The Weekend Makeup Bag

Hello,
Being away from uni I get very home sick so I like to go home every other weekend to see my family and friends. I always find it hard to decide which make up to take with me as I don't want suitcase full and I also don't want to miss anything. As I am heading home this weekend I thought I would share what I am taking.

First things first, foundation. I had the Rimmel Match Perfection foundation a while a go, I recently bought it again as I remember how much I loved it. It really is a cheap foundation perfect for everyday. I'm only taking this foundation as I have no plan to go on a night out or anywhere fancy so I wont need my MAC one but this will do if I change my mind! I wear this foundation in the colour 100 Ivory.

Of course I am taking my Rimmel Stay Matte powder in transparent and Collection Concealer in Fair. These are both staple, must have products for me and I don't know what I would do with out them!

I recently bought the NYX blush in taupe as I herd it was a good contour colour for fair skin. I haven't tried it properly yet but I will let you know how I get on with it!

For a highlighter I am bringing my mini Benefit High Beam*. I got this in the 'Do the Bright Thing' set. I'm still a little bit undecided on this but I guess it does the job.

For eyes I decided to keep it simple with my Urban Decay Naked Basics palette*. I have fallen in love with this pallet, using it nearly everyday and its so small its perfect for travel! It only has 6 shades but allows you to create a variety of looks from day to night!

My favourite pencil eye liners are the Rimmel Scandal Eyes Kohl pencils. I'm taking mine in Nude for the day and Black in case I fancy being a bit more dramatic!

Mascara has to be Soap & Glory's Thick & Fast*. I had this mascara before and it never fails to disappoint. One layer gives subtle lashes with great definition but it can be built up to look more and more dramatic.

Recently filling in my eyebrows has become a must. I usually use an eye shadow (I always usually hate pencils) but this one from Gallery Colours in Blondie works really well for me.

Last but not least lipstick! I chose two colours, MUA Matte lipstick in Wild Berry and Revlon Matte lipstick in Real Red. 

I'm pretty chuffed with how I have managed to narrow it down to just this but I am worried I'm missing something (I always forget something).

Thanks for reading!

Any products marked* were gifted to me.

Update | Break From Blogging

Hello,

So I took a little break from blogging over Christmas time. I didn't manage to finish blogmas but I had a lot of things to sort out and just wanted to spend Christmas with my family and friends so I didn't have much time left over. 

I thought I would share a few photos from the time I have been gone as a little kick start back into blogging. First thing was my brothers graduation, he finished his masters degree and I was such a proud sister watching him graduate. We celebrated my brothers graduation (and my birthday!) with a meal at Handmade burger co. It was the first time I have been there and it was quite nice (but a little bit over priced). Then there was Christmas. I had a lovely day having dinner with my family, my boyfriend came round and we went for christmas tea at my aunties. My boyfriend got me a Michael Kors watch which was very naughty of him and well out of our set budget (but I do absolutely love it). Sleeking of him we had our first year anniversary  and celebrated by going to TGI Fridays eating way too much food spending the rest of the night laying about nursing our fudge brownie food babies. I moved back to uni and had a lot of things to sort out, I'm hoping to transfer to a uni closer to home next year and UCAS is a lot more complicated than I remember from last year.

Over all I'm glad I took some time away and had a really good Christmas break. I have a lot of posts planned so keep watch! If you did anything exciting over Christmas/new year I'd love to hear about it!

Hope you are having a great start to 2014!