Over the weekend I had a rummage through my stash and put
together a make-up menu that I really like. I have pretty much wearing this
look for the past three days to work. I
have had a couple of early starts at work so I didn’t have much time to think
about make up combos.
Charlotte Tilbury Eye shadow Quad in ‘Dolce Vita’
I think I got this last year when I got a couple of other
bits from Charlotte Tilbury (make up bag, eyeliner and mascara). I put it in the drawer went on holiday and
completely forgot about it. I absolutely
love this quad, it’s beautiful and you can achieve quite a lot of eye looks
depending on how you apply the shadows. Best
of all this has instructions on the back of the palette, like my ‘wet and wild’
palette which is super helpful. Well, it is for someone like me who just likes
a one wash of colour on my lids. This is
making me branch out a bit.
Nars Laguna Bronzer
I was very tanned when I came back from OZ however slowly
but surely that colour is turning back to pasty white so I have whipped this
out again to give me my ‘sun kissed’ bronze artificially. Fantastic product for adding a bit of depth to
a blusher and warming your face up. I
also love that this doubles up as a contour product, such a useful product.
Becca Blush Flower Child
I got this free in a Space NK promotion, where if you spent
more than £150 you got a goody bag. This
came with it. I initially ignored it and
planned on gifting it to someone else over xmas. However after watching Lily Pebbles ‘Favourites
of 2013’ she said this was her favourite blusher of the year. So I sat up and dug it out of my drawer. Lily’s description of this is Nars’ deep
throat blusher without the glitter. Yes this is an accurate description. It is one of those nice peachy-pinks which is
very natural and allows you dress up your eyes or lips without too much
clashing on your face.
L’Oreal false lash Telescopic Mascara waterproof.
This is not the same as the original L’Oreal Telescopic
Waterproof, however it is the nearest I could find and it’s waterproof. It
doesn’t run, it lengthens and volumes your lashes, and keeps a curl. All good but it just doesn’t do AS GOOD A JOB
as the original. Nothing that I have
bought has come even close!!!! (Carrie cries into her keyboard, and gnashes her
teeth)
Collection 2000 lasting perfection concealer.
ARGH how have I forgotten about this?! Dug this out and I am loving using it again. I need to compare this with the Nars creamy
concealer, which I think I would say is a smidgen better but I will do a fuller
review between the two soon. This is
such a good price (£4.19) for such a good concealer if you have not tried this
you need to get to Superdrug and purchase this NOW.
Clarins Instant light natural lip perfector 01
I have been using this as a lip balm/lip gloss that I stick
in my handbag. I know a lot of people
like this lip balm/gloss, but at the moment I am a bit meh about it. Maybe it’s the colour but it just doesn’t
excite me. Maybe it’s the applicator as it resembles a pink hamster’s
fuzzy dangly bits if you get me?
Mac Lipstick Patisserie
The perfect nude lipstick for me. I have been pushing the nudes aside for the
berry and red lipsticks. However this
was looking at me reproachfully as it had now seen any wear for at least six
months. Now that I am using it I
remember why I love it so.
Hello flawless oxygen wow foundation Benefit.
My skin has not been good over the past couple of
weeks. A combination of eating too much,
eating too little due to the stomach flu, and being that time of the month has
left me with the skin of a teenager. I
had to put away the bb creams and reach for something fuller coverage. I do like my Kevyn Aucoin sensual skin
enhancer, but when you are in a rush it can be too much of a faff. This is a lovely medium coverage that does
last for 6-7 hours. My only gripe is
that on me I find it does oxidise on my skin, as in it goes a bit orange toward
the end of the day.
What make up gems are you reaching for this week? Any classic recommendations?
Thank you for reading.
Carrie x
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