Everyday Make Up

I have a lot of make up. Way, way too much. I buy a lot of make up impulsively, add on products that my Mum or Aunt gives to me, alongside freebies and samples and I have an overflowing collection. I only use certain products again and again, and so a lot of products go to waste.

The other day I sat down and cleared out a lot of make up, throwing away items I've had forever and have never used or items that are the wrong shade for me and yet I've hung onto claiming "oh if I get a tan this will be the right shade!" Face reality Alex. You never tan. Or items that I will just never use- a bright blue eyeliner? Really?

I also gave some stuff to my Mum, blushers, bronzers, lipglosses, as she is always giving me stuff and it also means that if I ever change my mind I know where to go to get them back. Hehe. She can either keep them and use them or chuck them away.

This left me with a smaller make up collection, which I then went on to organise. I am always getting ready and forever forgetting which make up bag I put something in- leading to lots of frustration and products all over the floor. I decided to organise my make up into small collections, an everyday bag, products I use when getting ready to go out and products I rarely use or products that I already have (aka I am currently using a sample of Benefit Mascara but I have the full sized version on hand for when that runs out)

Anyway, I thought I would do a post about my everyday make up as I am quite proud of it. It makes so much sense to have products I use everyday in one place, meaning that when going away I don't have the "what to take dilemma" it's already packed!

So without further ado this is my everyday make up.

My Benefit make up bag. A handy little size and fits more than you would think in there!

Comes free with the Nice Package create your own kit deal

Collection Illuminating Touch Concealer in Shade 2

Benefit Boi-ing Concealer Shade 01

Benefit POREfessional (sample size) 

Rimmel Match Perfection Foundation in Light Porcelain

Barry M Flawless Matte Finish Foundation in Ivory

Topshop Bronzer in Sandcastle 

Rimmel Stay Matte Pressed Powder in Pink Blossom 002

Benefit Rockateur Blush

Sleek Face Form Palette in Light

Maybelline Colour Tattoo Cream Eyeshadow in Pink Gold

Maybelline the Falsies Volume Express Mascara Flared in Black

Clinique High Impact Mascara in Black (sample size)

Body Shop Eye Definer in Shade Rich Brown 02

Sleek i-Divine Eye Shadow Palette in Au Naturel 

Sleek Brow Kit in Light

Topshop Brow Pencil in Brown

Body Shop Born Lippy Stick Lip balm in Pomegranate 

Benefit Cha Cha balm 

Estee Lauder Lip Conditioner- I brought this in America and it's no longer available :( Sorry!

Body Shop Colour Crush Lipstick in Peachy Pink 200

 So those are all the products I use on a day to day basis! If you'd like to a more detailed review of any of the products listed here just let me know :) And if there's anything you use everyday that you think I'd like let me know so I can check it out!

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London haul!

Last Saturday I took a break from revision and headed into London to spend some time with family to celebrate my younger cousin's 13th. This meant Mum and I could grab a quick hour browsing in Covent Garden.

The first place we headed to was Mac. I've never been to the Mac in Covent Garden before, and I'm not going to lie, it was quite an experience. It was a small shop space, but everyone in there was brutal! I think I saw fisty cuffs occurring near the blushers...no I'm kidding. But it was cramped and scary, and I knew what I wanted so I quickly asked a shop assistant and then we got the hell out. I picked up some of their brush cleaner, because I don't own anything to spot clean my brushes with, and I thought that on days I don't feel like deep cleaning and waiting for them to dry, this would be perfect! Also, at £10 it's not toooo expensive. 

Next was The Body Shop. I've been doing soo much online shopping recently with the Body Shop, and I wanted to check out some of the products in person. I picked up the concealer in number 2, which I actually really like! It looks quite orange (see swatch) but it blends really well. The only thing that puts me off is the lipstick-type way it comes. I would much prefer a wand because I feel like it's easier to apply! But I love this so I'll be quiet now. I also got a blush brush because it was right in front of me and it is sooo soft. You can never have too many of these brushes because they can be used for contouring, highlighting and blush! 

Finally, I went into Boots because I feel like all the foundations I have are much too orange. Maybe I've gotten more pale in the last two weeks, but I wanted something a little bit lighter so I headed to the Rimmel counter. 

I picked up the "Match Perfection" foundation in number 10 which is "light porcelain". It's much more liquidy that most my foundations, but it blends really nicely and I think I'm going to like it! I also picked up the Rimmel Sweetie Crush in Violet Swizzle because I love these nail varnishes sooo much! 

This isn't really beauty related, but look what Mum brought me in the Disney Store!!! 

 I think these are so cute and I just couldn't leave them there :( Look at their little smiley faces. I just want to squish them.

(From Toy Story 3 for all you non-Disney nutters out there)



So that's what I brought in London! If you've used or brought any of these products let me know what you thought of them in the comments!
xxx