My Everyday Makeup

Hey!
I have been recently trying a lot of new makeup things so I thought I would share with you my new everyday makeup look. Its pretty L'Oreal heavy which is weird as before last month I have never really used anything from them.

So this is the look I have been wearing most days.

Base

• L'Oreal True Match Foundation ~ N1 Ivory
• Bourjois Healthy Mix Concealer ~ 51 (To cover redness on my nose, chin and cheeks)
• L'Oreal Lumi Magique concealer ~ 1 Light (Under my eyes) 
• Rimmel Stay Matte Pressed Powder ~ 001 Transparent

Eyes

• Max Factor Excess Shimmer ~ Bronze
• MAC Eye Shadow ~ Woodwinked
• L'Oreal Super Liner Superstar ~ Black
• Rimmel Scandaleyes Khol ~ Nude (I forgot to put it in the picture)
• L'Oreal False Lash Superstar Mascara ~ Black

• Rimmel Brow This Way ~ Medium Brown (I only used the powder part)
• L'Oreal Brow Artist Plumper ~ Light/Medium

Cheeks and Lips

• NYX Blush ~ Taupe (Mines looking a bit worse for wear but it's my favorite contour colour)
• Natural Collection Blush ~ Peach Melba
• MUA Shimmer Highlighter ~ Iridescent Gold
• Bourjois Rouge Edition Velvet ~ 07 Nude-ist

That's it! I love wearing this look, it features some of my newest (and oldest) favorites. Let me know what you think.

Here is the look a few hours in after the lipstick had came off (I ate and didn't bring it with me so I had to remove it).

Until next time!

Byee!

Beauty on a Budget

Hey,... So it has been a while.

I thought I'd share some of my favorite budget makeup products. Since I'm on a student budget the majority of my makeup is 'cheap' and my high end makeup tends to be gifts, from lovely lovely people, or things I have saved up for. Hopefully this might help people on a budget like me.

Base

Foundation - Rimmel Match Perfect in porcelain - £6.99

Concealer - MUA Cover & Conceal  in fair - £1.50

Powder - Seventeen Miracle Matte Pressed powder in porcelain - £3.99

Contour/highlight - Seventeen Define & conquer kit - 5.99

Blush - Natural collection in Peach Melba - £1.99

Eyes and Lips

Eye shadow - Natural collection duo in Mink Sable - £1.99

Brows - Natural Collection solo in Crushed Walnut £1.99

Eyeliner - Collection Extreme in black - £2.99

Mascara - Primark PS Love volumising mascara in ultra black - £2

Lips - MUA Matte in Lilac Belle - £1

So the total?

£30.43

A bargain for a full face that looks good and features some of my absolute favorite products.

That's all for now.

FOTD || Everyday Makeup

I haven't blogged in a while but I am going to make an effort to do it more since I really enjoy it! To start it up again I thought id so a quick post about the make up look I wear most days at the moment.

Base

• MUA Undress Your Skin Foundation in Porcelain (Review coming soon)
• Seventeen Stay Time Concealer in Extra Fair
• Seventeen Miracle Matte Powder in Ivory Porcelain
• NYX Blush in Taupe as contour
• Venus from the Naked Basics Palette as highlighter
• Benefit Blush in Dandelion (Mini from the 'Do The Bright Thing' kit)

Eyes

• Naked 3 Palette (Limit and Dust over the lid, Nooner in the crease, Liar on the outer corner, Strange on the inner corner and Blackheart as liner)
• Naked Basics Palette (Naked 2 on lower lash line and Venus as brow highlight)
• Natural Collection eye shadow in Crushed Walnut on the brows
• MUA Clear mascara to set the brows
• Bourjois Twist up the Volume Mascara on top lashes
• Seventeen Doll'd Up Mascara on lower lashes

Lips

• Collection Deluxe Lipstick in 02 Talullah

I love this make up, Its simple but still quite dramatic from the eye liner. Some days I don't line my eyes to give a softer look.

That's all for now.

Bye!

♥

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.

