My Make Up Essentials (a make up kit for beginners)

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Hi, so this post is about what make up I can not go without on a day to day basis, with particular products that I find to be the best. All of which will  be from the drug store/high street so super affordable so wouldbe perfect if you where on a budget and just starting out with make up!

Foundation

My first essential is foundation, this is a real must for me as my skin is pretty bad as I suffer from acne. This can just boost any girls confidence making them feel 10x better when they wake up in the morning. My personal favourite is the Rimmel wake me up foundation as it gives a good coverage without being to cakey and just always looks nice and radiant. But if your skin is pretty clear then you could totally skip this part and just use a concealer to cover any redness, imperfections or dark under eye circles.

Price: varies between £5.00 on offers and £8.99 (But I can usually always find it on offer so it's always worth having a look around to save you about £4.00) 

Available at:

Superdrug: http://www.superdrug.com/search?q=rimmel+wake+me+up+foundation&searchsubmit=Search

Boots:http://www.boots.com/en/Rimmel-Wake-Me-Up-Make-Up-Foundation-30ml_1246748/

And many supermarkets e.g. Asda, Sainsburys and Morrisons where it is often on offer for about £5.00

Concealer 

I love the Collection lasting perfection concealer, it has a very high coverage but doesn't look cakey and blends in really well however, I do find it can be quite drying as I have dry skin but I work with it and it is still amazing.

Price: £4.19

Available at

Boots: http://www.boots.com/en/Collection-2000-Lasting-Perfection-Concealer_984434/ 

Superdrug: http://www.superdrug.com/collection-2000/collection-2000-lasting-perfection-concealer-4g-medium-3/invt/592102&bklist= 

Powder

If you do have an oily face which can get shiny after a few hours with just foundation and concealer on then i would defiantly recommend a powder to set your make up. I use the Rimmel Stay Matter Powder which is just perfect and so affordable for the great job that it does. But if you find that your make up lasts all day regardless then you can totally skip this step!

Price:£3.99

Available at:

Boots: http://www.boots.com/en/Rimmel-Stay-Matte-Pressed-Powder_1015573/
Superdrug: http://www.superdrug.com/search?q=rimmel+stay+matte+powder&searchsubmit=Search
And various supermarkets.

Mascara 

My next essential is mascara whether you wear a black, brown or waterproof mascara they really help to make you look more awake. A brown mascara will look a lot more natural if that is the look that you are after. Black looks more dramatic which works at lot better if you are a little bit older and more experienced with make up. I love the Maybelline the Falsies mascara when i want a more intense eye look, but if i want something a little bit more natural the Rimmel Scandal eyes mascara gives more length than volume which is great for everyday.

Maybelline the Falsies
Price: £7.99

Available at:

Boots: http://www.boots.com/en/Maybelline-Falsies-Mascara-Waterproof-Black_1416719/
Superdrug: http://www.superdrug.com/max-factor/maybelline-falsies-mascara-black-drama/invt/839562
Again at many supermarkets

Rimmel Scandal eyes
Price: £6.99

Available at:

Boots: http://www.boots.com/en/Rimmel-London-Scandaleyes-Retro-Glam-Mascara_1364903/
Superdrug: http://www.superdrug.com/eye-make-up/rimmel-scandaleyes-retro-glam-mascara-black/invt/718564
Again at many supermarkets

Blusher

Next I recommend a blusher I love blushers but I think the MUA blushes are great for the price of just, 1.00 I have the shade Bubblegum but if you are just starting out with make up I would not recommend this shade because it is very bright and could look silly if too much of this shade is applied. So I recommend Cupcake and Bon Bon as these are much more natural shades which will be much easier too work with.

Price: £1.00

Available at:

Superdrug:

Cupcake
 http://www.superdrug.com/face-make-up/mua-blusher-cupcake/invt/621700
Bon Bon http://www.superdrug.com/face-make-up/mua-blusher-bon-bon/invt/621699

Brushes

As far as brushes go you do need a brush for your powder and blusher I recommended ELF brushes as they are cheap. But i know that not everybody would be able to order online if they are younger so I would then recommended the real techniques brushes which are a bit more expensive. ELF often have some good sales on I always wait for them to have 50% off site wide before I make a purchase and I do recommend their lip stains and blushes too if you are making an order.

