mascaras

In my eyes, mascara is an essential to any make up collection, you can have a full face of make up on but if you leave mascara out your face just doesn’t look complete.
In the 5 years I’ve been wearing make up I’ve used a lot of different mascaras and now feel as though I’ve found the best 3 on the market that work the best for me.

L’Oreal False Lash Telescopic Mascara – £10.99 Boots
This is one of the earliest mascaras I used and I’m still using it to this day so I must like it! You may not like this product if you’re not a fan of the long spider affect lashes though, as with a few coats that’s what this mascara achieves. Out of all three mascaras, this one gives you the longest lashes.

L’Oreal Volume Million Lashes Excess – £10.99 boots
This mascara really thickens up your lashes and lasts all day without smudging. One of my favourite things about this mascara is the brush, the bristles comb through your lashes making sure that there’s no clumps.

Chanel Volume Le Chanel – £25 Debenhams
This is by far my absolute favourite mascara! I know at £25 it’s quite pricey, but for the result it gives it’s so worth it. After having individual lash extensions last year, a lot of my own lashes fell out and as a result I now have quite short stumpy lashes, this mascara makes them bold, thick and long without being in your face.

What’s your favourite mascara?

Three Products I Couldn’t Live Without

Whilst getting ready this morning I thought to myself ”If my house was to burn down at this very moment what three make up products would I save?” I then decided within less than a minute what those three products would be. I use these products every day without fail and even if I use a new product for a while I’ll always find myself coming back to them.

1. Benefit Brows A Go-Go – This eyebrow kit has been in my collection for over two years now and as you can tell by the picture it has been well used..Since getting it I’ve not used anything else on my brows, although at first I thought £28 was a lot to pay for something to fill your eyebrows in I can’t imagine using anything else now. The kit comes with two eyebrow powders, an eyebrow wax, an eyeliner, eye bright, a brow highlighter, a mini hard angle brush and a mini tweezers. When I first started using this product I used the wax to fill in my eyebrows but looking back it was way too harsh and ‘scouse brow’ looking, I now use a mix of the dark and light powders which are incredibly pigmented and give my eyebrows a natural defined look. I honestly could not live without this product! Get it here.

2. Naked Palettes – This counts as one item right?… Since first using the original naked palette nearly three years ago I’ve barley used any other eyeshadows, the pigmentation of them is great and they blend so effortlessly. I’ve recently got the naked 2 and along with original palette I can create so many looks with them that I could happily never use anything else.
You can get them here and here

3. Sleek blush in Rose Gold – The third product was originally going to be a foundation but then I realised I don’t have a firm favourite one that I couldn’t live without and tend to go back and forth between them, that’s a different story when it comes to blush though. My last favourite has to be a sleek blush in rose gold, I honestly think this colour would suit any skintone and it also works as a highlighter as it has a beautiful shimmer in it.
You get it here

What products could you not live without?