Blogmas Day 12 | MUA Matte Lipstick Wild Berry

I love the MUA £1 lipsticks and my favorite lipstick formula is matte. So imagine my delight when I wander into Superdrug and find MUA have added matte formulas into their collection. There was only 3 colours left in the shop, but out of the ones there this one really stood out to me. It looks very scary, a kind of deep purple/burgundy colour. When its on the lips its a really nice purpley red. I really like it! I'm a bit disappointed it doesn't come out as dark as it looks but i guess that's a good thing for wear ability. (This lipstick is very wearable, day and night!). The formula isn't to drying and its not as 'matte' as my other matte lipsticks but it gives a really nice look. Just make sure you moisturise and exfoliate your lips before wearing it or it will cling to any dry parts.

For £1 I cant recomend it enough and can't wait to try the other colours in the range!

You can find them in super drug or on the MUA store!
Have you tried the new Matte Lipsticks from MUA?
LEt me know what you think! :)

FOTN | Halloween Poison Ivy

 I have never really celebrated Halloween much further than trick or treating as a child. However, Halloween is my boyfriends favorite time of year and so for the first time ever I could get excited for it. Me and my friends went to a party last Saturday and all dressed up as various comic book characters. I chose Poison Ivy. (Mind control, toxic lips and long red hair why would I be any one else?!) So since this is my first proper Halloween I thought id share my excitement with you and show you my Poison Ivy makeup.

Now Poison Ivy is shown with different makeup in each comic/film so I just improvised with some green. and was so happy with the result!

I wanted my skin to look as flawless as possible (she is a comic book villain after all) so I used two layers of MAC Studio Sculpt (NC15) to get full coverage. I then used my trusty Collection Concealer in fair to cover anything my foundation didn't (mainly under my eyes and on my nose). I set it all with my favorite pressed powder, Rimmel Stay Matte in Transparent, and contoured with MUAs bronzer in Shade 3. I didn't use a blush, instead dusting a bit of Natural Collections eye shadow in Spring green over my cheekbones.

Now for the fun part! I used the green end of Max Factor's smokey effect eye shadow in citrus thunder on the inner third of my eye and L.A colors jumbo eye pencil in lime aid on the rest of my lid and blended them in with my finger. I wanted the inner part of my eye to be lighter and both act nicely as a cream base for eye shadow. I brushed on Natural collections eye shadow in spring green all over the lid and a little bit out over the inner corner of my eye. I then blended my MUA eye shadow in Shade 7 in the outer corner of my eye and through my crease to create a graduated smokey effect. I lined my lid with Rimmel's gel liner and created long cat eye flicks. I lined my waterline with Rimmel scandal eyes khol eyeliner in black. I then added a small coat of Revlons Lash Potion mascara in blackest black and added some false eyelashes. (I forgot to photograph these but they are the Boots Perfect finish Natural Volume false lashes). Then I used Natural Collection  Crushed walnut eyeshadow to define my brows and their clear mascara to set them in place.

On my lips I wanted an orangey red colour so Macs lipstick in So Chaud was perfect. This matched really well to my Essie nail polish in Snap Happy. Both (I think) are perfect for  poison ivy.

Me and my boyfriend being cute at the party!

What do you think of my Poison Ivy makeup look?
What are you being for halloween?
Let me know!

Review | MUA Undress Me Too Palette

When it comes to eye shadow I love neutrals. This palette is the perfect mix of 12 bronze and brown shades ranging from matte to metallic and it is just amazing! Each shade has amazing pigmentation (as per with MUA eye shadows). I have the Undressed palette as well but this ones shade range is so much better for me. I have herd it livened to Urban Decays Naked 2 palette but I don't have that so I cant really comment. (If it is similar I don't see the point these eye shadows are amazing for just £4!)

The shades are absolutely beautiful and I love that they gave them names this time! I love using  fiery and dreamy to make a bronze smokey eye. Good matte blacks are hard to come by, but corrupt is perfect. 

Overall I love this palette and I think it is well worth the £4 price tag. In fact I think I would happily pay a lot more than that for the quality! It definitely gets a 10/10 from me!

You can find MUA here and at your local superdrug!

Have you tried  this palette?

Let me know what you think!