ELF

Blush brush:
Price: £3.75
 http://eyeslipsface.co.uk/en/restofworld/brushes/angled-blush-brush/invt/84022

Powder brush:
Price: £3.75
http://eyeslipsface.co.uk/en/restofworld/brushes/powder-brush/invt/84003

Real Techniques

Blush brush
Price: £9.99
Boots: http://www.boots.com/en/Real-Techniques-Blush-Brush-1407_1252046/
Superdrug: http://www.superdrug.com/real-techniques-brushes/real-techniques-blush-brush/invt/553262

Powder brush
Price: £12.99 at boots and £10.99 at superdrug
Boots: http://www.boots.com/en/Real-Techniques-Powder-Brush-1401_1252048/
Superdrug: http://www.superdrug.com/real-techniques-brushes/real-techniques-powder-brush/invt/553259

Lipgloss

Finally onto lips, I defiantly recommend a lip gloss as this will not dry out your lips and can be nice when you are younger. I recommend the Rimmel stay glossy lip glosses my favourite is in the shade Always lovely which is a super natural shade great for everyday.

Available at

Price: £6.29

Boots: http://www.boots.com/en/Rimmel-Stay-Glossy-Lip-Gloss_953480/
Superdrug: (I couldn't find my favourite shade but I know its available in stores)  http://www.superdrug.com/search?q=rimmel+stay+glossy&searchsubmit=Search

Lip balm 

However, if you get quite dry lips you could go for a tinted lip balm as an alternative my favourite is the Maybelline baby lips. I love the shade cherry me as it does give a good wash of colour as well as being very moisturising. If your on a real budget you could just use these because they are super cheap and can work just as well as a lip gloss.

Price: £2.99

Available at:

Boots: http://www.boots.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10052&productId=1365477
Superdrug: http://www.superdrug.com/search?q=maybelline+baby+lips&searchsubmit=Search

Lipstick

If you are after a lipstick then I do like the natural collection range as they are only £1.99 or 3 for £5.00. They give a really nice natural colour without being too crazy pigmented. They last a little while but you may want to re apply these throughout the day. The ones that I own and love are Rose Petal, Rose Bud, Apple Blossom and Pink Mallow. Which are all super natural wearable shades and I would recommend them all.

Price: £1.99 for 1 but 3 for £5.00

Available at:

Boots:  (Can't seem to find a link on line but it is defiantly available in stores)


 I have added all of the products up and if you bought a foundation, concealer, powder, mascara, blushers, 2x brushes (blush and powder from elf with delivery of £2.95) lip balm and lipstick I would cost you around £40.59. So these items are not only affordable but great quality too!

So that's it all of my personal make up essentials and list of make up kid for a beginner I hope you enjoyed it and it has helped you to find make up that is affordable to start collecting and wearing make up.

Revlon Lip Butters

I love these lip butters from Revlon they are very moisturising which I like because I often find lipsticks very drying. So not only are these moisturising they given a great colour too, my favourite out of the 3 that I have got is pink parfait. This colour is a pink with gold flecks in it which looks lovely on the lips, I find I can apply these without a mirror too so they are great for on the go! I like that you can either use them for a wash of colour or build it up to have a good pigmentation. They last reasonably long too considering they are just a lip butter and not a lipstick. 

 1- Pink Parfait

 

This is a lovely colour a medium pink with gold sparkles in it.  

 2- Strawberry Shortcake 

 This colour is more of a matte baby pink colour but can look very natural if applied lightly but can be fully built up to completely change the colour of your lips.

3- Crème Brulee 

This colour is a very natural colour which smells of caramel and toffee which is soo nice. 

Swatches 

Left to Right: 1, 2, 3 (first swatch is light and the second is built up a little)

Top to Bottom, 3, 2 ,1.

Collection Fast Stroke Eye liner

This eye liner is great I love it I find it so easy to use, I am not the best at using liquid eye liner but this makes it so much easier. I can get a nice thin even line with this eye liner the brush makes it easy to use. The colour is black and a nice consistency for the price of 2.99 it really is amazing.  I would recommend it to anyone especially people that struggle to get the perfect liquid eye liner. It does come in a waterproof version and a brown version too so if that's what you like then there is different option available. You can buy this from Superdrug or Boots in the UK

Swatches

To buy at Superdrug-
http://www.superdrug.com/collection-2000/collection-2000-fast-stroke-eye-liner-38g-black-1/invt/228796 

20 facts about me

20 facts about me:

1. I have blonde hair, blue eyes, and pale skin.
2. I always love clothes when I buy it but after 1 week of owning it I generally start to dislike it, I'm very fussy!
3. My cutlery must be matching, both from the same set.
4. My favourite grapes are green and small, they are nice a sour!
5. I love pasta! Its the best and pasta bake is my favourite meal.
6. I have loads of funky socks, I have panda ones, fruit ones, and fluffy socks with bear faces and ears on the toes. 
7. I am currently studying childcare after doing A levels last year and disliking them.
8. I got 1 A*, 1 A, 5 B's, and 2 C's in my GCSE's.
9. I dance in a dance crew and we have competed at 3 UDO world championships, all of them we have got into the final and in 2013 we came 5th in the over 18 intermediate category.
10. I don't eat very much meat but I do eat, mince, chicken, and sausages sometimes. 
11. The A levels that I did last year and the grades that I achieved, Geography A, Sociology B, Biology C, and Dance PASS.
12. I am obsessed with Youtube and that is why I have started a blog, because talking about make up, fashion and general life seems like so fun and so far I am loving it!
13. Since going to college my best friends from school are not  friends any more, I only speak to one of them.
14. My favourite colour is orange but I never wear orange because it looks horrible on me. I also love mint green.
15. I love sweets they are just the yummiest things ever! Crisps and sweets are my weaknesses.
16. I am very weird like seriously strange but when people first meet me I am like a mouse and if I don't feel comfortable around you I will be so quiet and shy. 
17. I love holidays, mainly just Christmas and Easter but I hate Birthdays, they are worst I just don't like the attention and the pressure to do something exciting when I all I want to do is relax!
18. I don't think I have met one decent boy they are all so stupid, blurgghh.//
19. I am running out of ideas now.
20. I hope your all well! I am looking forward to my next post on Tuesday, a New Years Resolutions list. Thanks for reading! Byee x

What I got for Christmas 2013!

Merry Christmas!

I hope everyone had a lovely Christmas, I'm back and I am going to show you what I got for Christmas. I got so many perfect presents and I am so grateful for the thought all of my family put into them. As everyone says I am not bragging and if you don’t like posts like this then just don’t read it. There are people that get given a lot more than me and people that get given a lot less. But I'm happy with whatever I get as to me it’s more about the thought and that people care about me enough to buy or make me a present no matter how small! So let’s get started,

Firstly my main present from my parents was a Marc Jacobs Honey perfume gift set, which is such a sweet and delicious fragrance I love it! They also got me the Revlon colourstay foundation, baby lips in cherry me, Rimmel Kate moss lipstick 80,rimmel stay glossy lipstick in always lovely, rimmel apocalips in celestial, a dance letters for my room, a Clementine jelly belly candle and an owl purse.

My Grandma always gives me some money for me to spend and this year I bought some jeans and a bag, I then had ten pounds left which has gone towards some new boots I am buying. She also bought me a big tub of haribo, and some earrings.

From the rest of my family friends Auntie’s and Uncles I got given money, a nest voucher and a new look voucher. I also got given some soap and chocolate along with these gifts.

My best friend gave me the bracelet in the picture, the bunting , and a nail kit which isn't in the picture.

I have thanked everyone for all of my presents and I truly am so grateful I have been so lucky as I am every year! Thanks for reading leave me a comment telling me what you got for Christmas or what you gave to somebody else! Bye x

A Late September Favourites

Right so it's practically November but I did write this on around the 8th of October... but I haven't got round to taking the pictures till now.. sorry! I hope you enjoy it anyway!
Okay so this is my September favourites this might be late but I'm doing it anyway :)


I am going to try to keep this short and snappy with this post mainly photo based nice a simple!

1- ELF Blush (unsure of name) (£3.75 from eyes lips face)

• Pretty matte orange blush, not too orangey nice tone.

2- MUA Blush (mosaic blush in English rose) (£2.50 from superdrug)

• Lovely colour, very natural, shimmery.

3- MUA eye shadow palette (undress me too) (£4.00 from superdrug)

• Everyday colours, bendable, highly pigmented for the price, reasonably long staying time.

4- Maybelline 24hr colour tattoo (pink gold) (£4.99 from boots)

• Stays well, pretty colour, nice texture.

5- Collection 16hr lasting perfection concealer (light 2) (3.19 from boots)

• Lasts a long time, good shade match, good coverage, not cakey.

6- Daisy Skirt ( Tesco)

• Cute pattern, easy to style, can be worn in both the summer and the winter.

7- Flower dress (Eden)

• Lovely pattern, good length, again seasonal.

8- Heart jumper ( Next Sale)

• Sweet pattern, nice comfy material, simple, sparkly multi-coloured thread gives a nice overall style.

9- Soap and glory sugar crush body wash (boots £6.50)

• Lovely fragrance, wakes you up in the morning, scent lasts.

10- Necklace

• Love the style, cute, good length.

Thanks for reading! I hope you liked it, I am going to post another post on Monday and then another one on Wednesday :) I have ordered around £40 worth of make up from eyeslipsface (elf) and I think I might do another haul but I'm not sure if anyone is interested in this, if you are then pleasee can you comment down below yes, because I want to upload content that you are interested in...

Thanks!

E.L.F Review

About 2 months ago I purchased a few items from elf and I thought I would share them with you and a short review of each product. I got everything half price when they had an offer on which was great but I wish I had bought some more things while that offer was on. I know that they have offers on all of the time but that one was super good!

Firstly I bought the elf professional mascara primer, I like how this products packaging looks. However, as far as this item as a mascara primer I don’t really have any strong opinions. I do think that this products does help to lengthen my lashes and make mascara application much easier as I am not very good at applying mascara as I always get it everywhere! So for this reason I do like this product, I also find that it makes my mascara much less clumpy which is a bonus. Although I personally like this product I have not tried any other mascara primers before so if someone that had tried them before did try this product they might not like it as I do. But I do think it is a good start to mascara primers and it very cheap so suited my budget.

Next I purchased the elf duo eye shadow cream in butter pecan. This product does have some uses for me but I hardly ever use it because I find it has hardly any pigmentation. As is very sticky when I first apply it compared to my other cream eye shadows. But I do use this eye shadow about one a month on one of those days that I do not want a strong eye look and I want something very natural. But I do want to put something on just to improve the overall look of my eyes. If you want something very natural then I would still not recommend this product as I think you can get better eye shadows for the money.

I also bought the shimmering facial whip in spotlight; I wanted this product to use as a highlight for my cheeks. I do not like the consistency of this product as it is very sticky and does not spread very easily. I also do not think that it makes all that much of a difference but then again I have not tried a highlighter before so this was a first experience. I do use this on occasion but I would not recommend It.

Next I have the elf blush, now I’m not really sure what colour I got this blush in , but it is a orangey toned pink which is mate. I love this blush I think the colour really suits my skin tone (which is super pale) I adds colour without making me look orange or like I have clown cheeks. It lasts a reasonably long time for the price. I would defiantly recommend this blush I used it everything when I first got it but recently I have been using a new different one (Mua’s English rose blush) but I really do love this product.

I also bought a super glossy lip shine in party peach. I like this product in terms of the colour but I do not like the texture it is very sticky and does not even last very long. I also find that although I do like the colour it is not very pigmented and can sometimes only last about 10 minutes before looking like I have nothing on my lips what so ever. So I would not recommend this product and would defiantly not buy another one.

My mum also bought 2 lip sticks in bare brown and rosy raisin, she likes the colour of the rosy raisin one but she finds the bare brown lipstick too brown for her lips. She has also said that she does not think that they last very long but the pigmentation is ok for the price of 2.50 (normally 5.00 but we got everything ½ price).

Finally I have a product that was given to me by my sister because she did not want it and this is an elf matte eye shadow. Again I do not know what shade this is in but it is a very plain grey with slight purple tones in my eyes anyway. I have since been onto the elf website and looked at their matte eye shadows but I cannot find anyone that matches the one that I have but at a guess I would think it could be the smoke matte eye shadow. However, I hate this eye shadow I never use it I am not sure whether this is because it is matte and I am not a fan of matte eye shadows or because it is grey a colour that I never wear. I try to blend it into some of my other lighter eye shadow colours into my crease but it just completely ruins the eye shadow. So I have now stopped using it and I would like to find a friend to give it to but I can’t really think of anyone!